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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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"Car-related deaths surpassed gun deaths in 2013 as well."
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posted on
12/09/2016 12:59:05 PM PST
by
detective
To: detective
OMG! In 2015 it was like 9 more. In lib logic, that’s like, well, 9,000% or something.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:00:40 PM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: detective
Where is this heroin coming from? Afghanistan? How much money is team obama making off of it?
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:02:08 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Not tired of winning yet.)
To: detective
Well...
If only they’d outlaw Heroin everything would be ok.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:04:19 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
To: ColdOne
Is it a coincidence that Opium production in Afghanistan has gone up over 300% since the US invaded and at the same time addiction and deaths from heroin and pharmaceuticals has drastically increased?
![](https://s24.postimg.org/pdi1rps1h/Opium_Afghanistan_chart.jpg")
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:06:07 PM PST
by
Vic S
( David Rockefeller killed Larry McDonald (KAL 007))
To: detective
How would they count a hollow point filled with heroin?
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:07:01 PM PST
by
Hornet22
To: Hornet22
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:08:15 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: detective
It’s time to make Heroin illegal!
To: Vic S
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:09:06 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Not tired of winning yet.)
To: detective
Yet libs never want to talk about drugs in general (save for legalization) and esp heroin
As that doesn’t fit the political agenda, in fact Dims own the heroin and drug epidemics. Woodstock Generation, yeah!
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:13:08 PM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO Kellogg's)
To: detective
Dr. Manny was on FBN this AM talking about the heroin crisis. He says it is cheap and easy to get, and that the addiction crosses all classes of people. Trump talked about the heroin problem in relation to securing the border during his campaign.
To: detective
Need some heroin free zone signs.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:19:21 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: detective
People get addicted to prescription opioid pain medications and eventually switch to heroin because it is so much cheaper.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:20:38 PM PST
by
Nomad577
To: Nomad577
How could heroin be cheaper? I have a $10 copay for prescription medication.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:23:00 PM PST
by
Lurker
(America burned the witch.)
To: detective
Seems like they should compare the firearm suicide rate to heroin deaths instead of the gun homicide rate. I mean they aren’t sticking each other with heroin needles to murder people, they are voluntarily using it themselves and ODing.
FReegards
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:23:08 PM PST
by
Ransomed
To: Lurker
Search for the price of opioid/benzo pills on the street. Also search for pharmacy robberies in the news.
Freegards
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:25:00 PM PST
by
Ransomed
To: detective
We should make heroin illegal....
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:51:59 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: rktman; detective
Yeah, but dying from guns is way, way worse than dying from heroin. /sarc
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:55:28 PM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(Freedom Trumps Fascism)
To: Vic S; ColdOne
To: Hardastarboard
And, despite the best efforts of the world health organization, the death rate world wide remains at 100%.
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posted on
12/09/2016 1:57:56 PM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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