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Cops Say They're Being Poisoned by fentanyl. Experts Say the Risk Is 'Extremely Low'
NPR ^ | May 16, 2023 | Brian Mann

Posted on 05/17/2023 4:15:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: mass55th
Anyone doing illegal drugs are not innocents, and if they get poisoned by unknown shit they put in their bodies, that's on them. If they choose to do drugs, they leave themselves open for negative results. They put their trust in the wrong people. There are consequences to lifestyle choices, but in today's world, nobody wants to accept responsibility for the stupid shit they do, and always want to be looked upon as victims.

Well, that's all true, and I concur.

However some teenager, who bows to peer pressure and thinks he/she is taking half a Vicodin, but is, in fact, taking in 3mg of Fen, justice isn't having them die.

Let's just take steps to stop the central americans and their chi-com benefactors from providing a tool that kills 100k Americans a year.

21 posted on 05/17/2023 6:28:17 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: willk

Then why do you pay for it?


22 posted on 05/17/2023 6:44:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: End Times Sentinel

Sounds more like an allergic reaction.


23 posted on 05/17/2023 7:19:04 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: mass55th
The 25 most dangerous jobs in the USA.

BTW, Police Officer (#22) is below Crane Operator (#13), Crossing Guard (#12), Small Engine Mechanic (#18), Construction Helper (#14).

Good grief, a GARBAGE COLLECTOR (#5) has a job over 4 times more dangerous than being a cop!

Cry me a river about how dangerous being a "revenoor" is.

Of other potential interest, I personally have been employed in 4 of the top 10.

24 posted on 05/17/2023 7:32:54 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Don W

That 2020 list was created based on statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. It doesn’t even include firefighters whose jobs are extremely dangerous. Thanks, but I don’t trust the government to be honest about anything.


25 posted on 05/17/2023 8:56:02 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Don W
"Cry me a river about how dangerous being a "revenoor" is."

Some cop must have really pissed you off at some point in your life, so that you view all cops the same. One of the things my mother taught me as a kid was instead of being critical about someone without actually knowing them, was to put myself in their shoes, and try to imagine what they might be going through. I spent 25 years in uniform working for NY State's prison system. I felt safer working behind the bars of a prison with convicted felons than I would have, had I been a cop on the street. Too many unknowns when you're out dealing with the public.

26 posted on 05/17/2023 9:06:53 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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I believe that Firefighter Supervisor was number NINE.

Nice strawman, with a hint of gaslighting.


27 posted on 05/17/2023 9:17:06 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: mass55th

OH, and regarding the individual officers: the 99% give the good ones a terrible reputation.


28 posted on 05/17/2023 9:18:17 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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"I believe that Firefighter Supervisor was number NINE."

So a firefighter supervisor who stands outside on the street, giving orders verbally, and over a radio to the firefighters, that are actually entering the buildings and fighting the fires, garners a number 9 on that most dangerous job list, but actual firefighters do not? Must be they trip over the hoses laying around on the street a lot more, and injure themselves.

29 posted on 05/17/2023 9:21:42 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Don W
"OH, and regarding the individual officers: the 99% give the good ones a terrible reputation."

If you say so champ.

30 posted on 05/17/2023 9:22:21 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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