A Cross Lanes man is in rehab after telling deputies President Barack Obama’s speech last week inspired him to kick his drug addiction, officials say.
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In an unusually personal speech October 21 in Charleston, West Virginia, Obama told of how he’d done illegal drugs in his youth and said, “So, when I think about it, there but for the grace of God…”
When they arrived, the caller came outside and placed his hands on the wall.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office released details of the incident Wednesday in a release that ended with, “We applaud this person’s self-initiated efforts and wish him well in his recovery”.
Inside the cooler were digital scales, sixteen suboxone patches, marijuana, nineteen grams of ecstasy and more than 150 pain pills, according to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. The items were seized, submitted as evidence and slated for disposal.
The Sheriff’s Office said after repeated calls back from 911 operators that day, their deputies went to the man’s home.
No charges are expected to be filed against the man, though he was reportedly transported via ambulance to a nearby treatment center before voluntarily entering a rehabilitation program of a few sort. “The majority of those overdoses involve legal prescription drugs”.
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“While President Obama finds it necessary to address our state about a war on drugs, it is inconceivable that he refuses to address in any meaningful way the plight of our miners and their families”, said West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican.
