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Steubenville, `Innocence Lost or Par for the Course?`

It's a sad way for an Ohio community to become national news.

(CLEVELAND) - A judge found two Steubenville teenagers guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a series of parties in a case that drew major attention to teenage alcohol use and tawdry text messaging.

In fact the attorney general in Ohio now plans to continue seeking indictments in the case. Attorney General Mike DeWine says the girl's rape was an example of a cavalier attitude displayed toward sex...

Letter to the Editor re: School Shooting

Tragedies like this will be avoided when people learn to criticize contempt--in ourselves and others, and make choices for respect for the world and people around us.

(RIVERDALE, NY) - My heart goes out to the friends and family of the students of Chardon High School who were shot in the attack by another teenager.

As a person who worked in NYC high schools, I know how much young people need to know that the cause of such violence has been understood and can be changed.

Chardon, Ohio Shooting, 4 Wounded, 1 Dead

The suspect in the early morning shooting at the high school building, Scott Wilson, was arrested

(CLEVELAND) - The nation is in shock today once again, over a deadly high school shooting, this time it happened in Chardon, Ohio. One student was left dead after a student opened fire in the school cafeteria.

Four others students were injured in this tragic event, the shooting survived and was taken into custody after shooting the five classmates.

Richard Cordray`s Appointment as CFPB Chief Applauded by Many

Advocates say Cordray brings strong pro-consumer credentials to this important job.

(SALEM) - "Today I’m appointing Richard as America’s consumer watchdog," U.S. President Barack Obama said today.

The decision is being applauded by a number of groups and one Oregon Senator, who says American families deserve a cop on this beat, to keep the marketplace fair and protect against the financial scams and predatory schemes.

SOLACE for Ohio and Appreciation for State`s Relentless Drug Fighting Heroes

The "Mission Statement" of SOLACE is to reach people who have lost loved ones to drugs, to help the addicted make changes to their lives and to prevent future pain in the addict and family members.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - I have written extensively about a town in Ohio called Portsmouth where a police chief by the name of Charles Horner and a public health nurse named Lisa Roberts are the Matt Dillon and Annie Oakley of their community.

State of Ohio Leads Nation in Fighting `Pill Mill Doctors`

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Effective immediately, the Ohio State Medical Board permanently revoked the medical license of Portsmouth, Ohio obstetrician/gynecologist John Temponeras.

The Board’s action was the result of a June 8 citation issued by the Board related to the immediate suspension of Temponeras’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration in May.

Fighting for a Better Day in Drug Plagued Ohio

"The computer should be the smoking gun -- but there are a lot of ways to hide information on a computer -- and you need a well-trained person to unlock it." Robert Morgester

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has taken a $1 million check from Purdue Pharma to participate in a prescription monitoring program. Is there a "smoking gun" involved here Ohio Governor Kasich?

In March 2011, the NABP announced that the prescription monitoring programs of North Dakota, Ohio and Virginia entered into agreements to participate in the PMP Interconnect™ system, currently under development.

Portsmouth, Ohio Heroes are Without a Police Headquarters

Purdue Pharma owes it to this brave community of people fighting the OxyContin tsunami perpetrated by the pharmaceutical company.

(PORTSMOUTH, Ohio) - It recently came to my attention that the small community of Portsmouth, Ohio in Scioto County, Ohio is fighting crime and their prescription drug epidemic without a police headquarters facility.

It was closed down in 2010 due to an asbestos and black mold problem. The 40 officers of the Portsmouth Police Department are scattered in buildings throughout the town.

Ohio Takes Point in the Fight Against Oxycontin Abuse

There's a hero - If you look inside your heart - You don't have to be afraid of what you are - There's an answer - If you reach into your soul - And the sorrow that you know will melt away (Mariah Carey song)

(PORTSMOUTH, Ohio) - Ohio is not sitting back and letting drugs - namely OxyContin take over their communities and destroy families.

They are fighting back and every other state in the country should be demonstrating the courage they are showing.

Oxycontin Tsunami Claims Thousands

On this first day of a new year, we join the world in feeling enormous sadness over a great human tragedy... The carnage is of a scale that defies comprehension." US President George W. Bush (January 2005 about a Tsunami in Indonesia)

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - The above quotation applies to the Tsunami of OxyContin addiction and death in every state in the country when Purdue Pharma obtains approval for clinical trials of non-malignant pain in children -- ages 6 to 17 -- beginning in September 2011.

I wrote about these clinical trials that were being driven by Purdue Pharma and made a comparison of Purdue Pharma's physician, Dr. Deborah Steiner and Dr. Josef Mengele, the "angel of death" under Adolf Hitler.