Comments on: Local District Is The Deadliest In The State For Opioid Overdoses http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oh my! http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521356 Oh my! Sun, 06 Aug 2023 23:01:47 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521356 At a rate of 42 deaths per 100,000, that is higher than the highest ranked state for opioid deaths (West Virginia, 40 deaths per 100,000). Whoa! This is a VERY big problem! At a rate of 42 deaths per 100,000, that is higher than the highest ranked state for opioid deaths (West Virginia, 40 deaths per 100,000).

Whoa! This is a VERY big problem!

]]> By: Bob http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521305 Bob Sun, 06 Aug 2023 04:23:26 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521305 @Anonymous Have you ever lost a spouse to a terminal disease? Have you ever lost a child in a car accident? Have you ever been laid off from your job, fall behind on your bills, and end up homeless? If not, I'm glad to hear you've had such a happy life that you can't empathize with someone who is in so much pain that they would do *anything* to make the hurt go away. @Anonymous

Have you ever lost a spouse to a terminal disease? Have you ever lost a child in a car accident? Have you ever been laid off from your job, fall behind on your bills, and end up homeless?

If not, I’m glad to hear you’ve had such a happy life that you can’t empathize with someone who is in so much pain that they would do *anything* to make the hurt go away.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521302 Anonymous Sun, 06 Aug 2023 03:44:11 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521302 We've raised an entire generation of junkies. It all starts in there youth when we pump them full of calorie dense junk food and sugar that has the same addictive properties as drugs and alcohol......couple that with more poor parenting and sedentary lifestyle and the social acceptance of Marijuana and alcohol....there you have it.......hard reality here but china and mexico couldn't pump us full of poison if the folks in our society respected themselves and weren't junkies. There's no market without a DEMAND. and I still believe we should punish the dealers just as bad....but have no sympathy for a junkie/user...... We’ve raised an entire generation of junkies. It all starts in there youth when we pump them full of calorie dense junk food and sugar that has the same addictive properties as drugs and alcohol……couple that with more poor parenting and sedentary lifestyle and the social acceptance of Marijuana and alcohol….there you have it…….hard reality here but china and mexico couldn’t pump us full of poison if the folks in our society respected themselves and weren’t junkies. There’s no market without a DEMAND. and I still believe we should punish the dealers just as bad….but have no sympathy for a junkie/user……

]]> By: Lebowski http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521204 Lebowski Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:05:59 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521204 @ Uncle M If we destigmatize drug use, what will we call the junkies? Discipline Impaired? Reluctantly Delinquent? Lawfully Noncompliant? We really need to nail this down so that we can get our best foot forward as we move into our advertising and media phase. We could be onto something. We can hit the market with a legal substance disguised as treatment, and administered by a doctor, that will also keep them hooked. No one will ever be the wiser. @ Uncle M

If we destigmatize drug use, what will we call the junkies?

Discipline Impaired?

Reluctantly Delinquent?

Lawfully Noncompliant?

We really need to nail this down so that we can get our best foot forward as we move into our advertising and media phase. We could be onto something. We can hit the market with a legal substance disguised as treatment, and administered by a doctor, that will also keep them hooked. No one will ever be the wiser.

]]> By: Localcitizen http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521203 Localcitizen Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:46:01 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521203 I remember back in 2010 when the drug dealers I mean doctors started the opioid epidemic here. Anybody could walk off the street said their toe hurt and could get pills. We never recovered from that. I remember back in 2010 when the drug dealers I mean doctors started the opioid epidemic here. Anybody could walk off the street said their toe hurt and could get pills. We never recovered from that.

]]> By: Uncle M http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521198 Uncle M Fri, 04 Aug 2023 15:34:28 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521198 Let me put this in perspective. We have to change the stigma associated with opioid use disorder. The medical industry helped create the epidemic. There are programs out there to help but they are full of red tape and roadblocks. Yes, I believe the suppliers should face charges, especially if someone ODs and dies from their drugs. Opioid use disorder is treatable just like any other disease. Actually, people with hypertension and/or diabetes are more likely to relapse then OUD patients. That means they stay on their meds and treatment better and longer than others. Let me put this in perspective. We have to change the stigma associated with opioid use disorder. The medical industry helped create the epidemic. There are programs out there to help but they are full of red tape and roadblocks. Yes, I believe the suppliers should face charges, especially if someone ODs and dies from their drugs. Opioid use disorder is treatable just like any other disease. Actually, people with hypertension and/or diabetes are more likely to relapse then OUD patients. That means they stay on their meds and treatment better and longer than others.

]]> By: Fed up http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521195 Fed up Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:38:55 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521195 Obviously we’re not hard enough on drug dealers. Singapore has the right answer in my opinion. We need to be understanding, caring toward “Users” to help them get clean. But we need to take a “Zero Tolerance” stand towards dealers. Too many people feel sorry for the drug dealers until you have to bury a family member “A young Mother that left two little children behind in my particular case.” Hell yes I want Drug Dealers put to death. Obviously we’re not hard enough on drug dealers.
Singapore has the right answer in my opinion.
We need to be understanding, caring toward “Users” to help them get clean.
But we need to take a “Zero Tolerance” stand towards dealers.
Too many people feel sorry for the drug dealers until you have to bury a family member “A young Mother that left two little children behind in my particular case.”
Hell yes I want Drug Dealers put to death.

]]> By: Robert Bruner http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521177 Robert Bruner Fri, 04 Aug 2023 10:52:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521177 A lot of comments here make you wonder if you should EVER help someone who has fallen down. They could be an addict and it's their fault they are on the ground. Or it could be one of these hard working Americans who DESERVE help to get up. According to the execute them all because they all look alike theory, it would be easiest to stop helping people at all because that's Socialism anyway. A lot of comments here make you wonder if you should EVER help someone who has fallen down. They could be an addict and it’s their fault they are on the ground. Or it could be one of these hard working Americans who DESERVE help to get up. According to the execute them all because they all look alike theory, it would be easiest to stop helping people at all because that’s Socialism anyway.

]]> By: Bob http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521166 Bob Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:52:29 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521166 @ProgressiveCobservative The Preamble of the Constitution outlines the purpose of our government and the role it is meant to fill in our society: "...establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" Our government wouldn't be able to accomplish its end of that social contract without resources. We provide those resources in the form of taxes. @ProgressiveCobservative

The Preamble of the Constitution outlines the purpose of our government and the role it is meant to fill in our society:

“…establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”

Our government wouldn’t be able to accomplish its end of that social contract without resources. We provide those resources in the form of taxes.

]]> By: ProgressiveConservative http://www.northescambia.com/2023/08/local-district-is-the-deadliest-in-the-state-for-opioid-overdoses/comment-page-1#comment-521161 ProgressiveConservative Fri, 04 Aug 2023 02:40:29 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=520788#comment-521161 @bob, Except for that “tax” part. Kind of significant, but who cares when you have a point to make, right? @bob, Except for that “tax” part. Kind of significant, but who cares when you have a point to make, right?

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