NYC judge orders teacher be unfurled after heroin arrest

[novasteve]

Judge Overturns Firing of Teacher Who Faced Drug Charge - NYTimes.com


Great person to have teach kids

 

[Mr. H.]

"Excessive and shocking"?

Where do they find these idiot judges?

 

[Borillar]

How do you "unfurl" a teacher?

 

[TheOldSchool]

How do you "unfurl" a teacher?

Just undue the holding knot

 

[Borillar]

How do you "unfurl" a teacher?

Just undue the holding knot

Then we can all go proudly to school with our teachers unfurled.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Is she an addict? That's the first question. Was this a 1 time thing? If she is an addict then the only goal in her life for the next 6 years will be recovery. She can't take the addict out of her so if that assumption holds water then she has no business teaching kids.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

People who do nothing to stop the wrong, in my opinion, are more guilty than those who actually of the wrong themselves! What is that judge on? Crack cocaine?

God bless you and those who are related to the judge always!!!

Holly

P.S. That also goes for every child who has ever been around that "teacher".

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dey's tryin' to get us hooked on heroin...

Heroin use, addiction up sharply among US whites - study
Thursday 30th March, 2017: Heroin use in the United States has risen five-fold in the past decade and dependence on the drug has more than tripled, with the biggest jumps among whites and men with low incomes and little education, researchers said on Wednesday.

Whites aged 18 to 44 accounted for the biggest rise in heroin addiction, which has been fuelled in part by the misuse of opioid prescription drugs. The findings are troubling because the people most affected have few resources to deal with the problem, said Dr. Silvia Martins, an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and her colleagues. "We are seeing that heroin use has increased in the past 10 years," Martins said in a phone interview. "It is more prominent among whites with lower incomes and education and young adults." Heroin use, which includes those who have tried the drug but not become dependent on it, and addiction also rose more among unmarried adults.

Although a jump was seen among women, it as was not as prominent as for men. The researchers found no differences in heroin use or addiction among the major regions of the country. The findings, published online in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, followed a statement from the American College of Physicians calling for drug addiction and substance abuse disorders to be treated as a chronic medical condition like diabetes or hypertension. It also coincided with the expected appointment of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to head a federal commission to combat the problem. Christie has declared opioid drug abuse a public health crisis.

Martins agreed drug addiction should be treated as an illness. "By recognising it is a disease, more people will become aware that they need to seek help, or if they are frequent users, to know that addiction is preventable," she said. Martins and her colleagues uncovered the trend by analysing two studies, one from 2001-2002 and another from 2012-2013, and data from 43,000 long-term heroin users.

In 2001-2002, there were similar rates of heroin use between whites and non-whites, but by 2013 there was a significant race gap, according to the study. Martins called for expanding treatment programs, overdose prevention and medication-assisted treatment, and for a change in doctors' prescribing practices for opioids. "I think some level of regulation is needed," she said. "At the same time people who truly need that medication should get it but with greater supervision."

Heroin use, addiction up sharply among US whites - study