re: In 1999, 6.1 per 100,000 americans died of drug overdose. In 2018, 21.7 per 100,000.

Here's one of thousands who died of an overdose in Ohio last year. Her name was Amy. From the website "Hope over Heroin" that posts phots of as many Ohio victims as they can.

LINK

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DGAF about junkies

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DGAF about soulless punk arse bitches

It’s killing off a whole generation of people. I personally know prob about 200+ or so that have died in the past couple years. (Granted I work in the field) but it’s still a staggering number.

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quote: I’ve heard Kratom is physically addictive as well though. So is gambling, and coffee, but you won’t die from any of the 3.

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But Kratom can cause psychosis and hallucinations - which can cause you to find yourself PEC’d to a psych facility...

My,mother was an addict and she died in severe pain because the hospital couldn't give her enough. My sister has been a drug addict for over 20 years. It wouldn't be a loss if she died. Even she will tell you that.

It's not any one thing that caused this (doctors,addicts,DEA,Big Pharma), but a plethora of issues combined.

For one, we are raising a generation of absolute pussy's. I have seen patients in an ER for a hang-nail. The generation from world war II are some of the toughest people on the planet. Little old ladies from that era are the toughest people I have ever seen. As a parent we don't want to see our kids hurt, but every time they fart and it smells funny, is not a reason to take your kids to the doctor. Kids have been conditioned to take a pill to remedy what ever their problems are. I'm depressed, take a pill, I can't focus take a pill, I cant shite, take a pill, I suck as an athlete in PE and can't deal with it, take a pill.

So to go back to the issue at hand, it's not the doctors, or Big Pharma, or the individual, or society's fault. It is everything and everyone involved in this process.

I've looked many men and women, 100s and probably into the 1000s, in the eyes that said they're going to kick this shite. Their thing is a drug, mine is a bottle and it very rarely works. Sending someone off to rehab seems like the logical reaction, it's less than 10% effective. It works for a few but long term sobriety is considered at only 18 months. Granted, I haven't been sober longer than a little over 40 days in a decade of drinking. I'm no martyr, the shite is real. It's bad and it's getting worse. People saying they are all trash is complete shite, addiction doesn't discriminate

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Prescription, legal meds killing more than street drugs ever did. Imagine that.

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*when not used as directed

Don’t let that get in the way of your sermon though

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Every one of those deaths were someone’s son, daughter, mom, dad, etc. So, yeah. Someone somewhere is devastated because someone they love died from drug use.

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I'm not unsympathetic, but there is a solution for this. Stop taking drugs, get the help you need.

Most don't want that, so this is what happens.

Sort of Darwin-like thinning out...