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The horrific toll of America's heroin 'epidemic'
BBC ^ | 3/21/14 | ian Pomell

Posted on 05/16/2014 2:23:05 PM PDT by mgist

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1 posted on 05/16/2014 2:23:05 PM PDT by mgist
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So, then the war on drugs should be stopped and heroin provided free by the government by all who ask?


2 posted on 05/16/2014 2:27:07 PM PDT by lbryce (Barack Hussein Obama:The Worst is Yet to Come)
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Anyone else wondering why all the Federal agencies such as the DEA are MIA, while this is going on?

$Billions in influence cartel influence peddling, and lobbying, is what has led people to believe that the war on drugs was useless. If you dont believe these ruthless sociopaths are going after your children, think again.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011/08/26/george-soros-shocking-methadone-man-comic-book-touts-virtues-of-drug/

Bottom line, this crap wasn’t around when I was growing up in the drug capital of the world -Miami, in the 80’s and 90’s. There was cocaine, and since there really was a war on drugs, it was too expensive for curious kids. Kids these days dont stand a chance.

There is no war on drugs. It is all a farce. They should start with why the DEA is MIA in preventing this crap from getting into the country. This level of trafficking would not happen without government complicity. Heroin isn’t grown here. The SEC sees no evil while Wall Street banks launder $BILLIONS in cartel money. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs


3 posted on 05/16/2014 2:27:54 PM PDT by mgist (.)
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The War on Drugs is busted.


4 posted on 05/16/2014 2:29:00 PM PDT by PapaNew
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I was wondering whether they simply couldn’t find members of various other groups, races unable to remain clean and sober after addiction other than these fine folks.


5 posted on 05/16/2014 2:29:51 PM PDT by lbryce (Barack Hussein Obama:The Worst is Yet to Come)
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No, the federal government needs to get their freaking hands off the whole thing since it is not constitutionally authorized to do so.


6 posted on 05/16/2014 2:31:20 PM PDT by PapaNew
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There is no war on drugs. There is a war on children.

Pure heroin is flooding our streets, the supply is so vast it is easier to get than beer. This level of trafficking wouldn’t happen without government complicity. Most children won’t stand a chance. If you dont believe these ruthless sociopaths are going after your children, think again.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011/08/26/george-soros-shocking-methadone-man-comic-book-touts-virtues-of-drug/

Most people don’t know that opiate deaths have surpassed alcohol and car accidents in accidental deaths! We are living a level of deception that is beyond most people’s comprehension. Take care of your families!

Heroin is prescribed in pill form by doctors to children. It is available in lollipop form.

http://www.lexi.com/individuals/dentistry/newsletters.jsp?id=december_10
Actiq®, The Sugar-Loaded Opiate Lollipop and the Risk for Tooth Decay

Risk for “tooth decay” is the warning families are given.

They are everywhere today and our government, doctors, and schools are the drug pushers. Many kids won’t stand a chance.


7 posted on 05/16/2014 2:32:03 PM PDT by mgist (.)
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Are we winning the drug war, yes or no?

Most health professionals would rather have it regulated, with those that fall prey to drug use be treated than be jailed.

That’s how it used to be done.


8 posted on 05/16/2014 2:34:12 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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Clear and Present Danger....except this time really go after the drug trade.

If dealing, you're put against a wall.

Make it unprofitable

Wage a public education campaign against it.

9 posted on 05/16/2014 2:39:34 PM PDT by ealgeone (obama, borderof)
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bump


10 posted on 05/16/2014 2:40:16 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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bring back institutions for the addicts


11 posted on 05/16/2014 2:40:29 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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12 posted on 05/16/2014 2:45:05 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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Part of me says keep all the laws in place. Part of me says, let people ingest whatever the hell they want — but they damn sure better not expect someone else to pay for their treatment if/when the time comes.


13 posted on 05/16/2014 2:45:25 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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Much of the heroin supply comes from Mexico

I wasn't aware that Mexico was the poppy capital of the world, so Mexico is in the bath with someone else, i.e., Alqueda. Since Alqueda is on our southern shores, we have no choice but to finally and once and for all, take over Mexico and liberate it from Alqueda. It's been a long time coming and time to get it done.

14 posted on 05/16/2014 2:49:43 PM PDT by blueplum
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Oh cry me a sad song. All of these people knew the risks.

I am disgusted that the Great City of Chicago doesn’t clean up this and other open drug “markets.” Who is the head dealer? Rahm?


15 posted on 05/16/2014 2:49:55 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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The most active areas for Heroin addiction are suburban and ex-urban areas.

People keep moving out of the inner cities but tend to bring their problems with them.


16 posted on 05/16/2014 2:50:14 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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Oh cry me a sad song. All of these people knew the risks.

They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into.......I say, 'Let 'em crash!'

17 posted on 05/16/2014 2:50:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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This level of trafficking would not happen without government complicity. Heroin isn’t grown here. The SEC sees no evil while Wall Street banks launder $BILLIONS in cartel money.

Yep.

18 posted on 05/16/2014 2:51:41 PM PDT by Veto! (OpInions freely dispensed as advice)
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It’s documented, and I’m sure can be googled, how Bush I focused on interdiction, and drove the price up high due to lack of incoming supply. Drug use of course went down. Bush I was a moderate to liberal on many things, but he got the drug war right.

Clinton then came in and focused on treatment and rehab. Drugs flooded in, product got cheap, and use went up. Of course Clinton had shady drug connections in Arkansas and no doubt stopped interdiction to assist their efforts. Now it’s just flat out of control under our narco-President Zero.

Good thing I’m not President, because there would be a swath of dead narco-gangsters all over the world. If you as a foreigner got caught smuggling drugs in, you would be shot. If you were willing to offer your higher ups, everyone in the chain would be killed all the way to the top, including all the corrupt banana republic officials protecting them, and you would get life in prison.


19 posted on 05/16/2014 2:52:59 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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There are literally dozens of Federal Law enforcement agencies, over 3,100 County Sheriffs and over 88,000 local municipalities. Just goes to show that government at every level is completely ineffective.


20 posted on 05/16/2014 2:56:06 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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