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- In part two of Poisoned: America's Fentanyl Crisis series, ABC News' Bob Woodruff travels to West Virginia and follows one EMS team overwhelmed by fentanyl overdoses, and doctors who feel responsible.
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I'm a recovering addict, been clean 13 years in March. I thank God everyday for my sobriety, that I'm not out on the streets these days. In my day, for the most part, you knew what you were getting. I pray for the people still out there that they find sobriety, it's a gift we all deserve.
You should be so proud of yourself! I know I'm proud of you! Overcoming addiction is one of the hardest things to accomplish. You have to be a really strong person to do it.
Yes the gift of Sobriety is hard earned and kept.
Congratulations.
It probably feels like a lifetime ago.
I am glad you made it.
Now with Fentenyl on the streets, addicts and users are dropping like flies. I just honestly don't understand why the cartels would put it in the drugs. They are killing their clients. Seems like a poor business model.
It's a different kind of beast these days it's all fake pressed pills. My love for opiods started in 08 with the oxy 80s then it went to the 30s and then around 2015 the fake 30s came out that are pressed with fentynal and most have tranquilizers. I've been clean almost a year subvoxen saved my life. I tried it to get clean using it 3 other times. But I always wanted to get off of it as soon as possible because of the stigma with it. My body may be physically dependent open the drug but so is a diabetic whose takes insulin. Being on subvoxen has made me be able to be a productive member of society
@@daniburke9452 I wish you all the very best!
Were you in pain? Is that how you started on them? And if so, are you not in pain anymore?
My son was in the hospital for surgery and was given morphine.... for a week and a half. When he left the hospital they did not wean him off. He went to, what he thought, was heroin.... it was fentanyl, 100% non-lab created fentanyl... colored to look like heroin. The 4th time he used he died. I found him. He was 20 y/o. My only child. My baby. I'm in Canada. It's here to. It's disgusting.
I'm so sorry 😞
I’m so sorry also!
So sorry for your loss. My condolences 💐
Condolences and prayers are with your family and friends. Morphine is something I never became addicted too thankfully and I was on it twice for longer stents of time , one time for two weeks and the other for a entire month while in the hospital. I am sorry that your baby boy became addicted depending on other narcotics that proven to be a hundred times stronger than morphine which caused a instant death unfortunately upon him I am positive. As my body had became dependent on supervised narcotics a lot stronger than morphine, I was issued medical fentanyl IV injected prior to one of my several surgeries after returning from overseas, I will say that medical issued fentanyl is so much stronger than the other supervised narcotics issued to me monthly. I could not barely handle it to be honest so the street fentanyl is so risky and people should avoid medication on the black market all together. If it's not prescribed, simply stay away from it is my suggestion.
Oh God, I am so sorry. It was just a dumb mistake. My heart 💔 for you.
My husband was a Doctor and he got caught up in it too.
They were handing out samples like candy.
He started with one a day, and ended up overdosing by shooting up in his femoral artery and bled out. He was shooting up 20-30 times a day.
I never knew......💔
It was horrible. We were just starting our real lives together after college and medical school and residency.
It was his first year working.
After all that investment in his education.......we had two daughters and were expecting another.
You husband made a mistake, I feel sorry for your loss
Im so sorry😔
So heartbreaking 💔 so sorry for your loss 💔💔
So sorry for your loss
@@bxc4484 I was sooooo angry for many years. Then I finally forgave him and I grieve for the life We worked to hard to achieved.
Thank you.
I've been talking Tramadol for arthritis for 15 years. A couple years ago my doctor retired and my new doctor wouldn't prescribe Tramadol for arthritis. He was worried about his license. I don't feel comfortable taking a lot of NSAIDS so I requested a different doctor. This new doctor restored my prescription.
My point is that some doctors are so afraid of being accused of over prescribing opioids that they under prescribe instead.
Well an tramadol IS addictive and can have a high abuse possibility. That’s why. Doctors have learned that opioids ARE addictive and that’s why they are not prescribed the same. That’s why they are not prescribed long term by any actually good doctors. There’s better ways for pain management than being in constant active addiction. It’s way harder to get a prescription for opiates these days unless you’ve been seriously, seriously hurt or are on your death bed it can be nearly impossible unless you can find a doctor that you can pay and they’ll give you what you want which we have here in Massachusetts sadly.
The states and feds are bullying them and threatening these doctors on subject they are not qualified to judge on . I am going to end up filing lawsuits because of it all 27 years have been on 2 medications that make me productive now cutting them off over politics and we are going to lose everything my house,car and job because without them I cannot do my job anymore.
Thx. Me too, chronic chronic pain. Low quality of life without pain relief.
@@Bellaaaaaaaxxo I suffer from arthritis and fibromyalgia and live with chronic pain every single day. But I refuse to take any opioid whatsoever. I have family members who are addicted to them. I know two people who overdosed and died from them. I think I'll stick with my pain and taking Meloxicam.
I have to say I LOVE your username!
90% of my Friends were addicted to Opioids , Many of them are gone now. I miss friends, I miss my family members, I watched something so small destroy everything.
Prohibition is destroying your friends lives, Prohibition robs drug users of their humanity, NOT the drugs. If you think I’m wrong, please research Switzerland and the incredible success that they have been enjoying since 1994, the year that they moved away from prohibition. Drug related crime, down 98%, street prostitution virtually nonexistent, new HIV cases from 3,000 per year to 500. People are able to keep jobs and housing. These are just a few examples. When you treat people like animals, they act like animals. Treat them like people and they act like people. Our elected officials are now and have always been lying to us. prohibition kills.
So sorry for ur loss
Why do whyt people love pills so much?
I took some Percocet's and drank some alcohol one time and my hard almost stopped.
@@zazasnruntz7505 Because life sucks and these pills feel amazing. It's like being deathly ill your whole life and finding the antidote. I take Diacetylmorphine everyday and I feel AMAZING.
Taking this drug is the best decision I've ever made.
I feel bad for anyone that lived their whole lives with out having tried opiates or MDMA. What a waste of time...
The government will never stop it because they are making money
Exactly take it the highest level ....CIA, FBI etc...
Good!!! I Iove the fact it’s affecting a certain community because they deserve it
That's horrible to say
@Ivana Notyers I’m assuming you know nothing about the crack epidemic
I find it difficult to believe that doctors didn't know the potential for addiction.
They are lying, they did get paid big pharma.
They do people just make bad decisions
Quacks not Doctors
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Lies again? Fly Emirates True Anal
I think this is one of the rare cases where just awareness itself is actually somewhat effective. I and many other people I know declined to take opioids after major surgery or despite chronic pain, because of the lessons learned from people like these.
