Comments on: Escambia One Of Nine Counties Included In New Opioid Recovery Program

By: Woke

Woke — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:31:33 +0000

Wow. The ignorance in these comments is so sad. “People who OD should die.” That is absolutely hateful. We live in an evil world.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:11:05 +0000

Bidens not making you take drugs. Just say no

By: SueB

SueB — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:48:16 +0000

@Barbara “What most of you don’t seem to understand, these are not your typical “overdoses”. These are drug dealers killing our children!”
The people that made the decision to buy drugs from dealers & use the drugs take the risk & end up dead.

By: Resources available

Resources available — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:22:14 +0000

There are resources to help those that want/need help. Here are 2 of many in our county.
Ministry village at Olive is a residential place for women
Waterfront mission life builders is a residential facility for men

By: "live"THE STRUGGLE

"live"THE STRUGGLE — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:20:58 +0000

1st I’d say….to wish death apon anyone is evil & wrong “sueB”. Addicts are people 2..many didn’t ask for the deadly com-bos they are given out of greed for more money from the dealers. The help “they” the programs is medical assisted medication. Which I personally have been on 5yrs.. & those drugs are just as addicting & have no good solutions to get off them. I’ve tried several times went to rehab & suffered.. & was given options to just trade medications or cold turkey from the meds they said would change my life. I’d did in many ways…but still no FREE FROM ADDICTION JUST A TRADE TO THE GOVERNMENTS MEDS PROGRAMS..

By: Jean Stout

Jean Stout — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 01:34:20 +0000

This is an absolutely amazing program that will help and assist many individuals that have the disease of Addiction. I also think much is needed in educating those who are unaware of this disease. The stigma focusing on past decades of old thinking of what addiction looks like is quite different today and it only increases the debilitating effects of this disease.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:42:48 +0000

This is needed so badly here in Escambia County! Dr’s won’t write pain med prescriptions which forces people to either sit in pain & (I had surgery last month & can confirm) and suffer, or do something illegal & die. Pick your poison! I choose life with my family, but others, including my deceased father who died of an overdose in 2010, are not so lucky. Bravo, Governor DeSantis, bravo!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:01:30 +0000

What most of you don’t seem to understand, these are not your typical “overdoses”. These are drug dealers killing our children!! I understand because my son was an addict who was murdered by fentanyl poisoning. He did not do fentanyl, it was laced into his drug of choice without him knowing. He didn’t ask for it nor did he want it, therefore he was poisoned and murdered. He did not overdose on meth or heroin. We need to start looking at this for what it is and we need to start demanding these dealers be prosecuted as the murders they are.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:49:46 +0000

Unless…you are an addict, you have absolutely no clue…97% of people start using drugs due to some kind of underlying trauma, mental abuse, abandonment, poor parenting, stress, anxiety, depression etc..those are REAL issues..and when you start at a young age it’s usually because you had no where else to turn, so you follow suit to that life that gets you out of your head and temporarily helps you forget your life.
I’ve been an addict since I was about 17. And if you think someone can just stop..your wrong..
I was diagnosed as a stress user.
It’s not just about “quitting” that’s the easiest part..but unless you get to the root of why you started to begin with them your most likely to relapse the minute something goes wrong in life. I am fortunate that I was smart enough to not do the heavy stuff like heroin,ice,feytnal etc…and I’m grateful that ALOT of places and situations I put myself in ,did not get me killed cause when your doing drugs, you do not really care about anything.
I hope the program saves lives, and I hope they concentrate on people’s underlying issues ,otherwise it’s useless. Most people just want to know someone cares whether they live or die so I hope the program offers intense therapy. ..
Unless you’ve been there then please do not make ignorant comments. It’s an honest disease and everyone deserves the chance to live

By: LL

LL — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 21:26:01 +0000

Ya know it’s good to hear that we’ll have somewhere else for people to. The thing is, what’s it gonna cost? You think it’s so easy to go get help to get off drugs, huh? Well it’s not!! The only you can do is go to a couple meetings, but in a lot of cases that’s not gonna help. Trying to come off some of these drugs, without the appropriate help, WILL KILL YOU! Now you can go to a somewhere that offers rehab facilities, but it isn’t cheap. Some people pay over $400 a month to be able to get help with their addiction. (And that’s cheap!) But what if you don’t have the kind of money, what are you supposed to do. Well I’ll tell you…. You stay in the position you’re in. So yeah bring it on DeSantis, but for God’s sake please make it where the normal person can go and not have to give their whole paycheck to pay for it.