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US overdose deaths on track to hit an all-time high amid the 2020 pandemic
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:51 pm
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Drug fatalities have surged by at least 19% in Connecticut, 28% in Colorado and 30% in Kentucky, report finds
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An Associated Press analysis of several states' overdose data showed a rise in drug fatalities from January to July this year compared to last
CDC's preliminary data on drug overdoses suggests 2020 may be on track to be the deadliest year for drug overdoses since 2015 - if not on record
Rises in overdoses tended to grow steeper after lockdowns according to the AP report
If winter triggers a surge in coronavirus cases and, in turn, lockdowns, the US could be set to see even more drug overdoses over the coming months
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Before the coronavirus even arrived, the U.S. was in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in its history, with a record 71,000 overdose deaths last year
This year's tally likely will surpass that, according to preliminary death data from nine states reviewed by The Associated Press and national data on emergency responses to reported drug overdoses.
National numbers take months to tabulate, because tests and death investigations can take time even when medical examiners offices are not stretched thin by a pandemic.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a count through March, the month when COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths jumped in the Northeast and when stay-at-home orders and other virus measures began.
The full effect of those closures won't be seen until April and May, experts say. Still the latest numbers show deaths trending up: Nearly 74,000 overdose deaths were counted from April 2019 to March 2020, up from the 68,000 reported for the comparable period one year earlier.
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Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:51 pm to RLDSC FAN
Covid deaths **
They’ll be counted as Covid deaths to keep the numbers juked up
They’ll be counted as Covid deaths to keep the numbers juked up
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:53 pm to RLDSC FAN
Finally some DOA news on OD on the OT.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
If it only saves one life...
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
Not really surprising. We gave every working drug addict money and nothing to do all day for 4 months.
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Just saw it was before the lockdowns. Imagine how high it will be after.
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Just saw it was before the lockdowns. Imagine how high it will be after.
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:54 pm to Lawyered
Reread the timeframe.
Or don't.
Or don't.
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:56 pm to Lawyered
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Covid deaths **
They’ll be counted as Covid deaths to keep the numbers juked up
You joke, but in most states, they can shoot enough heroin to kill an elephant, and if they test positive on a posthumous Covid test, they will 100% be added to the tally.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 8:58 pm to RLDSC FAN
If it saves just one morbidly obese 78 year old diabetic
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:00 pm to RLDSC FAN
Just a couple of weeks they said. Just to flatten the curve they said.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:00 pm to V Bainbridge
quote:Are you referring to the 25 million currently on unemployment? Or do you mean the over 300,000 in Louisiana unemployed and living on the max $222 a week after it’s taxed? Does that include the small business owners who lost 6 figures due to shutdown restrictions? Please enlighten us.
We gave every working drug addict money and nothing to do all day for 4 months.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
A surge in degenerate junkies killing themselves? My heart breaks.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger issue than Covid is by a mother fricking mile, yet this is never talked about. My God our priorities in this country is so fricked up.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:17 pm to RLDSC FAN
You’d think with all that free time they’d have had time to practice what dose to take.
Also love how some of the replies are worried about junkie lives now cause it’s an argument against COVID restrictions, but frick em if they make a cop angry.
Also love how some of the replies are worried about junkie lives now cause it’s an argument against COVID restrictions, but frick em if they make a cop angry.
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:23 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'm pretty sure it's because so many states locked down on pain pills way too hard, and it drove people to heroin and other street opiates. People who just want to relieve their pain, are turning to illegal avenues and have no idea how to use heroin and the like.
Alabama for example locked down non-cancer pain patients to 40mg or Norco or less. When some people have been on 80-120mg a day for years. And that's a small dose for a long time user.
And yes, there are many, many, many people who actually need opiates, and that many of them, to function.
We threw the baby out with the bath water with opiates by over correcting. Now more people are dying because they can't get what they NEED, legally.
This is a very basic statement on the issue, it's way more complex and nuanced than people realize. Regardless, these people dying are more than likely not "dirty junkies" who deserve to die. You go to church with these people. Your 62 yr old pastor takes opiates every day to be able to stand up straight. Your coworker who works his arse off all day takes them so his job performance doesn't slip and he can maintain his lifestyle and income. The nice lady 2 doors down who push mows her grass every Saturday has to take percocet every day so she can get out of bed. I can go on and on. If they suddenly can't get their medicine, you just expect them to go through withdrawals(which is horrendous), and be in horrible pain? No, people get desperate and try to find a solution.
Alabama for example locked down non-cancer pain patients to 40mg or Norco or less. When some people have been on 80-120mg a day for years. And that's a small dose for a long time user.
And yes, there are many, many, many people who actually need opiates, and that many of them, to function.
We threw the baby out with the bath water with opiates by over correcting. Now more people are dying because they can't get what they NEED, legally.
This is a very basic statement on the issue, it's way more complex and nuanced than people realize. Regardless, these people dying are more than likely not "dirty junkies" who deserve to die. You go to church with these people. Your 62 yr old pastor takes opiates every day to be able to stand up straight. Your coworker who works his arse off all day takes them so his job performance doesn't slip and he can maintain his lifestyle and income. The nice lady 2 doors down who push mows her grass every Saturday has to take percocet every day so she can get out of bed. I can go on and on. If they suddenly can't get their medicine, you just expect them to go through withdrawals(which is horrendous), and be in horrible pain? No, people get desperate and try to find a solution.
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:34 pm to PetroBabich
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surge in degenerate junkies killing themselves? My heart breaks.
You'd be surprised how many professionals are dealing with this shite. Fathers and mothers. Guys and gals that depended on climbing the ladder and social interactions had all of that taken away too.
It's like drugs and alcohol became prison walls ala shawshank. At first, you hated them. Then you realized there was nothing else to do so you got used to em. Then, it got so bad you needed them.
I'm at the get busy living or get busy dying phase, personally. Know all too many in the same boat.
Don't be afraid to get help. It, umm, helps. Seriously.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:48 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
quote:You're fricking kidding, right? It's been beaten to death since the early 80's. Yet people don't care, and continue to do it. I get your point, but to say it's never talked about is a joke.
this is never talked about
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