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AUDIO – STUPIDITY – 

March 11, 2025 – “Every part of the department will be impacted in some way but this is primarily a streamlining effort for internal facing rules, not external facing roles,” the official said, giving examples such as finding six separate strategic communication functions for different offices that will be consolidated. Advocates were already gearing up to fight to preserve the department through lawsuits and civic action when reports came in that Trump was going to sign an executive order directing the dismantling of the federal agency but then canceled the plans. “I expect that any actions to shutter the agency or to dismantle it will be challenged in the courts, and those challenges will prevail,” said Julie Margetta Morgan, a former deputy under secretary of Education during the Biden administration.

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REDUNDANT? – 

March 3, 2025 – The stash house property also contained 23 firearms, including a shotgun kept where the drugs were stored, and the pills manufactured. In his car, Slocumb kept several firearms including a loaded .40 caliber pistol behind the front seat. In a suitcase in the trunk were a 9mm handgun with a high-capacity magazine and an AR-15 type rifle with a folding shoulder stock and a loaded 115-round drum magazine. Also in the suitcase was a 9mm firearm silencer.

During this conspiracy, law enforcement intercepted Slocumb and the ringleader Bryson Gill discussing kidnapping a rival drug dealer. Slocumb was surveilling the target’s apartment when law enforcement made a show of being in the vicinity to get Slocumb to leave and ward off any violence.

Following the stash house raid, Slocumb was heard on the wiretap discussing his plan to move drug operations to Arizona. Slocumb and Gill continued their drug trafficking in Arizona until they were arrested in March 2023. When law enforcement searched the Arizona property, they seized approximately 70 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

Slocumb pleaded guilty in November 2024 to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

In asking for a 15-year sentence, prosecutors wrote to the court, “Slocumb’s conduct in the drug conspiracy involved massive numbers of firearms, as well as ammunition, firearms accessories, large capacity magazines, and a firearm silencer. It is clear that he played a trusted role in partnership with Gill in not just distributing drugs but acting as an enforcer—he took direction from Gill in picking up guns following a trip to get drugs from the stash house, and on another occasion, he conspired with Gill to kidnap a co-conspirator who was a drug redistributor.”

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VOLUNTEERS? –

March 7, 2025 – A hood will be placed on his head. A target will be over Brad Sigmon’s heart. The three volunteers with rifles about 15 feet away will complete his punishment, the United States’ first firing squad execution in 15 years. The bullet is designed to shatter on impact sending fragments meant to destroy the heart… 

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EVEN GENIUSES QUIT –

March 3, 2025 – He’s a legend, and sober. Three years sober on his birthday. How did this impact his life. Read about it here!

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IT’S HOLLYWOOD FOLKS – 

March 4, 2025 – “I just want to let people know this is a really, really tough disease and it’s a really tough sickness,” Jax added. “I’ve been doing it for so long and you can say hiding it, lying about it forever and I’ve just had it. Enough’s enough.” Brittany Cartwright said she’s “skeptical” of ex Jax Taylor’s treatment plan for his cocaine addiction: 

“I’m glad that he finally admitted to what was really going on,” Brittany told People in a March 4 statement following Jax’s bombshell confession. “For the first time, I can speak openly about the extent of trauma he’s instilled on our family over the years.”

The Vanderpump Rules alum, who shares 3-year-old son Cruz with Jax, went on to share that she had tried to help her costar with his addiction issues for years, but it had always been “without success.”

“I pray that one day he completely knocks this addiction, but I’m skeptical,” Brittany, 36, continued. “His behaviors are still alarming and his treatment plan seems to be the bare minimum.”

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THE PUCK IS ALWAYS ROUND – 

Feb. 28, 2025 – It all began with a bad decision at a Manhattan bar in 1993.

Fresh off back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and a first-team all-star nomination, Pittsburgh Penguins power forward Kevin Stevens was on top of the world. At 6-foot-3, 230 pounds, nothing had ever stood between him and success — until he was offered narcotics. Stevens wrestled with the decision in his mind for a moment before deciding to accept the white powder offered to him. He didn’t really know what it was or what it could do, but he’d soon find out.

“I was 28, I never did a drug in my life,” Stevens told the Deseret News earlier this year. “I didn’t even know what drugs were. Never really knew anything about it, but I had that gene … I’d never done any drugs, so I’d never activated it.”

It wasn’t long before Stevens was hooked on cocaine, though it wasn’t yet at the stage of a full-fledged addiction. He’d use occasionally, but not to the point where it ruined his life.

Not yet, at least. 

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TO EACH HIS OWN – 

March 23, 2025 – I’m almost at five months sober now, and I’ve found myself getting tired and less motivated with AA. I did 90 in 90 and was so keen on it, and then I just hit a wall. I find myself just kind of bored with it all. I got a sponsor and started step work but to be entirely honest with you, I got sick of him calling. I have found myself ghosting his calls the past two weeks!

I just can’t be bothered to talk about my sobriety. It’s not that I’m isolating and feeling depressed or anything. Quite the opposite. I’m feeling otherwise motivated with life, sociable with friends, starting a new course in horticulture, exercising and meditating twice a day. I’m doing all the “good” stuff and feeling great about it.

It’s not that I’m saying “I’m fixed! I don’t need AA!” It’s just more, I’m feeling a bit of sobriety-chat burnout. I just want to be normal and happy and talk about normal shit, like what books I’m reading, etc.

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AUDIO – HELP IS HERE –

March2, 2025 – Spurred by a teacher who has seen the issues wrought by substance use among local teens, the proposal hinges on getting funding from the state’s pool of opioid settlement money.

During the week, eight students would live in a dormitory on the University of Maine Fort Kent’s campus, supervised by two or three staff members, eat meals in a dedicated dining hall… 

The program administrators would work with outside service providers, like Aroostook Mental Health Center, to provide support services, and help students coordinate medical and dental appointments, including medication management, through Fish River Rural Health and Northern Maine Medical Center as part of the program’s “whole-person approach to health, wellness and recovery.”

Recovery high school students would use the same hybrid education model as those in Valley Unified’s alternative schooling program, which caters to at-risk students. Like students in the alternative program, recovery students would also have opportunities to pursue community-based projects, internships or jobs through Valley Unified or the Maine Youth Action Network, and would participate in weekly “Breakthrough Youth” activities taught by Aroostook County Action Program instructors.

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DOWN THE HATCH –

March 4, 2025 – Despite the research that points to alcohol acting as a “gateway drug,” researchers from organizations like the National Institute of Health also argue that alcoholism — or alcohol use disorder, as medical professionals call the disease — also has plenty of environmental causes, such as drinking at a young age, genetics or mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from childhood trauma.

Research has long found that one extremely popular drug can lead to further substance use — and experts are now saying that that this popular item might be acting as a “gateway drug.”

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), more than 84% of all Americans have consumed alcohol at some point in their life. Researchers say that while many of them drink without too much incident, alcohol use can still alter the brain’s behavior centers, and drinkers may become more susceptible to drug abuse.

“Studies indicate that alcohol alters brain chemistry in ways that increase susceptibility to drug addiction,” Chris Tuell, a clinical psychotherapist and a chemical and behavioral addiction specialist at the Lindner Center told Fox News in an interview published Sunday, March 2.

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MISSION TO EMPOWER –

March 7, 2025 – The TTC Learning Portal brings decades of expertise in mental health treatment, substance use disorder recovery, and healthcare services to a broader audience. With a mission to empower professionals through high-quality, relevant training, the portal ensures that users can complete courses at their own pace, making it an ideal resource for busy professionals.

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