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JonathanRackham

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5. Locally the opioid problem is from prescription drugs.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:54 PM

Aug 2016

Kids steal them from parents and either sell or use them. Multiple local overdoses and three deaths this year alone amongst the high school kids.

The world has changed since I was a kid. Back then we had underage beer parties and the occasional joint, that was considered hard core.

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Is the heroin crisis in America linked to the US occupation [View all] malaise Aug 2016 OP

I think it's linked to the over prescribing of opioid pain killers, leading to addiction NightWatcher Aug 2016 #1

I think you need an education Warpy Aug 2016 #7

I think you need educating (sources cited) NightWatcher Aug 2016 #9

I am not impressed by propaganda. Warpy Aug 2016 #11

Two close friends have sons who were phylny Aug 2016 #14

It's a perfect storm. Socal31 Aug 2016 #2

Opium production was protected andnhanced since at least the Vietnam era. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #3

And a related question, what clandestine operations is it funding? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #4

Good question malaise Aug 2016 #10

Locally the opioid problem is from prescription drugs. JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #5

Nobody with access to pure pharmaceutical drugs will risk street drugs Warpy Aug 2016 #8

It does make it easier for the CIA to procure and bring in.... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #6

The US occupation of Afghanistan?? Albertoo Aug 2016 #12

Yes. Republicans clueless about nation-building (they weren't here 1776) so they bungled Afghanistan Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #13