One of the major topics we published, (factual and documented) was all the crime in Salisbury. The next thing I knew I was being sued by the Chief of Police as well as the local Warden and Mayor of Salisbury.
The attempt was to defame Joe Albero in any way they could in the hope this Blog would backfire and no one would trust what we were publishing.
In other words, they did NOT want the public to know the TRUTH. Fortunately we won in all cases and get this, we became the #1 most influential political website in Maryland and Delaware.
All that being said, while we ALL know there's a serious heroin problem here on the Shore, 1st responder's are NOT letting the public know just how bad it is. Don't believe me, just go to ALL of the calls for service for anyone you so choose and all you will see is "medical condition".
I'm not sure if you agree but I personally feel the calls for service SHOULD state, "HEROIN OVERDOSE" so the public can have a much better idea just how bad it is out there. There were FOUR overdoses, two in Salisbury and two in Pittsville this weekend. These are cases in which our people actually heard the calls on the scanner stating they were overdoses, so there could have been much more, we don't know.
With all due respect, 1st responder's work for you and me, TAXPAYERS. It is NOT a HIPPA violation to state an overdose as long as they don't publish a name. Of course ALL 1st responder's, (including police) do not want the public to know just how bad heroin is here on the Shore and I believe it's high time, (pardon the pun) we see first hand just how bad the drugs and abuse are here.
It's OK for them to publish SHOPLIFTERS and DUI arrests, why not illegal drug use and overdoses?
90 comments:
1st point - not all 1st responders are paid - alot are VOLUNTEERS and that means they DON'T work for ANYONE!!!!! 2nd point - I agree with you EVERY arrest should be made just as public as the shoplifting and DUI press releases!
Joe, I think that this is a very good idea. The local MSM keeps its head in the sand about this issue when it should be above the fold as a topic of great community concern, with the editors of every rag around leading the fight. Whatever happened to the days when smalltown newspaper editors when newspaper editors were beacons of responsible journalism and respectably promoted their towns? Gone, I guess.
I had heard there were 12-15 over doses in a week just recently.. it's a huge problem
The problem is much worse than almost everyone knows. OD's on a weekly basis, young children finding a mother or father dead in the bathroom. Parents at their whits end trying to find a solution for a child's addiction, when no solution seems to work. As a parent I can assure all of that no matter how well you have raised your children, they are only one bad boyfriend, girlfriend or friend away from marking a life altering decision. A decision that is very difficult to overcome. Be afraid, be very afraid.
These medical professionals are bound by privacy acts which are more strict in regards to addiction and other behavioral/psychiatric disorders. To cover their butts from law suits they must list medical condition.
I don't want to here it, at One point they where drug free and decided to try it, you live by the sword you die by the sword.
Its being hushed up in order NOT to make the College Parents Aware of this in the BURY.
you are right anon 12:30 drug addiction does not discriminate, I have seen some of the best people fall from it, I pray every night that my kids never get caught up in it
Sound like a mini Chicago
In the end it is there choice to use. The bad boyfriend or friend can't be blamed for the choice another person makes in there life. As a mother of a addict my child saw what the drug was doing to his friend's and how if ruined there lives but he still choice to use.
Obviously it their choice to use. My comment only serves as a cautionary tale to those who don't fully comprehend the extent of this problem and the impact its having on the addicts life and the lives of those around them. By the way, thanks Joe for posting your observation of this very serious problem.
The problem is Narcan. Yes Narcan, the opiate antidote. While not new, it's been publicized so much lately as a miracle drug. It's giving those who otherwise would be unwillingly to even try heroin a false sense of security so to speak and it enables those who are currently addicted to become more reckless.
Everyone on here acts as thought heroin is just a problem here, it's everywhere!!! All these narcotic pill pushing pain doctors are part of the problem, they use to write and write for narcotic pain killers until it became more tightly followed by pharmacies and the government. Then all those doctors even many locally got caught and won't/can't write for them anymore so all this people with "back pain" that were never treated properly with PT and other alternatives are out looking for a way to get that numb high they got from their oxycontin and other narcotics. I mean there are school teachers, doctors and lawyers hooked on this stuff. The more of a demand there is for it means there is more available, so then all the other drug users out there start to use it too because its readily available. Until people quit their B*tching about cops doing their jobs you will continue to have a problem, sometimes in order to save lives you have to bend some rules and invade the privacy of others, frankly if it came down to saving a kid's life from an overdose I don't mind law enforcement using any means necessary to find out where they got it from, who they do it with etc...