The drugs are also prescribed on an "as needed" basis. If you don't default to taking everything your doctor tells you is available, but only take it as absolutely necessary, that's a step in the right direction.
To be clear, some people need to take these drugs (cancer patients, for example) but it’s important to know if their absolutely necessary. Due to corporate malfeasance, that information wasn’t getting out.
Stadler family
I fully agree to a degree. I was one of those patients. In the first day of ninth grade I developed severe appendix and was rushed to the hospital. But the drugs that were supposed to take just pain away took the childhood truama too. Noy parents aren't dumb and no they weren't absent. From the outside I had the perfect childhood. But there was stuff happening that even they didn't know. Or me remembering much of. But they were there the whole time for me to numb even at such a young age. They medicines are dangerous for many without even knowing. I think very close regulation is needed to take these and even closer inspection of the Dr is needed.
@@deastover898 Yeah, I mean people report having their anxieties or insecurities taken away temporarily, which feels great in the moment but it's ultimately not a long term solution to those insecurities. And we need to learn to address them head on with mental health services instead of using drugs to get around them. And people need to be aware that these drugs can do that and that they shouldn't rely on these drugs to substitute mental health services.
Um I haven't even seen the video yet but what the hell does that have to do with the fentanyl crisis? The fentanyl crisis has nothing to with patients getting prescribed and then addicted to meds, it's about average recreational drug users, street users who want to take oxycodone, heroin, coke, Xanax and other standard drugs but are instead getting laced with fentanyl which is why death is the main headline these days, not addiction. No idea what your comment has to do with any of this number one and number two, it's easy af for the average person to use opioids in moderation. Also things were *way* better back like 8 years ago when restrictions on oxy were less extreme and real oxy pills were still able to make it on the street. Back when white suburban kids were getting hooked on pharma-grade pain pills and breaking into houses and conducting crimes to feed their habits were the GOOD DAYS. This new fentanyl epidemic though is obviously next level. Addiction is yesterday's news. This is a whole new (separate) problem.
Lost my little sis three weeks ago due to the same thing. RIP Gracie.
I lost my younger brother to this a few days ago... you are not alone friend.
And my nephew May 29, 2022. The pain and grief are devastating for the family. Multiply that grief 110,000 times a year in this country and the generational/societal ramifications. This country is ferked.
Blame Big Pharma, because it's profit before anything. they need more people addicted.
rip gracie
I lost my little sister too 6 months ago to fentanyl overdose. I miss her so much my heart physically aches. I'm so sorry for your loss too! Fentanyl is stealing so many young lives I hope this changes soon!
Man I used to watch my parents Drink themselves silly and always promised I would NEVER be addict like them. 😕 Then in late 90's I had back surgery and the rest was history..... Took at least 6 yrs of my life and my relationship with my own child before I became one of the "Lucky ones".... Absolutely HATE pain pills.!!! I pray for.each person struggling with it, that sh*t is no game!!
Same story here. Luckily I never flipped. To the dope. Just the pills. 1yr & 3mo clean.✊ stay strong brotha
I don't know you Will. But I'm genuinely proud of you for figuring it out. It looks like an impossible battle.
@@mcnally211 You too brother. 👊
@@willstuart4504 is it possible to not get addicted and just do them on the weekends?
@@henry7765 NOOOO...!!! That's exactly what you THINK you can do. Trust me on this one, I literally tried that exact "idea" at first. Then gradually Sat and Sun ...became Friday, Sat and Sun... Then, "Ahh... Might as well take a couple on Thursday, then Monday, next thing you'll know you're seeking them every day.
The reason it Doesn't work is.. the feeling these pills give you, especially at the beginning, is such an awesome feeling. All problems and issues no longer bug you... It's like you're ALWAYS in a good mood, and that's fine and dandy until you run out that first time after ur body has become addicted. You panic. Badly ... And the ONLY thing on ur mind is finding more, and fast because you're getting sick.
Nah man... Trust me, it's almost impossible and not worth what it will make you become. Regardless of ur moral.compass, or attitude, the seeking of more pills ALWAYS wins out. And THAT is where the real problems start. Trust me, no matter how good they make you feel NOW, they will RUIN you 10× more later.
Hope this helps mate, in the end it's all up to YOU.
Be well my friend...👍👍
what an eye opening documentary - This is an EXCELLENT investigative reporter-
It's really not. The subject is supposed to be about fentanyl but they've just spent two episodes pushing this "evil pharma opioids" narrative even though fentanyl is being found in all sorts of recreational drugs that aren't opioids as well (weed, molly, etc.) Think about the questions that remain unanswered: How is fentanyl produced? How is it distributed? Why does that make it cheaper than the drugs they're cutting with fentanyl? Why did drug dealers start doping with fentanyl the first place? What resources can I look up if I or someone I know is at risk of fentanyl overdose? What is the fatality rate and what kinds of factors pre-dispose people to being at risk? And these are pretty basic questions...
I’m so happy I got sober in November of 2018. I lost my cousin in April of 2020 to this poison, she helped me find suboxone, and had been sober for 6 years. I pray, and have so much sympathy for those still addicted, those who have lost someone and kids who don’t have parents,and, Vice versa.
Replacing one addictive drug with another is what she helped you find. Hopefully you realize that soon. I am so sorry about the loss of your cousin also, I am just being honest with you with being dependant on narcotics since 2011 after returning from overseas. What I mean by dependant is a addict is someone who is not supervised by prescribed narcotics where someone dependant is. At the end of the day, there is not much difference between the two unfortunately.
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 now I know buprenorphine on its own is addictive, but that is one of the reasons Naloxone is in it. The narcan helps stop it from being injected/misused. Methadone is much more addictive, bad for the heart and can be injected.
My cousin was on Naltrexone which isn’t an opioid. I tried Naltrexone but I found out I’m sensitive to it and didn’t want to be put on Methadone. Getting that medicine is a horror show. She actually told me about all 3 and told me that Vivitrol was the better choice. I didn’t want to get on Suboxone, but I had to choose between Suboxone or death. I take it as prescribed and don’t abuse it. It doesn’t apply to everyone.
Suboxene is cht
Don’t listen to that “Support Our Troops” commenter. Suboxone is helping you live a normal life.
@@chicnoir29 thank you!! Some people who have never experienced addiction themselves will never understand. At least he was nice, I have head worse. I want to become an addiction councilor because, some CAC’s never experience addiction, and, it shows. Not all ACA’s are bad (like mine) but there’s a mentally that “addicts will always lie,” and, “will get drugs when and how they want!” I want to change that. I wish you all the best in life!!
