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Clinic says alleged methadone suppliers weren't patients as claimed

An attorney for a Knoxville methadone clinic named in a lawsuit over the death of Henry Granju says the facility has been wrongfully accused.

DRD Knoxville Medical Clinic Inc. is accused in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the 18-year-old's parents of allowing Yolanda Harper and Randall Houser to take methadone home rather than administering the drug — an opiate used to treat opiate addiction — to them at the facility. Henry Granju's parents, Knoxville blogger Katie Granju and Knox County employee Chris Granju, contend in the lawsuit that Harper and Houser gave their son a fatal dose of methadone obtained from the clinic last year.

They named Harper, Houser and the clinic as defendants.

But the clinic's attorney, James G. O'Kane, wrote in a letter contained in the Knox County Sheriff's Office's investigative file on Henry Granju's death that not only are Harper and Houser not patients of the clinic, but they aren't registered as methadone patients at any facility in the state.

"My client has determined that the two individuals named in the lawsuit, who allegedly distributed methadone to the decedent, have never been patients of DRD Knoxville Medical Clinic," O'Kane wrote in a letter to the Granjus' attorney, William Gribble. "In addition, it appears as though neither of these individuals are in the statewide database as having ever been patients of any methadone treatment clinic in the State of Tennessee,"

O'Kane is demanding that Gribble drop the lawsuit against DRD now or risk footing the bill for the clinic's defense should DRD prevail.

Knox County Assistant District Attorney General Kevin Allen, who was assigned to review KCSO's findings to determine if anyone could be prosecuted in connection with the teenager's death, tried to find out for himself if Harper and Houser are registered methadone patients, the investigative file shows.

He wrote a letter to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, which oversees the methadone patient registry, earlier this month after O'Kane demanded Gribble drop DRD from the lawsuit.

"I understand that the State of Tennessee oversees a database to track methadone distribution, and if DRD is correct, these names should not appear on the State of Tennessee's list as active or historical methadone patients," Allen wrote. "The question then remains as to whether you can verify their respective exclusion from the State's database.

Tennessee County Sheriff's Department Cracks Down On Poker Players ...

The problem for local poker players in Knoxville, TN began with the seizure of an illegal video poker machine from the back of a convenience store. As the machine was wheeled into the back of an evidence truck, the owner demanded to know why they were giving him such a hard time when people were playing poker for real over on Asheville Highway?

“(He) told us about the poker game and where it was located,” Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J. J.” Jones told a local reporter. “After that, they fell like dominoes.”

From that raid on the unnamed but notorious building on Asheville Highway, to the West Knox County home of former schoolteacher Maria Wanderlingh, the metaphorical dominos fell, and while crystal meth manufacturers and drunk drivers actually hurt people, those who want to sit down and compete against one another in a game of skill are being rounded up.

As of last week, the Knox Country Sheriff’s Office has made eight raids, seized over $50,000 in cash, more than a dozen gaming tables and questioned poker players. Jones said his office had no citizen complaints about the poker games before June.

“Apparently, it’s a tight-knit community,” Jones said of the poker players.

The sheriff even admits that the people playing poker at these games are not thugs, or even rough characters; the main complaint from businesses near the games held in commercial spaces was parking overflow.

Parking. Overflow.

You've no doubt heard the saying "Location, Location, Location" in conjunction with real estate, but much the same applies at the poker tables. "Position, Position, Position" are words to live by. Your position at the poker table not only dictates the cards you should and shouldn't be playing, but also greatly impacts how you should play the cards you've been dealt. In early position you're looking for the best hole cards possible, where as in middle and late positions your selection of "playable hands" expands exponentially. Ultimately, the later the position you're in, the more control you have over the hand and the more information you are able to gather from other players at the table before making your next move. Use that information accordingly, play your position well, and you'll be on your way to becoming a profitable online poker player.

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