174+ heroin overdoses in Cincinnati in 1 week

[Jewboo]

174+ heroin overdoses in Cincinnati in 1 week

An overdose crisis in Cincinnati for the past six days has left police and emergency responders drained, and for now, without clues. It has also underscored that the region does not have the resources to treat all of the addicted.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the source of purported heroin sold to people in Cincinnati, mostly on the West Side, that caused scores of overdoses, including at least three deaths.

"We're working very closely to find the source dealer," said Newtown Police Chief Tom Synan, who heads the law enforcement task force for the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition. He said local, state and federal authorities are combining their forces to investigate the source or sources. "We don't have anything solid to go off of."

With an estimated 78 overdoses Tuesday and Wednesday alone, and an estimated 174 overdose cases in emergency rooms in less than a week, officials are scrambling to attack a heroin crisis of a magnitude they've never had before.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/08/25/od-crisis-flying-blind-search-killer-heroins-source/89339560/



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[Joshua01]

There should be a law against this stuff

[midnight rambler]

There should be a law against this stuff

Indeed, the state needs to step in and deal with this.

[palani]

Perhaps a war on drugs would be expedient?

[Joshua01]

Perhaps a war on drugs would be expedient?

Seems like common sense legislation too me

[Neuro]

Good!

[Half Sense]

This is why we have to stay in Afghanistan!

[Neuro]

This is why we have to stay in Afghanistan!

The war was not meant to be won, it was meant to continue...

[Santa]

Indeed, the state needs to step in and deal with this.


The "State" IS, I say, IS the one protecting and propagating this shit.
There's already fuck all laws outlawing it. Except, of course, those above the law.
It's the same State that's allowing swarms of so-called immigrants to flow through the borders.

[Jewboo]

The "State" IS, I say, IS the one protecting and propagating this shit.
There's already fuck all laws outlawing it. Except, of course, those above the law.
It's the same State that's allowing swarms of so-called immigrants to flow through the borders.

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They just need another eight years.

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[crimethink]

Play with fire, get burned.

This phenomenon - I won't call it a "problem" - is in four states:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/26/supercharged-heroin-ohio-ind-ky-nj/89409942/

[Santa]

Sure, but just remember, they don't grow poppies in Cincinnati.

[crimethink]

The war was not meant to be won, it was meant to continue...

Oceania has always been at war with South Asia.

[crimethink]

To be clear, these aren't actually Heroin overdoses. The are Fetanyl or Carfentanil (primarily veterinary) overdoses. Suppliers are cutting the Heroin with those usually-legal medications. They are cheaper (synthetic) and more easily obtained...and they are more powerful than Heroin (hence, the deaths).

On a related note, Prince (the singer) reportedly died from a similar case:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/22/health/prince-pills-fentanyl/

His "Vicodin" (Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen) was actually the far more powerful and deadly Fetanyl. Investigators assume he didn't realize it, getting them from a supplier of ill-repute.

[midnight rambler]

Investigators assume he didn't realize it, getting them from a supplier of ill-repute.

What? You mean Walgreens?

[singular_me]

lets not forget all the prescription drugs killing as many as the illegal ones... what state regulation ???

How about junk food causing skyroketing cancer and diabetes, etc.

As the U.S. heroin epidemic grows, so does the wait list for federally-funded rehab. BINGO!!! (scroll down)
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic


law enforcement against prohibition
http://www.leap.cc/about/why-legalize-drugs/


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The "State" IS, I say, IS the one protecting and propagating this shit.
There's already fuck all laws outlawing it. Except, of course, those above the law.
It's the same State that's allowing swarms of so-called immigrants to flow through the borders.

[ShortJohnSilver]

IF it continues, it means a shift in drug usage is being pushed by TPTB. Perhaps they mean to make MJ heavily taxed but legal everywhere.

A decline in heroin usage would typically make the CIA unhappy; but perhaps they have something else planned.

[Glass]

Just came across this story.

Maker Of Drug Fueling Heroin Overdose Epidemic Is Lobbying To Keep Weed Illegal
he Arizona-based pharmaceutical company recently gave the funds to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, an anti-legalization campaign group actively fighting to defeat the ballot measure. Insys’s contributions are particularly unsettling considering the company currently markets (http://investors.insysrx.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=115949&p=irol-SECText&TEXT=aHR0cDovL2FwaS50ZW5rd2l6YXJkLmNvbS9maWxpbmcue G1sP2lwYWdlPTExMDc1ODIwJkRTRVE9MCZTRVE9MCZTUURFU0M 9U0VDVElPTl9FTlRJUkUmc3Vic2lkPTU3) only one product — a spray version of fentanyl, a powerful opiate.

Fentanyl has become one of the country’s most dangerous prescription drugs. It is more potent than traditional addictive opiates, which already claim thousands of lives every year (http://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/overdose.html) and drive addicts to graduate to heroin use (http://theantimedia.org/drug-war-fail-doctors-now-creating-more-heroin-addicts-than-drug-dealers/). Fentanyl is 50 times stronger (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/health/fentanyl-opioid-explainer/) than heroin and has been linked to a growing number of deaths (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/concerns-grow-fentanyl-fuels-rise-opioid-overdose-deaths/) in the United States. It is particularly dangerous (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/27/this-new-street-drug-is-10000-times-more-toxic-than-morphine-and-now-its-showing-up-in-canada-and-the-u-s/)when sold on the street and cut with other drugs. Fentanyl has been blamed (http://www.drugfree.org/news-service/fentanyl-laced-heroin-worsening-overdose-crisis-officials-say/) for worsening the sharp rise in heroin overdoses as dealers across the country have begun adding it to heroin to make it stronger.

Yet Insys and opponents of legalization are more concerned about a plant.


This could be the reason why they had a spike in overdoses. Dealers adding this stuff to the heroin on the streets.

Also

According to (https://ardp.org/saying-prop-205-2/) Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, “four states and the District of Columbia have already legalized [cannabis] and are seeing disastrous repercussions for their youth, workplaces and communities.”

Of course, this assessment is incorrect.

Colorado has lower rates of teen cannabis consumption (http://theantimedia.org/weed-use-teens-lower-in-colorado/) than the national average, and studies have shown driving while under the influence (http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2011/11/does_marijuana_make_you_a_more_dangerous_driver_th an_alcohol_.html) of the plant is far less dangerous than alcohol, a legal drug. Colorado has seen a spike in tourism (http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/09/marijuana-has-huge-influence-on-colorado-tourism-state-survey-says-2/), business (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28612396), and tax revenues (http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/26/marijuana-sales-tax-revenue-huge-boon-for-colorado-cities/) as a result of legalization.

Interestingly, a study by Johns Hopkins university last year found states with medical marijuana had lower rates of overdose from opiates (http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/04/26/is-marijuana-a-gateway-drug/overdoses-fell-with-medical-marijuana-legalization).

ZeroHedge (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-11/maker-drug-fueling-heroin-overdose-epidemic-lobbying-keep-weed-illegal)