Street drugs, alochol, oxycontin

[LilOlLady]

STREET DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND OXYCONTIN.
O’Reilly believes if drug dealers sell drugs to a drug addict and he overdoses and die the drug dealer should go to prison. The drug dealer does whatever he has to do to survive since there no other jobs for him. The liquor store owner sells alcohol and the doctor pushes Oxycontin and get a pay off by the pharmaceuticals. Drunk drivers kills. Oxycontin kills. Rush's drug of choice. So should the liquor store and doctor who sold and wrote the prescription go to prison if the drunk driver and the Oxycontin user kills someone or dies? Legal drugs and drunk drivers kill more people than illegal drugs.

 

[Katzndogz]

If liquor and oxycontin are illegal substances sold illegally, yes they should be prosecuted.

The drug dealer has no choice but to sell drugs in order to survive. Right? Is this a correct statement?

The armed robber has no choice but to commit armed robberies to survive. A prostitute with AIDS might have no choice but to spread disease in order to survive. There is no choice but to commit criminal acts. None. All other avenues are closed.

Then they are predators and like any other predator should be put down. The bear or mountain lion might eat your children because he or she is just trying to survive. Once they do, they are hunted down and shot.

 

[waltky]

OxyContin is a chemical cousin of heroin...

How OxyContin Became Widely Abused Drug
May 16, 2016 - The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours, more than twice as long as generic medications.

Patients would no longer have to wake up in the middle of the night to take their pills, Purdue told doctors. One OxyContin tablet in the morning and one before bed would provide “smooth and sustained pain control all day and all night.” On the strength of that promise, OxyContin became America’s bestselling painkiller. But OxyContin’s stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. OxyContin is a chemical cousin of heroin, and when it doesn’t last, patients can experience excruciating symptoms of withdrawal, including an intense craving for the drug.

The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours, more than twice as long as generic medications.​

The problem offers new insight into why so many people have become addicted to OxyContin, one of the most abused pharmaceuticals in U.S. history. The Times investigation, based on thousands of pages of confidential Purdue documents and other records, found that:

––Purdue has known about the problem for decades. Even before OxyContin went on the market, clinical trials showed that many patients weren’t getting 12 hours of relief. Since the drug’s debut in 1996, the company has been confronted with additional evidence, including complaints from doctors, reports from its own sales reps and independent research.

––The company has held fast to the claim of 12-hour relief, in part to protect its revenue. OxyContin’s market dominance and its high price — up to hundreds of dollars per bottle — hinge on its 12-hour duration. Without that, it offers little advantage over less expensive painkillers.

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[GaryDog]

Doctors are people held in esteem in our community and hold a duty of care above and beyond a liquor store owner or the guy you bummed a cigarette from. This thread is stupid.

 

[waltky]

Everett, Wash. is suing Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid pain medication OxyContin...

US City Alleges Drugmaker Let OxyContin Flood Black Market
March 17, 2017 — As deaths from painkillers and heroin abuse spiked and street crimes increased, the mayor of Everett took major steps to tackle the opioid epidemic devastating this working-class city north of Seattle.

Mayor Ray Stephanson stepped up patrols, hired social workers to ride with officers and pushed for more permanent housing for chronically homeless people. The city says it has spent millions combating OxyContin and heroin abuse - and expects the tab to rise. So Everett is suing Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid pain medication OxyContin, in an unusual case that alleges the drugmaker knowingly allowed pills to be funneled into the black market and the city of about 108,000. Everett alleges the drugmaker did nothing to stop it and must pay for damages caused to the community.

Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson sits in his corner office overlooking downtown Everett, Washington​

Everett's lawsuit, now in federal court in Seattle, accuses Purdue Pharma of gross negligence and nuisance. The city seeks to hold the company accountable, the lawsuit alleges, for "supplying OxyContin to obviously suspicious pharmacies and physicians and enabling the illegal diversion of OxyContin into the black market'' and into Everett, despite a company program to track suspicious flows. "Our community has been significantly damaged, and we need to be made whole,'' said Stephanson, who grew up in Everett and is its longest-serving mayor, holding the job since 2003.

