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maxsolomon

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4. Just awful

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Nov 17, 2021, 03:08 PM

Nov 2021

That's 275/day. It's driving the homelessness crisis, too.

It's absurd that the Petit Bourgeoisie point at city governments and yell "solve this!" or "push it out of my sight!". It's everywhere, not just big cities.

Go look at a rural county jail register. Half the people in there are for opiate arrests.

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Drug overdose deaths top 100,000 for first time [View all] applegrove Nov 2021 OP

How much despair? How many accidents? Marthe48 Nov 2021 #1

Fentanyl and built up tolerance I'd guess underpants Nov 2021 #2

My husband had fentanyl patches Marthe48 Nov 2021 #3

I believe that most of the fentanyl overdoses Crunchy Frog Nov 2021 #8

... but no one reports that RussBLib Nov 2021 #9

I agree Marthe48 Nov 2021 #11

My question too. Not all would be accidents. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #5

I hope you are speaking academically! Marthe48 Nov 2021 #6

I've been waiting 35 years. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #7

Oh sorry Marthe48 Nov 2021 #10

Thanks! lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #12

Just awful maxsolomon Nov 2021 #4

American society and culture are so fucking cruel. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #13

My Son is getemjoe Nov 2021 #14

Listened to report that stated that fentanyl is literally being used to lace bullwinkle428 Nov 2021 #15