Sounds like the life i once lived. I used heroin for over 14 yrs and today i can say i am over 2 years sober. Many overdose’s , visits to several different jails, stays in many several rehabs facilities and ive lost way to many friends to heroin and fentanyl. This drug kills more people in our country than automobile accident’s. Its a battle that i tried to tell people about when i was in highschool and Oxy 40’s 80’s and 120’s and once they were gone all the individuals that were taking Oxy’s moved from pills to heroin. Thats how my addiction started out. I was a decent kid in school who played sports and was involved in every after school activities the school offered and once i started taking OC’s i did not care about school and sports no longer and then next came putting everything else in my life second. Thank god i found the correct path in life and if i can do it i know any one can do it. If you are struggling keep your head held high and do not be scared to ask for help
Stay strong man. You can be proud of yourself
@@HALTSMAULALLLER ❤️❤️…..thank you
Incredible glad you made it out God Bless 🙏🏼
I'm so thankful Fentanyl laced pills weren't a problem when I was addicted to pills buying them off the street. This stuff is horrible.
I'm curious how did you become addicted in the first place. I hope your life is better now.
I started with pains pills then oxy then heroin…. It was the worst … I’m now a year sober … but it’s still a long road to recovery … all those years of using has caused a lot of mental damage …. I hope others can get help as well
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Let me give y'all an example from Travis County (Austin, TX). Fentanyl deaths tripled from 2020 to 2021, murders doubled from 2020 to 2021. Yesterday a house was raided in northwest Austin with enough Fentanyl inside to kill over 100,000 people.
The last time I was in rehab years ago I got pulled into the PAs office and asked why I was there… that I had no opioids in my system. And they weren’t going to give me Subs to help with detox bc of it. Thank god there was a nurse there that was hip to what was happening, bc even I had no clue. She told him to run a larger panel drug screen that included Fentanyl. Sure enough the next day when I got called back down the PA said I had nothing but that in my system and he couldn’t believe I was alive, let alone sitting there talking to him. That scared the absolute crap out of me. I had no idea that’s what I was doing. In a way I thank god I had such a nasty tolerance, bc without it I know I’d most certainly be dead! That was enough to scare me into sticking with it that time! And I am now in long term recovery! I feel so terrible for everyone out there these days using. It’s so damn dangerous out there!
I was prescribed oxy as a high schooler after wisdom tooth removal. Why was that okay? I thank God I stopped taking the pills earlier than instructed. God bless everyone with substance use disorder.
It’s interesting that I’m 52 and I’ve never looked for such drugs and I’m quite fine without them. Such drugs won’t heal souls .
Silver spoon much.
@@highcaliberexclusive9890 not really but proud I didn’t do drugs
Until you’re in chronic of acute pain. Try remaining objective.
@@Jackson_Roch I don’t have any major health problems. 5’5”,125lbs,very low blood pressure. Just take vitamins and row on the regular basis .That’s all, folks .
They deserve all they get, so, enjoy.
“I think it’s gonna get worse “ yup I feel you I say the same thing we gonna suffer from this years down the road even the people who don’t do these drugs
Fentanyl is gonna kill people through food and drinks. Just watch a mass casualty will happen at some point with fentanyl poisoning people through food
On the day this video came out we went to the funeral of a 23 year old beautiful girl who was hooked on heroin and could not get free. Her mom, her sisters tried to help her so hard, she couldn't get free. The week before 5 people who went home, partied doing cocaine, they all died instantly, the baby in the room lived. I'm praying for all
You "fix" the problem by making real oxycodone easy to get again. Not that complicated.
@Anne Patterson Well, yes but that's a sort of separate or subtype issue. General casual use of opium-like substances even for pleasure and recreation is not an issue. Issue is education and creating a society that doesn't push people towards abuse and escapism.
@Anne Patterson Yes about 20% so what? That will be a thing at least for now whether they're legal or not and it's not like legalization would lead to increased use in the long term. Slightly increased use in the short term sure but use of other drugs would drop and eventually rates for the legal substance will come back down to where they were and maybe even drop lower after that since society is improved through other related means in the meantime. To get rid of the addiction problem we need to make major or progressive societal changes that aren't related to drugs so that's honestly another story. Harm reduction educational approaches is the first step though.
There's going to be an addiction issue no matter what the prohibition status is of these controlled drugs but we got a death issue right now which has extended well beyond the addiction community. And it's because fentanyl is the only accessible opioid and it's getting into peoples' systems who didn't even want an opioid. There's also lean but that's not necessarily easy to get and it's extremely expensive. Even celebrities go broke drinking that stuff now.
@Anne Patterson I agree it's a lot of people and we obviously have a huge addiction problem that needs to be addressed societally and culturally but that 20% doesn't go away just because they're illegal. And them being prohibited doesn't seem to slow down use and if it does then a more accessible and dangerous/cheaper drug will take its place.
My other point about the 20% though is I'm just saying, the notion that most of these people are addicts is not supported by the evidence. Keep in mind that for alcohol it's about 24% and nicotine has way higher than anything else at 33%.
@Anne Patterson You do realize my point is to drop the 20% right?? No one ever said 20 isn't a lot so I don't see why your responses are bordering on being a strawman argument. If you think addiction is out of hand you should be in favor of legalization and bettering our COMPLETELY backwards society which is what breeds addiction in the first place. Our society specifically breeding addiction and mental health issues is literally half my point. No one would argue that the rates of addiction aren't way too high, that's part of the argument for legalizing and turning this society around. Nothing we're doing right now is correct.
African Americans have been murdered and some are currently in jail for a 10$ bag of weed.
U are mentally weak
Cheers from west Africa
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I hope the woman in the blue Hoodie gets actual help, so sad to watch! Good for her though for wanting to get clean and calling for help, withdrawals can be very scary and almost impossible to go through alone without a support system
Pain is painful
During the crack era.. it was mainly in the black community. There was no help and hope.. it was jail n tearing our families apart… yet, because it’s hitting the greater majority communities.. now it’s help and concerns.. now you know how we felt.. we are still dealing with the effects from the crack days in out communities..
Agreed, they are the new crackheads.
Absolutely💯
That’s why I have absolutely no sympathy for these people 🤷♂️ it’s actually a good thing.
🎯🎯🎯
@@zazasnruntz7505 it is not a good thing, because black folk use those same drugs, drugs are detestable it won't be long. Don't say something that dumb, you have no foresight.