I just don't understand it. Growing up as a teen in the 70's-80's I did for a short time do a few drugs. No hard drugs though. What was always in the back of my mind was if my parents found out, there would be hell to pay or what I perceived to be hell. I don't ever remember either parent ever laying a hand on me, but just their anger and having to hear their lectures laced w/disgust for me was completely enough for me to not get involved in high risk behaviors. If our parents were mad at us for something we did, it was uncomfortable being around them. We would dread dinner time, the silence, the dirty looks.
What has changed in this respect. Why are kids nowadays not concerned with keeping their parents happy. I am proud of my parents for raising us this way. It extended to our extended family too because so far in the 4 generations there are no addicts, criminals and everyone has really done quite well for themselves.
I had a very interesting conversation today with Wicomico States Attorney Matt Maciarello. We discussed this situation and he agrees, the public needs to be aware of what's going on out there. In fact, he informed me of the following. In September of 2015 there were a REPORTED 21 overdoses, 9 of which were in Wicomico County. These were all white males between the ages of 23-52. 2 of them died from their overdose. Matt is going to work on this to make the public more aware.
Matt wanted me to make sure the public understands that his office knows there are probably more cases then what we just provided above but this is what THEY are aware of. In other words, they aren't made aware, (at this time) the people that go to PRMC or their own doctor.
With any luck we will see County Officials start to provide all of us the statistics so it can become a major topic, just like crime was 11 years ago when we started SBYNews. It took YEARS to get WBOC, WMDT & the DT's to start publishing crime but as we rapidly grew, they had no choice. The same needs to happen with heroin.
So you know, this article has gone viral on Facebook. Clearly the Eastern Shore wants to know more.
1:19 It's really a myth that the heroin problem stems from pain doctors. Most of those people in Baltimore and elsewhere addicted to heroin have never taken a prescription pain pill in their lives. Or maybe they have taken a few that they purchased illegally in the streets.
Meth and Crack are just as prevalent and their abuse can't be blamed on prescription opiates because the high is different.
Another widely held misconception is that someone can become addicted while taking pain pills for pain. No-you can get addicted when you take them after the pain is gone. When pain is present and you take a pill, it goes searching for the pain. When the pill is searching and can't find any pain to attach itself to that's when trouble can happen. This is a good way to explain how pain pills work to a lay person.
UPDATE: While ALL of the people who overdosed are in fact white, not all of them were male. Some were females.
And don't forget, addicts to heroin will do ANYTHING to get their next dose. Steal, murder, sell kids into prostitution, it doesn't matter as long as they get that next high. Very bad for crime stats.
One of the ones who died in September was female.
Absolutely correct!
What a completely idiotic conclusion.
No 1:37..it is not a myth..one local pain doc lost his license to practice recently as a result if his excessive prescriptions without an exam. Too many opiates are being prescribed by docs not focused on quality of care.
I can see from many of these comments that more education about opiate addiction is needed in this community. Approximately 93% of heroin addicts started using heroin because they became addicted to prescription opiate pain killers then were cut off by their doctors. Many times it is not a "choice" to pick up for the first time. It is statements like these that will keep heroin addicts from seeking help. The last thing the public needs to do is judge them. The first thing the public needs to do is assist them with getting help. Please educate yourselves because with knowledge comes the ability to help others. It also takes away the fear, although with the heroin epidemic, fear is needed, but so in anger that will make people want to do something about it.
JOE I agree with your post. Personally I feel that if a look into who is using they will be mostly white and a lot of females.
@2:31 You sure knows how to string them book learned words together but you don't know nothing about taking pills, being sick and needing to get well.
"Approximately 93% of heroin addicts started using heroin because they became addicted to prescription opiate pain killers then were cut off by their doctors."
2:31-This is unequivocally and without any doubt,an untrue statement. At the very most it is in the 10% range but most likely lower.
