News Article: Former Penguin Kevin Stevens facing federal drug charges

[WVP]

I had percocet when I had my wisdom teeth taken out. Made me a little loopy, I guess, when I was taking them people said I acted weird. I have a crippling fear of addiction so I never take anything more than a few times in succession.

Ha. I remember getting mine out and trying to watch Fight Club three times in 2 days but kept falling asleep. So I have a blurry recollection of that movie and also that's also my association with "Where is my Mind", appropriately.

 

[Shady Machine]

I had surgery a few years ago and they gave me percocet. I took two pills on recovery day, felt like crap and had the weirdest dream of my life, woke up sweating and stopped taking them. Definitely not a fan.

I know medication is necessary and very helpful in a lot of scenarios, but I also had a rough experience with Lyrica. Long story, but I had nerve pain from neurological cat scratch fever a few years ago so I was prescribed Lyrica. It was a mild dose but I got really dizzy every time I took it. It only marginally helped the nerve pain so I weened myself off of it. I had major, major headaches for 2 weeks coming off of that ****.

Fortunately, the nerve pain subsided over time without medication.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

More info.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/bruins/2016/05/28/kevin-stevens-still-has-many-rooting-for-him/LwX9McczSLaxEAeV19V8KJ/story.html

Interesting that Shero had an intervention. A damn shame

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

More info.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/bruins/2016/05/28/kevin-stevens-still-has-many-rooting-for-him/LwX9McczSLaxEAeV19V8KJ/story.html

Interesting that Shero had an intervention. A damn shame

I have always wondered if his troubles began with his face being shattered. I guess I have my answer now:

According to Kelly, Stevens has been addicted to painkillers for more than 20 years, dating to a ghastly on-ice accident in 1993 when many of his facial bones were crushed. Surgeons had to peel down his face, mend the shattered pieces with multiple plates. It was the painkillers Stevens took during recovery, contends Kelly, that triggered his addiction.

 

[The GM]

delete - read story first before commenting

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

I have always wondered if his troubles began with his face being shattered. I guess I have my answer now:

Yup, that confirms it. I still feel sick thinking about that play. Maybe even more so, knowing how things turned out.

 

[Darth Vitale]

No more cocaine and hookers jokes.

One day we'll get smart, and legalize all this stuff to the extent that you can be arrested but then instead of being thrown in the slammer which does ****-all for people's ability to stop addiction and later integrate back into society, we put people in treatment programs. Would probably still be less expensive than prison.

It's so stupid the way the war on drugs has been handled. It's like "oooo this stuff is bad for you and causes all kinds of health and civil problems, so the best solution is to take the user (eespecially if the user sells) and throw him in prison where he'll get no treatment and then when he gets out, zero chance of ever finding a job, which will put him in a depressed state so he can seek out more drugs to kill the pain."

Rinse, repeat, create a multi-billion dollar prison industry.

 

[plaidchuck]

Another reason for the islanders never to have anything good happen to them every again.

 

[Fenway]

Former NHL star Kevin Stevens sentenced to probation on drug dealing conviction

In a dramatic hearing that underscored the scourge of the state’s opioid epidemic, former professional hockey player Kevin Stevens, who was raised in Massachusetts and twice won the Stanley Cup, was sentenced to probation for conspiring to sell oxycodone.

Prosecutors had asked that Stevens, 52, of Weymouth, serve a year in prison, less than what he faced under sentencing guidelines.

But US District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. said he was caught between a need to punish Stevens and a desire to support the rehabilitation of a man whose addiction began after one of the National Hockey League’s worst on-ice injuries.

“The risk of interrupting the progress that has been made is perhaps an unwise risk to take,â€O’Toole told a courtroom crowded with Stevens’ supporters.

 

[Pancakes]

Former NHL star Kevin Stevens sentenced to probation on drug dealing conviction

Hope Artie can stay clean. He's a good guy and addiction is a *****. If he relapses again I doubt the law will be so kind.