I am a widow of a husband who was opioid hooked and RIP to him (2022) we need the Dea , government ect to take things as seriously as they have been these last few weeks when it comes to any addiction! They need to just go after their CARTELS AND DEALS basically as they have been and KEEP DRS from promoting it and being prescription happy! Save lives that’s what your job is not create an addiction after saving lives
I am real close to begging you, shine an additional giant light on the fact, for every fentanyl death, at least 20 families are devastated and broken by the power of it's active addiction, usually taking decades to recover when they do, but usually the families never fully recovering as a family.
Thank you for stepping up about fentanyl!
Being so brave, please, also include the #s of families broken due to cocaine, heroin, and meth.
Great job though! Please continue, and please always include the information I've reminded you about,
spread the word to your fellows of influence, to expand on that, Thank you. 💔
God bless this man for helping these people. 🙏🙏
Keep telling the line for those who we have lost in our future generations
I really wish there was more research performed on pain receptors and opiates. Why do some people get euphoria and feel stimulated, yet some people get nauseous and feel terrible. How much of that is genetics, how much of it is environment? How can we hijack the brain to not feel euphoric but still block pain receptors.
For real. I never felt euphoria. I'm kinda jealous.
THEY DO ITS CALLED OTC PAIN MEDZ & THEY DON'T WORK @ ALL !!!!
It's not just the resurge. It's the way the US deal whit these drug company's and hospital and jedicine in general. It's not regulated.the company's decide everything. Here in Europe It's very difficult to get addicted to nedecine becouse the government It's actively loooking for ways to protect the people from addictive medicine.
In the US there are few rules stopping bigg farma from addicting the people to there medicine. And the fact that you they pay millions to advertise these medicine is just ridiculous.
@@rodniegsm1575 it has changed. they told the doctors to stop prescribing controlled substances so much and many people were cut off so they went to the streets to get what they wanted. the problem is there is no quality control and the doses are not the same. the dosages can vary from batch to batch. then people started overdosing because they were opiate naive. when you are new to opiates mainly fentanyl ( it is the most potent) you can od if you get a much stronger pill. many of the ones who die took too much and blacked out and died if they didnt get narcan
@@billbarney4937 the US realy should start to learn from other country's. How they do things. Becouse your killing your own people. Or making them addictive to strong medicine.
Great reporting, thank you
I'm really torn about this problem.My beloved brother died last year from a fentenol related accidental overdose.He KNEW that fentenol was killing people in our area and he CHOSE to use anyway.I think people need to think about the consequences of their actions BEFORE they become physically addicted.Fentenol is not a recreational drug it's a poison that kills.
Was he addicted by that time? Because if you're addicted to opioids, you'd have to use them, otherwise you'd die from withdrawal as well. I am sorry to hear what happened to you and your brother. :(
@@jeremiahozales8063 my brother had a very long history of street drug use and there were some very serious alcoholics in our family tree.He KNEW he was.playing with a loaded gun long before fentenol came on the scene and this why I feel addiction is the result of bad choices and not environmental. You can't play with fire and then cry about getting burned.
@@jeremiahozales8063 you can't die from Opiate withdrawal, only Xanax and alcohol withdrawal. Opiate withdrawal is hell, but it won't kill you; you will just feel like you are dieing.
My aunt's ex husband was addicted to prescribed oxy.. it is awful and sad. He was also using fentanyl patches as well. Sober for 4 years almost 71 years old. I have issues with even taking a tylenol for any pain, even after my c-section I was hooked up to morphine drip, but couldn't force myself to take it. They prescribed me percoset.. never picked it up. Just won't do it. I have a few kids whom are like me that refuse pain medication as well. The only time I literally was forced to take any pain med was when I blacked out from the pain of pancreatitis... worse than labor.. can say that.
Taking oxy is fine, as long as your doc doesn't take your prescription away. This is when it becomes dangerous.
When the CDC took the safe supply of opioids away in 2016, this is when people really started dying.
It's near impossible to die from prescribed opioids like oxycodone or hydrocodone.
African Americans have been murdered and some are currently in jail for a 10$ bag of weed.
U are mentally weak
Cheers from west Africa
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I'm sure your the role model for how all americans should be, never ask for pain meds, you shouldn't need it unless your getting to a disabled level.
I admire your tenacity. In my opinion in most cases taking this crap is a choice. Why do healthy young people want to do this to themselves? That is what we should be asking.
@@brooksroth345 They are crazy or push-overs or both.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this true crisis and epidemic. I am 6 yrs clean and it all started with pain pills in 9th grade for surgery. And never stopped after that. But I made the choice that my child would not suffer anymore and neither would I. I got clean for myself and stay clean for them. It is fucking hard work. But if I can do it anyone can. Please get help. Any way you can. Ask someone who knows how it is. Lean on them til you are strong and then do it for another addict. We can help each other get through this together. 💝
Even most of the strongest relapse but I am proud of you for putting your children as one of the highest priorities, they should be the highest every moment of everyday even above yourself. But both the children and you are always the top most important above anything else in the world. Congratulations on your recovery.
Well done!!! Bravo 👏👏👏
So happy you saved your life. Your baby needs a good mommy
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 oh trust me there were years of relapse, begging, and bartering. But in the end, I won six years strong and going. Thank you 💖
Good for you, keep it up, I got two kids in Auburn,CA. And Placerville,CA. Who went from heroin to fetanynal my daughter who's 28 and my son who's 32 been clean for two years, got married had a good job and now started doing this crap, and have another son who' been clean off heroin for a year, recently got married and is waiting for his probation to end in three months, Jeremy who's 35 turning 36 in Sept. Quitting his job, to move to Spain, Pray to God that he makes it to there before he relapse....his wife is already out there, she was raised up their....I just hope and pray that my other two kids come to their senses to get help before it's to late.....oh and I have another daughter who has never did drugs or drank very little, and the only one who had 2 girls, she's married she's 36 turning 37 in Oct. Well I wish you the best.....take care.....
For the next 20 years, fentanyl drugs will become catastrophic in the United States of America. Kensington, PA for example!
Y’all need to come to Massachusetts.. tomorrow April 27th marks 3 years since I was found overdosing on a McDonalds bathroom floor. A month prior to that my best friend had died from an overdosed and then I relapsed.. almost every person here now knows at least one person who’s been affected by this epidemic. It’s so sad. I want people to know they can do it, they aren’t alone and there people who just genuinely want to help you😔🖤
Thank you sweetie for sharing you story advising others to reach out for help. My sincere condolences to you about your friend and happy that you lived though this. I plan on making trips in my RV soon enough around certain places just to give me something to do but unfortunately though not to your state though your invite was nice to all. Hopefully with the pandemic coming to a end, you can get out some yourself with all the depression we all went through over the past two years.