Approx 50% of people who use heroin started by abusing illegally obtained Rx drugs but not necessarily opiates and more often barbiturates like Phenobarbital.
That is not true at all. Narcan isn't just used for recreational overdose purposes either. It was given to my 78 year old grandfather in a nursing home who they thought "may" have been given too much medication. My uncle who just retired from being a paramedic in DC said more time than not now in situations where drugs may have been the cause of the situation it is used as a diagnostic tool to see if that's what was wrong. Drug users get ANGRY when Narcan is used because it steals their high that they spent however much money on.
Oh get somewhere 2:31. Drug abuse is so very much a choice. It is not a disease like some like to claim and one of the major reasons for this supposed epidemic is people like you who fall for the propaganda. People don't feel shame if they are a stoner or a junkie anymore. There is no stigma attached and there should be.
Drug addiction means money. If everyone was suddenly cured of an addiction the US economy would collapse. Too many depend on addicts for their livelihood and too much money in the form of methadone, etc for the drug companies. A massive amount of jobs created in the 'recovery' industry. Directors of methadone clinics get nervous if junkies are not lined up to get their dose of methadone.
This economic factor has caused (liberals) to not want people to overcome their addiction. They ignore the real reasons why and replace with politically correctness. Liberals haven't figured out any other way to create jobs unless it's creating a 'victim' whether it be a drug addict or some 'oppressed' residents of an area who need more programs (programs mean jobs) thrown their way.
What about personal responsibility? ???????
People don't have drug problems, they have money problems. They can't afford the drugs they want to do so they lie, steal and whore to get it.
U plsy u pay.
12:04, While the first statement in your comment might be true, the calls come into 911 and they are paid. It is not volunteers putting out initial information on the scanners. It is not volunteers who put up the information on the calls for service list daily. I'm really not sure what your point is other then to say some first responder's are volunteers.
Although it is ultimately the users choice to use, peer pressure plays a HUGE role.
OK, I get the fact that people want to share their thoughts as to WHY people use or abuse heroin. However, the point here is, do you feel the public should be made aware of a heroin overdose on calls for service?
The heroin crisis on the sure is real! IT'S has hit home, just saw the obituary of someone I know who overdosed last week. This is not a political, racial or social economic issue. It's affecting everyone. Let us work together to fight this epedemic.
If you are stupid enough to use drugs, and inject them into your veins, I really don't much care if you die, you are a waste of life.
Yes Joe we should know. All we hear is "police asking for more people......why?" Well if the public actually knew what was going on and why police aren't making a dent in the drug traffic, they would understand why more are needed. Heroin arrests are throwing the roof. Overdoses are also through the roof. Even though arrests are being made the drugs are still getting through. The prisons are over stuffed. And the number of dealers constantly grows. Keeping this a secret is no helping anyone.
I am a recovering addict. I am 34 years old and have been clean for 2 years. When I was 19 years old, I was first prescribed Percocet for herniated discs in my neck. I was prescribed them until I was 31 years old. While I was prescribed them, I did not abuse them. Unfortunately, when all of those pain doctors were busted, doctors all over ceased prescribing pain medication, even to those who truly needed it. Because of that, me and a LOT of others had to go to the streets to obtain the medication needed in order to go about everyday life. The only ones they had on the streets were the MUCH higher milligram. So, tolerance sky rocketed. Next thing I knew, I was an addict. I was an addict who STILL needed pain management, or I couldn't even sit at a desk without bei,g in excruciating pain. After a while, they became SO expensive, that it came down to the choice of either being in pain and not being able to work, etc, or switching over to heroin that was a LOT cheaper, but also a LOT more dangerous. Before it's said, I tried EVERYTHING to fix my neck: chiropractor, PT, neck injections...you name it, I tried it. And, the doctors would not recommend me for surgery because they claimed I was "too young"... I was finally able to find something to fix my neck pain, but then I was dealing with addiction. I was one of the lucky ones who was able to get help. In rehab, 80% of the people I met with heroin addictions, started out by taking pills prescribed to them. That's been my experience, and it obviously does not represent addicts as a whole. Basically, I found that most of the people became addicts not really by choice. Honestly, no one decides to come an addict. I don't agree that it is an incurable disease. I believe that you don't have to always be an addict, even in recovery. But, my opinion is obviously a LOT different than most professionals in the field of addiction.
