As a lifelong allergy sufferer, I was not surprised to learn that Oklahoma City and Tulsa ranked high on the list. According to AAFA, Oklahoma City is the seventh-toughest American city for residents with fall allergy symptoms, while Tulsa is the 19th. These rankings illustrate how important it is for Oklahoma allergy sufferers to have […]
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Bad traffic
Zule Farms in Lexington Credit: Mark Hancock The evidence that Mexican drug cartels are doing business in Oklahoma appears overwhelming, and while the state has not seen levels of cartel-fueled violence even close to that occurring in Mexico, the Sooner State does play an unfortunate role in the madness. Situated almost squarely in the middle […]
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‘Bad’ teacher
In the AMC cable series, which kicked off its fifth and final season Sunday, Bryan Cranston portrays Walter White, organic chemistry teacher by day, meth manufacturer by night. Since nearly the start, Breaking Bad staff writers call upon Nelson to ensure their series’ science is solid. “It was a little bit of a difficult decision […]
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Meep, meep
Brad Gregg Legislators and law enforcement keep coming up with ACME-styled schemes to stop it, but somehow that tweaked-out bird keeps booking it, whether its final destination is to alleviate the agony of allergy sufferers or in a makeshift meth lab. And so it goes. In the latest volley in the war on meth, Gov. […]
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Wrongheaded war on drugs
They last protected us like this back in 2004: That law reduced meth problems at the time and refined criminal technique to the point that meth can now be made on a Wal-Mart shelf. There isn’t much intelligence in doing it at Wal-Mart, but criminal efforts are not based in brain power but in the […]
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Meth is not mirth
It would be one thing to depict a ravaged meth addict, if the object were to wake readers up to the horrors of addiction. But instead, you aimed for humor: Your caricature, dressed in a stained “wife beater” tank top, gives us her biggest, tarnished grin and cheerily displays a prescription that says her name is “Suzie […]
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I want a new drug
House Bill 1235, authored by Rep. Ben Sherrer, D-Chouteau, seeks to make pseudoephedrine, which is also a component of many cold and allergy medications, available to Oklahomans by prescription only. The brewing legislative battle appears to pit law enforcement officials against drug companies that argue the change would be an undue burden on law-abiding allergy-sufferers. […]
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Enterprising methods
The pressing question is: How could one spend six hours in the back of a store mixing “ingredients” before employees thought to investigate her odd behavior? Oh, wait — we’re talking about a Walmart. Never mind. According to authorities, Halfmoon couldn’t afford to purchase the necessary chemicals, so she improvised. With a previous drug record […]
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Enterprising methods
The pressing question is: How could one spend six hours in the back of a store mixing “ingredients” before employees thought to investigate her odd behavior? Oh, wait — we’re talking about a Walmart. Never mind. According to authorities, Halfmoon couldn’t afford to purchase the necessary chemicals, so she improvised. With a previous drug record […]