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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach every time I think about this.  In some rural communities, it is so widespread - think of all the children of these addicts.  What is their future?  We desperately need to do something about this problem, but what?

It seems not to be so simple as educating doctors (so that they don't over-prescribe opioids as pain meds).  So what next?[/quote]

Wow - it's almost like we need a war on drugs/crime, except it's fashionable right now to hate the war on drugs/crime.

It's in fashion to promote legalizing more and more types of drugs, and throw open the doors of our prisons so convicted criminals can be free to victimize the innocent.  And vote - we need more criminals voting in our elections.

What is happening in America is total insanity.[/quote]

I agree. I'm a prosecutor. Drug crimes go so far beyond just "drug crimes." Sure, there are lots of crimes committed under controlled substance act statutes, but nearly every other kind of crime is somehow tied to drugs. Thefts. Shoplifting. Stealing cars. Stealing guns. Assaults. Child endangerment. Murder. I would estimate that 90% of the crimes that come through my office are rooted in drug use. The drug epidemic is real and it is happeneing in every community.

I am actually in PA so I don't know if this is happening in DC, but we are seeing a lot of heroin that is laced with fentanyl, which is an extremely potent narcotic. We have had a huge spike in overdoses because people are getting this fentanyl-laced heroin and doing the amount of the drug that they are used to, not realizing it's cut with something so potent. And then they die. [/quote]

where in pa are you? I'm in pa and I am not seeing that stuff. Are you in western pa? All the fentanyl stories (i linked up a bunch on here) are from ohio. [/quote]

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