As for whether or not the community should be made more aware of exactly how bad the heroin problem is? ABSOLUTELY!! This isn't an issue that we can just ignore and have it go away. And I feel that education is the first step to trying ::),control this epidemic.
6:23, Thank You.
Love you 6:23. Don't know you but you can be assured there are a lot of people rooting for you and hoping you stay the course, even those of us who don't know you. There is so much to live for including the fact that YOU are an inspiration for all of us. Even those of us who aren't addicts can learn from you. Will power and perseverance come to mind, and you my friend have excelled at both and inspire the rest of us that anything is possible.
6:23 is right on target with most of the points made. Just like 2:31 is. Heroin is much cheaper than the prescription opioids and that's the big reason why many people end up using it.
Some try heroin because they're stupid.. they think they can 'handle' experimenting with it. But I think those folks are a small minority of users.
Heroin is a MAJOR problem over much of the USA. Even in small-town America.
Maybe some follow-up posts with FACTUAL info about heroin addiction and the extent of the problem would be helpful, Joe. You're off to a great start.
And God bless you for the stand you've taken (and the grief you've suffered) over the years to bring people the truth.
I battled pain killer addiction for 6 years. Got hooked after a back injury crippled me. Out of the 6 years, 2 of them I was getting them legally from a doctor in Milford Delaware before he got in trouble. Went to my appointment one day and the office was closed. Turned to friends and other shady people for the next 4 years until I couldn't take it any more. Not that I couldn't afford to keep going but just became too much chasing pills down, not able to go on vacatiobs with family because I couldnt get enough pills before I left, always looking over my shoulder when doing deals in public. It gets old. This past July I hunkered down with a couple strips of suboxone and some majrijuana and was able to kick the habit. Been almost 3 months now and havent felt this good in a long time. Took about a month and a half for the depression and lethargic feelings to go away. Back still bothers me but I can deal with it. It beats the alternative. You have to have the willpower to quit. All the rehabs, family/friend support etc etc help but it really comes down to how strong you are mentally.
It's devastated smaller towns.The armed standoff last week in Crisfield? The suspect who shot at police was a drug addict.Every other family seems to have an addict or two and its killing people!!!
We have 2 current students of a local high school in jail right now for herion and gun charges. They allowed these kids to roam the school and do as they please probably selling drugs. Its getting really bad and the admin are losing control. The thugs are ruling the schools.
That is a real cold hearted thing to say...what if one of ur family members was an addict and overdosed and died..have a heart
Not saying peer pressure isn't a huge roll. But I know the extent of the problem in wicomico county I have a child who suffer from this addiction. However he was not forced to use.
All physicians should be reading these posts.
3:02 - How do you know what I know and don't know about being sick and needing to get well? Sure, some of what I know comes from my education, but most of what I know comes from personal experience. Seems as if folks are so angry and I'm wondering if the ones who are spouting off all of the anger have been victimized because of drugs or have a family member who is struggling with addiction? 6:23, you are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing. And, 7:24, you are as well. Keep fighting that fight, and thank you.
Oh yeah...great response 3;02pm...we sure wouldn't want the educated and literate to assist with this problem. Let's leave it to the addicts and thugs to solve for themselves. Brilliant
Someone earlier said if people choose to shoot drugs into their vein, then they don't care - that's it's the person's choice....Okay, I agree with that to a point...BUT.....
I LOST my 22 year old niece to a heroin overdose - and she was 5 MONTHS PREGNANT.....so that poor innocent baby lost his/her life before he ever had a chance......Now if that isn't a sign that something needs to be done, I don't know what is......
After her death, her husband, who also took heroin, committed suicide by taking a heroin overdose because he felt so guilty about his wife and unborn child.
WAKE UP PEOPLE....HEROIN is destroying lives......And let us not forget about the loved ones that are left behind - the mothers , the fathers , the grandparents and siblings of the people who are dying....I am a teacher in the county and I lost a student to heroin several years ago....His family has never recovered....
