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Written by Eliza Player on Friday, 04 May 2012.

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"Bomb-Ass Dope" and How It Changed My Life by Eliza Player

Reading the article about an unusually high number of heroin overdose deaths in South Carolina, I was struck with a host of feelings and emotions. Officials believe these deaths could be attributed to a more pure heroin, and my mind started thinking about it all. I was transported back to one of my experiences with the "bomb-ass dope," and I realized that it changed my life.

April 27 2012 | Read More
“To Thine Own Self Be True” by Eliza Player by Eliza Player

“To thine own self be true.”
William Shakespeare is credited with this quote. “To thine own self be true.” This is Polonius’s advice to his son Laertes, as he boards a boat to Paris. In Elizabethan times, this phrase was not simply the phrase of self-acknowledgment that it appears to be.

April 03 2012 | No Comments | Read More

Mother Arrested After Shooting Her Children Up With Heroin

An Ohio mother arrested on several charges after she allegedly shot up her 14 and 16-year-old daughters with heroin. Shantel Parker was arrested after a complaint was made against her. The home was searched, and evidence was seized from the home. Parker’s neighbor said he is not surprised, as he had seen her smoking pot with her children on the front porch.

April 02 2012 | Read More

Man Sets House On Fire After He Was Refused Prescription Drugs

San Antonio investigators arrest a man who they suspect started a fire in a residence, after a woman, and the home’s owner, refused to give him prescription drugs. According to KSAT.com, a 35-year-old man was arrested on a charge of arson. The arrest affidavit came after the owner of the home called 911, realizing she was trapped in an upstairs bedroom by the fire on the stairway. She admits to having let the arson suspect in her home earlier that evening to talk to him about his troubles. He soon became aggressive, demanding her prescription drugs and beating her with a stick when she refused. She escaped to an upstairs bedroom, where she began packing her belongings. When she went to leave, the fire was raging. Authorities on the scene claim they had a difficult time getting the arson suspect to leave the burning property.

April 02 2012 | Read More

Doctor Given 4 Life Sentences For Prescription Drug Trafficking

A Chicago doctor, Dr. Paul Volkman, who dispensed more oxycodone from 2003 to 2005 than any other physician in the country, was sentenced to 4 life terms in conjunction with 4 overdose deaths among his patients. The 64-year-0ld maintains that he acted like a doctor, not a drug dealer, claiming to care how much drugs a client buys, how often he buys them, and what he does with them.

April 02 2012 | Read More