@sluggo: have you seen Heroin(e)?
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A little overblown. It’s bad, but not as bad as the documentary makes it out to be.
I'll keep you posted, would you like it by the minute, or is hourly okay?
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man was arrested and 15 people detained in a drug raid in Huntington.
It happened Tuesday morning in the 900 block of Washington Ave.
Huntington Police tell WSAZ this is the same house they raided back on January 3.
They say the home was reinforced like a fortress with steel barriers on the door.
Officers say of the 15 people detained, four or five of them have outstanding warrants.
They said the landlord will also be cited.
Keep clicking on WSAZ Mobile and WSAZ.com for the latest on this story.
Weeelllll. Huh. If you mean that the film of her responding to OD calls one after another is not an accurate reflection of how she spends every minute of her day, then I guess it is not nearly as bad as they say. I assume it is not like chain smoking. I assume she does have time to hit the potty a couple times a day and maybe do some paper work.
But if you mean Huntingtonians are not dying in breathtaking numbers, if you think they have that part wrong, then I disagree. It is ground zero. These women are trying to make a difference, and the jury is out on whether they will.
This deal is worse than the crack "epidemic" by several orders of magnitude.
The Trade on Showtime is a pretty grim and relentless documentary about the opioid epidemic in Guerera Mexico where its grown and Columbus Ohio and Atlanta GA where consumed.
I mean if you watch the documentary you would get the impression that the streets aren’t safe, prostitutes are all over the place, and there’s an OD every three and a half seconds. That’s not true. My daughter lived there for six years and my son has lived there for four years (and still does) and he hits the bars and is out on Friday and Saturday nights and doesn’t see prostitues, doesn’t see endless drug deals or OD’s. I also have an employee who’s lived there for 35 years and he said the documentary is overblown (as did both my kids).
I’m certainly not saying it’s good, but when you cut the police force by 50% in a city with growing crime, there will be issues. Many of the spike in OD’s was actually caused by a batch of heroin spiked with fentenal, so technically it was more of a poisoning than an OD. West Virginia could help the problem by increasing the police force, but they won’t.
Many documentaries exaggerate the issue to make the film more powerful and that’s what happened a lot in this particular one.
I guess they use the drive thru at Taco Bell otherwise you would stumble over this....
They must have staged that woman doing the carp dance in the Sheetz, too.I guess they use the drive thru at Taco Bell otherwise you would stumble over this....
Oh, they see that kind of stuff...but you can see that in any town in WV.I guess they use the drive thru at Taco Bell otherwise you would stumble over this....
@demlion I took your advice and started reading 'Dreamland'. I'm about halfway thru. It is a MUST read for anyone interested in the opiate problem.
Now there are others that share in the blame big time. But the marketing by Purdue Pharma, let's say that for the most part I agree with your take, and I did not necessarily think I would.
Now there are others that share in the blame big time. But the marketing by Purdue Pharma, let's say that for the most part I agree with your take, and I did not necessarily think I would.
Friend of mine is representing some WV counties who are suing the drug distributors. He was at a hearing in fed ct with all the plaintiffs' and defendants' lawyers. One of the defense lawyers was a guy named "Al". The Federal Judge said, "Al, have you read "Dreamland?"
"No," Al said.
"Well, if you are going to defend this case, you'd better!" The judge held up the book. It was on his bench!
fwiw the Union just got a make over, at least the exterior!! Put stone work out front, looks really good!!!
more breaking news....
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Two-men-from-Michigan-arrested-following-drug-raid-474730323.html
check the time stamp...
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WSAZ) -- Another drug raid lands two men from Michigan behind bars.
Steven Anthony McGee, aka Black, of Harper Woods, Michigan and Roger Lee Crawley, aka Red, of Detroit, Michigan were arrested at a home in the 2500-block of 4th avenue Wednesday morning.
Huntington police tell WSAZ they found about 125 grams of heroin, 830 Xanax pills, nearly $8,000 in cash, four guns and other drug paraphernalia.
Police say the drugs have a street value of $24,000.
McGee and Crawley are charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and one count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm
The property owner was issued a nuisance letter.
Police say the owner has 10 days to respond.
This raid comes the day after another drug-related raid on Washington Avenue netted 5 arrests.
The landlord from Tuesday's raid was cited under the city's Chronic Nuisance Property Ordinance.
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Two-men-from-Michigan-arrested-following-drug-raid-474730323.html
check the time stamp...
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WSAZ) -- Another drug raid lands two men from Michigan behind bars.
Steven Anthony McGee, aka Black, of Harper Woods, Michigan and Roger Lee Crawley, aka Red, of Detroit, Michigan were arrested at a home in the 2500-block of 4th avenue Wednesday morning.
Huntington police tell WSAZ they found about 125 grams of heroin, 830 Xanax pills, nearly $8,000 in cash, four guns and other drug paraphernalia.
Police say the drugs have a street value of $24,000.
McGee and Crawley are charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and one count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm
The property owner was issued a nuisance letter.
Police say the owner has 10 days to respond.
This raid comes the day after another drug-related raid on Washington Avenue netted 5 arrests.
The landlord from Tuesday's raid was cited under the city's Chronic Nuisance Property Ordinance.
do you need updated minute by minute or is hourly ok?