Something HAS to be done!
If you aren't going to cite your data then how is your statement of "fact" any more legitimate?
Why? They are already convinced they know everything. Apparently it happens when. MD is conferred upon them. They are elevated to diety status...in their own megalomaniacal minds.
Were any of these OD's children?
Are you kidding me??? Oh so it is now the doctor's fault? People choose to abuse their pain pills. I have had surgery, been in a car accident etc and was prescribed pain medication and never became addicted. Pain medications are not addictive when taken as prescribed and when needed.
Pain medications are not addictive when taken as prescribed and when needed.
October 6, 2015 at 10:51 PM
some have more pain
what total BS from you liberals on here. Life is a struggle everyday. Doing the right thing, being a good neighbor and member of the community and taking care of ones responsibilities. It ain't easy. But millions upon millions of us manage to struggle through every day. We don't give into our demons! So stop with all the bs, life is full of choices, if they choose to make bad choices then to freaking bad! let em rot and save what we can. stop the whining, get tough and get about making the world a better place starting with yourselves!
or is that asking to much?
Talk about secret how about in the past couple of weeks 2 students from WiHi being arrested at school with handguns and heroin in the school never heard about that either.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
what total BS from you liberals on here. Life is a struggle everyday. Doing the right thing, being a good neighbor and member of the community and taking care of ones responsibilities. It ain't easy. But millions upon millions of us manage to struggle through every day. We don't give into our demons! So stop with all the bs, life is full of choices, if they choose to make bad choices then to freaking bad! let em rot and save what we can. stop the whining, get tough and get about making the world a better place starting with yourselves!
or is that asking to much?
October 7, 2015 at 8:47 AM
I don't think you fit your own description.
Well the 2 in Pittsville sure didn't learn their lesson. The girl was back out on Monday night selling her ass to get the money to buy more. When this all went down her Momma was hollering "give her Narcan" !!! This isn't the first overdose for this bunch.
I'm a firm believer that once you commit a crime, you should lose certain rights. It's somewhat like an eye for an eye mentally. It comes down to a basic sense - for example, when a thief steals something the stole the right for somebody to own something therefore he loses his rights to freedom. At first it may not make sense, but if you think about it, criminals are essentially taking rights away from law abiding folks everyday; their right to their privacy, their right to speak, their right to choose religion, even their right to live. In taking somebody's rights, should we automatically provide criminals with all of their government and god given rights? Typically, the "systems" give criminals MORE rights. That just not right (no pun intend). You commit a crime (particularly a violent crime) the only three rights you should be able to retain are the right to remain silent, the right to retain an attorney and the right to a fair trail.
As far as HIPPA goes... I truly believe that HIPPA is THE NUMBER ONE reason we cannot get a handle on violence and heinous crimes in America. Individuals' medical records are so protected that the government can't even use them to identify potentially unstable people or even deny them of gun ownership. Especially in today's society where everything is has a "medical" reason. Things like obesity are considered a mental defect these days. NO IT ISN'T! You're fat because you're lazy and eat too much unhealthy food. Addition is not a disease. Addiction is an addiction! People don't get wake up one day and say, "welp, I caught the bug, I guess I have to go smoke some crack..." You smoke crack because you made a poor decision! More and more criminals have the potential to hide behind medical records and dodge prosecution. Sure, some people are truly insane, but we shouldn't coddle people who want an excuse. And the sad part about this is that OUR GOVERNMENT ALLOWS IT TO HAPPEN AND PROMOTES IT! Modify HIPPA and what can and can't be seal and you solve a lot of problems.
Anon 1:37, sorry but ur info is wrong..I have been in recovery from heroin for 2 years and I started on pills prescribed for actual pain (that I still have) and became addicted despite legitimate pain....EVERY single heroin addict I met during the tenure of my active addiction started on pain pills and graduated when it became to hard/expensive to buy pills...obviously this doesn't go for every addict, but I assure you a large percentage of heroin addicts started on pain pills... The idea that u can't get addicted if u have real "pain" is crazy! And flat out wrong!
