Cops find mobile meth lab near Carmel apartments
Hamilton County authorities have busted a mobile meth lab in Carmel, police announced today.
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Cops find mobile meth lab near Carmel apartments
Hamilton County authorities have busted a mobile meth lab in Carmel, police announced today.
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Meth lab found
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School, daycare ‘sheltered’ after meth chemicals found
FAIRHOPE, Ala. – The J. Larry Newton School and a daycare within Jubilee Shores United Methodist Church were temporarily “sheltered” today after suspected methamphetamine-related contraband was discovered at a nearby business. Fairhope Fire Chief John Saraceno said he called in a hazardous materials response unit from Daphne to dispose of at least two plastic drink bottles with “crystals” in …
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Question by sjp77: How do you get an alcoholic that is suspected of being in the early stages of alcoholic dementia to see a dr.?
My mother has been an alcoholic for over 10 years. After much pleading from the family, she decided to stop drinking and start attending AA meetings. There is a noticeable difference in her general character, and has seemingly become more and more illiterate especially over the past year. We have asked her to please go to the doctor, but refuses saying there’s nothing wrong with her. How can we get her to see that we are only trying to help her by going to see the doctor?

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Answer by Sean Roberts
Your mother is suffering from Korsakoff syndrome, which is brain damage caused by years of heavy drinking. Alcohol prevents the body from utilizing thiamine (vitamin b-1) properly. This leads to neuron death. This shows up behaviorally as impaired judgment, impaired memory, and a host of other problems.

One of the first symptoms of alcoholism is denial. “I only drink beer”, “I only drink at night”, “I can stop anytime I want to”. The excuses go on and on. The same psychology which causes this denial is continuing with your mother now. “There’s nothing wrong with me”. The psychology of denial plus the impaired judgment lead your mother to think that she’s fine.

You’re probably not going to be able to convince your mother to go to a doctor on her own. I know that this is not what you want to hear.

I’ve put a link to korsakoff-syndrome below to better help you understand what is happening to your mother.

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Officers had arrested about 33 members of the group, which is accused of distributing $31 million worth of the drug over three years, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said Thursday. The investigation is ongoing, Corbett spokeswoman Shonna Clark said Friday.

Investigators tapped phones and listened to hundreds of conversations between the suspected ringleaders and their customers, according to a criminal complaint. Undercover officers made numerous drug buys and worked with confidential informants to make the case, prosecutors said.

The ring hauled in more than $200,000 per week, authorities said.

Hispanic immigrants began settling in Hazleton in large numbers several years ago, lured from New York, Philadelphia and other cities by cheap housing, low crime and the availability of work in nearby factories and farms.

Last year, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta pushed through a tough law that targeted landlords who rented to illegal immigrants and businesses that employed them. Dozens of municipalities around the nation copied the measure, but a federal judge struck it down in July as unconstitutional.

Hazleton, with about 30,000 residents, is 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

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