The numbers paint a clear picture of the growing problem. In 2015, there were a total of 141 overdoses. As of mid-December 2016, that number had more than doubled to 370 overdoses.
The increase in overall heroin overdoses also translates to more lives lost. In 2015, there were 17 heroin overdose deaths in those counties, but in 2016, that grim statistic had risen to 41 as of mid-December.
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Drug addiction is the last resort for desperation. No work, no money, no prosperity, no food. But they can go out in the world, barter for drugs and leave the bitter reality of life behind.
Trump won't be able to change the world entirely but I honestly think he will bring hope back and with it jobs, prosperity and self esteem.
Simple solution- don't use heroin because it is highly addictive and you can die!
Triple those numbers and they'll come closer to the truth.
So 370 overdoses, and 304 arrests for Heroin alone, but yet the epidemic continues! What exactly do we need to do to clear this up? Stop enabling a user, stop making excuses for a user! If you know a dealer or suspected dealer, speak up! Citizens of the Eastern Shore we need to step up to the plate! You are not being a snitch you are cleaning up our area! If you continue to sit back and do nothing, you are also contributing, but not in a positive way! Clean up the Eastern Shore! People wake up and relalise you can't beat this on your own! You will need other people's help! You will never be a FORMER ADDICT of heroin - you will always be a RECOVERING ADDICT - but at least you will still be alive! Keep using and the ones let behind are the ones that get hurt!
"If you know a dealer or suspected dealer, speak up!"
Why?
We did and SPD did nothing. They knew him, they knew all about him and still they allowed him to continue to deal and ruin our neighborhood.
You all rant on like ANYTHING YOU DO, as a citizen, will solve the problem.
Hate to inform you but as a citizen there is NOTHING you can do to force a drug dealer to move out of his section 8 housing.
This is a cop problem. And that whole "we are waiting to get the big guy" is total BS. They NEVER get the king pin. NEVER.
SPD do your job and start cleaning up the streets.
"you can't arrest your way out of this" - BS total BS. Do your job.
The only one to blame for this is your local government.
Too bad that the drive by shooter missed, and that reality is just how bad our neighborhood got when SPD did nothing.
Come on folks!
Let's talk about Afghanistan.
Let's talk about the soldiers guarding the poppy fields.
Let's talk about the CIA drug running since the 1960s.
Let's talk about the Big Banks laundering the drug proceeds because it is in the TRILLIONS of US Dollars.
Drug addiction is a disease of the body.
We are talking about a physical addiction.
Many of you (and myself) do not know what that feels like or how it affects the body and mind.
Stop acting like the addict can simply "stop using".
If he or she could stop, he or she would stop.
They can't stop. If they do stop, they can die from withdrawal.
Educate yourselves.
It is not a simply problem.
Look people....if this society is going to survive we have to stop spending so much time, energy, and money on the 1%. These dregs are a net negative to out culture. Let them go. All the $'s spent on Narcam, rehab, etc can be better spent elsewhere for the good of the majority.
If we have satellites all over space that can read a license plate, we can surely spot the poppy plants in Mexico and elsewhere, and the cocoa plants in places like Columbia. Monitor the traffic, locate the processing plants, and map the distribution routes. Give their governments 24 hours to put an end to it (of course they won't) then bomb the fields and warehouses, confiscate and sell the planes, boats and trucks importing the sh I mean stuff, and life in prison for the pilots, captains, and drivers. This "war" on drugs is a joke. We let the governments and the kingpins go free, spending fortunes on chasing shadows, and imprisoning the poor American slobs on the streets who have no jobs, no training, and no hope.
Heroin is so readily available and that is the problem. When will the supply be cut off? Our officers are wasting time with the "drug dealers". The drug dealers are just users who are supporting their habit. You need to stop the king pins and cut off the supply coming into the state/county/city...but that is hardwork and dangerous.
11:57 a bit dramatic.
With proper care, yes they can stop.
12:09 $322 billion dollars spent on diabetes care for overweight Americans who use food as a drug. Let's stop giving them treatment for something they brought on themselves. Or cancer treatment of the smokers. Jeez.
We have heroin and many other drugs POURING into the country from the southern border. TONS of it.
Because we have a man in the White House that made that possible and continues to enable it. It cannot be incompetence.
The only way to get a handle on this problem is to interdict the supply, and that will never happen under the current occupant of the White House.
@11:23 you do realize that the EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND includes alot more than Salisbury - right! So if SPD won't do anything - go higher! Wicomico County Sheriff or MSP ask for NARCOTICS Div.
Exactly how many law abiding, hard working citizens on Delmarva do you think know heroin dealers?
I agree. I'm not sure what "jeez" implies. What is your point?
I was a functioning addict and just simply stopped using one day. Didn't have an epiphany, didn't hit rock bottom, didn't run out of money. I used a couple times a day for almost 5 years. I eventually got tired of it having a daily hold on me and always being nervous, questioning, "will this be the day I overdose and die?. What will my friends and family think when they hear the news?" I didnt want to put them through it and I consider myself lucky. So I took off 2 weeks paid vacation from work and went through withdrawal at home. It sucked but I had the willpower to do it. I've been clean 26 months now and will never go back.
I'm a recovered addict. Its a common misconception that drug dealers are users themselves, but far from the truth. If they are petty middlemen, sure most of the time they are, it helps support their habit. But the real dealers, guys dealing in ounces and more are smart enough to not use the product.
I concur, willpower is the first and foremost thing that is needed. I overcame my addiction on willpower alone. Others definitely need the professional help or support groups to do it and stay clean.
You people have no clue how drugs are bought and sold.
The Kingpins are the government.
Military and Intelligence Agencies.
The big banks launder the money.
It was being brought into the US in the 1960s by military hidden in dead soldiers' body bags.
Very ugly history for the US government.
Cops are totally clueless about this government.
They are dupes taking the easy paycheck.
Very happy for your recovery. Not many people are as strong as you to be able to do that.
Phillipines drug agents killed about 6000 dealers this year and only a third were killed during tactical operations- that is a real drug war and the agents are turning the tide- rather a dealer die than a loved one
Anonymous Anonymous said...
11:57 a bit dramatic.
With proper care, yes they can stop.
December 23, 2016 at 12:21 PM
Proper care being in a treatment center, getting help to overcome their addiction since they can't do it on their own, reducing their intake of drugs with drugs such as methadone to ease withdrawals, getting the proper diet with vitamins and minerals. All of these things and more to kick their addiction that they can't kick alone.
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