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Fentanyl overdose deaths in Los Angeles County up 1,280% since 2016: Report
KTLA ^ | August 29, 2022 | Josh DuBose

Posted on 11/30/2022 6:14:56 AM PST by artichokegrower

With the number of fentanyl-related deaths soaring in Los Angeles County, officials at all levels of local government announced a joint effort Tuesday to end the fentanyl crisis.

According to a report released Tuesday by the L.A. County Department of Public Health, accidental fentanyl overdose deaths in the county skyrocketed by 1,280%, from 109 in 2016 to 1,504 in 2021.

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


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Close the border.
1 posted on 11/30/2022 6:14:56 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Border security? Dems don’t need no stinkin’ border security.


2 posted on 11/30/2022 6:20:11 AM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: artichokegrower

I’m sure Karen Bass will be all over this.


3 posted on 11/30/2022 6:20:40 AM PST by LuxAerterna
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To: artichokegrower

I won’t believe it unless I see it in Powerpoint.


4 posted on 11/30/2022 6:22:45 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: artichokegrower
I've been a political junkie since 1998 when I got my first computer and joined FreeRepublic.

There has been a LOT of political stuff cross before my eyes ( try "Madam Secretary" season 2 (2014) on NETFLIX ) that just seems weirdly timed, and this Fentanyl thing is beginning to bug me.

Does anyone remember the Flu disappeared entirely in 2020, replaced by Covid only to slowly re-emerge in 2021 and is now a re-accepted member into the community in 2022 ?

5 posted on 11/30/2022 6:23:41 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: artichokegrower

Why is KTLA attacking Joe Biden and his family? Don’t they know that he and his family gets a cut of the profits every time China sends the precursors to Mexico to be made in Fentanyl?


6 posted on 11/30/2022 6:31:50 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: artichokegrower

100% Biden’s fault.


7 posted on 11/30/2022 6:33:14 AM PST by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble )
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To: artichokegrower

Since the legal authorities in LA won’t prosecute many crimes especially drug dealing, dealers have a free reign over the population.


8 posted on 11/30/2022 6:34:19 AM PST by chopperk (o)
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Well they voted for it (or allowed the elections to be stolen)


9 posted on 11/30/2022 6:36:58 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: artichokegrower

No, this is how L.A. takes care of the homeless problem.


10 posted on 11/30/2022 6:39:34 AM PST by atc23 (The Matriarchal Society we embrace has led to masks and mandates and the cult of "safety")
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To: artichokegrower

I have a friend who uses weed for medical purposes. And in Ca it is legal to sell over the counter for recreational use. Recently he noticed a change in what he is purchasing from the dispensaries. He swears up and down that it is now all laced with Fentanyl and he doesn’t like it. He makes a good point about how this hidden practice would help get unsuspecting users hooked on Fentanyl also. If so, this is illegal and needs to be investigated.


11 posted on 11/30/2022 6:39:57 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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It’s not like its a ridiculous number such as 1500%


13 posted on 11/30/2022 7:43:24 AM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: artichokegrower

Biden doesn’t care how much blood he has on his hands it’s all in the name of Marxism.


14 posted on 11/30/2022 8:26:27 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: artichokegrower

Wonder if they were all really drug related...


15 posted on 11/30/2022 8:27:46 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla; nickcarraway; ransomnote; Jane Long; DoodleBob
Reason that I'm wondering if all of these deaths really fentanyl related is illustrated by this paper...

Perioperative risk evaluation in patients scheduled for elective surgery in close relation to their SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Lot to unpack in that.

BTW, note the very brief mention of nosocomial infections...

...COVID-19, often a nosocomial infection...

Okaaaay...

Bet that would be news to a lot of people, eh?

Especially employees of health systems with a mandatory vaccination policy.

And unvaxxed patients who are being denied care.

16 posted on 11/30/2022 8:39:52 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Vaduz

Sadly, neither do the voters who got him elected.


17 posted on 11/30/2022 8:40:41 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

Agree a result of Trump derangement syndrome it causes many deaths.


18 posted on 11/30/2022 9:16:10 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Openurmind

Not going to happen… the ruling class Peters you to be sedated, drugged up, ground between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
Is there a better way to control someone than addiction? Cheaper than gulags too. If it isn’t a women, children or brown people problem, it isn’t a problem.
I hve seen the utter despair that their loved ones suffer long before the death.


19 posted on 11/30/2022 10:04:17 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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