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Demsrule86

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43. The deaths in my area are due to Heroin.

Fri Jun 2, 2017, 10:15 AM

Jun 2017

And I believe many are because people can't get pain meds. Also three of my daughters classmates have died of Heroin overdoses in the last six month. I think that is the young playing around with drugs as they have always done...this is a lethal sort of Heroin.

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State of Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies for Fueling Opioid Epidemic [View all] Stuart G Jun 2017 OP

I just started hearing about this "opioid epidemic" recently. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #1

It should be noted Quackers Jun 2017 #2

All this means is people who have pain won't get pain meds...the opoid Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #20

Not really ... PLEEEEEENTY of people hooked on opioid painkillers, the Rx Kind ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #23

I live in Ohio...most of the Doctors won't even give it...my sis had bad arthritis and has to take Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #24

Having done a few drugs back in the hippie days.... Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #26

Steet connections are very easy to get regardless of class if one is an addict. Kaleva Jun 2017 #40

Not me. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #52

You can buy such drugs in nice parts of town too. Kaleva Jun 2017 #55

Not me. It's just not that way across America. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #57

Not necessarily. I can tell you exactly where to go walk around in SF mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #46

Most people don't live in SF. We're talking middle class in middle America. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #51

You said 'middle class', you didn't stipulate 'also living in Middle BFE American ' mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #80

Are you at all serious in thinking most citizens in dire pain would ALSO like to WinkyDink Jun 2017 #60

Of Course Not ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #79

I doubt that most citizens would even think of "street connections" for pain relief. We tend WinkyDink Jun 2017 #59

I was wondering about that. If I would have a need... Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #25

Not true. OUr overdose deaths are over 65... duhneece Jun 2017 #37

The deaths in my area are due to Heroin. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #43

I highly doubt your conclusion. People in pain don't go from Oxycodone to WinkyDink Jun 2017 #61

Exactly...this attempt to end pain relief for millions is stupid...as the epidemic is Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #67

More people died of overdoses last year than in car wrecks underpants Jun 2017 #4

and yet, nobody is in a state of hysteria over car wrecks; the "opioid epidemic" hysteria does nothi TheFrenchRazor Jun 2017 #34

ITA. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #62

Part of that is that deaths in car accidents continue to fall. LeftyMom Jun 2017 #70

That's true underpants Jun 2017 #73

In Ohio the problem has become more about fentanyl and carfentanil mama Jun 2017 #8

It's a big deal... Dopers_Greed Jun 2017 #9

THIS BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #12

But crack IS different from opiods. Crack is an illegal, street drug. Opiods are legal... Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #15

What is happening now IS the creation of "illegal street drugs". BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #18

This article is from 2001 canetoad Jun 2017 #30

Interesting. +1. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #32

In the town of Kermit, West Virginia, population 392, Staph Jun 2017 #16

I wonder how many diabetes pills that pharmacy sold. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #27

The town's population is 392. yardwork Jun 2017 #48

Apparently people from neighboring towns were going to that pharmacy. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #50

It's front and center because 33,000 people died from opioids in 2015 NobodyHere Jun 2017 #17

An estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes every year. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #28

oh, stop making sense... the opioid epidemic hysteria is just making it harder for people to get TheFrenchRazor Jun 2017 #35

LOL. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #39

It is a heroin epidemic with stuff added in. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #21

That's how a lot of people are dying, specifically, yes ... but that's not 'the epidemic' ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #45

This "epidemic" reminds me of the steroid "epidemic" that George Bush got fixated on.... Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #77

The use of prescription opioids in the US is out of control Julian Englis Jun 2017 #22

That's because the media waited until it snowballed into a crisis to report it. sandensea Jun 2017 #29

Read Sam Quinones' Dreamland, or check his podcasts, or these youtube clips, or others. mahina Jun 2017 #72

Stuart, DeWine is using this for jump starting his Governor campaign irisblue Jun 2017 #3

So now the US will go into reaction mode and people who need pain meds won't get them captain queeg Jun 2017 #5

When my father was dying of cancer he was given a bottle of liquid morphine. DK504 Jun 2017 #7

I just don't see why people think this is a big problem for the govt. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #31

Herion is making a comeback because of the crackdown on presription drugs. Kaleva Jun 2017 #42

Heroin is cheaper than black market OxyContin Brother Buzz Jun 2017 #49

People will find relief ...and if your pain is terrible you will do anything to stop it. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #68

My father was given the same thing. Kaleva Jun 2017 #41

Took The Words Right Out Of Fingers, Queeg ProfessorGAC Jun 2017 #14

So I guess neighborhoods will have to start having their own local "chemist" Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #33

yep; i'm surprised that some of these terminal patients haven't gone postal on the docs forcing them TheFrenchRazor Jun 2017 #36

first EOs Obama did almost NINE YEARS AGO, addressed the RX drug problem and thefts from Veteran Sunlei Jun 2017 #6

It's about goddamn time Dopers_Greed Jun 2017 #10

Here is Opioid Town, KY Bayard Jun 2017 #11

There is a lot of addiction to prescription drugs, but I must add this about DeWine.. Stuart G Jun 2017 #13

I heard that yesterday evening... Whiskeytide Jun 2017 #19

Good. These pharmas are legally profiting from the same addiction that drug cartels create. truthisfreedom Jun 2017 #38

Actually, in rural areas the pharmaceutical companies and doctors have created the addiction... Brother Buzz Jun 2017 #44

You're not in severe pain, I'm betting. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #63

I thought it might be related to invading and occupying a major opium producing country yurbud Jun 2017 #47

Now see, this is the kind of CT thinking that can get a person in trouble, right here WinkyDink Jun 2017 #64

Yep. Wall Street wants it, drug dealers got it, and banks launder it...on the other hand... yurbud Jun 2017 #66

Interesting Lotusflower70 Jun 2017 #53

I am fortunate in that I have never had to rely on these meds crim son Jun 2017 #54

Heroin is legal and weed is a federal offense killbotfactory Jun 2017 #56

Heroin is legal?! WinkyDink Jun 2017 #65

There is an accepted medical use for opiods like heroin or oxycontin, yes. killbotfactory Jun 2017 #71

What?! Heroin is not used as medicine, and there IS medical marijuana. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #75

Heroin is essentially the same thing as oxycodone killbotfactory Jun 2017 #76

Describe it as you wish; the government and the law disagree. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #78

Ridiculous lawsuit. My mother, at 91, lived with excruciating pain that opioids WinkyDink Jun 2017 #58

I agree...it is ridiculous to sue and end help for thousands of Ohioans in pain Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #69

Too true, too true. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #74