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December 2017 Newsletter

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19-Year-Old Markets Marijuana-laced Snacks in Metro Schools

“This dude set everything up as a business, targeting high school kids.”
– A Fulton County School Parent

Addea Simmons, 19-year-old baker, marketer, and seller, living with his parents, used a Trill Treats Instagram page to market THC-laced edibles for $100. Personal delivery is $5 more.
Simmons uses his Instagram page to ask students for their high school name, and receives notes such as this, “You need more people selling at Westlake. One person keep (sic) selling out in the morning.” To that he replied, “I have two more people up there beside the one girl.”

Last summer a group of metro teenagers attended a Sweet 16 birthday sleepover at a Cobb County hotel. Parents in the next room served as chaperons. A parent reported that, after midnight, one of the girls began hallucinating “having little fits,” kind of scratching herself. Paramedics said the 16-year-old was having seizures and rushed her to the emergency room, where she recovered.

The kids had ordered $100 worth of pot-infused snacks online from Trill Treats and had them delivered directly to the hotel. One of the parents said, “They had 10 of these containers and there wasn’t a morsel left.”

After alerting law enforcement about their plan, a member of the FOX 5 I-Team became a Trill Treats Instagram follower and placed an order to be delivered to them in a Douglasville shopping center parking lot. Simmons made the delivery and explained, “I started in high school doing this. So, when I graduated people knew about it and I kept people selling for me.”

The FOX I-Team bought 12 homemade brownies from Simmons and took them to Salvus Labs that brought in Clinical Lab Consulting. Reportedly, the brownies were laced with high-potency THC, at least three times the accepted dosage in pot-legal states like Colorado.

Result: Two months later, Douglasville police and Fulton County police conducted their own sting, since Simmons lives in Fairburn. Simmons is now in jail, held without bond and faces three felony counts in Douglas County and two in Fulton County, where he’s charged with two counts of selling a Schedule 1 controlled substance containing pure THC. Fulton County seized boxes of baking items and over a dozen crock pots from the family residence.

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December 22, 2017 Radio Commentary

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Three Days from Christmas

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 22, 2017 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

On this December 22nd I want to read part of a law Congress passed 22 years ago.  This amazing document was crafted in the United States Congress in 1995 as S. 1322.  It became law November 8, 1995.  This is what it says:

“The Congress makes the following findings:  Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own capitol.  Since 1950 the city of Jerusalem has been the capitol of the State of Israel.  The city of Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s President, Parliament; and Supreme Court, and the site of numerous government ministries and social and cultural institutions.

“The city of Jerusalem is the spiritual center of Judaism, and is also considered a holy city by the members of other religious faiths.

“From 1948-1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of all states were denied access to holy sites in the area controlled by Jordan. In 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict known as the Six Day War. Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city administered by Israel, and persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full access to holy sites within the city. Continue reading →

December 15, 2017 Radio Commentary

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Telemedicine and Nurses

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 15, 2017 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Most of us know a lot’s going on in healthcare on the national front, but things are happening here, too.  For example, a nine-member study committee authorized by S.R. 188 that passed March 28th recommends ways to remove barriers between patients and adequate health care in Georgia.

After the legislature adjourned, that committee met several times to hear from private practice health professionals, as well as two Georgia officials – one from the Department of Community Health and another from the Department of Public Health.

The committee’s goal is to improve Georgia’s overall health care rank, which is currently 41st in the nation.  To do that, they want to expand the authority of nurse practitioners and advanced practice registered nurses.  Many nurse practitioners are in private practice, maybe with their own office or under supervision of a family physician.  But, commonly, they work in community clinics, where they may see the same families for many years.

Advanced practice registered nurses have at least a Master’s Degree in Nursing, but may specialize as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, anesthetist or clinical nurse specialist. Knowing the difference between the advanced practice nurse and the nurse practitioner is important, because legislation that may be introduced in 2018 could authorize them to write prescriptions for medication. Continue reading →

November 2017 Newsletter

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Confederate Monument Bills Prefiled for 2018 Session

“During the period which begins on November 15 of each calendar year and ends on the Friday before the second Monday in January of the following calendar year, bills and resolutions considered for introduction in the General Assembly may be prefiled with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House as authorized in this Code section.”
– O.C.G.A. 28-1-17, Prefiling Law, 1994

At this writing, one Senate bill and three House bills have been prefiled for the next session of the Georgia General Assembly, which convenes January 8, 2018. Although prefiled bills receive permanent identification numbers, they must be officially introduced during the session. Then, they are assigned to committees for appropriate action. Two of those prefiled bills alter current laws that protect Georgia’s Confederate monuments and memorials.

Prefiled Legislation, Confederate Monuments, State Symbols

S.B. 302, Public Monuments, prefiled by Senator Elena Parent on November 15th, and H.B. 650, State Symbols, prefiled November 15th by Representative Mary Margaret Oliver, change current law as follows: (a) A state or local governmental agency or department that owns a monument, plaque, marker, or memorial, may not remove, alter, or conceal it from display until a resolution is adopted to authorize the change. (b) Also, if a private entity owns a monument, plaque, marker, or memorial that’s located on public property, the public property owner may remove such object from display and return it to the private owner. A lawsuit may be filed by any person or entity that suffers injury or damages as a result of violations.

ACTION – Contact your senator and representative in the Georgia General Assembly to comment on this issue.

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