Republican Sheriff Nominee Wants To Ban Marijuana, But He Was Just Arrested With Heroin

Written by Jafari Tishomingo for Counter current.

John Orem, the Republican nominee for Berkeley County sheriff was charged with heroin possession after apparently overdosing twice in two days

The former Martinsburg police officer was arraigned on one misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance Tuesday morning and released on 5,000$ bail.

John Orem was found unresponsive in his Inwood,W.Va home late Monday night.

EMS Officials told West Virginia State Troopers that the overdose-reversing drug,Narcan had been administered.

Tuesday night State Troopers came to Orem’s house to assist EMS.

Once again Oren was found unresponsive in his bathroom with Heroin paraphernalia strewn around his seemingly lifeless body.

This includes a spooned burned on the bottom with a piece of cotton that field tested positive for Heroin.

State Troopers also said Orem refused to give a blood test upon being arrested.

Orem received 20.6 percent of the vote in the may primary to win the republican party nomination in a 9-way candidate race.