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Get Off Methadone: Former addict’s warning over drugs’ danger
A former drug addict fears children’s lives could be at risk while crack and heroin junkies ignore his pleas to stop dumping drugs paraphernalia near his home in West Reading.
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Get Off Methadone: Prominent Doctor’s Painkiller Prescribing Under Fire
At first, Dr. Robert Zuniga thought it was a typo. The prescription for 4,200 methadone tablets a month was “ridiculously high,” he recalled last week. The narcotic had been prescribed… Read more »
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Get Off Methadone: Government Corruption – Judge Robert E. Lee

A Montana justice of the peace set to preside over a DUI court later this year has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after authorities said he stumbled sweating and disoriented into a police station. The misdemeanor charge filed against Robert E. Lee is the latest in a string of DUI incidents involving high-profile officials as Montana lawmakers consider stricter laws aimed at changing attitudes of acceptance toward driving under the influence. Lee, 66, is charged with driving while under the influence of methadone, a synthetic narcotic used to relieve pain or prevent withdrawal symptoms from drug addiction. “I’m not on any drugs,” he said. “There are several discrepancies in the complaint, and I’m sure when we get into court they’ll be clarified.” On the morning of the arrest Nov. 13, police officers found Lee knocking on their lobby window and asking to be let in the nearby Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse to officiate a wedding, according to an affidavit. Lee was sweating profusely, appeared disoriented, had difficulty keeping his balance and gave confused answers to the officers’ questions, the affidavit said. Officers asked Lee if he was taking any medications, which he initially denied. He said later he had taken Lorazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that he takes when he flies, the affidavit said. Lee performed poorly on a field sobriety test, police said. A blood test confirmed the presence of methadone. Officers searched Lee’s vehicle and …
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