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mr_lebowski

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79. Of Course Not ...

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 07:22 PM

Jun 2017

That wasn't the point I was responding to ... I'm saying that all over larger America cities nowadays there's parts of town where anyone could go cop opioids, all they need is to be told where it is and be able to get there. You don't necessarily have to know a dealer, just need someone who knows where the dealers 'vend', and go hang out there and walking around, make eye contact with people you ordinarily might not, etc.

And you might think you'd end up dead cause they're not nice neighborhoods but believe it or not most people in bad neighborhoods where dope sales are common ... are more interested in selling you dope ... than murdering you in cold blood just for walking down their street. Def. have to be careful though about gettin' ripped off, though, sure.

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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