High Desert Sketches

Published April 21, 2013

high desert sketches
No, it was neither meth or crack (which hadn't been invented during my misspent youth) nor heroin or cocaine. … When I moved to Washington, DC my addiction to NPR was accelerated when I was interviewed on All Things Considered (March 1978), News of … Read more on Bigbendnow

City doctors discourage benzo use
“This means that withdrawal symptoms occur if the tablets are stopped suddenly. In effect, you need the medicine to feel 'normal,'” it says. The Sentinel … Seventy-two people here were being prescribed substitute drugs to wean them off a variety of … Read more on Londonderry Today

Dispute continues over estate of Romeoville strip club owner
The long-running dispute includes allegations of cocaine use, financial mismanagement and the theft of $ 1 million cash from a home safe. Wally "Crazy" Vinckus, a larger-than-life character who owned at least five Harley-Davidson motorcycles, was the … Read more on Chicago Tribune