To whom put this on street's my wife was dying from Cancer last week of her life she stop taking Fentanal said she didn't want to be that high.she was enduring pancreatic cancer ..
This drug is a miracle for those dying of cancer when other pain medications doesn’t work. People aren’t responsible with guns but never hear about the gun crisis that plagues the US.
So you never heard about the gun violence deaths that happen ever 30 minutes?
@@stuliw272 they don’t go on and on about gun violence until a tragedy and then it’s slowly forgotten until the next one, but they continue to repeat the same rhetoric about the opiate crisis. It’s all talking points for the politicians to gather votes but nothing is ever done about either one. Seems the government doesn’t care about its people. They made it so hard for those in chronic pain to even get proper treatment while it hasn’t done anything to slow the addiction issue.
You are 100% correct
I have 4th stage cancer
It has been a God send for me
I’m very careful with my pain medication
If I didn’t have the pain medication I’d be in terrible pain
I’ve tried marijuana but it doesn’t work for me
OMG!!! This is heartbreaking. 😳😳😳 Why isn’t the entire CEO’s of the Company that made Oxy in Prison and paying Billions of Dollars for treatment facilities?
Prayers & recovery for all those who are addicted to this drug and now heroin. This reminds me of when Then President Ronald Reagan & the CIA introduced Crack to the Black community and no one was held accountable for it.
Because their to busy trying to blame the border
The case is still ongoing for the Sackler family.
Yep Reagan the CIA and the Iran Contras
A guy I’ve known since 7th grade recently just passed from taking a badly cut, pressed Percocet. He survived being shot 2 years ago. If that doesn’t say enough, idk what does.
@Christina Ramirez ahh, wasn’t looking for your opinion. But thanks. Was stating something that had happened to someone who is now deceased. So stfu with your irrelevant and dumb ass comment. Pig.
@Christina Ramirez if you’re from Mexico, that’s where all the fentanyl is coming from, so
thank the saclers and the courts that allow them no prison time for the bribes.
It's the same way out here in Phoenix Arizona!
God bless those doctors
15 years old, Keith smith. Overdosed on oxycontin in 2005. Was my best friend And i still think about him multiple times a day. Even when i had a abscess tooth i refuse to take narcotics. Kratom if anything. Stop buying dope from dealers. At a certain point your doing it to yourself and also making it very difficult for people who actually need the stuff to get it. Every pereon who raised their hands also was admitting to going to go get dope from a dealer. That lady has a choice. She just dosent wanna stop doing dope.
You talk about your dead friend yet you prove you’ve haven’t learned any lessons from his passing. Do you know that we have opioid receptors in our brains -everyone does - named as such because they specifically react to opioid substances? Getting off opioids is a nightmare. Try having some compassion and empathy. People are unintentionally getting caught up in this. They were initially prescribed by doctors or started using as kids. Do better.
@@MiniM69 you are a no place to tell me what lessons I have or haven't learned because the second he died I haven't used anything since then and I Know It dope attic when I see one and I see a bunch of dope addicts and I'm not one of the people that choose to blame that on anyone but the person deciding to go seek it which was myself and those people I know exactly who those people are and I don't feel sorry for them unfortunately it seems you're the one that is unaware of the realities of this because sure that lady seems all nice and like a victim right now on that TV show but as you were just told the way people act when they go through withdrawals and I don't have their dope that's the same lady that will hold a gun to her own child's head when she doesn't have her dope so at a certain point it's your responsibility like I was literally caught up in the exact same storm and had I not taken the road towards not using it anymore then I wouldn't be in a situation where I'm addicted to something so gnarly that if I get withdrawal symptoms from it I could die that sounds ridiculous to me and if I did it when I was 17 years old and a grown ass woman could do it too sounds to me like somebody doesn't want their dope or they f***** up by continuing to use dope and getting addicted to something ridiculously strong that's her fault there are no doctors prescribing fentanyl every bit of fitting all they went and got was on their own the Oxycontin we were taking was prescribed the fentanyl that they're going and getting is from drug dealers I know a crackhead when I see one
M. You didn’t read what he was saying, don’t try it in the first place and you and your opioid receptors won’t get addicted.
Well pain management doctors refuse pain medication when it’s necessary because they are afraid everyone is an addict, leaving people in long term pain to fend for themselves. As long as American doctors keep NOT treating patients effectively, this will continue.
So what 🤷♂️ pain is natural get over it!!!
It should only be prescribed for surgeries, there are other options for non surgical pains
@@zazasnruntz7505 a very ignorant comment on your part
Why would pain doctors be afraid to precibe they have the authority to do so.does not make.sense to me.smh
They destroyed my childhood and my mom. They killed my dad and my kids dad. They mangled and killed many of my friends and family. They make me question why I am still here.
I’ve Been taking prescription opioids for years. Never thought to use them to get high. Just to kill pain and go to work.
There are a lot of people who are now addicts, whom would say that's how it started
I’m a chronic pain patient and a disabled/retired nurse, and, you only get addicted to pain medications if “you take them when you don’t them for true pain”! Once pain is gone, don’t take them any longer!!! Now, there are many many true pain patients who are suffering because of those who get addicted! I’m so sick of this excuse!
You can absolutely get addicted to taking pain pills even if you have true pain. Addiction does not care if you have pain or not. Most people do not know they are addicted until they try to stop. However I do agree that pain pills are needed for those who are in significant pain. But those people are much fewer than those that are being prescribed. The doctors are to blame here for overprescribing
African Americans have been murdered and some are currently in jail for a 10$ bag of weed.
U are mentally weak
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@@TheAdventuresofDrewandAmanda I don’t agree. People with severe intractable injuries due to nerve compression, bone pain, connective tissue and fascia pain, chronic muscle spasms are not addicted to their opioid meds. They are dependent on them to be able to sleep, walk, use the toilet, sit normally and to function. Dependence is NOT addiction.
I know people that have been on pain medication for many years.and they aren't buying drugs off the street.just saying
@@elizabethmcleod246 I definitely agree with that. I didn’t say otherwise. Addiction requires some level of negative consequences and a want to quit without being able to. Surely their are many end of life and people with chronic conditions that will never experience either of these situations and they would be classified as dependent. (That is until their doctor retires and they can’t get their meds anymore or they decide they want to live a life free of medication). Look I’ve been on opiates for thirty years. I also have a degree in behavioral health & substance abuse. I work in harm reduction. So I’m certainly not claiming that addiction and dependence are the same. There are definitely people who need opiates/opioids. And There are definitely people who take opiates and aren’t addicted. But that doesn’t mean they never will be. Tolerance as well as Dependence is just one of the many steps to becoming an addict. Many people won’t succumb to addiction but many more will. And just bc you or someone you know isn’t currently in active addiction doesn’t mean you or they won’t ever be. There is a level of empathy that is required to understand this. Nobody believes they can become addicted. I certainly didn’t and I see people everyday who thought they wouldn’t become addicted either. It takes time to get addicted. Some people just aren’t there yet.
