InvestigateTV+: Legal loopholes leave young people vulnerable to deadly drug
(InvestigateTV) — A gas normally found in dentists’ offices and kitchens sold in colorful, candy-like packaging hides a deadly consequence.
InvestigateTV+ explores nitrous oxide, how it’s regulated, and who is sounding the alarm for change.
Plus, conversation leads to healing and understanding. We explore how a program opens dialogue between crime victims and offenders.
Then, a photographer isn’t just taking photos... he’s inspiring self-esteem.
‘Threats to our Youth’: Legal loopholes leave young people vulnerable to deadly drug
Many parents are unaware of the high-stakes game that centers around a legitimate food product that many experts believe is being widely sold for illicit use by retailers with little oversight and no ties to the culinary world.
InvestigateTV, along with partners at some of our affiliate stations, contacted or visited more than 100 smoke, vape and convenience shops across 29 cities in 20 states to track the sale of nitrous oxide products.
Our team checked whether they sold smaller chargers and larger nitrous tank canisters and examined what brands and flavors were available. We often found nitrous advertised and sold alongside e-cigarettes and tobacco, and on open display next to cannabis products.
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How Victim-Offender mediation gave this man a second chance after decades behind bars
Don Allison got the call to be a Deacon in 2017 and through his journey, he’s learned more than he thought he would about the value of forgiveness and redemption.
“I’m in the process of becoming a different person. It’s all intertwined, I know it is,” explained Don.
It started back in April 1996.
Don was working late one night and headed to his car just before midnight. That’s when he was surprised by someone who jumped out from a bush and put a gun to his face, asking for his car and wallet.
“I gave him everything I had,” said Don. “He started to my car but then he came back. He actually shot at me and missed; it just clipped my shirt. I used to say that I dove into a bush at the right split second, but I didn’t. My guardian angel, the Holy Spirit, somebody pushed me.”
It wasn’t over yet, though.
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Life-changing surgery allows Phoenix artist to create again
A 79-year-old Phoenix man has reignited a passion thanks to what he calls a medical miracle.
Artist Bill Daggett fell in love at a young age, but it wasn’t with a junior high crush.
“I used to walk to school at my grade school, and I’d walk by this artist resident, and he would always be carving in his patio and inside the house, and I stopped and looked at it and said, ‘Oh my God,’” he said.
Daggett was hooked. He developed his sculpting skills over the years, and people started to notice.
“I’m getting some advice from, from some very good friends that are artists,” he remembered. “They said you need to be in the show.”
It was at one of those art shows that a doctor noticed Daggett’s hands shaking. Daggett visited doctors at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, who confirmed he had Parkinson’s disease.
Air Force Veteran uses photography to empower, boost confidence of women facing illness, tragedy
Photographs are markers in time. Strung together, they can tell your life’s story.
One photographer uses his talent to help women who’ve been through illness or tragedy to own their story and boost their confidence.
Photographer Brian Silver of Northern Virginia isn’t just taking photos. He’s helping build self-esteem.
“It’s when they look at the photo...when the confidence starts coming,” Silver said.
This photoshoot is part of what’s called “The Empowerment Project.” The Air Force veteran-turned-photographer is snapping photos for free for women who’ve been through life-shattering events.
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