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Overdose deaths exceed murders in NOLA for the first time in history
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:08 pm
By far too.
In the United States too.
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The number of accidental drug-related deaths in New Orleans in 2016 exceeded the number of murders for perhaps the first time in the city's history, according to the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office.
Drug-related deaths totaled 211 last year, more than double the 92 drug-related deaths reported in 2015 and eclipsing the 2016 murder tally of 175. Opioids were discovered in 166 of the fatal overdoses in 2016, or 78 percent, more than twice the 2015 total of 81.
The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl was found in 29 percent of the 166 people who died with opioids in their system, Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Rouse said in a news release. The 48 people who died after using fentanyl represents a three-fold increase from the 13 who died after ingesting the drug in 2015.
In the United States too.
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Similar trends are underway across the country. In December, the CDC announced that, for the first time in U.S. history, more people died from heroin-related causes than from gun homicides in 2015. As recently as 2007, the Washington Post pointed out, gun deaths outweighed heroin deaths by more than 5 to 1.
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This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:09 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Ban drug abuse.
We need common sense drug control.
We need common sense drug control.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:09 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I'm an idiot
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:10 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Oh man that sucks. I don't know how to fix either problem. It just sucks
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Won't change until we start treating it as a medical condition.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
A good herd-thinnin' is needed sometimes.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl was found in 29 percent of the 166 people who died with opioids in their system, Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Rouse said in a news release
You hear a lot of BS from the people still on the streets but this turned out to be true. Where are these low life "heroin" dealers getting fentanyl?
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:11 pm to LSUTANGERINE
NB4 drug cultcha
Truly sad, it's bad everywhere, nola by no means has a monopoly on it.
Truly sad, it's bad everywhere, nola by no means has a monopoly on it.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:12 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Dealers are cutting the heroin with fentanyl. Combining these two substances is a recipe for an overdose. They just don't care.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:14 pm to LSUTANGERINE
We need massive drug law reform.
But we have to fight MADD, big pharma, law enforcement, etc....
But we have to fight MADD, big pharma, law enforcement, etc....
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:14 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Darwin, I praise thee
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:19 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Did you leave this part out on purpose??
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The percentage of African-Americans who died from drugs rose substantially, however, from 28 percent in 2015 to 45 percent in 2016.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:21 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Heroin is taking out huge swaths of people in this country now days.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:28 pm to LSUTANGERINE
MADD told me drinking and driving is more important
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:28 pm to LSUTANGERINE
The only good thing about this is that maybe organ wait list shortens. We have a major crisis going on right now and it is in every community.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:47 pm to LSUTANGERINE
You can thank the pill mills and big pharma for helping to revive the heroin craze
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:49 pm to LSUTANGERINE
quote:Darwinism....
Overdose deaths exceed murders in NOLA for the first time in history
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:52 pm to LSUTANGERINE
What has not been noted is that once you have had heroin cut with fentanyl you need both to satisfy the monkey on your back from then on out.
The problem is sometimes you get a much more powerful version of fent.that is used on circus animals and it kills off the customers.
The problem is sometimes you get a much more powerful version of fent.that is used on circus animals and it kills off the customers.
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