10:21 yeah what would you know about me. I came from a broken home, worked every job I could from garbageman to Marine to engineer to president of my own company, making a hell of alot more money then you. so piss off! I struggled, and made the hard choices, unlike you who's mommy and daddy spoon fed you all your pathetic life!
choose wisely and work hard everyday to conquer your demons! or is that beyond your comprehension?
You really just made yourself sound dumber than you are by trying to sound smarter than you are. You can 100% get addicted to pain killers even if you are in pain. The pain meds do not go searching for the pain. The opiates attach to the receptors in your brain which everyone has (except maybe you) was they attach to the receptors they release dopamine at about a 1000 times the rate it would be released naturally. My father is a stage 4 terminal cancer patient who takes 30mg of morphine twice a day, my father has never drank alcohol, never smoked a cigarette, nor ever used any illegal drugs but as of right now he is 100% addicted to the pain pills, he has tried to not take them if he feels he is having a decent day but he can't it sends him into withdrawl, he gets sicker, horrible anxiety, all the symptoms of an everyday addict. Educate yourself please, self righteous people like you who have no idea what your talking about don't make the problem any better statics shoe without any doubt that the vast majority of heroine addicts started out with pain meds, most of them prescribed by a Dr. Yes if you break an arm and get percocet for pain take them the way your supposed to for 3 or 4 days you will not be addicted. However if you are put on long term pain management I don't care if you are a disciple of the Lord you will with out a doubt be addicted. My while point in this is at least have a slight clue what your talking about before you spew ignorance. Addiction sucks! It sucks even worst for those fighting it when they have dumb asses who have no clue judging them. This may be to much for you but I'll say it anyway, if your not part of the solution, your part of the problem.
Thank you 1:58. On point.
When school staff and administrators are told that certain groups of students should not be suspended, or even referred to the office, don't expect safety in our schools to improve. Statistics look better, though, when you let kids do as they please. Since the kids can't be controlled, the option is to control the adults who try to enforce rules.
This point may have already been made, but I would like to see OD stats that aren't doctored, that is if the OD was a combo of drugs(including alcohol) that should be reported as such. Many OD cases are multi-drug induced, but reporting it that way doesn't fit the current hysteria about heroin. Mixing your drugs will kill you!
Common sense and Davis Christian...I truly hope someone you care about/love doesn't end up an addict, bc u will surely be eating your words!!!!its easier to say things like that when it's never affected you personally....i promise you addicts feel shame and dnt wanna b this way!!
3:43 where are you getting your info??? I've never met one person while I was an addict, that abused barbiturates...I've never tried or seen a Barb...benzodiazapenes yes, barbs not so much...like I said before every single addict I've met started on pain pills from the Dr....surely more than 10%!!!!
I'm law enforcement and I've been begging and pleading for people to know the truth for years. Very few people want to know or think Wow, but it hasn't touched me.......yet is what I say. Please put it out and please don't say Law Enforcement, maybe the heads but not the body. They want you to know.
First Responders (police, fire & EMS) are to busy trying to serve and protect to get this info out to the public. And if the general public doesn't know that there is a drug epidemic, it's because they chose not to. Did Salisbury News report on the Unite to Face Addiction Rally that took place in DC this past Sunday? It has set the presidenc on No More Shame, No More Silence about this National problem. I agree the community needs to know about this epidemic and the impact it's having on young lives but we don't need to know names to make the point. We already know it's killing our kids!
Would that be Dr. Wilson in Milford?
Why give these people the Narcan shot? When they decided to use heroin, they knew they would get addicted and could die from a bad batch or an overdose. That was their decision and they should live (or die) with it. If you save them from the overdose, they will just go back to using and abusing.
Key words, parentS.
The public should be kept informed, of course.
But only the facts in evidence, not assumptions, which are particularly dangerous in emergency situations. If a caller reports they've found someone unconscious, foaming at the mouth, and moaning, it is irresponsible and cruel for the report to go out as "overdose" based on an assumption. "White male, 26, found unconscious" is all that is needed. Until he gets to the hospital and is (hopefully) properly diagnosed, let people assume what they want.
