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Peter Lucas: 'Golden Boy' lost it all to 'meth'
lowell sun ^ | 4/7/2014 | Peter Lucas

Posted on 04/08/2014 12:17:46 PM PDT by luke1825

Of the thousands of people I have known or covered in the Massachusetts Legislature over the years, Steve Doran of Lexington would be the last I would have expected to wind up in prison.

Last week Doran, 58, a former 14-year member of the House of Representatives, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges.

At one time, Doran had it all -- a lovely wife, four daughters, an extended family, a fine home, a solid reputation, good friends and an upwardly mobile political career. He threw it all away.

What happened

(Excerpt) Read more at lowellsun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: drugs; mapolitics; massachusetts; meth; stevedoran
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To: Ouderkirk

Oh, he’s a Democrat. You just have to read the whole article carefully to learn that, same point some other posters made. Anyway, it’s MA—Democrat is the way to bet.


21 posted on 04/08/2014 12:52:52 PM PDT by crazycatlady
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To: dsrtsage
Yep hes a dem and was a progressive star.

here the deal all and any can fall..it just how the press tell the story of a dem vs rep fall.

I pray the man finds his way..but that always requires seeking hard truth first..not tolerate and love

22 posted on 04/08/2014 12:53:26 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ve seen before and after pic’s of people on meth. Is this a before or after picture?


23 posted on 04/08/2014 12:53:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: sheana

That’s what I never understood, just how exactly does one get addicted to meth or heroin? Are they at a party one night and someone walks up to them and says “Hey, ya wanna try some heroin or meth?” “Heroin or meth? Why SURE!” Seriously, what kind of psycho says yes to that crap? It’s like someone coming up to you saying “Hey, would you like to drink some battery acid?” It’s freakin’ nuts, how many examples are there of people dying from that stuff, countless, yet people *still* start doing it.


24 posted on 04/08/2014 12:56:00 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: goldstategop

“...his party affiliation isn’t mentioned...:

Not necessary This is MA. There is only one party.


25 posted on 04/08/2014 12:57:16 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: luke1825

ALMOST no place does it say the creep was a DEMOCRAT...

WORSE than being a crack addict he was a DEMOCRAT..


26 posted on 04/08/2014 12:59:00 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Seriously???? Put a pork pie hat on him and you have Heisenberg.


27 posted on 04/08/2014 1:01:15 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: Second Amendment First

> He had an innocent-looking ...

Had = past tense.


28 posted on 04/08/2014 1:01:49 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: EDINVA
Not necessary This is MA. There is only one party.

Sorry .... but that brought THIS to mind ......


29 posted on 04/08/2014 1:01:57 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: FrdmLvr

30 posted on 04/08/2014 1:04:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; a man who respects it has earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Servant of the Cross

kinda proves the one-party state theory, doesn’t it?


31 posted on 04/08/2014 1:05:15 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
I'm reminded of Len Bias. Stand out b-ball player from Maryland. Drafted second in the 1986 NBA draft. Died of a cocaine overdose that happend that night.

IIRC he had never done drugs before and thought that now that he had made it he could party a bit. The cocaine killed him (Messed up his heart.

Ever since then I've been even more paranoid about drugs than I was before! If one dose of anything can kill you (and it can!) then why take the risk. I'll just have a beer!

32 posted on 04/08/2014 1:10:25 PM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: EDINVA
kinda proves the one-party state theory, doesn’t it?

Yes ... painfully

33 posted on 04/08/2014 1:17:18 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: luke1825

A wonderful old priest (88) who is also a family friend always preached about the 4 P’s. He says all sin is rooted in the 4 P’s - Pride, Power, Pocketbook, Pleasure.


34 posted on 04/08/2014 1:22:12 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Let's make Mark Levin's The Liberty Amendments a reality!)
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To: sheana

He was probably fooling around with some woman half his age, and the drugs were part of the fooling around. Most men who trip off into hard drugs late in life have succumbed to a dual temptation. Better to opt for the red sports car.


35 posted on 04/08/2014 1:25:24 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: sheana

From the article:

“Then there were hard-to-believe rumors around town and at the Statehouse that he had left his family and moved to the South End or to Cape Cod, or both. There were reports that he had found a different love and a new life. There were reports that he had fallen, or was dragged, into the drug scene where crystal meth was prevalent.”


36 posted on 04/08/2014 1:27:12 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: Psalm 144

South End & Cape Cod (Provincetown) are dead giveaways that he came out as gay and left his fake life/wife.

Hence his new life, new love. Etc. They leave that out.


37 posted on 04/08/2014 1:42:49 PM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline is for lease)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
That’s what I never understood, just how exactly does one get addicted to meth or heroin? Are they at a party one night and someone walks up to them and says “Hey, ya wanna try some heroin or meth?”

Can't say in all cases but I had a friend that suffered a series of debilitating injuries and was on a pain regiment of opiates... the rules started to change on those Rx's so he was cut off - doctors would no longer write the scrips.

He started buying the pills off the street; expensive & dangerous to do so. Someone in this supply chain suggested heroin - cheaper and way more "effective".

His funeral is this Wednesday, 6pm at Our Lady of Calvary in Philadelphia

38 posted on 04/08/2014 1:44:58 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: John O

Unreal, but there are so many examples of that it’s ridiculous yet people still do it. Look at that kid actor River Phoenix, someone offered him coke in a bathroom in a club and he took one snort and *bang* that was all she wrote, no going back.. he died right in front of his brother out in the street, said he was flapping around like a fish out of water as his heart slowly failed. And he had everything that kid, easy movie star job making millions, he could have retired by the time he was 30, could have done anything he wanted and one stupid decision and it’s all over. Look at Phillip Seymour Hoffman, another idiot. I know people out there working 3 jobs, all they do is work to make ends meet, and here is a guy with more money than God and he’s doing heroin! John Belushi, Chris Farley, Whitney Houston, are other ones, the list just goes on and on on and that’s just the ones that are publicized, people die everyday from that junk yet people *still* start doing it, it’s unreal.


39 posted on 04/08/2014 1:50:41 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: nhwingut

Ah! Not the 20 something bimbo then. Yeah, the meth is the least of his issues. That explains mcuh - thanks for the background info.


40 posted on 04/08/2014 2:04:48 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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