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Heroin deaths up 23% in one year

Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:09 pm
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36721 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:09 pm
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More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever.

The disastrous tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as opioids.

Heroin deaths rose 23 percent in one year, to 12,989, slightly higher than the number of gun homicides, according to government data released Thursday.


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Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43222 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:09 pm to
Heisenberg runs H now
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
19365 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:10 pm to
But go to your doctor for knee pain and enjoy the tabs! Nothing bad gonna happen
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:10 pm to
Thanks Trump.



Is that the new thing?
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
6972 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:11 pm to
Thinning the herd.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
78962 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:11 pm to
Sad news for 50,000 families. That's a lot of parents burying their children.
Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
22776 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:12 pm to
It's such a tough problem. We Americans will get our dope, one way or the other. Via legal or illegal means.
Posted by LesMiles BFF
Lafayette
Member since May 2014
5101 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:12 pm to
It is amazing to me that this epidemic gets getting larger with drugs like suboxone out there.

BUT suboxone is so damn expensive that a heroin junkie has a hard time coming up with about $750 for a Dr visit and prescription every single month.
Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:12 pm to
That's great news. The fewer degenerates in this country the better.
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:13 pm to
The CIA funded afghan H has to go somewhere.
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
27018 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:17 pm to
quote:

by soaring abuse of heroin due to prescription painkillers being changed to schedule II


Fixed it for them. Sweeping change has consequences. They took Vicodin and made it essentially as hard to get as Oxycontin. Making Oxycontin even more expensive.

Foolish policy. And you are talking to an ER nurse who loves telling drug seekers to frick off because our docs don't carry triplicates.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19416 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:18 pm to
This guy is a coworkers family friend, killed a kid and now in jail for life.
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Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
109068 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:22 pm to
Ok, this is conclusive proof that the War on Drugs kills more than it saves. The failure on heroin and opiates particularly means we need to reevaluate everything in the War on Drugs. That is simply inexcusable. 23% spike in deaths? What the shite?
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38910 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:27 pm to
meanwhile marijuana deaths remained flat at zero deaths
Posted by thermal9221
Youngsville
Member since Feb 2005
13288 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:32 pm to
Club Ron Ron gettin them people
Posted by LSUwag
Florida man
Member since Jan 2007
17319 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:32 pm to
Build the wall.

Just wait and see Trump's wall will dry the supply up.
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13610 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:36 pm to
And how many lives has illegal devil drug marijuana taken?
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51707 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever.


The sad part is it's only going to get worse.
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13264 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:51 pm to
I had to get a pretty minor dental procedure done not too long ago. It's expected you'll go through about 2 or 3 days of pain afterwards, so I was prescribed 30 pills of Oxycontin.

30 freaking pills. For 2-3 days of pain. I thought it was a mistake when I picked the prescription up, but apparently that's the norm.

It is not hard to see why so many people are getting hooked on opioids and eventually to heroin.
Posted by I am GLORIOUS
On Tanden's Pond
Member since Oct 2016
3128 posts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:58 pm to
2 kids I grew up with died of overdoses
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