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    Had a client today whose son overdosed. Her neighbor had 3 family members OD in the past several years. I asked how they deal with with it. Was promptly informed you get used to it.....
    Taking a break from social media.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nephrology View Post
    Out here it seems less likely to be rurally produced, more likely to come from mexico, but that's a total wild guess.
    This may be regional but in my area we have lots of meth and heroin from Mexico. I can’t recall the last time we found a meth lab around here.

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    Speaking of scum:

    https://fox13now.com/2018/08/11/peop...r-opioids/amp/

    People deliberately harm pets to get prescriptions for opioids

    AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — It’s an all-time low for people trying to get high. Some are deliberately and intentionally harming their pets in order to get a prescription for opioids.

    According to a study by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, people addicted to opioids are injuring their own pets, or even dogs not belonging to them, to satiate their opioid obsession.
    Last edited by HCM; 09-02-2018 at 09:23 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post
    This may be regional but in my area we have lots of meth and heroin from Mexico. I can’t recall the last time we found a meth lab around here.
    Probably much easier to get economies of scale in the labs south of the border where LE is less of a problem for cartels.


    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post
    Speaking of scum:

    https://fox13now.com/2018/08/11/peop...r-opioids/amp/

    People deliberately harm pets to get prescriptions for opioids
    That's where I work ! and yeah, people are terrible.

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    https://www.foxnews.com/us/manhunt-f...-drug-overdose

    Manhunt for Ohio man accused of stealing police cruiser from officers who revived him after drug overdose

    This is pretty much the definitive example of junky behavior.

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    If I were king I would make it illegal to revive anyone from an overdose.

    Sorry, not sorry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpha Sierra View Post
    If I were king I would make it illegal to revive anyone from an overdose.

    Sorry, not sorry.
    So you don't have any kids? Or anyone you care about in any risk groups?
    "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoyGBiv View Post
    So you don't have any kids? Or anyone you care about in any risk groups?
    False equivalencies.

    They want to get treatment and clean up? Fine by me. Reviving them on the street so they get to do it again? F that. Let them die and throw them in a dump somewhere if no one wants them.

    Heart is made of stone on this one. I know groupthink says I should care, but I don't

    Sorry, not sorry.
    Last edited by Alpha Sierra; 02-09-2019 at 06:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoyGBiv View Post
    So you don't have any kids? Or anyone you care about in any risk groups?
    As I’ve mentioned before, I have a junkie family member and I have given Narcan to a dying hype, but I totally get how he feels. At some point, we need to let them die so the rest of us can stop getting robbed and having our houses and cars burged.

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    A lot more story at the link

    https://www.wowktv.com/news/national...eEHz6C-pTNeidQ


    The Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force announced that 60 people across five states, including 31 doctors, seven pharmacists, eight nurse practitioners, and seven other licensed medical professionals were charged for their alleged participation in the illegal prescribing and distributing of opioids and other dangerous narcotics and for health care fraud schemes.

    The Department of Health and Human Services also announced today that since June 2018, it has excluded over 2,000 individuals from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other Federal health care programs, which includes more than 650 providers excluded for conduct related to opioid diversion and abuse.

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