‘Prison does not help a drug addict'
TAHLEQUAH — Miller Ballard leaned over to kiss his girlfriend one last time, told her he loved her, and then fired a .38 caliber hollow point into his brain.
The shot wasn't fatal, but it blew a hole in the side of his face and left one eye hanging out of its socket. Ballard said he was so high on methamphetamine, the wound didn't even render him unconscious.
Ballard describes that as the lowest point of a dec...
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