Someone who is experiencing a diabetic crisis, or has just had a grand mal seizure due to epilepsy, might look like someone who has overdosed, especially if they "fit the profile". And it isn't fair to him to read a public list of emergency calls, stating his address and "overdose", when this was far from truth.
I have a family member who has been utterly humiliated and unfairly shamed, due to his severe medical condition being described as a "suspected overdose" in a list of calls, including his address. The medical condition is bad enough for him to have to deal with, without neighbors who don't know him, looking at his house and thinking, "oh, that's where that dirtbag addict lives, how the hell did he get a house like that, must be a dealer or something!"
Hey Unknown 1:58-educate yourself! FYI- Know It All, withdrawal does not always means someone is addicted. Some drugs prescribed for diabetes, asthma, heart conditions, epilepsy, hypertension, the list is endless cause withdrawal when stopped abruptly.
Once and for all believe what you want but few become addicted when they are prescribed painkillers and use them properly.
As a matter of fact over 80% of those currently addicted to Oxycontin report their addiction started with a mix of street drugs not with a legitimate prescription.
You all can make all the excuses in the world but it won't fly here. People become dependent when they misuse the legitimately prescribed drugs not for pain but for how they make them feel.
5:41 "I said before every single addict I've met started on pain pills from the Dr"
Oh yeah we all know drug addicts never lie! Just because they say this it has to be true-LOL. I have news for you. They are lying and just say this because they think it makes others think they became 'legitimately' addicted.
These people soon will suffer from flesh eating KROKODIL, if it's not a problem already. Heroin addicts are just nasty people. With all of the negative examples of drug use, why would anyone want to try any addictive drug for the first time? Drug addicts are weak. Just down right weak. You dopefends need to man/woman up. Stop being so dam selfish. Man/woman up. I have absolutely no sympathy for a dopefend. They made their choice.
Joe, I agree with you that the public needs to be aware of how serious the problem is.
I disagree it should be announced on calls for service, which typically show an address or the block on the street.
HIPPA is a good thing. Ever been turned down for a job because employer thinks your medical condition will make you a risky employee? Been targeted for robbery because someone thinks your medical condition means you have good drugs in the house to steal?
There are other ways for the public to be informed without violating or just putting at risk the privacy of individuals, making them a target for bias, prejudice or robbery...or just plain shame.
As for those debating addiction medically, everyone's body is a bit different. Same with the subject of willpower and pain. I support law enforcement and I support going after this problem in lots of ways. I think the two can work together.
I've known too many nice families affected by this horror. Rather than argue and call each other names here or being judgmental, find out what's working to end and prevent this nightmare, find out what you can do to help. Everyone has a stake in this, even if your own family is not impacted by it...yet.
Announce them when a call for service is made. Put those people out their. Then all would know who to really protect their children from.
Sure, and next time an ambulance is called for you, same accusatory announcement.
"Suspected child/elder abuse" for a fall or broken bone..."Suicide attempt" for a bleeding cut...
Got to protect those chilluns!
Public shamming is back? Thought that stopped in 1700
100 percent of addicts never got started from injury surgery or medical illness. Not true.
90 percent of worlds heroin was coming from the country we invaded. We are still in that country but the USA still has a heroin problem ?? Hmmmmm agenda maybe?!
You have know Idea what your talking about in the first 2 paragraphs
True
He didn't shoot at police. I was their.
How much were you taking. ?
We heard thatthere were 5 deaths from OD @ PRMC last week alone. Then this on the weekend. Better get this in the public eyes.
Yes the statistics should be published! The real Stats - not the doctored BS! I also feel that ANYONE and EVERYONE who has every been arrested for possession for a drug should be PUBLISHED!!!!!!! Who wants a drug addict employed by them? If they know about it then at least you can keep a closer eye on them at work, instead of being robbed blind by an addict looking to get their next fix! So yes THEY SHOULD ALL BE PUBLISHED! THEY COMMITTED A CRIME! I don't care if they "Have a problem", or "They are an addict" they knew exactly what they were doing when they made the choice to use the drug!
Absolutely.
You are speaking of peoples kids. Obviously the heroin addiction hasn't knocked on your front door. Let one of your kids, parents or siblings have the addiction and see if you still think that way...if you do than you are a heartless soul.
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