I think it’s a little and too late. I first posted about “legal” designer drugs on March 19 after traveling to Wisconsin and Minnesota. Not surprising since Minnesota is the unofficial home of drug and alcohol treatment. My question is why is it taking Ohio legislators so long to wake up to this threat?...
Recently I’ve written several posts about John Kasich’s friends getting special treatment despite his campaign promise that they would not. Well, guess whose not a friend of the governor… Neglected and abused children. Ohio is last among states in spending on children’s protective services. The state only provides 10% of the money needed to...
A few days ago I posted about how three of Governor Kasich’s best friends were making a killing by opening lobbying firms. This despite Kasich’s campaign vow that there would be no special treatment for his supporters or special interests. Well, here we go again. A group of schools has sued David Brennan the...
During his campaign for governor John Kasich stated there would be no favors for his supporters. Supposedly, he dislikes special interests. But an article today in the Columbus Dispatch casts doubt on that assertion. Three of Kasich’s best friends, Donald Thibaut, Robert F. Klaffke and Douglas J. Preisse, have set up lobbying operations. Amazingly,...
Yesterday the Ohio Senate passed a bill to closely monitor the dispensing of painkillers. In addition, there is a renewed effort to shut down pill mills and identify patients who are doctor shopping. However, the bill could have an unintended consequence. Most painkillers are opiates which are very addictive. This means the patients who...
I’ve always thought it was stupid to go to a bar, drink alcohol, and then go get on a motorcycle to travel home. I felt it could be deadly. But now in their great lack of judgement, our General Assembly has decided to pass a bill that allows patrons with a conceal and carry...
Now that I’m back in Ohio I can concentrate on Ohio’s politics and not so much on Wisconsin and Minnesota. While it has been apparent to me for a long time that there are a group of American’s whose greed is so great they do not care if it brings down the American economy....
This from the Daily Kos. There is a rally scheduled at the state house tomorrow. I’ll be there. If you believe in working people please attend and sign the petition to repeal SB5. On Thursday, May 5th, from 5pm to 7pm, there will be a rally at the Statehouse in Columbus to overturn SB...
For those of us who work in the addiction world, we’ve known this was coming for a long time. Unfortunately, the media and government always seem late to the party. We’ve know for at least 4 maybe 5 years that the beginnings of an opiate epidemic was under way. However, no one listened to...
Governor Kasich has been running around the state on his taxpayer funded plane to trumpet the success of his ability to keep jobs in Ohio. However, many people believe these jobs were never going to leave Ohio and that Kasich gave them incentives to stay when none were needed. This besides the fact that...
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