http://www.journal-times.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:55:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_033175425.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_033175425.html We have a raging war in own back yard. It has nothing to do with Iraq or illegals. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:22:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_010112351.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_010112351.html Tonight the pain in my heart is so heavy. My son is owned by his addiction to pain pills. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_340102429.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_340102429.html First I would like to say that YES there is a place in Huntington, WV w here opiate dependent people go to receive counseling and/or treatment to get off of drugs. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_340092736.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_340092736.html Thanks so much for the many stories you have put in the paper about drugs. I know many, many people are reading these. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_327103829.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_327103829.html Over the past sixteen weeks I've continued to somberly read the astounding stories of the people who have dealt with drugs, whether it is from personal use or watching someone they love use. In my case I was an observer. I speak as a child of a drug addict. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_319151912.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_319151912.html I’m writing this in response to the many weeks I’ve been reading other people’s stories. This is my story. I hope and pray it will touch at least one person who is suffering from the disease of addiction. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_313102756.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_313102756.html My story of addiction begins, I believe, before my birth. I do believe some of us are predisposed to be addicts. Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_305094846.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_305094846.html I have been reading the drug stories each week and it is heartbreaking. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_297141445.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_297141445.html During the past 13 weeks I have read so many touching stories about the death and destruction caused by drugs. I know so well what each and every one of you feel because I also had a child who used. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:31:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_291123402.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_291123402.html During the past weeks as I’ve read the detailed stories of lives destroyed or permanently damaged by drugs. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:47:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_277124958.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_277124958.html I have read these stories over the past few weeks and it seems that each one has touched home so much with me. I'm a 27-year-old woman who is a recovering drug addict. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_269153152.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_269153152.html On Sept. 26, 2006 we lost our youngest daughter, Tina, age 22. She died due to the sale of illegal prescription drugs. We tried so hard to raise our 3 children right. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:18:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_262160837.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_262160837.html My story is another one from the parents perspective, and like so many others, I never dreamed I’d ever face such a problem. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_257143428.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_257143428.html I have read the many stories of how drug addiction has touched so many lives. I now feel that it is time to tell my story. Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:25:00 +0000 http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_249112751.html http://www.journal-times.com/opinion/local_story_249112751.html My beautiful 19-year-old niece died in October after taking Oxycontin, which one of her “friends” had given her. I had written the following poem to tell her story and hopefully to “wake up” some of these teens that trust everybody and anything just so they can fit in with their peers.