I know all the Pens still love him and he was a huge celebrity when the team had their reunion.

 

[wgknestrick]

No more cocaine and hookers jokes.

One day we'll get smart, and legalize all this stuff to the extent that you can be arrested but then instead of being thrown in the slammer which does ****-all for people's ability to stop addiction and later integrate back into society, we put people in treatment programs. Would probably still be less expensive than prison.

It's so stupid the way the war on drugs has been handled. It's like "oooo this stuff is bad for you and causes all kinds of health and civil problems, so the best solution is to take the user (especially if the user sells) and throw him in prison where he'll get no treatment and then when he gets out, zero chance of ever finding a job, which will put him in a depressed state so he can seek out more drugs to kill the pain."

Rinse, repeat, create a multi-billion dollar prison industry.

Big, big difference from being a user that is caught with own drugs vs drug dealing IMO. I understand that some of the laws are very stupidly weighted based on the substance as to whether it is a "dealing" amount or not. Just like the cops weighing weed plants in their entirety, dirt, roots, stems and all.

Using shouldn't be criminalized, but drug dealing should. Jail system doesn't help either, and just makes it worse, but we can on and on about what's wrong with the criminal justice system.

 

[PAJEN NORDGREN]

Will Kevin Stevens be back as a scout this season?

 

[BHD]

Will Kevin Stevens be back as a scout this season?

It's hard to say. Breaking addiction is one hell of a process.

 

[Jacob]

I didn’t know cat scratch fever was something other than a euphemism for VD.

 

[Shady Machine]

I didn’t know cat scratch fever was something other than a euphemism for VD.

Lol.

It's real and it totally sucked, although I think I had it worse than most cases. This is a random thread.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

I didn’t know cat scratch fever was something other than a euphemism for VD.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Another reason for the islanders never to have anything good happen to them every again.

Meh...I don't blame Pilon here at all. This was a common collision back in the day. Just ended up bad:

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

I had a tooth pulled and got dry socket. Don't wish that on anyone. tried the prescription and I couldn't even function. Stopped taking them after one dose. I'd rather deal with the pain and pack the socket with a special smelly packing for about a week or two until it closed.

If it were not for the dry socket, I have never used my prescriptions, ever. Not even Tylenol.

I really don't see the appeal of doing such stuff. You basically become a sloth.

I, like you, would rather deal with pain than take any meds. When I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth out, I didn't take my prescription pills.. Same when I had stitches in my shin, even though that pain was unbearable at times. I can't fault anyone for taking pain medications though, it really depends on what they're dealing with.

I don't take prescription meds because I have a phobia of dependency, same reason I don't drink alcohol.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Jesus christ Stevens..
Hasn't he tried to fix his life the last 3yrs? The charge is from 2015, seems weird to now be charged for it unless that other dude flipped on him to screw him over.

Poor dude.

 

[Beauner]

Jesus christ Stevens..
Hasn't he tried to fix his life the last 3yrs? The charge is from 2015, seems weird to now be charged for it unless that other dude flipped on him to screw him over.

Poor dude.

this thread is 2 years old

 

[Freeptop]

Will Kevin Stevens be back as a scout this season?

Well, seeing as how the post preceding yours was from over a year ago, and he was a scout last year, I'd say the chances are pretty good.
For the record, he is still listed on the Pens' website as a Special Assignment Scout.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

this thread is 2 years old

Oh, damn. I am getting notifications for posts I made back in June, what the hell is going on here?

 

[Pens x]

Mario did Stevens a huge favor hiring him.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Oh, damn. I am getting notifications for posts I made back in June, what the hell is going on here?

She finally did it!

 

[DegenX]

Oh, damn. I am getting notifications for posts I made back in June, what the hell is going on here?

There's been an unusual amount of necro-bumps recently. It's strange. Part of me is like, damn, this thread is 10 years old and another part of me is like, daaaaammmmn, that's some impressive search skills Whatev, it's summer, yeah?