21-year-old found dead in county jail

A Putnam County man arrested on a drug charge Monday afternoon was found dead in the Cumberland County Justice Center hours later and officials are awaiting results of an autopsy and drug screen before ...

[CountryBumpkin]

What did the autopsy show? Thats way too young to die..Just another example of why no one needs a methodone clinic,drugs are bad enough on this mountain!!They're have been so many people die from pills in the past few years.I blame the pain clinics for passing out pills like its candy.Why not put a rehab center in the place of a drug house!Now that we could use.

[Josh]

You can blaim whomever and whatever u want about drugs and I agree. But if it wasn't for methadone clinic I would be dead or in jail. I went to rehab for one year and relapsed due to alot of depression. But thanks to methadone I have full time job. My life. Dignity and self worth. But like everything else it takes one bad seed to give a bad rep for something that saves lives everday. And also stops alot of the crime in ur area. I drive almost two hours a day to the nearest clinic cause people like u bitch and moan cause u find the negative in everything and can't find the good. Now if ur son was me u would have a differnt outlook I'm sure. But it just shows ur closeminded self and negative outlook on things that do help. Again it takes one bad person for you to make judgement on something such as methadone clinic. Narrowminded redneck I assume.

[Me Too]

Good for you Josh. I totally agree that people judge a subject based on what a few people say. Methadone has been my life saver too. I did several years in the pen over drug addiction (crimes associated with getting drugs). After 10 + rehabs and losing EVERYTHING I tried methadone. Several years later, I now have 2 college degrees, a wonderful relationship with my children and family, a nice home, a great job (that I have held for years), and I function in society like most other responsible adults. Most people have no clue I take methadone. They would be ASTONISHED and look at me differently if they knew. If taken correctly and for the right reasons, methadone is a life saver. Do I like being dependent on it? Absolutely not! However, it is much better than the days of being in and out of jail, stealing, doing anything and everything I had to do to get the drug to function. Many people are ignorant of addiction. I would love to give my identity out; however, like I noted, I would be looked at differently. Diabetics take insulin to survive. Cancer patients take chemo to survive. Heart patients take heart meds to survive. But when someone with the disease of addiction does anything other than live free from all meds and go to meetings and work the 12 steps they are thought of as junkies. I have been there and done all that. I have given it my all. I always failed. Even after a couple years here and there I would fail. The entire time I stayed clean I was craving opiates. I fought daily. Since I have been on methadone, I no longer crave the high. I get up early, take my children to school, go to work, come home, spend time with family, and live a wonderful life. It is heartbreaking to me that folks stereotype methadone and suboxone like they do. Like you said, if it were their child they would do what they had to do to get that child to the normalcy that I have. A totally different outlook would appear. Those who mix methadone with stuff they shouldn't die. Those who use it like they should benefit tremendously.

[tnhillbilly]

Lay it all down and become a better person.You can do it.After what you have done i think there is so much u can do to show others there is hope.How much weight have you gained?Peace to those willing to fight for it.

[Me Too]

As for the weight, I have been up and down. I can tell you I would rather weigh a little extra than to weigh 92 pounds with a sunk in face like I did for years. I am healthy now. I have laid it all down. Doesn't work for me. I have worked steps, had sponsors, been in halfway houses, spent 18 months at Teen Challenge, and everything else that was recommended. The only REAL normalcy I obtained was to turn to a maintenance program. Been on it for about 5 to 6 years now. My family would tell you that I am the person I was before the addiction. I do workout to deal with the weight thing; however, if I would eat better it would take care of itself.

[kelly]

did this guy that died go with Tiffany Breeding from Highland Mtn, Livingston,Tennessee?
She is a skank .
she thought this was funny.

[we need a clinic]

This is strange that it is blamed on a methadone clinic, everyone in putnam county denied that we have a problem up here and was against the clinic coming to monterey, even the police, sheriff, and other people, Now, the DHS is contacting the officials in putnam county because they support and say we need this clinic,( you can research the herald- citizen for the facts) the officials need to get their heads out of the sand and realize we need to do something to stop the drug DEALERS in this town and help the abusers get the help they need. When the older generation is the ones bitching about the clinic, they are not thinking about someone elses child that has every opportunity in the world to become a drug user because there is no education on drugs or methadone, so, you tell me what there is in monterey for teenagers to do besides getting on drugs, the older people dont even want the teenagers in the park, but dont support any kind of place for these kids to go in public just to hang out. And let me add, the Dealers in Monterey are mostly older people! so of course dont bring a clinic to monterey because this might stop our drug dealers from selling to our younger kids, wouldn't want to stop the payroll, now, would we.

[potheads]

we need a clinic wrote:

This is strange that it is blamed on a methadone clinic, everyone in putnam county denied that we have a problem up here and was against the clinic coming to monterey, even the police, sheriff, and other people, Now, the DHS is contacting the officials in putnam county because they support and say we need this clinic,( you can research the herald- citizen for the facts) the officials need to get their heads out of the sand and realize we need to do something to stop the drug DEALERS in this town and help the abusers get the help they need. When the older generation is the ones bitching about the clinic, they are not thinking about someone elses child that has every opportunity in the world to become a drug user because there is no education on drugs or methadone, so, you tell me what there is in monterey for teenagers to do besides getting on drugs, the older people dont even want the teenagers in the park, but dont support any kind of place for these kids to go in public just to hang out. And let me add, the Dealers in Monterey are mostly older people! so of course dont bring a clinic to monterey because this might stop our drug dealers from selling to our younger kids, wouldn't want to stop the payroll, now, would we.

Yay I like mefodone..brang on they clenec