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Bad heroin suspected in overdose deaths
fort wayne gazette ^ | 02/08/06

Posted on 02/08/2006 2:09:35 PM PST by hoosierboy

PORTAGE – After the recent overdose death of a 22-year-old man, Porter County police are investigating whether a tainted batch of heroin blamed for a dozen deaths in Chicago has leaked into northwest Indiana.

Shawn Polewski was found dead from a heroin overdose at a Portage home Saturday. He was a 2002 Portage High School graduate and an Ivy Tech College student. Polewski’s death marked the second overdose death in Porter County blamed on heroin in the past week. Meaghan Green, 19, of Chesterton, was found dead at her home Jan. 30.

Robert Taylor, coordinator of the Porter County narcotics unit, said he had ordered laboratory tests to determine whether the deaths were connected with a batch of heroin that has killed 12 people in Chicago in the past three weeks.

Authorities suspect the contaminated heroin was cut with a painkiller prescribed for cancer patients. Investigators said death comes within minutes to those who used the tainted narcotic.


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To: AmericanChef
Activists will now be "pushing" for good heroin to go along with the clean needles so these folks can abuse themselves and society "safely".

The pro-drug warriors right here on FR are already on that train.

21 posted on 02/08/2006 2:55:24 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: DBrow

I know the solution to this problem. Not only should heroin be legalized, it should be made mandatory and the fedgov should distribute it once a week to everyone.

Oh wait, I'm mixing up libertarianism with "Brave New World", sorry.


22 posted on 02/08/2006 2:56:58 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: R.W.Ratikal

Just subsitute that jail time with public canings. Cheaper and would be more effective.


23 posted on 02/08/2006 2:58:20 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: hoosierboy
Bad heroin? As opposed to good heroin???

LOL That was my first thought. It's straight from the Department of Redundancy Department. Maybe we can start a list:

Cancerous carcinogens

Toxic poison

angry democrats

dirty hippies

stupid moron

Any more?

24 posted on 02/08/2006 3:03:50 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: CWOJackson
2 local teen agers were killed by this bad stuff in the Chicago area. They were young and stupid, no doubt about it, but to actively cheer their deaths? That is obscene.

Their parents are heartbroken to be burying these kids. It is a tragedy. I understand the mindset of "Well, that is what happens if you dabble in dangerous drugs." But to actively cheer it on singles you out as a worldclass a$$hole. Thankfully, folks like you are an ever-shrinking minority in the conservative ranks.

25 posted on 02/08/2006 3:05:58 PM PST by shempy (EABOF)
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To: shempy

Wow...let me give you another little sand pile to make a mountain out of. COOL!


26 posted on 02/08/2006 3:07:13 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: R.W.Ratikal
The way to win the war on drugs is to set heavy fines and jail periods on users.

Well I partly agree. However, to really shut down drug use and the misery it is causing all of us, I strongly feel that the penalty for dealing should be death. The level of proof required would have to be raised from where it is now but - you deal, you die. This is a serious suggestion - not the rough humor frequently exhibited on Freeper.

Yes it would result in some executions and I take no joy in the death of anyone. But the resulting positive effects on our society would vastly outweigh the negatives. Crime rates, especially all forms of domestic violence and abuse, would plummet. Unlike legalization, it would actually work. Other issues aside, Saudi Arabia, Yemen et. al., compared to the US, have very small substance abuse problems. You can throw your wallet into the middle of the street in Osaka and pick it up an hour later untouched - because the Japanese have self control. You can do the same in Riyadh - because while the population has no self control they fear the consequences of being caught. Unfortunately, our culture fits the latter model - no self control.

27 posted on 02/08/2006 3:09:42 PM PST by bluetone006 (Peace - or I guess war if given no other option)
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To: R.W.Ratikal
A former roommate of mine had a novel idea...
Interdict all drugs coming into this country. Place all said drugs in a desolate corner of North Dakota.

Any & all who want to get high/stoned/wasted - what have you, can do it in this section of North Dakota.

They must remain in North Dakota. They cannot count on any outside help for their self imposed stupidity. If one gets sick, OD's, rots away - tisk, tisk. You made your choice.

It was not the intention here to insult the good folks of North Dakota in any shape or form. Perhaps Antarctica instead - wait! That would insult penguins....
28 posted on 02/08/2006 3:21:57 PM PST by LFOD (Formerly IRAQ - now home.....)
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To: hoosierboy

Hi hoosierboy. Say hi to your mom.

Can't believe this is/was my home town.

Gleep.


29 posted on 02/08/2006 3:25:02 PM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: LFOD
"Place all said drugs in a desolate corner of North Dakota."

Vancouver, BC...the whole culture already exists.

30 posted on 02/08/2006 3:50:35 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson

Darwinian Gleaning


31 posted on 02/08/2006 3:53:56 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (http://www.busateripens.com)
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To: Allen In So Cal

Well portage and valpo, but pretty close. Michigan city has really gone downhill and in south bend where I live, its a real pit on the westside.


32 posted on 02/08/2006 4:16:17 PM PST by hoosierboy (I am not a gun nut, I am a firearm enthusiast)
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To: hoosierboy
Tainted drug supply - truth reminds of fiction!


33 posted on 02/08/2006 4:21:50 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: little jeremiah

A gramme is worth a damn!


34 posted on 02/08/2006 4:36:31 PM PST by DBrow
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To: AmericanChef

Vancouver BC, having instituted "safe shooting galleries" with bleach, alcohol, and safe clean needles, soon had a problem with street crime as junkies migrated to the city.

Guess what, they are now considering "free" heroin for junkies so they won't need to steal to get dope.


35 posted on 02/08/2006 4:39:15 PM PST by DBrow
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To: DBrow
Yep. Vancouver also now has the second highest rate of property crime in North America; second only to Miami.

It was interesting to see how the face of Vancouver changed from about 1990 to today...as it became a model of libertarian drug policy.

36 posted on 02/08/2006 4:43:44 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson

I was approached by street dealers in several parts of Vancouver. They'd say something like bundle or dime bag, and I asked several if they had 5-methoxy diisopropyltryptamine (real name of Foxy Methoxy) just to see the look on their faces.

In the big park there, as night approached, it filled up with these homeless drifters with sleeping bags and aggressive panhandling techniques. Sort of like Haight Ashbury but mean and dirty and creepy.


37 posted on 02/08/2006 5:00:38 PM PST by DBrow
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To: hoosierboy

(Note to self: Don't take bad heroin.)


38 posted on 02/08/2006 5:22:02 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: hoosierboy

If we were serious about winning the war on drugs, flooding the channel with tainted drugs is one way to win it. Instead of trying to reduce supply reduce demand.


39 posted on 02/08/2006 7:48:29 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: theDentist

Hello. Just wanted to say that I really feel sorry for him. He really didn't understand that it would kill him. See i know Shawn very well. I miss him a lot and this has been very hard for me. I know yeah i think it was stupid what he did but he didn't deserve to die. I think his drug dealer should get the death sentence. I love Shawn and always will may he rest in peace.


40 posted on 02/13/2006 6:00:44 PM PST by PerfectCircle1986
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