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Police-on-scene-of-shooting-in-Huntington-474735963.html
Two Detroit men were injured in a shooting early Wednesday afternoon in the 1100 block of 9th Avenue, interim Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial says.
One man, identified as Corey Kelly, 41, went to St. Mary's Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the foot.
Earlier on Wednesday, 30-year-old Calvin Young was taken by a personal vehicle to Cabell Huntington Hospital.
Both men's injuries are described as non-life threatening.
The shooting happened around 1 p.m.
It happened right next door to an outreach program. A group of adults and even kids were on the front porch praying when they heard gunshots.
"I think everybody was in denial because we couldn't believe it," said Zinya Dooley. "We didn't want to believe it."
Dooley was leading the prayer and says they were about to start Bible study.
"We all quickly got inside, got the babies inside," Dooley said. "It was a scary moment because it was just so random. We didn't expect it."
Some people know her as Zinya or "Z", but Dooley says she used to be known as Pebbles when she was involved in drugs. She is sober now and on a mission to help others, especially after the receiving help herself at ReBUILD (B-build relationships, U-unify the community, I-instill values, L-love like Jesus, D-disciple people.)
all on Wednesday
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Police-on-scene-of-shooting-in-Huntington-474735963.html
Two Detroit men were injured in a shooting early Wednesday afternoon in the 1100 block of 9th Avenue, interim Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial says.
One man, identified as Corey Kelly, 41, went to St. Mary's Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the foot.
Earlier on Wednesday, 30-year-old Calvin Young was taken by a personal vehicle to Cabell Huntington Hospital.
Both men's injuries are described as non-life threatening.
The shooting happened around 1 p.m.
It happened right next door to an outreach program. A group of adults and even kids were on the front porch praying when they heard gunshots.
"I think everybody was in denial because we couldn't believe it," said Zinya Dooley. "We didn't want to believe it."
Dooley was leading the prayer and says they were about to start Bible study.
"We all quickly got inside, got the babies inside," Dooley said. "It was a scary moment because it was just so random. We didn't expect it."
Some people know her as Zinya or "Z", but Dooley says she used to be known as Pebbles when she was involved in drugs. She is sober now and on a mission to help others, especially after the receiving help herself at ReBUILD (B-build relationships, U-unify the community, I-instill values, L-love like Jesus, D-disciple people.)
all on Wednesday
People need to keep in mind that Huntington is the 2d largest city in WV.
It is half the size of Erie, Pa.
It is half the size of Erie, Pa.
HUntingt
Huntington is a great little city. Some big industries still in the area - steel mills in Ashland and in town, oil refinery in Cattlettsburg, lots of inland marine, Marshall Univ. Should be a great place to live. Drugs have ruined the people and the city.
some but not as many, AK steel in Ashland is shut down, or about to be, the refinery is still there, but the inland marine activity is way off. Ingram barge had on of the biggest coal terminals in the US, but it was shut down, and torn down a few years ago. The two biggest employers are now Marshall U and the hospitals. Warren Buffet threatens to close what was once INCO about every other day. Carl Icohn has a few guys making sure no one steals the ACF factory off third ave (MU could use some of that room to expand).
It seems only 6-7 years ago the barge traffic carrying coal up and down the Ohio river was so thick as a recreational boater you had to have your head on a swivel to stay out of their way, no more.
But you're correct it is a great little city. it takes me 10 min to commute to stadium to tailgate on game day!! And now I have the river to myself!!! At this point I really dont want or need any thing else!!
I just read an article on the fire chief in this documentary. 26% of their calls are for drug OD’s so the one call every 12 seconds shown on the documentary is definitely overblown.
The documentary said there is an OD call every 12 seconds around the clock in Huntington? 24/7/365?
I just watched 32/39 minutes (as I said I live), and I am trying to find the overblown part. Patricia Kellar being a judge, according to my friends in the bar, may be the most over blown part, put thats a different story. An hour to hour and half ride to Hanging Rock, Oh may be over blown, Hanging Rock is probably at most 45 min away. Other than that? It is not. My friend had to sell her house for all the hookers that would hang out behind it. If her house were in another city or even another part of Huntington its easy a $1mm house! She basically gave it away!!
The Captain in the HFD goes to my watering hole, and he tells me the same story(s). Some of his guys didn't want to admin the Narcan for many different reasons, including 'to hell with them them'.
So its not over blown, just walk a couple blocks away from the downtown and you can see if all.
Well, if there’s supposedly an OD call every 12 seconds, yet OD calls only represent 26% of their calls, there’s not enough minutes in a day for all the calls they’d be getting. And if there are that many hookers, they’re keeping it a pretty well kept secret because I know a lot of people that live in Huntington that never see hookers. I never said the documentary was false, just overblowing the worst parts for effect.
I don't know where you get the OD every 12 seconds number, but I do have some more minutes to watch.
If you know people in Huntington and they haven't seen hookers, then they didn't look!!. Next time you're in town, either have your kids leave the Union and go 2 blocks south onto 6th and 7 th ave they are all over there. Or look my up and I'll take you to them!!
and the homeless population? They are all over the river bank, so go west of Harris River front park, or go to the other end of town and go East up from Schooners.
IMO, and I live here everyday, not a thing was overblown.
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