Posted on 08/06/2017 10:41:29 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
Beth Genslinger doesn’t fit the stereotype of a victim of a drug epidemic. She thoughtfully sets out glasses of water for her guests before they arrive and wears a teacher’s warm, open smile: She retired from Valley View Junior High right before her granddaughter was born, after 33 years of teaching. Her husband was an insurance agent and, to his children’s friends, a formidable breakfast chef.
Their son, Andy, died of a heroin overdose in October 2015. The same thing happened to his cousin Daniel Weidle less than three months later, the day after Christmas. A third cousin had died after a battle with opioids in 2005.
The Genslingers live in Germantown, Ohio, a close-knit country community nine miles north of Middletown on Ohio State Route 4. The median family income here exceeds $50,000; less than 6 percent of the population is under the poverty line. These houses have porches, and their porches have flags. Beth grew up here. Her parents live right next door; they have now lost three grandchildren. The family is what a neighbor calls “preeminent” in the community.
The opioid epidemic does not discriminate. Unlike crack or meth, there is no single cultural profile. National statistics suggest that more men than women use, and the demographic is largely white. But the rich are affected almost as much as the poor, those with college degrees alongside high school dropouts.
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I theorize that Democrats are more affected / afflicted.
Go over T1’s posting history. This guy comes across as on of the most self righteous posters I’ve ever seen on FR. No state flag flying on his page but by his arrogance I’m guessing TX.
I’d guess Utah...LOL
“I am addicted to money and want to get money from you by using the addiction of others to opiods as a tug at your heartstrings.”
Well... money is the root cause of all evil
You may say “self control” but everything about your approach SCREAMS “control others”.
If you actually want to fight this problem for real? The correct targets are the pharma industry and the legislators they bribe.
38% of adult Americans have an opoid prescription! THAT is the culture that needs to change. Street drugs will always exist, always have, but what is new is the government pushing these things on the population en masse.
Yes it is a gateway drug. A gateway to escaping opioid addiction.
There was a reason that the penalties for drugs were so steep in years past.
This type of thing is why.
I went too far inferring that there was NO fault on the addict.
The signs are there and they are pretty obviously.
A. We took this pill and got high for 10 minutes.
B. That’s not supposed to happen with prescription medication.
C. We should stop taking this.
Those 10 minutes felt TOO GOOD and I knew this was BAD NEWS.
I was 40 then. I wonder what I would have done at 22...
Duarte in the PI is right. Kill off the Dealers and corrupt officials.
Francisco D'Anconia would differ with you.
http://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/
Thanks for the informative post and the history of Oxcodone as far as how it used to be prescribed. I have always tried to avoid painkillers out of fear of ending up in an addictive situation.
One time years ago I was prescribed these pills for some dental surgery I had. I took the prescription but I was able to manage my pain on Advil so the pills went to the back of my medicine cabinet and were forgotten about.
A while later, I had a family gathering at my house and a family member, who I know had an addiction problem, politely asked me if she could take them since I wasn’t using them. She said that she already had a prescription but that she would save some money by using mine. I said that I did not feel comfortable doing that and as soon as I was able, I got to the bathroom and put the bottle of pills in a safe place.
Well sometime later, I was doing some purging as we were moving to a new house and I found the pills. Before throwing them away, I opened the bottle to look inside and was shocked to see that there were Tylenol pills in there! Only thing I can think of is that the family member substituted them after I told her no...very sneaky.
No question municipal or County level governments are involved, imo.
Sanctuary cities provide a nice cover for cartel business, that's a fact. Criminal organizations like the democrat party might even figure out a money laundering scheme for their cartel partners involving special sales taxes, too. I doubt it will be too long before public service messages encourage responsible drug use.
The opiod “epidemic” is a Dim inspired distraction.
Mexico has become the largest supplier of heroin in the world, beating out all the Asian & other producers and the Mexican drug cartels starting switching from coke to heroin.
THAT, not the pharmaceutical industry is why there is a heroin epidemic - cheap, plentiful heroin from Mexico.
It sucks. It takes the joy out of life. It makes every activity a chore.
I put my little brother through rehab 20 years ago, after he progressed to heroin. By that time he had alienated (stolen from) every person in the family, and no one would help him. I had to put it on my credit card. I was poor. Took me 4 years to pay off. He is drug free, so yay for that. In a perfect world he'd give me $4000, but I will settle for a drug free little brother.
I posit that strong parenting gives a person the tools and ability to face the trials of life with resilience.
Thus, poor parenting is at the root of this problem. The years between zero and "old enough to buy drugs" is pivotal for the child's moral development. You know, virtues and all that stuff.
Please note that the agenda of the Elites calls for the destruction of the western nuclear family. I see this as merely part of the Elite agenda to destroy us.
Hey, I resemble that remark!
Money has its uses and is necessary but... The lust for money, putting money first, causing harm to acquire, harming yourself to acquire is evil.
Wait wait wait.
Lots of people take cannabis for chronic pain, and most will never move on to addictive drugs.
I have chronic lower back pain. The next medical step is to fuse my vertebrae. I said no to that. I will use cannabis instead. Done so for 25 years now. Sure, the pain is barely muted, but it allows me to live life to a degree, and I am not a zombie like I'd be with opioids.
“Are we that much smarter or do we just have better discipline?”
Both. Smarter people tend to have better discipline.
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