Posted on 04/02/2016 11:00:45 AM PDT by Mariner
ACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —The number of overdoses and deaths from street-bought fentanyl has once again gone up in Sacramento County, but the full impacts of illegal distribution of the drug in California are not yet known.
Sacramento County’s top health officer announced Friday that there have been 36 overdoses and nine deaths -- one of those deaths was in Yolo County – due to the drug.
Fentanyl is also to blame for deaths in Orange County, but it’s not clear how widespread deaths and overdoses may be beyond that.
The state’s Department of Public Health does not track fentanyl-related deaths because in some counties, coroners don’t test for fentanyl, said a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health. Instead, deaths are blamed more generally on a class of drugs called opioids. That drug class includes oxycodone and heroine.
Sacramento County Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye said she first learned that fentanyl may be causing overdose and death last week. Her agency received a phone call from poison control officials who were alarmed by a high number of overdoses.
That was March 24.
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It's hard to givva sh!t.
'Cause you can't fix stupid.
Well shut the damn border.
Honestly I wish Trump would talk about the heroin/narcotic epidemic as it relates to border security. I’m sick of liberals always turning it into a race issue.
Top Priority!
Top.
He did that loudly in New Hampshire.
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fentynal is the drug of choice for hospices wanting to kill their clients. from what i understand, it is common for a hospice to OD their clients then claim “natural death”.
Problem is most of these kind of drug addicts are MADE by out medical system that pushes highly addictive pain killers on people.
I was reading the warnings regarding legitimate, pharmaceutical Fentanyl and I decided I do not want to be within ten miles of the stuff. These people that are dying are buying it off the street!
One problem that can affect any of us is coming into contact with fentanyl. Exposure to even minuscule amounts of the the pure form can be deadly. Outside of law enforcement and EMS, people in the hospitality and transportation sectors may come across this drug in the course of their work.
I must’ve missed it. Thanks.
Heh. Isn't Yolo internet speak for 'you only live once' with regard to doing dumb stuff? Proof, right there.
Where are the libertarians on this?
Spend miilions$ to save them, then tens or hundreds of millions$ more to support their essential useless lives.
We're not talking working and net taxpaying citizens here...
Let them decide their own fate.
Actually, some lives don't matter!
Well, maybe by shyster doctors out there, but I have found having had two major surgeries within a year that legitimate doctors like I have are loathe to prescribe strong pain medication, and limited mine to a short period after surgery. As a matter of fact the only thing they will prescribe for the severe pain I have is Tramadol, which is a freaking joke!
I don't really understand the addiction problem, I know that there are addictive personalities out there that need help, but are there really as many as they say? I smoked for twenty years and stopped cold turkey, I was on Vicodin for close to thirty years for migraines and rather than be addicted I found that the tolerance I built actually resulted in the Vicodin making me ill, but at no time did I have to have it.
Yes there are highly addictive drugs out there, which is why I cannot fathom those that want to legalize everything and anything.
He said it 100 times in New Hampshire.
Outstanding dot-connection. Standing O.
In fact, such a capitol idea, I suggest you tweet Trump with your brilliant suggestion!
I find doctors handing out pain pills like skittles. I had oral surgery last year they prescribed vicodin, it took be 3 entire advil to deal with the pain (one when the local wore off, one to go to bed that night, one more for bed the next), but there was still a scrip 2 dozen little pieces of heroin if I wanted.
Physiologies vary. As we dig deeper into the gene we find some interesting stuff, like the Ozzy gene. Nicknamed after the most famous person to have it, the Ozzy gene results in people having a much greater tolerance to both the short and long term damage caused by drugs and alcohol, but it also makes highly susceptible to addiction. There is that group of stuff, like opioids, that are highly addictive to most folks, but there are those few with the right genes. Count yourself in the lucky crowd, 30 years on vicodin usually results in dead.
“Tramadol, which is a freaking joke!”
True. Have you tried Gabapentin? Prescription only, but not an opiate or opioid.
“I cannot fathom those that want to legalize everything and anything.”
Social Darwinism.
Sadly, that is the case with a relative of mine. Doc said it won’t matter if he gets addicted because he’ll need it for life anyway. Addiction is hell even with a prescription because it’s never enough. Withdrawal symptoms every single day before it’s time for the next dose, a day or two of torture if you run out early. It’s ruined his quality of life, though like true addicts he would never admit that.
I agree if you're addicted and abuse it day in and day out.
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