Why do you think I'm saying money is the most addictive drug in America?
I do not think that. You said “big pharma” was greedy. Greed plays a role in addiction at many different levels.
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Why do you think I'm saying money is the most addictive drug in America?
The reason heroin is so available on streets today is because its much more difficult to obtain prescription narcotics than it used to be so people are choosing street drugs once again.
Sure it does but you will have a hard time convincing people that big pharma didn't have a clue what they were doing when shipping an average of 302 doses per capita to eastern Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Big Pharma is not run by stupid people who can't understand the dose per population ratio. Read the article I linked or google the subject matter. A lot of todays addicts were high achieving model students when they went to the doctor the first time after a sports injury.I do not think that. You said “big pharma” was greedy. Greed plays a role in addiction at many different levels.
You're still not grasping when the addiction to opioids started for these people. You don't seem to know that heroin is another form of opioid that is being used by addicts when they are cut off from the prescription opioid they became addicted to. The fact is if you cut an addict off from his supply he will look for a new supply. That's what addiction means.The escalation of heroin occurred after law enforcement increased pressure on the prescription drug problem in this state.
Marijuana would be a safer intoxicant than alcohol
Hitler ran on meth his last few years, so did his troops, they called his doctor Dr Feelgood.
It could have been the difference in the war too.
Not a big pharma issue.
a full 80% of all users arrive at heroin after abusing opioid painkillers such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin."
The escalation of heroin occurred after law enforcement increased pressure on the prescription drug problem in this state
Stoops did not have to say a word about the cash picture(s) - was there more than that one. Regardless, Stoops did what he had to do. Maybe not $90K but a lot of C-notes in that fan. Still A LOT of walking around money for a typical college student. I suspect more than what you and I have in our wallets combined.
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I prosecuted for 16 years, and never issued a DVO/EPO or arrest warrant for someone who had "smoked one too many." Alcohol [and other dangerous drugs] kept us up at nights [in a "dry" county].
As for the difference in the war, I'm sticking with 20 million Russians, and more than a thousand B-17's.
Depends on where you are in Ky. Eastern Ky. has had an opiod/prescription problem for generations.
True, and further proof of Levi's point.
Depends on where you are in Ky. Eastern Ky. has had an opiod/prescription problem for generations.
Know this first hand!I prosecuted for 16 years, and never issued a DVO/EPO or arrest warrant for someone who had "smoked one too many." Alcohol [and other dangerous drugs] kept us up at nights [in a "dry" county].
As for the difference in the war, I'm sticking with 20 million Russians, and more than a thousand B-17's.
Depends on where you are in Ky. Eastern Ky. has had an opiod/prescription problem for generations.
True, and further proof of Levi's point.
I can attest to personal experience with this issue. My 68 year old mom is hooked on opioids she was prescribed for her rhumatoid arthritis by her doctor. It turned her into a different person entirely thru no fault of her own. This crap is HIGHLY addictive and tough to stop. There is a reason it is nicknamed Hillbilly Heroin....Sure it does but you will have a hard time convincing people that big pharma didn't have a clue what they were doing when shipping an average of 302 doses per capita to eastern Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Big Pharma is not run by stupid people who can't understand the dose per population ratio. Read the article I linked or google the subject matter. A lot of todays addicts were high achieving model students when they went to the doctor the first time after a sports injury.
Are pharmaceutical companies manufacturing heroin these days?
EKY had an opioid problem. Louisville and other places are subjected to the heroin problem. One is not always correlated to the other.
EKY had an opioid problem. Louisville and other places are subjected to the heroin problem. One is not always correlated to the other.
The jump in overdose deaths in Jefferson County appear to be related to the increase in fentanyl.
The escalation of heroin occurred after law enforcement increased pressure on the prescription drug problem in this state.
That's completely false. The escalation of heroin occurred when Mexican cartels increased heroin production and flooded the market. So junkies had a choice....$60 a pill or $15 for heroin laced with fentanyl? Rx can't compete with that.
America flooded America with high grade marijuana and that hit the cartels, so the cartels moved more meth and heroin.
I am interested in your sourcing. Links?
DEA agents. Read any books about the Mexican/American drug trade.
What you said about heroin increasing after "the state" cracked down on Rx is not based on reality. It is a popular political talking point that seems logical, and makes people feel like their govt is doing something . Reality is the heroin is better, cheaper and we have a ton of it right now - largely because mexico cartels are taking over the world heroin trade. Not just here, they're shipping it across the atlantic and taking over territory that middle east/asia holds.
Hitler had the Nazis make the Jews wear pieces of flairIf Hitler hadn't got hooked (wouldn't listen to his Generals) and had waited until he conquered Europe (which he was well on his way to doing) he would have had a lot more resources for Russia. In fact if he hadn't opened a second front in trying to take over their oil fields he might have taken Stalingrad. The Germans sent 6,000,000 meth pills to the Russian front at one time, made his soldiers very wild and strong, also very stupid, a lot of them didn't realize that their feet had frozen off.
Meth is something I can never understand people getting hooked on, you see pictures of arrests of good looking women that look like they are about 60 and the story says they are only 25. It is supposed to be VERY addictive, why would you ever take the chance?
All this from someone that knows zero about drugs.
I know criminal prosecutors and DEA agents, personally. I can tell you, from an apolitical perspective, that you are wrong.
I know criminal prosecutors and DEA agents, personally. I can tell you, from an apolitical perspective, that you are wrong.
The escalation of heroin occurred after law enforcement increased pressure on the prescription drug problem in this state.
Be a shame to allow old folks access to non addictive pain relief when you can keep them addicted, strung out, and paying for all those Medicaid scripts.
I can't say that I have spent a lot of time researching the prescription drug problem in eastern Ky, so don't take this as an argumentative question. It's truly questions to try and understand the situation better.Sure it does but you will have a hard time convincing people that big pharma didn't have a clue what they were doing when shipping an average of 302 doses per capita to eastern Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Big Pharma is not run by stupid people who can't understand the dose per population ratio. Read the article I linked or google the subject matter. A lot of todays addicts were high achieving model students when they went to the doctor the first time after a sports injury.