I already have my alcohol addiction i am struggling with, never tried a drug, cuz i know i will become addicted right from the first time. Don’t even make it to the first time, damn people. Even alcohol addiction is fing road to death and so damn hard to struggle with
The US govt acts like weed is the gateway to drug but opioids is the real gateway and it’s legal lol
KB, there is absolutely nothing funny about opioids.
Its legal and the people who actually need a prescription for it, cannot get one. The only people getting their hands on it are drug addicts as the people in actual pain continue their suffering
Now there is a huge crises people suffering in pain. I got sober 18 years ago. I lived through opioid war cause I got sober and learned it wasn't anybody's fault. I got sober not blaming anybody. You know so little you help the problem be worse. Cutting safer drugs is killing people because people are in pain and because they over emphasized harm of pharma drugs to get rich and the drugs people are getting is the real killer.
Lots of people in actual physical pain with no access to medication… some people express it like they would rather die than to suffer from more bodily pain, yet still alive and enduring it. So sad, meanwhile these crackhead drug addicts have all the access and messing it up for those in need.
@@venusrx4671 addicts having a disease shouldn't have anything to do with people in pain getting pain pills they need if we had a govt protecting us.
Irrespective of being addicted to these drugs, small town Americans will always have an addiction of some kind. Even if the Fentanyl addiction gets resolved, they'll find another excuse to get addicted on something else. It's their destiny 😟....
Right but if you try most drugs for the first time you most likely won’t die. If you try fentanyl for the first time with no tolerance to opiates, you WILL most likely die. That’s a huge difference.
And here we are a year later..... nothing changed except an increase in drugs and it's use. You'll never win this battle that has been going on since the 70s/80s.
Just say no to drugs
I wish such compassion could have been found and given 30 years ago when inner cities were inundated with the CRACK epidemic that was dumped into the Black Communities of America.
There was no compassion because the crack epidemic was intentional . Money laundering for the Iran/Contra affair, incarceration & decimation of the African American community with profits going to the prison system. However, once the drugs were out in the community they don’t stay iin 1 commmunity because there’s too much money to be made and too many people that lack coping skills
I remember the first day I tried heroin! I was actually kicked out of the house, sleeping at my aunts and a cousin of mine was an addict. I was using painkillers pretty heavily at the time. About 20-50 a day! I was sick and as we walked to the gas station near my house he gave me a bag to get me well and it did. So from then on for 20 dollars a day I was good! But my tolerance rose and I was eventually spending the same amount! Then heroin was replaced by fentanyl. I’m clean now but before I got clean a few years ago you’d be lucky if you could find heroin. It’s all fentanyl these days and now it’s even scarier because they’re mixing it with benzos! The last time I slips up and got high an old dealer called me and gave me some samples ( what a nice guy right) don’t remember that day! Woke up the next morning to my mom so disappointed and disgusted with me she couldn’t even look at me. She said I was sitting on my kitchen floor organizing the can goods and fell asleep on the floor! Don’t remember anything. Not even my dad carrying me to bed. So scary!
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Beeing from Germany I do ask myself: is everyone always taking any drug prescribed by a doctor without any doubt ? Does noone ever think before ? Especially knowing and seeing what has happened for decades ?
Hope it won't take my son's life the way it did his cousin.
I hope not either. Hopefully the death of his cousin which should of never occurred in itself will be his one and only wake up call not to use narcotics from the streets.
Is he whyt?
Our government has no clue how bad the problem has become.
I agree but they have alot blame on there shoulders for alot of the addiction going on in America.
Addiction is being forced onto many American's by the system!
Ch!ldren being prescribed meds, starts as early as elementary school in this country!
Just look at how many children are being perscribed meds for suppossed
behavior/focus issues in this country. -adds-
When that child grows up into an adult he or she is allready dependent on a drug that was prescribed to him or her as a child.
Also ,
its very likely that he or she will be eventually prescribed additional meds geared towards countering side effects from the initial medication that was prescribed to them back when they was a child.
Back when they had no say in the matter,
completly do to them not having rights or laws protecting them against this cr!me against humanity!
unpopular or even uncomfortable should never equal inapropriate
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This comment was not intended to offend or make anyone feel bad who has been caught up in this crime against humanity.
This vicious practice, that is happening on a scale that most of us dont even wanna seriously stop & think about.
*Imagine what future generations will say when they look back at this and the negative impact that its having on American Society.*
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My best friend fell to heroin, My father Cocaine, 2 roommate's and another friend also fell to Fentanyl or Heroin. That's just the beginning of the impact of hard drugs that I've witnessed and I'm from Wisconsin.
We don’t care
African Americans have been murdered and some are currently in jail for a 10$ bag of weed.
U are mentally weak
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I think we’re long overdue for drug legalization, and regulated like alcohol is. I was an addict for over 10 years, but now that I’m on the outside, looking in, it kind of seems like the law, and its lawmakers are profiting from this deadly war just as much as the cartels, and the dealers. These last few years, I think more and more people are starting to open their eyes. We will see how many people lawmakers will let die before they do something.
It’s chemical warfare with china. China wants as many people in the USA as possible dead from fentanyl poisoning
50 years of failed war on drugs taught us nothing. As long as there is demand there will be supply! Only thing that will help is legalizing, and regulating which will take drug trade from the cartels and the inner city gangs, more affordable rehab centers, better mental care, better education in schools and not treating addicts as criminals. You see when weed became legal in many states that the cartels and gangs have downsized selling it tremendously
Thank the pharmaceutical companies, then the Cia for putting in the streets
Thank Biden for letting thousands of pounds of it come across the open border from China.
@@KB-ke3fi I feel like no matter who is in office most of the drugs are always gonna get thru..no matter what the news say
Glad it’s happening to their community
As a solo dad in recovery after a 25 year long addiction to opioids of all kinds , I can understand the lady at the end of this report staying away from her kids , what I don't understand is her staying away while in recovery . I'm bringing up 2 girls on my own with no help from the mother at all and as hard as it has been at times I stay clean for me so that I can be the best possible dad to my girls that I can be , how can a mother walk away from her own children
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Yeah. That really worked with crack. 😒
I’m a recovering addict and these pharmaceutical companies need to pay for the hurt they have caused
Lol
I disagree. I have been sober from pain pills for 4 years. When you take pills, we all know the potential side affects especially with opiates. My addiction started with after I had my C-section. I loved the way it made me feel, it doesn’t help either that addiction runs on both sides of my family.