Social workers Staci McCole, left, and Kaitlyn Dowd wait with police officer Kevin Davis, second right, and police Sgt. Mike Braley to cross a busy roadway after checking the overpass below them, a known place for drug use, in Everett​

He said the opioid crisis caused by "Purdue's drive for profit'' has overwhelmed the city's resources, stretching everyone from first responders to park crews who clean up discarded syringes. The lawsuit doesn't say how much money the city is seeking, but the mayor says Everett will attempt to quantify its costs in coming months. Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma says the lawsuit paints a flawed and inaccurate picture of the events that led to the crisis in Everett. "We look forward to presenting the facts in court,'' the company said in a statement. Purdue said it is "deeply troubled by the abuse and misuse of our medication,'' and noted it leads the industry in developing medicines with properties that deter abuse, even though its products account for less than 2 percent of all U.S. opioid prescriptions.

Leroy Henry, center, steps out of his tent in the woods to talk with police officer Kevin Davis, left, and Sgt. Mike Braley in Everett, Washington​

In 2007, Purdue Pharma and its executives paid more than $630 million in legal penalties to the federal government for willfully misrepresenting the drug's addiction risks. The same year, it also settled with Washington and other states that claimed the company aggressively marketed OxyContin to doctors while downplaying the addiction risk. As part of that settlement, it agreed to continue internal controls to identify potential diversion or abuse. While numerous individuals and states have sued Purdue, this case is different because Everett is getting at the results of addiction, said Elizabeth Porter, associate law professor at the University of Washington. She thinks Everett may have a shot at winning, though it will have to overcome some legal burdens, including showing that diverted OxyContin from rogue doctors and pharmacies was a substantial factor in the city's epidemic.

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[DGS49]

Lemme see if I have this right: A "drug dealer" sells "drugs" to a person s/he knows to be an addict. The person over-doses and dies. For the purpose of discussion, we will assume that the "drug dealer" is not a licensed pharmacist, but the "drugs" are otherwise-legal pharmaceuticals (it doesn't really matter, if they are "street drugs" the result is the same).

I believe the "felony-murder" doctrine would likely apply (depending on the state), as follows: If a person committing a felony causes a death, then the homicide is treated as a first-degree murder - an intentional, premeditated killing. Presumably, the drug dealer is committing a felony in the sale of these drugs.

I'm not sure what "O'Reilly" said about this, but the drug dealer should be indicted and tried for first-degree murder.

No rational person would ever say that, "The drug dealer does whatever he has to do to survive since there no other jobs for him." It is ridiculous on its face. What about all the other people in the drug dealer's circumstances who are NOT felons, and are working real jobs?

Fucking ridiculous.

 

[keepitreal]

If liquor and oxycontin are illegal substances sold illegally, yes they should be prosecuted.

The drug dealer has no choice but to sell drugs in order to survive. Right? Is this a correct statement?

The armed robber has no choice but to commit armed robberies to survive. A prostitute with AIDS might have no choice but to spread disease in order to survive. There is no choice but to commit criminal acts. None. All other avenues are closed.

Then they are predators and like any other predator should be put down. The bear or mountain lion might eat your children because he or she is just trying to survive. Once they do, they are hunted down and shot.

An armed robber is taking something that doesn't belong to him,
A street dealer is selling what someone wants to buy...

More people die annually from smoking, drinking,
and prescribed drugs, then from illegal drugs, Aids,
car accidents, murder and suicide combined.

The top 2 causes of death annually,
(not considered preventive, go figure)
heart disease and cancer, can be directly
attributed to smoking, drinking and prescription drugs.

The government has decided what can and can not,
legally attribute to death, disease and addiction.

This is a "pill for every ill" society
One that instills and engrains our children
to cope and solve everything with drugs.

You can't focus... take a pill
You can't sit still... take a pill
You're depressed... take a pill
You're overweight... take a pill
You can't sleep... take a pill
You're hungry all the time... take a pill

The jails are full of drug dealers,
yet, the government has allowed
the most addictive and lethal substances
to be freely bought and sold on the open market

More people die from legalized products
yet people are sitting in jail for selling illegal substances....
It's only ok for the government and crooked politicians
to make money from death and addiction...