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Drawing the line

Editor:Can we take a minute to discuss the ongoing, drastically growing drug epidemic going on in our communities? How ridiculous is it to you that drug addicts who choose to ruin their lives continuously have a free drug given to them, and then the ones who have no choice to be stung by a bee or ingest a peanut cannot afford their life-saving drug? Can we talk about that?I seriously don't understand how as a community, we can allow for multiple revivals done for drug users who choose their lifestyle.I guarantee everyone will say, "Well, you don't understand drug addiction" or "Drugs ...

No more, forever

Editor:"No more!" Have you heard this statement lately? Have you seen the ads on TV? It is once again that time of year to repeat that phrase because October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is that time of year to speak up and speak out. It is that time of year to encourage victims, applaud survivors and honor those who work to help them.It is good to take time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities. It brings a national problem to the forefront of our thoughts. Perhaps some will make the extra effort to reach out to a loved one who is in an abusive ...

What you can do

Editor:We are being hammered daily with news of the most recent local overdoses, deaths due to the use of drugs, and increasing number of calls from parents and grandparents. You ask: What can I do? These calls are concerning their sons or daughters, grandchildren, spouse and/or friend.Family Recovery Center is inviting you to our scheduled Family Night, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. in our main office at 964 N. Market St., Lisbon. We will discuss with you what our findings are from the local area, and what you might be able to do should you have a loved one who is involved in drug use or ...

An American

Editor:I checked out my heritage. I am an American. I was conceived, born, raised an American. My culture molded me into being an American. It gave me an attitude of freedom, a code of honor, the right to vote for all Americans, all people are created equal, correct injustice for all, the right to worship freely, schooling and as a Christian nation, blessings from God.The bad things about being an American, we don't listen to God always, we don't get all the great things as Americans and as Americans we are hurt, hated, loved, bullied, treated bad because of skin color, dress, been ...

Close ties

Editor:Huma Abedin started as an intern for Hillary Clinton in the White House. While interning, she also worked as associate editor for her family's radical journal in Saudi Arabia, the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs.Huma was associate editor from 1996-2008 with her name on the masthead of that journal until she began her work for Hillary at the State Department.Huma's late father, Dr. Zyed Abedin, along with top Al-Queda financier, Abdullah Omar Naseef, founded this journal in the 1970s.During seven of her 12 years at her family's journal, Huma worked along side terrorist financier ...

Country reaps what they show

Editor:How much are you really in control of your thoughts and habits?Much has been made of the recent drug crisis in eastern Ohio over the last few years and there is now very little room to deny that there is a major trend. Many people look at the financial implications and the massive availability of these drugs as the driving force behind this fast expanding trend. However, I would like to propose another explanation for this boom in drug consumption, this being our entertainment outlets.It may seem like a naive thought to believe that what people watch and expose themselves to could ...