West Virginia man calls 911 and turns over drug hoard after hearing president’s speech on addiction
President Barack Obama visited West Virginia last week to address the state’s epidemic drug addiction — and one man was so inspired he called 911 and turned over a substantial collection of drugs.
Obama spoke Oct. 21 about reducing the demand for opioids, including heroin and prescription painkillers, at a community center in Charleston, where he met with parents and others whose loved ones have battled addiction.
A man from nearby Cross Lanes repeatedly called 911 that same day and asked for help with his drug addiction before dispatchers finally sent Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies to his home.
He placed his hands on the wall when deputies arrived, and he told them that he had watched TV coverage of the president’s speech and asked for help.
The man, whose name was not released, told deputies he was a heavy drug user but hoped to “live a drug-free life for his mother” after watching Obama’s speech, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
He showed deputies a cooler where he kept a set of digital scales, 16 Suboxone packs and patches, marijuana, 19 grams of ecstasy and more than 150 pain pills.
The deputies seized the drugs and took them to an evidence technician for disposal, the sheriff’s office said.
No criminal charges were filed against the man, who is in his mid-30s, and deputies took him to a treatment center, where he voluntarily entered a drug addiction rehabilitation program.
“We applaud this person’s self-initiated efforts and wish him well in his recovery,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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that they didn't arrest him. Common sense! Yay!
...what's this country coming to?
I must say, I'm stunned.
This was West Virginia, USA, correct? Maybe there's a West Virginia in Canada or somewhere else.
and I agree that perhaps the president should have offered some additional help to your state and hopefully he does...thanks again! 
Would this have helped some of those with addictions, or was there something else that you had in mind, because Republic0ns are not going to pass anything.
Obama said his 2016 budget — which has almost no chance of passing in the U.S. Congress — allocated nearly $100 million in new funding for overdose prevention programs and expanding medically assisted treatment programs.
The president also pointed out that the Affordable Care Act requires insurance carriers to cover substance abuse treatment just as they do for diabetes or heart disease.
Nice job, Mr. President and all those in WV who handled this person's surrender and especially those who'll manage his rehabilitation. I hope this story has a happy ending.
Congrats to the man's mother. Looks like you're getting your son back.
Because that's what the police always do. 
Except for the time they didn't shoot me in my bed as a 7 year old.
(Fortunately, I was saved by white privilege. If I were a young black kid, and the police were searching the house for my black armed robber uncle, I am sure I would have gotten popped)
Kudos to this Sheriff's department for not being a bunch of pricks and just taking the easy felony bust.
