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    8 months ago

    Yeah that does sound like a failure. But also different time different place. Was there a Fentanyl epidemic of this scale 10 years ago in Florida? If the treatment options save just one person’s life, is it still a failure? Should we just say “yep nothing works, there’s no solution to daily ODs on the streets of the city.”?

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      8 months ago

      Your right, 10 years ago people weren’t using welfare money on fent, they were using medicaid money on RXs for 180 OC30s.

      The solution is to end the drug war.

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        8 months ago

        I always wonder why the disaster of massive amounts of legally available opiates is brought up as an argument to stop the restrictions on drugs altogether

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          Yeah, it’s like “Hey, look at the great improvement to my life since I’ve started taking 15 oxys per day! Everyone should be doing this!”

          Recreational use is one thing, but continuous, institutionally backed dependence is a whole different ballgame.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, not that that’s ideal, but at least the OCs weren’t turning them into permanently mentally and physically crippled zombies, or suddenly killing them like fent does.

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          No, the Oxy just pushed people to fent once they could no longer get or afford their fix from the pharmacy.

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        8 months ago

        Because it’s a much more destructive drug, in a completely different state and city, with completely different demographics, political climate, and education level? 15 years into the future?

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          8 months ago

          Oh so you think everyone in CA on benefits in on drugs or something? The base idea remains the same. Don’t hide welfare behind drug testing it isn’t worth it

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            8 months ago

            No I don’t think that and I never said that. Please don’t try and put words in my mouth.

            To be blunt, I think that the people in California, today, are much better equipped to take on this issue than the people in Florida were 15 years ago.

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              8 months ago

              All those drug addicted welfare queens in CA need to rot amirite? Since you hate welfare and the people on it.

              That’s putting words in your mouth. Keep making things up tho dude I’m sure it’ll take you far.

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                8 months ago

                Oh man he really showed me, by putting more words in my mouth… lol. I’m not going to wrestle with a pig here, Adolf! Enjoy your internet forum mud slinging battles!