now that's real old school heroin dealing... knock a couple down and have every junky in town at your door step within 24hours.
Posted on 04/15/2006 4:09:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(CBS) CHICAGO - Chicago police say seven people had to be taken to local hospitals yesterday after drug dealers on the city's West Side began handing out free samples of the latest batch of heroin to hit the street.
About noon, paramedics responded to a call at an alley off West 21st Place, where three people were reportedly suffering overdoses or the effects of tainted dope.
Authorities scoured the neighborhood and found four more people unconscious in plain sight within a three-block area.
WBBM-TV in Chicago reports that it was surprising even in a neighborhood that has seen it all – ambulances lined up to revive and transport people lying in the streets and alleyways unconscious and barely breathing.
All seven were treated with an anti-narcotic, shipped to nearby hospitals, and were reportedly in good condition.
In a few days, local residents said they expect people to flock to that same alley looking for that same batch of heroin, even though police are passing out fliers as warnings.
Police are not absolutely certain that the substance causing the overdoses was heroin, but they do know that drug dealers were passing out some variety of bad narcotics.
Anyone who said yes to the free offer was able to get a dose of a potentially lethal and deadly mix.
Prestina Singleton called 911 after her uncle collapsed on her floor.
"He took some of it; some of the free stuff, and he fell out," Singleton said. "(He) came in the house and he just fell out. We called the ambulance and they asked what was going on. He took some free heroin, fell out, (we) called the ambulance."
Can you imagine the kind of plague that terrorists could start by handing out samples of "free heroin" that actually contains some highly contagious virus?
"Poisoning the customers is bad for business."
--Quark, Deep Space 9
those folks are lucky they responded to treatment
Uh, if it was legalized it would have been much safer.
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By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
SARTAK, Afghanistan - Security forces backed by U.S.-led coalition helicopters attacked a suspected Taliban hideout in southeastern Afghanistan, sparking an intense battle that killed 41 rebels and six police, a senior official said Saturday.
Afghanistan , sparking an intense battle that killed 41 rebels and six police, a senior official said Saturday.
(snip) "Our elders had asked them (Taliban) to go away because we knew that one day American helicopters will come and drop bombs," Faiz Ullah told The Associated Press in Sartak, a village surrounded by blooming opium poppy fields and the site of the heaviest fighting.
(snip) On Saturday, villagers returned to their homes and local children gathered shrapnel left over from the fighting. Three houses were badly damaged, and one local farmer, Mohammad Naseem, 40, moaned that his poppy crop was ruined because of a 16-foot-wide crater in the field.
(Opium production goes on even in the shadow of American war against Taliban)
Cheech and Chong? Oh for the love of Ford, it's a brave new world. Sounds like they need some soma.
Not me.
Same with those tobacco junkies.
Time to throw them in jail.
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I have pondered the same line of thought. With the almost random and completely secretive nature of the illicit distribution of contraband - there would be almost no controlling it. (not a play on words but - ironic that the WOD uses the term "controlled substance")
I thought they already did that to members of the US Senate infected them with the stupid virus.
Not me.
Same with those tobacco junkies.
Time to throw them in jail.
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There are probably over 30 million persons in the U.S. who regularly use cannabis.
I don't think we have the jail space - and personally, I think it un-Constitutional to jail someone for a matter that is not presenting a threat to the rights of another citizen.
When you include the tobacco junkies to the marijuana smokers, its even more people to incarcerate. Still, its best for the children.
don't forget to also lock-up the high-cholesterol evildoers...for the children of course.
now that's real old school heroin dealing... knock a couple down and have every junky in town at your door step within 24hours.
Oh yeah, they're next. It's part of our Conservative approach to government.
Instead of delivering it in a more effective manner? No, I can't imagine it.
I guess that you don't have any relatives who are dopers. Then again, how would you know?
Me neither. I'd keep her.
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(grin) Shows you how much I know about the stuff - I can't even spell it.
You are right - a pure heroine would be worth keeping!
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