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The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring
The New York Times ^ | 16 Oct 2019 | Alex W. Palmer

Posted on 10/16/2019 7:58:44 PM PDT by Theoria

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To: StAnDeliver

Our very own elected officials are the enablers. The death of this country comes at their hands for allowing this


21 posted on 10/17/2019 4:44:16 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: Theoria

Long watch: Dea agents getting bonuses for taking down pain clinics, flipping witnesses. All things we have suspected and confirmed by source.

https://www.pbs.org/video/painful-truth-painful-truth/?fbclid=IwAR3AYkKoM3C7wERLO9Uz5qmYcIhlQJBEeDWBringXAZanj5TCHDXqcBGD70


22 posted on 10/17/2019 5:56:14 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: grumpygresh

Doctors themselves ignore Black Box Labels on any medication. I have Gastropresis, slow digestion 4 HRS to digest 2 eggs and 2 slices of toast, among the many other Autoimmune’s. REGLAN is the only drug for it on the market. It is Black Boxed for SHORT TERM Neurological Side Effects. It is not meant to be a long term drug. Yet nearly All Gastro’s will leave patients on it for decades, ignoring the growing Neurological signs. Thankfully I broke out in Hives with the first pill. Gastro’s next suggestion was set up an account in the Philippines and he’d Script the English version Domperidone. Well that one is Black Boxed too. Heart Disease, and Medicare/Tricare Life won’t cover it. Which I also have. When the intestines go into spasms I end up with a case of SIBO Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a medical condition in which a person has an unusually large population of bacteria in their small intestine. It is very painful, hard to cure and very expensive to treat. 2 weeks on the antibiotic for it which can only be filled at the Military base retails at over $1,500 for 2 weeks. 2018 I had 3 bouts of it. There is no other treatment no cure just live in agony.

Doctors need to take Pharmaceutical courses, they don’t even know which drugs are counter indicative to use for Thyroid patients or heart ones.

Degenerative spine from C3-S1. Not fixable. Bulges, Protrusions, spurs, herniation, annular tears, stress fractures, calcified lumbar. I need a motorized wheel chair. I use the clumsy electric carts to do groceries, they jerk you around causing more pain as they are Ill designed; but can’t always get to the items I need to purchase off the shelf. Pulling myself Up and flopping down into the car seat.

I don’t take any Pain Meds and haven’t in 6 yrs of agony. Because the doctors won’t write them despite all the MRI’s, CT’s Nerve Conduction test I’ve been forced through to prove my conditions. That doesn’t count the drug reactions, so minor, most moderate, a few were A Fib Trips to the ER. Now I get to add Diabetes to that list of illnesses. When the INTRACTABLE PAIN, A SUBSET OF CHRONIC PAIN GETS TO BAD I CAN DIE OF A HEART ATTACK.

SO I’M NOT A DRUG SEEKER, DEPENDENT, OR A JUNKIE. I LIVE IN UNTREATED INTRACTABLE PAIN AT 71 THAT ADDS IN ALL THE PAIN FROM BEING 71.

Are you as a doctor to stupid to read the side effects on these drugs. I read them better than you do.


23 posted on 10/17/2019 6:25:14 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: Bob434

Well said. What is not said is they changed the language to mimic the same as Street Junkies. OPIOIDS instead of Pain medications, Legitimate is now the same as ILLICIT.

They are even brainwashing small children through Sesame Street. So when parent takes a vitamin pill or a Tylenol they will report that to the school. Who will then involve Child Protective services. Which creates a night mare of drug testing. Remind you of what Hitler did to children to turn there parents in? 24/7 Propaganda that 3 days of Pain Meds will get you hooked. Which is total BS.

I’ve had dental surgery over the last 10 months, removal of the lower 10 remaining teeth, removal of bone spurs, then the jaw re-sculptured. Use ICE, well make a Ice Pack that fits inside the mouth. All I got was one for the Swollen, bruised face and take Tylenol. I’m Stage 3 Kidney along with GI NOT allowed any NSAIDS.

