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mike_c

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26. you'd have to include tobacco on the banned list....

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #21)

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 04:21 PM

Jan 2014

Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs around, and it's delivery system makes it one of the most deadly. Many more people die from tobacco related illnesses than from opiate addictions.

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22 Deaths Now Blamed On Dangerously Potent, Fentanyl-Laced Heroin [View all] Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 OP

0 deaths now blamed on non-toxic cannabis. tridim Jan 2014 #1

It's not the opiates that are the problem. freebrew Jan 2014 #13

Fentanyl is not a barbiturate ... brett_jv Jan 2014 #18

My mistake, freebrew Jan 2014 #20

No offense, tridim... NaturalHigh Jan 2014 #22

Legit pain management obviously isn't evil. tridim Jan 2014 #23

I understand your pain about that. NaturalHigh Jan 2014 #24

But............ MyOwnPeace Jan 2014 #2

What does this have anything to do with the OP? eggplant Jan 2014 #3

Juxtaposition. I got it. onehandle Jan 2014 #4

So where'd they get the fentanyl? bemildred Jan 2014 #5

The last time this happened it was an underground chemist...nt Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #6

Ah. Yeah, not that complicated I suppose. bemildred Jan 2014 #7

Complicated is getting the mix right so you don't kill your customers. Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #8

Oh yeah, they are paying a lot for their little deaths as it is. bemildred Jan 2014 #10

I remember a deadly wekend of that sweeping through the NC Triangle Area in the 90s Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #9

fentanyl is a lovely drug..... madrchsod Jan 2014 #11

Yes, it is. Mz Pip Jan 2014 #14

Well, yeah. RedCappedBandit Jan 2014 #25

In other news... workinclasszero Jan 2014 #12

Yuck. Why anyone would inject heroin is beyond me. Dash87 Jan 2014 #15

So very addictive. Try it once and people think about trying it again. Sunlei Jan 2014 #17

shocking how many heroin addicts the USA has & the demographics of the addicts killed by Fentanyl. Sunlei Jan 2014 #16

Another shocking stat to many would be how many heroin addicts started out with a legal Rx brett_jv Jan 2014 #19

I believe it. I've known a few heroin addicts and they looked and were healthy Sunlei Jan 2014 #21

you'd have to include tobacco on the banned list.... mike_c Jan 2014 #26

There were some shitty comments for that story yeterday. NaturalHigh Jan 2014 #27

Well.... I guess that makes heroin a bad idea then.... kiawah Jan 2014 #28