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re: The US Overdose Epidemic - Big Deal Or Meh?

Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:46 pm to
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:46 pm to
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I think that has to be on par with likely as getting struck by lightning.


It's more likely than you think.
Posted by mikelbr
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Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:49 pm to
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It's more likely than you think.


So is getting struck by lightning. I didn't say kilt by lightning.

neither is very common.

Posted by Devil_doge
DFW
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:50 pm to
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BP seizing 100 lbs of weed at the border is about like a NOLA cop seizing an 8th. Almost not even worth their time.


Exactly.

Hell, the USCG seized 16 tons of cocaine valued at over $420 million back in March. Even that amount is just a drop in the bucket considering in 2010 the US spent roughly $30 billion on cocaine alone.

Sauce
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 3:52 pm
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45677 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:53 pm to
from what ive gathered...

some dealers specifically lace a few bags with fentanyl, purposely, knowing it will kill someone.

when word gets around that someone died from this dealer's stuff, the fiends actually FLOCK to this dealer now because they believe he has the best stuff on the market. "people are ODing off this stuff it must be legit!"

So its entirely possible someone trying H for the first time gets unlucky, gets a hot dose, and dies from 1 use.
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:56 pm to
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The US Overdose Epidemic

Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:59 pm to
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Hell, the USCG seized 16 tons of cocaine valued at over $420 million back in March. Even that amount is just a drop in the bucket considering in 2010 the US spent roughly $30 billion on cocaine alone.


Weed is so plentiful to the cartels that many times they'll just shotgun (no pun intended) their product over the border. If they can get 25% over the line, they'll still be profitable with a 75% loss.

Weed is the bread and butter that funds their hard drug operations. Legalization of weed would be a huge blow to their overall business model.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48996 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:00 pm to
Now I wanna try some.

God dammit. Two hours till first pitch and I wanna do some Herr-on for the first time.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58478 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:01 pm to
The CIA invented heroin to keep the white man down!
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45677 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:07 pm to
theres actually a drug out there 100 times stronger than Fentanyl.

W-18

why the frick are we (not usa, humans) making drugs this strong? Do elephants or Blue whales have chronic back problems or something. wtf
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 4:07 pm
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:14 pm to
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Weed is so plentiful to the cartels that many times they'll just shotgun (no pun intended) their product over the border


also, the price of seizures is almost always done in terms of the street value in America and not what the cartels paid for it.
Posted by ZZTIGERS
Member since Dec 2007
17370 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:26 pm to
Every city should designate a Hamsterdam. I'm sure each city has a shitty part of town that they're willing to designate to junkies, whores & other misfits.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 4:32 pm
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
106109 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:38 pm to
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Why the frick isn't more being done to fight drug manufacturers and the medical profession is stopping this? We can fight the cartels, sure, but they're simply profiteering off of what domestic drug dealers manufacture.



Because it takes forever, typically in court, to take manufacturers to task. Kentucky took the manufacturer of OxyContin to court over misleading the public over how addictive the drug is. It was filed in 2007 and was eventually settled in 2015.

There's no telling how many people in Kentucky alone OD'd on Oxy during that time period.

LINK
Posted by NikeShox
Toula Baw
Member since Sep 2016
1251 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:48 pm to
They may not be adding fentanyl but they add chemicals to make them stick and cause addiction... all the way from nasal spray or any Otc meds to pain meds. All of it!!!
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29454 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:53 pm to
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Make sure weed is illegal while you get insurance and tax money to subsidize and fund your lethal opioid addiction epidemic!

And thank you as well DC politicians who would rather accept money from Big Pharma than try to stop the massive death spiral our youth has fallen into.

This.

Follow the money and you'll find where our dear politicians have their priorities.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:59 pm to
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some dealers specifically lace a few bags with fentanyl, purposely, knowing it will kill someone.
no they don't
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45677 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:46 pm to
LINK


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Maryland has seen more than 37 laced heroin deaths, while Delaware has tallied six fatal overdoses


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Recent public health warning about life-threatening consequences of heroin laced with fentanyl


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Drugs users generally don't know when their heroin is laced with fentanyl, so it's easy for them to inadvertently take a deadly dose of the ...


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- A few months after a rash of fentanyl-laced heroin overdoses struck Chicago's West Side, an undercover police officer purchased 12 bags of ...


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Fentanyl-laced heroin is worsening the nation's overdose crisis, officials tell NPR. Some drug dealers are using an illicit version of fentanyl, ...


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"The big thing with heroin users now is finding heroin laced with fentanyl," explains Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Spokesperson ...


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Fentanyl laced heroin and its contribution to a spike in heroin ... - NCBI


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Man pleads guilty to selling fentanyl-laced heroin that killed pregnant ...




Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
78057 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:51 pm to
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Why the frick isn't more being done to fight drug manufacturers and the medical profession is stopping this? We can fight the cartels, sure, but they're simply profiteering off of what domestic drug dealers manufacture.

Please clarify. Opiates provide a great deal of relief for those in real pain.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
148203 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:57 pm to
Okay

Soooo where does that say dealers are specifically lacing certain bags 'wanting' for a customer to die to get more people to want his product?

Yeah uhhhh no.... dealers skip town or lay low when they find out someone died on their shite because they know the first thing the cops will do is look through the persons phone and police are quick to come with a manslaughter charge.


Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
85267 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:59 pm to
Big deal. Big huge sad deal for America. Darwin sentiments aside.
Posted by 420centraltime
Gump nation
Member since Feb 2013
979 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:15 pm to
This is what happens when the dumb fricks in the DEA go from one extreme to the other because they think it will benefit society better.
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