Opioid and especially heroin abuse appears to be on the rise locally, as evidenced by the most recent data from the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.
According to a quarterly report on overdose deaths released in June, heroin-related deaths in the state have increased more than 180 percent during the last decade.
In 2007, 77 deaths were attributed to heroin use between January and March. Last year, that number was 190. This year, for the first time, more than 200 people have died in the state during the first three months of the year because of heroin use.
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good.
Stop saving them
Good for the poor folks in Afghanistan.
They have jobs now.
The Taliban continually harassed them and burned down their crops.
Dear Joe,
Maybe you would find this as a comment worthy of a post. All Camden area residents need to be aware that Debbie Campbell's house was sold to a Mr. Outten who has converted the home into a 10 person addiction rehab house. This is highly disturbing and yet another blow to the Camden area neighborhood. The last thing we need in this area are druggies trying to overcome their addiction. All Camden area residents need to know that Mrs. Campbell's once beautiful home is now the home of 10 drug addicts. Drug addicts are known for high percentages of relapse as well as high levels of criminal activity to support their habits. Many residents are already concerned. For such a facility to be able to operate in our neighborhood is disgusting and irresponsible as we already content with higher levels of crime than other neighborhoods in the city. Way to go Salisbury!
2:37
What the heck makes u think ur neighborhood is so special!????
2:25. I guess we should stop saving anyone who has eaten too much and has diabetes or heart disease, and those who smoke and have cancer or those with unhealthy sex habits who get HIV or cervical cancer.
Drug Addicts lives matter.
(All lives matter)
Let the dope heads die, it frees up organs for transplant to good people.
KABUL — Despite billions spent to eradicate opium crops in Afghanistan, the crop is more popular than ever there, leading many to wonder whether some U.S. forces may actually be encouraging its growth and the heroin it later becomes.
In July, the Centers for Disease Control warned of record-breaking numbers of heroin deaths in the United States. “Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 18–25 in the past decade,” the CDC reported.
In the same month, it was reported that opium production is stronger than ever in Afghanistan, which now produces 90 percent of the world’s supply of the plant that’s refined to create heroin. This rise in production would have been impossible prior to the U.S.-led invasion, and it comes despite some $8.4 billion spent in counternarcotics efforts by the U.S., specifically designated to wipe out opium production in Afghanistan.
Counter-narcotics.
An oxymoron. The government is the drug pusher.
Everybody knows that.
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