All Nsaids besides Tylenol are Blood Thinners not suitable for post surgery pain as they cause bleeding. Doctors forgot that part of their medical training.

And they are Blaming it all on Trump. 50 Million votes at least. When it was Chris Christie and his advised puppets Robert Redfield the CDC Director whose own musician 37 yr old son OD on Heroin laced with Fenatayl and Addiction Shrink Andrew Kolodny and the PROP committee who started the whole thing for revenge, profit, and to replenish coffers of broke cities by suing Pharma and Big Pharma Chains, going after doctors who treat painful conditions.

50 states have not changed their laws some more draconian than others. We have proven that they all LIED and Trump is being blamed. Not the Dems.


24 posted on 10/17/2019 6:44:24 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: Theoria

“Long read by the nyt about the china drug trade.”


So it’s Trump’s fault? /s


25 posted on 10/17/2019 6:56:29 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Theoria

Long read about an abominable waste of time, taxpayer money & effort.

The Chinese refuse to acknowledge that it originated from China, thus manufacturing will continue unabated and a new network will rise in its place.

Cocaine trade all over again, this time by a complicit Chinese government rather than the Colombians (and for the Americans the “busts” make it all worthwhile).

“War on Drugs” anyone? /s It continues.


26 posted on 10/17/2019 7:10:33 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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I would hope that people here would have more disgust and contempt for secret government agencies. Sure fbi is probably worse than dea but that’s because it’s been around longer. Dea has been existence since 1970 and despite spending billions of dollars, the drug problem and overdoses have never been worse. Do you think that this “story” or fairy tale written by the NYT is going to be truthful? That’s the NYT that pushed the Russian collusion lie fabricated and promoted by another secret agency, the fbi. The entire story could be true in fact, but it’s probably a diversion to prevent anyone from criticizing the dea or finding out the dea’s role in the drug protection racket. I’m sure the SS and Gestapo got puff pieces from the government media at the time helping poor fraulines in distress, or getting cats out of trees. But talk of putting Jews in concentration camps beginning in the 1930s, nonsense! (BTW, NYT spiked those stories of Jews in camps at that time as well) True stories like this are designed to fool the public into thinking that they can still trust secret federal agencies.

Tell me one secret agency that’s ethical? They don’t exist on earth. And when men can operate in secret, bad things will always happen over time because it’s in man’s nature to sin. That why our government was originally based on checks and balances, not secret police. When we have competing interests the participants naturally and mutually demand accountability of their opponents even when they pursue their own interests for selfish reasons. That way, everyone got to see both sides warts and moles. In the beginning, we also had states exercising domestic police power.

The NYT stories and dea are not Trump’s fault. The NYT and secret police have been in politics a lot longer than Trump. They are swampy, deep state organizations and they don’t magically become good guys just because Trump became president.

The federal secret agencies are in desperate need of radical cuts and reform. They should NOT be involved in domestic criminal issues, that’s for the States. Even though this was a story about the dea operating against a foreign entity, they can’t be applauded until they stop operating against US citizens as if they were a foreign enemy. These agencies do not deserve our support or respect at this time.

http://nationalpainreport.com/a-good-man-speaks-truth-to-power-8838268.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/04/fbi-informant-crimes-report/2613305/


27 posted on 10/17/2019 8:07:08 AM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: grumpygresh
Trump isn't gonna reduce the power of the all mighty fed. That is a given. Simply look at the lack of policing toward fbi abuse and other federal crimes.

Now, back to the story. Which is communist china sending drugs to the US.

28 posted on 10/17/2019 8:23:13 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Theoria

The best way to stop drug importation is to control the ports (Trump did this with Long Beach, good) and build a border wall. Agencies such as border control, customs and military along the border are better positioned to do this because their role is better defined that the much more entrenched, infiltrated and rogue agencies like fbi, dea, cia. Dea cannot be trusted at this time becuse of their horrible track record. It is likely that they are deep state and getting a puff piece from the NYT seems to confirm that. The deep state exploits the dea’s capability to operate as a drug protection racket.