@@nicoletrulyyours How is this even legal, in Austria you get only opiates when you have cancer or some life threatening sickness and that also under supervision. Giving people opiates like skittles is the biggest problem.
@@ibobeko4309 Nobody wants to address the pharmaceutical kickbacks these doctors were getting. The pharm companies would award doctors with vacations to places you and I will never be able to afford to go. It was all based on how many scripts they wrote.
I had to take oxy for a c-section. My first-time taking opiates period. Im not gonna lie, it felt great. I found myself feeling the best I ever felt & the pain, sore & tender was gone!! Also, caught nyself nodding. I used them for about 2 to 3 weeks while I healed. But I did not get addicted. When they ran out, that was it. I didn't begin roaming the streets or doctor shopping. Maybe its a state of mind.
Got opioids prescribed to get some sleep at night because I suffered from a locked-in shoulder syndrome. Took them for a few days. The pain got a bit more tolerable and I stopped taking them. I guess if you really are in severe pain it just helps. And I did not feel great. The pain became more dull and I just slept - far from feeling alright. But I was a bit concerned about taking those pills so after I thought I can deal with the pain, I decided it is enough, get rid of them. Maybe really a state of mind.
@@frauleintrude6347 probably is...
Some people are genetically predestined to addiction. Other people take drugs to heal wounds of the soul. You're lucky you just had a physical problem and when your body healed, you healed. One's soul can't heal that easy.
This is where I was raised by a coal miner raised by a coal miner my hometown. By 14 I was a full blown opioid addict at 11 drinking/smoking with the adults like I was one. In a way I guess I was by then I could watch my younger siblings cook clean run a house put kids off to school everything I do now raising children. This place was the perfect equation for disaster, good hard working people breaking their backs for very little struggling just to get by day to day. Then these doctors started prescribing opiods/benzos backs and hearts felt relief for the first time in generations. WV is a state full of brilliant but uneducated people simple not stupid with generations of hard times breathing down their necks. Along with the electric man water department and landlord/banks. Megan's story is more common than mothers raising there children in that area the generation behind me is being raised more by the state or grandparents rather than the patents. And their exactly right who cares about a bunch of dumb hillbillies the system prayed on. I buried my best friend 26 my 18 year old brother my 19 year old sister and my 27 year old brother at the hands of the epidemic in WV. I have had 8 OD'S two which my heart stopped narcan did not work. The amazing dr/first responders literally worked the butts off to bring me back. I remember my first OD how angry I was about being brought back I was furious it was over I finally got out of that hell how dare you drag me back. I was just so tired with no light anywhere let alone an end of the tunnel. I am proud to say I got out u got sober but my home the place I thought I would settle down raise my babies in that place where my best/worst memories as well as my family resides is the 1 place I can never return. I loved it there once upon a time and I always wanted to return and grow old in the place of my roots. Until I realized that to live I had to leave and probably never make it back. My parents my last 2 living siblings best friend daughter are all there I am afraid to go visit I go home an estimate of 1 time every 2 years I tell nobody I'm coming and I never make it a full 48 hours because I know all my hard work can be gone in the blink of an eye. People don't want me dead they just don't understand what it took for me to make it out alive. Not to mention this is literally our world it's been normal for so long people think nothing of getting high all around me. Not everyone breaks free of the invisible line surrounding that place to find a new/better way. Don't get me wrong it is a beautiful state people who have nothing will give you the shirt off there back and the food on their plate . If you get a flat or break down 5 people will be stopped trying to help. However opioids bath salts and meth have destroyed it to the core. This was so heartbreaking to watch and I have seen and lived it first hand. Watching a place and people I love so much suffer and implode on its self and knowing help isn't coming
I hope everything goes well for you in life
The answer to this drug problem is kinda simple. legalization, tax, regulate, educate. Prohibition never works. These people are sick & need help.
Exactly! Prohibition in the early twentieth century didn’t work either. The key to America’s drug problems is to regulate its use.
Fentanyl is legal. Doctors prescribe it like candy. It is regulated and pharmaceutical companies produce it en masse because they want to make money. Government isn't going to stop big Pharma because of the tax revenue they get. Making it more accessible to people that are already addicted isn't going to make the problem better.
I lost my 23 yr old grandchild to this. Tried it once.
My sincere condolences are with you and your family.
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 Thank you. So many lives forever changed. Such devastation in my family.
That's why it's so dangerous the ones that end up dying usually only try it once
He tried it once, not me
I broke my hip. I’m not taking opiates anymore and wow am I hurting.
What goes around comes back around
Him seating all calm pointing up saying that's most likely a OD pissed me off
What you expect after years of picking up 3 people a day, you expecting him to really still be crying??
Thank the lord I live in a place where weed is now legal. I struggled with pill addiction before but the weed helped me get off the pills.
99% of addicts know what they are getting into but they choose to ignore it because they love getting high and then they get to be a victim later.
doctors would get bonuses for writing more prescriptions and HIGHER doses.
It seems I've read that opioids are counterindicated for chronic pain. Rather quickly, tolerance sets in and soon, the amount that's effective to control the pain exceeds the amount that kills. So why in the world would a doctor prescribe such drugs for chronic pain???
Stop this critical drug theory. Put these druggies in jail
Not helpful.
@@makeracistsafraidagain these druggies blame everyone but themselves. Law and order.... NOW
What an ignorant comment
@@keeper6458 you must be a druggy lover
Guess who makes all of it 🇨🇳
Guess who distributes it 🇲🇽
Guess who does nothing 🇺🇸
Exactly!
IN THAT SAME XACT ORDER THE NEW WORLD ORDER !!!!
My daughter lost her battle with addicition after 18 months of sobriety. Fentanyl overdose. 24 years old
To get any pain/opioids drugs in USA prescribed by a doctor is extremely hard to come by.
The crisis is now coming from across the border. Why are thy not even talk about this?
I’ve been intimately involved with opiates since 1999. The whole narrative is off. It’s impossible to get meaningful pain treatment in the United States. The clandestine labs in Mexico pumping fentanyl should be talked about. The witch hunt against doctors needs to stop.
