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House passes bill to allocate $43.1 million in opioid settlement funds

Lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to distribute millions in settlement funds to state agencies and organizations fighting the addiction crisis.
February 27, 2026

On medical marijuana, listen to doctors, not Steve Marshall

Deaths from opioid overdoses in 2018: 47,600.  Deaths from marijuana overdoses in all recorded history: 0.  These are fairly important numbers if you’re making an argument that medical marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because opioids are also used for pain and they’ve been a big problem.  I know that sounds a really dumb argument to make, … Continued
January 10, 2020

Don’t let the next decade be like the last

The last decade should embarrass anyone living in Alabama.  Because by any measure that doesn’t include college football, the last 10 years have been a disaster for the working class people of this state.  To put it simply: The rent is up and the wages are down.  Corruption is at an all time high. Murder … Continued
December 31, 2019

Moms Demand Action and so should we

Something is wrong with us. Yes, us. Here in the United States. Us. US. U.S. Just this past weekend, we had mass shootings at a garlic festival in northern California, at a block party in Brooklyn, and at a Walmart store in northwestern Mississippi. And there were five more. They’re happening so fast, we can’t … Continued
August 1, 2019

Fighting the opioid epidemic

For too long, a problem of epic proportion has been growing outside of the headlines in the United States: the opioid epidemic.  The reality is that we can no longer wait to take action.  Drug overdose is now a leading cause of death in the United States.  One hundred seventy-five Americans are dying every day … Continued
June 18, 2018