That old New Orleans con of, "I betcha I can tell you where you got them shoes," just took on a whole different meaning. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration's just released list of "Drug Slang Code Words," for 2018, "shoes" is one of 353 terms the cool kids are using for cannabis these days. (I bet you thought there would be 420.) So, offering to tell the tourists where they obtained their footwear could spark a panic. [continues 364 words]
Having read your articles on overdose and abuse of opioids, I had to wonder your aim in these reports and to notice that your advertisers were rehab and insurance companies. To everyone who has lost a loved one to overdose, my sympathy, but to state that opioids are not an effective means of pain management for chronic pain is inconceivable. For the help that I experience through them, it is an oasis in an otherwise consistent sea of hurt. Having lived through the 1980s and 1990s of toughing it out and taking an aspirin, suddenly pain was a concern I dealt with. [continues 112 words]
