Posted on 12/05/2019 5:55:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
Between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24, nine people who injected the drug were admitted to local hospitals with severe myonecrosis, according to a news release from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Seven of them died. Myonecrosis is a bacterial infection that destroys muscle tissue.
The nine patients ranged in age from 19 to 57 years old, and five of them were male, officials said.
“People who use black tar heroin are not only at higher risk of dying from an overdose, but also more prone to developing myonecrosis and wound botulism,” said Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer, said in a statement.
The sources of the black tar heroin were not yet known.
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At least they weren’t vaping.
Why so few?
Yet another tragic display of a failure of government, or systemic racism, perhaps both???
Black tar heroin is the dregs from crude heroin production. When you can’t get or afford anything else, it’s your last backup.
I'm guessing personal responsibility for consequences doesn't come into play? At least it was a socialist dem government that failed them.
Was it the black goo from Alien?
The Food and Drug Administration needs to hire more Black Tar Heroin inspectors.
Keep it safe legal and rare.
The stuff came right over the line into San Diego. It’s even got the name of Mexican brown. Just another illegal alien we need to wall out and in many cases shoot on sight when someone tries to cross the border with it. Poison for our kids. No other purpose.
rwood
HUH? You mean “Drug Dealers” might not sell only the very best drugs? They didn’t get the “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval? /s
A couple of massive airstrikes on some cartel locations would be good. Just do it for chits and giggles.
Reminds me of some scenes from Requiem For a Dream.
Apparently heroin bad for you.
Actually in the drug culture, killing some of your customers is not a bad thing. It lets others know that you have “the good stuff.”
You can’t legislate personal responsibility or morality. Everyone involved in this chain of death ( from the people making the drug, transporting it, marketing and selling it, those who for a price willingly overlooked all of it, and finally the individuals who with their own free will decided to use it) molded their conscience to allow participation. The culture of hedonism and decadence is hence “normalized”. Its the same process that allows politicians and others to acquiesce to the wanton killing of pre born human life and even newly born , breathing life. Really wonder how long American, with such a high percentage of its population that has entered a post Christian neo pagan state of epicurean narcissism, without a unifying common consensus of values will continue to exist as a nation.
Wait.
Never mind.
I don't care if someone decides that being high is the end all and be all of their life, but if their health suffers as a result of that decision then tough sh!t. If they can't pay for their treatment let them die. Health care is a commodity not a right.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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