Depending on what state very easy in Florida but also so is fyntnal people don't even do heron anymore 🤔
Just powder fyntnal
I've never seen a better case for legalizing and regulating all drugs, even heroin. If people (who are already addicted) could obtain SAFE doses of these drugs (fentanyl excluded), the opioid crisis would end OVERNIGHT. There would be frequent quality checks, regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, just like there are with all prescription and over-the-counter drugs. AND, if treatment centers are constructed in the hardest-hit areas, there would be a medical professional on-site to administer doses that are SAFE and that "wean" a person off the substance over time to avoid the effects of withdrawal. Other developed countries have figured this out a long time ago (e.g. Portugal, Switzerland), it's about time we did too. Thousands of lives would be saved as a result.
We live in a country that demonizes harm reduction. There’s no way people are going to support decriminalization or legalization. Look where the weed battle is and that’s a plant! Synthetic opioids don’t stand a chance!
That's assuming that someone whose brain cells with long term damage actually understands they are going through a very uncomfortable drug withdrawal, has adequate nutrition, as well as a psychological support system to get through "one day at a time". Recovery is a long process, and there needs to be faith (if you walk away from the chemicals there will be something there) and hope. The other part of this news story is that without jobs, and seeing a possibly better future, there's a lot of hopelessness.
Mathew, legalizing all drugs is unacceptable with all the deaths surrounding fentanyl and car fentanyl. What you are suggesting is a invite to send more people to their graves. It is not like marijuana by any comparison.
@Support your Troops & Athletes
Do you understand that people are STILL going use? They were using when you woke up this morning and will continue to do so. REGULATION would lead to less overdoses, not to mention tackling the cartels. All these street drugs are being cut with God only knows what & are causing people to overdose… they don’t actually know what they are taking; the consistencies/potencies are off. Heroin for instance, is being heavily cut with Fentanyl because it is cheaper. Do you think the person buying from his/hers drug dealer is informed of this ingredient list before its taken?
@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 stupid idiot. Look up H.A.T treatment in Canada and Europe. No one's is saying legalize fentanyl.
Look up TH-cam videos about US owning the largest opium fields in the world.
Shows how smart doctors are wtf
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I was addicted to viagra it was the hardest point in my life
Headline correction 'Poisoned, vaaxes'
Prove it.
@@AKing69 99.7% survival rate from covid
@@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood What does that have to do with fentanyl?
@@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood Where is your proof? Just because you say/write it doesn't make it true. Please provide a reputable link or hush.
@@AKing69
The survival rate is 99.7% from covid.
If you're asking the proof as in data, calc those who got covid and those who survived. That data is public.
There's no pill for pain
Crime, Alcohol, Drugs, Mass shootings, Poverty, Homelessness.
A society on their last legs but nobody seems to grasp it , if one does not admit a problem at the roots, you can't solve it, since you can not solve anything "which is not there".
Don't forget America's only source of income being supplying weapons for wars.
Everyone blaming pharmaceutical companies. Yeah, they're partly to blame, but nobody is forcing anyone to take them either. I've been prescribed pain killers many times, yet I never took a single dose simply bc I refuse to take unnecessary drugs. Stop making excuses and better yourself.
Exactly because these people abused them legitimate chronic pain patients cannot get them and are suffering so bad from pain they are committing suicide in record numbers doctors are afraid to prescribe them .
Stop being so empathetic. 😒
@@jameshall4401 not sure what you're saying here
@@AKing69 you would be if you knew the true nature of people. And it's not about being empathetic. I'm just impartial.
@@caos024 The audacity of you believing you know how/what I would think or feel about any topic. I know you weren't being empathetic. I was being sarcastic. I guess humor is subjective.
Legalize everything. Adults are going to do what they want. We need to regulate everything, and in this process destroying the cartels and black markets for cut product, and minimizing crime. The war on has drugs failed.
If you legalize everything there will be a generation of junkies and homeless people everywhere. People will be so high that they not gonna be able to work, they will lose their job, lose their home.
Once they try opioids 95% will be addicted.
@@ibobeko4309 The people who let drugs ruin their lives were going to let it happen anyway. Most people have a good sense of when to stop something. Most people will try new things in moderation. A lot of the addictive compounds come from lacing in this black market. If people got what they paid for it would be safer, and organized crime would take a huge hit.
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some doctors will prescribe whatever Pharma company wants them to sell for profit. If these doctors don't do their own learning, they should be responsible as well
right you went to medical school?
It wouldn’t be such a crisis if they would just legalize weed
Meh more like codeine and morphine. Opioids work on way different receptors than weed. Here in Caanda pot is legal. Every corner has a weed store. But more and more fentanyl ODs still too. But on the supply side blame good ol Biden on the Southern Border.
@@billy6pack887 If you need codeine drink some alcohol and then take some Pepto Bismal or something lmao.
Pretty much the same as codeine.
Meth-heads and fentanyl users I've talked with said if they had enough weed and beer that's enough.
@@i.l6916no, not at all. 😒
There are many drugs that are more powerful than weed and less powerful than opioids which would address the same problem.
Many states are knee deep in fentanyl deaths despite weed being not only decriminalized but legal.
Y’all didn’t care when it was crack in the 80s and the black community. Don’t care about Casper and Karen
I don't care about any of them regardless of race.
Well damn, I just wrote pretty much the same thing. Not only did they not care about the crack epidemic, our government created that public health crisis. Karen and Kenny need to, " Just say no to drugs!"
@@monkeymeat2024 never asked you nor do I care. Casper.
@@mikebryant8507 , Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I been saying that since 2016 when I first heard of this epidemic!!!🤨 Now all of a sudden when it’s their people dying, oh now they want to have compassion n get them treatment!! These damn Europeans couldn’t careless about my ppl back in the 80’s and 90’s! They were so diabolical, they even got our sister who were with child addicted to crack! Then we in our communities, now had crack babies being born crying. Not crying of normal child birth, but crying in pain because they were born experiencing the withdraw affects of the drug their mother was hooked on!!!🤬 The worse of all of that, this racist government thru our drug addicted people in jail with real harden criminals, instead of getting them treatment.
In short I been saying this the last 6yrs on this issue. To all Grandchildren of European Colonists who rule this country. What y’all are experiencing is KARMA!
KARMAS A BITCH AND SHES IN HEAT!!!! The universe is paying you all back for what you did to our melinated brothers n sisters!
@@mikebryant8507 you said "y'all didn't care."
You're right. I didn't care then and I don't care now.
It's a hell of a problem
How come there is no legal recourse for victims against these pharma companies?
There is lawsuits is how
I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments is the real deal.
Of course a comment mentions this then someone mentions a name this is the new scam😶🌫️😭😭
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Gee, thank you Biden for opening our southern border and allowing this stuff to come in by the masses.
Thiking shadow govt cut pain meds so ppl would turn to heroin ,fytonal or coke. Or meth .i dnt do street drugs but dam, i worry about my 3kids