don't miss this: The Vick dogs make a comeback

This could get interesting.

This is the same man whose first 3 months as police chief focused on jailing drug addicts and blowing the sherriff's budget out of the water.

George Gascón plans volunteer community courts
Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross
..."'In many cases, we are criminalizing people we don't need to,' Gascón said, adding that the current system is financially 'unsustainable.'"...

Sorry, Ronald Rice. You are just wrong.

At least 30% of the almost 6000 people living with HIV in Newark, NJ contracted it through injection drug use. Drug treatment and pharmacy syringe sales are both important. One does not obviate the other.

N.J. Senate panel passes bill allowing over-the-counter sale of syringes to combat HIV, hepatitis
By Susan K. Livio
..."Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Essex), who was an outspoken opponent of the needle exchange program, voted no on this bill. He argued that making it easier for drug addicts to use doesn’t help them or their communities.
'You’ve got the needles, now come here and fight for drug treatment,’ Rice told his colleagues and other supporters of the bill. 'That’s what you should be doing.'’’

when dogs show us that there is, in fact, good in the world

Yesterday:
The little dog who was left to die in a snowstorm
"OK folks, I know this is a long shot, but here goes…
This morning, as a buddy of mine drove to work via the Williamsburg Bridge, he noticed something: a small gray dog chained to the pedestrian walkway, shivering, completely drenched and half-frozen. As you probably heard, New York had a very big snow storm last night; we’re almost certain her owners left her out in it overnight to die."


Today:
She Found A New Home!!
"My girlfriend and I just got back from dropping off our unexpected pal to her new home with a very warm and loving married couple, who I have no doubt will make amazing, responsible, and caring owners. You’ll just have to trust me when I say: this dog is going to have a great, great life. Her new owners have promised to send some pictures as soon as she gets acclimated, which I will post here." ....