Heroin Related Deaths Increase Sharpely

[SAYIT]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/n...am-society.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=nyregion

The explosion of heroin related deaths among our youth are an indictment of the lazy, irresponsible way so many Americans raise their kids. When otherwise normal, healthy young adults choose to eschew their duty - yes, duty - to be productive members of our society we must take a hard look at their downfall.

They take to the extreme the narcissistic position that they not only do not have to care about themselves but that they don't have to care about the welfare of handicapped or chronically ill family or community members. Their parents failed to impart to them any sense of responsibility toward anyone but themselves.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - the wages o' sin is death...

Heroin Overdoses Now Kill More in US Than Gun Homicides, CDC Says
December 09, 2016 - The number of Americans killed last year by heroin overdoses surpassed the toll of those who were shot to death, according to U.S. government data released this week.

Deaths from heroin and other opioid drugs, both legal and illegal, have been rising at a higher rate than gun deaths for years, but the figures from 2015 reflect a dramatic shift since 2007, when gun homicides outnumbered heroin deaths by more than 5-to-1, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported Thursday. Deaths from heroin overdoses spiked by 23 percent in 2015, up to 12,989, the CDC said, while the number of gun homicides rose to 12,979.

A man injects himself with heroin using a needle obtained from the People's Harm Reduction Alliance, the nation's largest needle-exchange program, in Seattle, Washington.​

Overall, drug overdoses killed more than 50,000 Americans last year, according to the CDC report. "I don't think we've ever seen anything like this, certainly not in modern times," said Robert Anderson, chief of mortality statistics at the CDC. Most of the drug deaths were due to overuse of opioids, a class of drugs that act on the central nervous system to relieve pain, including heroin and other illegal drugs, such as fentanyl. Opioids also include painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin, which may be prescribed by physicians but also are used illegally.

On Wednesday, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which will allocate $1 billion to fight the opioid epidemic. The money will be used for addiction treatment and prevention programs. In contrast to drug-overdose deaths — 52,404 overall in 2015, the CDC said — the number of people killed in automobile crashes was 37,757. Gun deaths, dominated by suicides over homicides, totaled 36,252. The annual tally of deaths and death rates followed another round of CDC data earlier in the week that showed the overall life expectancy for U.S. residents had dropped slightly from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.8 years in 2015. It was the first such decline since 1993.

Heroin Overdoses Now Kill More in US Than Gun Homicides, CDC Says

 

[dannyboys]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/n...am-society.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=nyregion

The explosion of heroin related deaths among our youth are an indictment of the lazy, irresponsible way so many Americans raise their kids. When otherwise normal, healthy young adults choose to eschew their duty - yes, duty - to be productive members of our society we must take a hard look at their downfall.

They take to the extreme the narcissistic position that they not only do not have to care about themselves but that they don't have to care about the welfare of handicapped or chronically ill family or community members. Their parents failed to impart to them any sense of responsibility toward anyone but themselves.

Who opposes building a WALL to help curb the torrent of heroin crossing into the US from Mexico????
Fucking LIBERALS!!!!!
Who supports building a WALL to help curb the torrent of heroin crossing the border into the US from Mexico?????
The REPS!!!!!
I hope EVERY 'snowflake' being raised in a LIBERAL home gets seriously hooked on heroin!
Theses 'snowflakes' will hopefully eventually steal every fucking penny their LIB parents have to buy heroin.
Then the parents can go live under a fucking bridge!

 

[Moonglow]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/n...am-society.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=nyregion

The explosion of heroin related deaths among our youth are an indictment of the lazy, irresponsible way so many Americans raise their kids. When otherwise normal, healthy young adults choose to eschew their duty - yes, duty - to be productive members of our society we must take a hard look at their downfall.

They take to the extreme the narcissistic position that they not only do not have to care about themselves but that they don't have to care about the welfare of handicapped or chronically ill family or community members. Their parents failed to impart to them any sense of responsibility toward anyone but themselves.

Who opposes building a WALL to help curb the torrent of heroin crossing into the US from Mexico????
Fucking LIBERALS!!!!!
Who supports building a WALL to help curb the torrent of heroin crossing the border into the US from Mexico?????
The REPS!!!!!
I hope EVERY 'snowflake' being raised in a LIBERAL home gets seriously hooked on heroin!
Theses 'snowflakes' will hopefully eventually steal every fucking penny their LIB parents have to buy heroin.
Then the parents can go live under a fucking bridge!

How very ugly...

 

[waltky]

13 pounds of heroin with a street value of more than $2 million found gift-wrapped...

Junk in trunk: Flier charged in gift-wrapped heroin bust
January 10, 2017 — A passenger flying from Los Angeles International Airport to Ohio last month wasn't toying around when he checked a bag with packages gift wrapped in Christmas paper, authorities said.

The Yuletide bundle included 13 pounds of heroin with a street value of more than $2 million, federal prosecutors said Tuesday as the man was charged with drug trafficking. James Mitchell, 25, who worked for a private contractor at the airport, checked a duffel bag Dec. 10 for a Frontier Airlines flight to Cincinnati, but neither he nor the bag made the trip, according to court records. The bag was intercepted by a Transportation Security Administration officer who detected dense material during a scan and found the gift-wrapped cache of heroin inside. The incident shut down a section of Terminal 3 when the officer detected a vinegar-like odor and hazardous materials team had to assess it for a chemical threat.

When airport police tried to track down Mitchell, they found he had not caught the flight. An airlines representative then called him to collect his bag and Mitchell said he was in a restroom and feeling ill, according to federal prosecutors. Surveillance cameras later showed Mitchell walking out of the terminal around that time. He removed a Raiders football beanie from his head and exchanged a black and gray sweater with the letters "RCKLSS" on it for a green top and left the airport on foot. Mitchell was arrested more than a week later at his home and remains in custody. He could face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison if convicted.

Defense lawyer Walter Urban wouldn't comment on the case, but he said Mitchell would plead not guilty. Mitchell had worked for Aero Port Services Inc., a company that provides porter, wheelchair and security services at LAX, according to its website. He was terminated, said Iliana Thomas, a company representative who wouldn't say what job he held. The case is one of several in recent years against airport and airline employees caught trying to smuggle contraband through LAX. His arrest came about a week after a former JetBlue flight attendant pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle a suitcase loaded with 60 pounds of cocaine on a cross-country flight from LA.

Junk in trunk: Flier charged in gift-wrapped heroin bust

 

[Claudette]

Can't say I give a shit. Anyone who gets involved with drugs is a flat out idiot.

If they die because of it. Good riddance.

 

[TexM3]

Maybe if the CIA would stop trafficking it out Afghanistan...opium production is at a all time high.