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Examiner: Philadelphia had 35 drug overdoses in 5 days
Associated Press ^ | Dec 9, 2016 4:23 PM EST | Errin Haines Whack

Posted on 12/09/2016 7:43:30 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Philadelphia medical examiner’s office says as many as 35 fatal drug overdoses over a recent five-day period might be part of a bigger problem: the national opioid crisis.

Philadelphia police and the medical examiner’s office are working to determine the cause of the overdoses and possible reasons for the spike in deaths.

“There are overdoses that occur every day and people don’t die,” said police spokesman Lt. John Stanford. “What’s coming to the forefront is the fact that people are overdosing and dying.”

A dozen people alone died from overdoses Dec. 1. Another four died the following day. That weekend seven died of overdoses on Saturday, another nine on Sunday and three on Monday. …

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TOPICS: US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: heroin; obamalegacy; opioids; overdose; philadelphia; wod; wosd
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

“We have more addicts every year. So it proves Darwinism is false. “

No, it’s because they’re saving the dumbasses:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naloxone


21 posted on 12/09/2016 8:32:11 PM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: PLMerite
No, it’s because they’re saving the dumbasses:

Well, Darwin himself was always able to find some reason why Darwinism should be true, even though it is false.

22 posted on 12/09/2016 8:34:36 PM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: NetAddicted

The first part of the article says “opiods”, which implies anything from morphine to heroin to oxycodone, but it becomes clearer later on that they’re talking about street heroin mostly, and that they suspect it’s laced with fentanyl (another opioid).


23 posted on 12/09/2016 8:37:33 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: lightman

“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that more than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2015, a new record. Heroin deaths were up 23 percent in one year - numbering nearly 13,000 and rivaling gun homicides.
In Philadelphia, fatal drug overdoses also outnumbered murders last year - about 700, compared to 280 homicides. The overdose rate nearly doubled from 460 in 2013.”

How many died from OD and how many died from firearm homicide and suicide? I mean gun violence would seem to include suicide, at least in this comparison as folks aren’t regularly using heroin injections or pill ingestion to murder others. There’s a lot more that die from self inflicted gunshots than die from the gunshots of others.

FReegards


24 posted on 12/09/2016 8:48:08 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Olog-hai

Has fetanyl become a popular drug since Michael Jackson died?


25 posted on 12/09/2016 8:48:25 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s what they are saying on the local news.Also strait Fentanyl.One dealer was locked up.Strange thing is that the police say once the junkies hear of the stronger drug they want it.They want the high.They don’t want to die but want the high.


26 posted on 12/09/2016 8:53:18 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Olog-hai

35 more Democrat voters.....coming right up!...Whould you like flys with that?....


27 posted on 12/09/2016 8:56:42 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: VTenigma

“Actually this one is “Bushes fault”, with Jerkbama as an accessory after the fact.”

I have a couple of questions.

1. Why is it Bush’s fault?

2. Isn’t this whole thing just another leftard hysteria, like DDT, Alar, Freon, saturated fats, and CO2?

When in danger or in doubt
Run in circles; scream and shout.

Sometimes people need pain meds, and if everyone concerned isn’t careful, addiction can occur.

Where is the evidence that this is happening more frequently than it used to, or that government intervention is warranted?


28 posted on 12/09/2016 8:57:46 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

Iran-Contra was CIA Director/VP/President GHW Bush’s USA corner on the opiod traffic. He cut Clinton into the deal because Clinton had the state troopers to protect the Mena airport.
Sometimes drug lords (police, CIA) flood an area to flush out/kill a ‘wanted’ junkie.


29 posted on 12/09/2016 9:33:50 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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To: 867V309

Is cancer natural selection? Is war? Is suicide? How many vets commit suicide? Have you ever known anybody addicted to drugs or alcohol? Did they deserve to die?


30 posted on 12/09/2016 11:15:51 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Is cancer natural selection? Is war? Is suicide? How many vets commit suicide? Have you ever known anybody addicted to drugs or alcohol? Did they deserve to die?

Is cancer natural selection?: It absolutely can be, people more resistant tend to reproduce more often.
Is war?: That's more sociological than biological
Is suicide?: There may be an inherited component but it probably wouldn't last long
How many vets commit suicide?: Too many
Have you ever known anybody addicted to drugs or alcohol?: Yes, I was a social worker in a rehab hospital
Did they deserve to die?: I don't know if anybody deserves to die, but everyone does.


31 posted on 12/09/2016 11:56:33 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Olog-hai

Deaths from heroin overdoses now exceeds deaths by murder and auto accidents. The Mexicans are bringing in the heroin made from poppies grown in Mexico.


32 posted on 12/09/2016 11:57:47 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
The problem might grow to the point that people would look for other answers than the law

Such as vigilantism.

33 posted on 12/10/2016 2:12:05 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: dsc

Afghanistan is where the vast majority of opium comes from worldwide (something like 85%). U.S. troop are forbidden from destroying the poppy fields or interdicting the opium trade. That policy was put in place by GWB. Poppies are grown openly within sight of U.S. bases, some using the effluent outflows of those bases for irrigation. The more cynical of us believe the CIA may be involved using the trade to finance black ops they way they did with “Air America” and Iran/Contra”.


34 posted on 12/10/2016 4:53:46 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: 867V309

Karma


35 posted on 12/10/2016 4:56:34 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Olog-hai

Take away religion and social cohesiveness, and then wonder why people aren’t happy.


36 posted on 12/10/2016 5:00:05 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s sad these people have to go like this. But there is a resurrection. Come voting time, they at least get to rise up and cast their ballots for their favorite rats.


37 posted on 12/10/2016 5:03:51 AM PST by redfreedom (The nation has been saved. Thank you Dear Lord. Long live President Trump!)
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To: hal ogen

That’s only the effect. The cause is still not dealt with.


38 posted on 12/10/2016 5:06:24 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: 867V309

No, it’s consequences of sin, and it could be stopped. Problem is, it takes a great effort, and the politicians are not on our side in the endeavor.


39 posted on 12/10/2016 5:08:50 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Well said. To presume Darwinism true on this score is to also claim that Marxism is true.


40 posted on 12/10/2016 5:09:43 AM PST by Olog-hai
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