Disturbing drug story

[gowlerk 2,246]

There are few words strong enough to express the despair the current opiate epidemic is bringing. And it's not just in America. Canadian cities are suffering right along.

http://time.com/4617737/baby-starvation-parents-drug-overdose/?xid=homepage

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[airdvr 210]

Sad. Heroin is back and stronger than ever here in Ohio.

Some inroads being made by doctors prescribing Norco in place of Oxy. But it will take a long time.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[nolhtairt 0]

Time to start blasting drug cartel bases in Mexico and Colombia with daily cutters and bunker busters and shit. Wipe them the fuck out. And build that wall.

Of course, that alone won't solve the drug trafficking problem since some is coming in from Asia.

It's like fighting a fucking giant octopus or hydra monster. Cut one arm off, another one grows out.

[wmw999 2,517]

As long as the (generally rich) US provides the demand, someone will take care of supply.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[nolhtairt 0]

wmw999

As long as the (generally rich) US provides the demand, someone will take care of supply.

Wendy P.

Well, you know, as distasteful and horrible what Philippines' President Duterte is doing great to combat his country's drug problem, by simply executing all the junkies and the suppliers, I'm interested in seeing what kind of results they end up in the near future.

[skycop 0]

In the area where I work, we call 8-11am the heroin rush hour.
People wake up dope sick, go into the city to buy dope, then can't wait to use. They shoot up or snort in the car while driving on the highways leading out of downtown.
If we get a single vehicle accident during those times, it's about an 85% chance it's an overdose while driving. Many times heroin is cut with fentanyl, or even worse carfentanyl, the people are unconscious or near unconscious when we arrive. Sometimes this can happen several times a week, I've been on several double OD's, and some with kids in the car.
The other OD's are constant, when bad batches are going around, we can get several a shift in our area.
It's the craziest drug related problem we've had in my 30years.
Crack was bad in the 90's, but this is much worse.

"Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

[airdvr 210]

I've read that demand starts with prescription opiates. That euphoric high oxy brings is replicated by heroin. If the docs in the US stop prescribing oxy and stay with Norco hopefully the demand will be reduced.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[skycop 0]

For the older addicts I agree to an extent.
However the younger ones have a myriad of ways they get addicted. Many times it's the "crazy friend" that gets them to try it during a night of partying, next thing you know they start getting dope sick and the cycle starts.
I had a 59 year old woman hit another car head-on on a 4 lane highway. It was her 2nd OD in 6 months, she started at the pill mills. Our state has cracked down on docs and pill mills, so heroin becomes the substitute.
It's a sad cycle, but many of these people are not "victims" of any thing but there own excesses.

"Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

[tkhayes 348]

the war on drugs is an abject failure. going after the cartels with whatever weapons, law or other means you might think is necessary has never worked.

And not likely that intensifying it will work either.

Time to come up with some other ways to deal with it and abandon the 'war' altogether.