COLUMBUS -- For years, Orman Hall has been telling anyone who would listen about prescription drug abuse. From the National Sheriff's Association to Congressional committees, Hall has been talking about the scourge of legal opiates.
While crack-cocaine still afflicts many in our urban areas and alcoholism remains a statewide concern, his championing of prescription drug abuse awareness, especially opiate pain relievers, is the reason he was selected Thursday by Gov.-elect John Kasich to be the next director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.
"Prescription drugs needs to be Job 1," Hall said at a Columbus press conference announcing his appointment and two others.
Kasich, who takes office Monday, said as much, recalling a trip the pair took down to Portsmouth, which has been ravaged by the misuse of prescription pills, most notably OxyContin.
That is where Hall -- ODADAS has been given the reins on this particular issue -- has been directed to take the fight. Southeastern Ohio will be the testing ground for statewide approaches, they said.
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20110107/NEWS01/101070305What ALWAYS happens when you take pain meds away from suffering people is that they either kill themselves or buy drugs on the black market. Heroin mostly.
So Kasich's new drug czar's first priority is to increase heroin use in Ohio!
That actually makes sense in a bankster mafia sort of way. Maybe Kasich is hooked up with drug lords in Afganistan? Ya think?