Bucky & Bunny play Lucinda – After some artistic disagreement and years of tiresome touring with legendary band The Peddlers, Bucky decided to ditch the band and launch a much awaited solo career. Things didn’t initially work out as planned and by a sad twist of event Bucky spent the next months in northwestern Florida escaping his shylock and working on a tan and a serious painkillers addiction. But all was not lost. Living on a diet of Cheerios, cheeseburgers, Fat Tire beer and dill pickle chips, Bucky wrote new songs tirelessly and eventually ended up with dozens of incredible songs ranging from Murder Ballads to Jitterbug Rag. All was good and Bucky headed back north to reconnect with his inner driving force. His first move upon arriving was to call Bunny, an old flame, ex-con cleptomaniac and slightly above average singer. They recorded this duet in one take, one night at “Billy’s Kindergarden BBQ”. Now who knows where this will lead poor Bucky… Will he team up with Bunny for good and will they become the next George Jones & Tammy Wynette? Will he sink back to the forsaken land of addiction, hookers, fast cars and Tetris? Will he find God and reform The Peddlers?? Does the fact that he broke a string on the last verse of the song means anything at all? Is he doomed and should he find a quiet job away from the spotlight? Should he dump Lucinda from his repertoire and play only Country versions of Morissey songs? Nobody knows for sure, but one thing is certain, you will hear from him soon so …

 

Ohio injured workers fund battling painkillers

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly a third of the prescriptions the state's insurance fund for injured workers paid for last year were for powerful narcotics, part of a 37 percent increase in the use of such drugs — mainly addictive painkillers — the …
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From NFL to Painkiller Hell—and Back

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The 39-year-old says he already had a "high tolerance" for opiate painkillers by the time he retired, but wasn't yet addicted. That changed in the following years; he found himself using more and more, losing his home, his business—and very nearly his …
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As Pain Pills Change, Abusers Move To New Drugs

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From small towns to big cities, prescription painkiller abuse is a growing problem. The number of drug poisoning deaths in the U.S. tripled between 1999 and 2008. Drugmakers tried to curb the burgeoning addiction, such as coming up with a new recipe …
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