“Trump isn’t gonna reduce the power of the all mighty fed.”

WTF????? The almighty secret police state agencies are the heart and soul of the swamp. So what your saying is that Trump is fine with the swamp, great! I guess Chuckie Schumer was right, don’t mess with these guys becuse they’ll get you seven ways from Sunday. That’s not a free country.

Yes, go back to your article and pretend that all is well with our country, the deep state and the secret police.


29 posted on 10/17/2019 8:39:40 AM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: grumpygresh
Wake up. The country was taken over decades ago. We haven't been free in a long time.

'WTF????? The almighty secret police state agencies are the heart and soul of the swamp. So what your saying is that Trump is fine with the swamp, great! I guess Chuckie Schumer was right, don’t mess with these guys becuse they’ll get you seven ways from Sunday. That’s not a free country.'

Yep.

30 posted on 10/17/2019 8:53:16 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Theoria

“Wake up. The country was taken over decades ago. We haven’t been free in a long time.”

Does that mean you’ve given up fighting against the deep state? Trump is basically just living with the swamp? You’re ok pushing out NYT puff pieces for a swamp organization?

I don’t think that the ENTIRE country or even the entire government has been taken over by the deep state. If it were, we’d all be in camps or tombs. But I am acutely aware that we’re on the precipice. But I would hope that you would at least try to fight for freedom? You should realize that there are some very bad agencies that have to go (even if there a few people that are ok in them).

Trump can’t do it all by himself and electing Trump won’t be enough. What we need to do is criticize and stop supporting and cooperating with the instutions that have been infiltrated and support the deep state, even if at times they do something that “appears” to be good. We can’t give them support when they attack US citizens operating within the U.S. If you believe in something as “archaic” (I’m being facetious) as the 10th amendment you would get it. Never trust nyt’s motives; I’d thought that would be a given on this platform. Don’t trust secret police state agencies; I thought most here like accountability and transparency.

Don’t be seduced by a slick story told by globalists and engineered by swamp creatures. First rule in crtical analysis is consider the source.


31 posted on 10/17/2019 9:16:46 AM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: grumpygresh

I haven’t seen any indication the President wants to stop feeding the beast. .gov agencies, especially the ones you are critical of have all seen their budgets go up. The best way to drain the swamp is to drain the funding. That hasn’t happened. The R’s went out of their way to be critical of Obama spending, that has stopped since Trump became president.
FBI, NSA, CIA, OGA’s have all prospered.


32 posted on 10/17/2019 9:36:56 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Theoria

I know and it’s troubling. But I think that that congressional gopers are even less inclined to cut funding to the swamp agencies.

That being said, the leftists would turn these already incredibly corrupt agencies into a monster totalitarian state that could rival some of the worst ones in the 20th century. That’s an even better case for weakening them now in the event that the left takes over.

That’s why I think people need to criticize the swamp agencies and give them criticism, no respite even when they might or actually do something good. Jury nullification, non-cooperation, no respect.

I don’t think it’s hopeless. I think that the fbi has a lot less support among conservatives than ever before and support among regular dem voters for fbi has never been very high other than the one that work in government positions.


33 posted on 10/17/2019 9:53:24 AM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: Theoria

That was a long read and incredibly complicated to follow.....


34 posted on 10/17/2019 10:18:03 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: Rebelbase
The part about the Hong Kong shell companies made my head hurt.

Mine too.....Now add to that the number of home meth labs around the country and you can see why we have a drug epidemic......

As a side note, a few years ago the son of a guy I know was arrested for operating a meth lab out of a cheap motel room........

35 posted on 10/17/2019 10:27:47 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: grumpygresh

Preaching to the choir. Most excellent rant!


36 posted on 10/17/2019 11:33:45 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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