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CDC: Heroin Deaths Surpassed Firearm-Related Homicides in 2015
Breitbart ^ | 9 Dec 2016 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 12/09/2016 12:59:05 PM PST by detective

The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) numbers show heroin deaths surpassed firearm-related homicides for the first time ever in 2015.

The number of heroin deaths was 12,989 and the number of firearm-related homicides was 12,979.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: cdc; firearms; heroin; wod
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To: Lurker

Because your doctor isn’t going to prescribe it past a certain point and buying the pharmaceutical stuff on the streets is more expensive.


21 posted on 12/09/2016 2:07:48 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Lurker

“How could heroin be cheaper? I have a $10 copay for prescription medication.”

Addiction is progressive, and most doctors will not simply keep prescribing you increasing amounts of opiates, since that is a very quick way to lose your medical license. So people soon have to buy their prescription drugs through the black market.


22 posted on 12/09/2016 2:35:17 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: detective

We need heroin control!

Close the street sales loop hole!


23 posted on 12/09/2016 2:41:23 PM PST by null and void ( If you defy federal law, we deny federal funds.)
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To: Nomad577
People get addicted to prescription opioid pain medications and eventually switch to heroin because it is so much cheaper.

Heroin is relatively cheap compared to the recent past, but it's still far more expensive than prescription drugs. They switch because the DEA has made it very difficult for doctors to prescribe painkillers for any length of time.

24 posted on 12/09/2016 2:51:35 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Hugin

Heroin addicts are not taking it because they need a pain killer. They take it for recreation.


25 posted on 12/09/2016 4:20:25 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: SisterK

They take it because they are addicted. Many become addicted from recreational use, but many others become addicted from using prescription pain killers for chronic pain. When they can no longer get any or enough from their doctor they look elsewhere. Going to multiple doctors used to be one way (ask Rush Limbaugh) which is one of the reasons the DEA made it harder for MDs to prescribe them, whether for legitimate needs or not. But my point is even “cheap” heroin is more expensive that prescription pain killers.


26 posted on 12/09/2016 4:36:25 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Hugin

I have personally only known seven heroin addicts in my life. All young people. Three dead now. All of them got into heroin for “fun” and not to ease chronic pain.
Regardless, it is a tragic path.


27 posted on 12/09/2016 4:57:12 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: SisterK

I’ve known some, also dead now. Some one, some the other. One of my best friends fell two stories and nearly broke his back, had tremendous back pain. He got addicted to percodan and dilaud and ended up on herion. It does happen.


28 posted on 12/09/2016 5:25:05 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: SisterK

PS. Either way, once they are addicted they are no longer taking for “fun”, they are taking to keep from being sick. Yes it is tragic.


29 posted on 12/09/2016 5:27:22 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Hugin

Wow. Sorry about your friend. I hope that he finds alternate routes to deal with the pain. Our kidneys will only forgive so much drug use.


30 posted on 12/09/2016 5:43:45 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Hugin

“Heroin is relatively cheap compared to the recent past, but it’s still far more expensive than prescription drugs.”

That isn’t what I have heard. I thought pills were more expensive on the street. You know exactly what you are getting, at least to the folks who are familiar with the pills and dosage. While heroin is a crap shoot, it could be super weak or really strong. I could be wrong.

Freegards


31 posted on 12/09/2016 7:59:18 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Ransomed

I meant pills from a pharmacy are cheaper vs. street heroin. Maybe five dollars a day vs. fifty.


32 posted on 12/09/2016 10:02:11 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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