Andrew Paisley, Opinion Editor October 27, 2019 I can’t believe it’s been one whole year, 12 months, 52 weeks and 365 days since I’ve had a drink, let alone a single drop of alcohol. On October 28, 2018, I surrendered to my loved ones and to God my Higher Power. I was unmanageable. My whole…
September 16, 2019 | 3:05 PM CDT | BY BRIAN W. MAJOR In this April 5, 2019, file photo, containers depicting OxyContin prescription pill bottles lie on the ground in front of the Department of Health and Human Services’ headquarters in Washington as protesters demonstrate against the FDA’s opioid prescription drug approval practices. | Patrick Semansky / AP…
By Robert Varney Additional reporting by Jaelynn Bryant and Claire Vance | Sep 11, 2019 Pat had just intravenously injected heroin through his jugular vein. He was in the Kensington neighborhood where he played as a child, not far from the house his mother still lived. “I ended up sleeping on one of those benches…