WFB: Deaths attributable to cocaine and methamphetamine rose significantly in 2017, and look to have continued to go up in 2018, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control shows.
Most of the added deaths, the report further shows, also involve opioids, casting light on the polydrug nature of America’s current drug crisis.
Having risen inexorably in recent years, drug overdose is the leading cause of non-medical death in the United States, and the leading cause of death for Americans under 50. There were some 70,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017, the last year for which full data are available.
The lion’s share of these deaths, 42,000 or so, involved opioids. These deadly narcotics—including prescription pills, heroin, and the synthetic opioid fentanyl and its analogs—have as a result attracted the lion’s share of the headlines about the drug crisis. Coverage has spurred a preoccupation with prosecuting American pharmaceutical firms and targeting opioid use specifically, rather than a broader problem of drug use. more here
And I should care, why?
Good news.
If everyone was out toiling in the fields from sunrise to sunset, I bet there would be a whole lot less of this insanity.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
They should try diet coke. That way they can use more meth without all the guilt.
What is the allure of meth to lower income white people?
Just leave the “crisis” alone and it will end up solving itself.
1000X more likely to have a
heart attack on coco…
There are many ways that seem right to people, except that all these ways end in death.
–the Bible, slightly paraphrased
I’d like to know whether the price of coke or crystal has come down in the past five years or so. While the feds would have you believe that only(!) 5% of illegal drugs come through the southern sieve I’d bet money they’re wrong and the number is much larger.
The more drugs the can come in the more competition there is and the lower the priced the more opened up is a market that couldn’t afford it before. Besides with an Oxy 80mg going for upwards of $80 or more it may well be cheaper to go for coke and/or crystal.
You’ll get nowhere prosecuting the drug companies, they’ll pay off and stop the manufacturer of drugs that are sorely needed by those dying or in great pain that normal drugs can’t touch. Get tough with the pushers whether they sell to support their habit or for the cash. Fuckem, they get caught they go to jail for 5 years. Caught a second time 20 years. Third time forever. If it can be proved that some user OD’s and died then it’s 2nd degree murder on top of the pushing charge.
Other things can be done as well such as limiting a prescription of these drugs to a week at a time at the same time limit the dispensing fee so the user isn’t paying four fees for a months script, peer review scripts written with other doctors every month or so to make sure it’s still appropriate.
Trump needs to push harder to finish filling all the vacancies on the bench with Judges that enforce the law
Democrats have failed to completely take over the country for two reasons:
1. Many people get more conservative and more responsible as they get older
2. Those who don’t, are more likely to die from their self-destructive behavior
‘What is the allure of meth to lower income white people?’
The same allure crack has for poor black people. It’s a cheap high.
Self inflicted wounds are difficult to pity.
Isn’t this Trump’s FAULT ? Wasn’t he going to build the Wall and stop all these illegal drugs coming over the border? Trump was President in 2017 & 2018, why didn’t he DO something ?
Because the democraps and their allies and RINO weenies wouldn’t let him.
So, your saying more people are kicking their habits for good?
I’m impressed by their absolute commitment.
Beats paying for their welfare.
Surgery on the 24th last month.
So how much is my left over Morphine tabs (15mg) and Norco (10) worth on the street?
Meh. Just think of it as evolution in action.
You can fix this and fill some jobs Americans ‘just won’t do’, eliminating the need for illegal alien farm workers.
Work farms. Full of Junkies drying out, trying to stay on the good list without having time added, and one day getting rid of the bracelets on wrists and ankles.
And getting those 1500 calories a day for being on the good list
that’s too bad, have they figured out whats causing it yet?
Anymouse theres not much of a market for morphine, but the Norcos definitely. When my doc tries to switch a patient from oxycodone or Norco to MSIR, and the twitchy great-niece starts screaming…
I always tell my patients families, once everyone finds out they’re on hospice, whoever shows up to “help out” and immediately needs to use the bathroom or get themselves a glass of water from the kitchen is a pretty good indicator of who has a pill problem.
Theres a special place in hell for anyone looking to steal pain meds from a hospice patient but their numbers are legion all the same.