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Why I Wrote Saving Porterville

I wrote this book because opioids and Fentanyl addiction kills our friends and loved ones and needlessly ruins lives.

I live in south Florida but have family members who reside in a small town and its environs in Ohio. After many family reports of deaths, i.e. young men being found dead at stoplights behind the wheels of their cars and under other conditions, I pondered what one person could do. F Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 17, 2025 08:08 • Tags: art, crime, drug-crisis, healing, small-towns

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“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.”
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