The federal HHS declared an opioid epidemic in the USA in 2017. There were some put in prison for being responsible for overdose deaths (click here). That is fine, but, the deaths are still occurring. It isn't close to being over? Not if young people are dropping dead in public bathrooms.
US Pharma boss gets 5 years jail for fueling opioid crisis. (click here)
When we turned the person over there were track marks on the arm and a syringe on the floor. The person had administered the drug, fully clothed and IMMEDIATELY fell unconscious. If no one else was in the public bathroom, who knows when that 20 something would have been found and dead because at that point the person was barely breathing.
The young 20 something did fine. The police arrived and administered Naloxone twice. Once awake she was able to walk and talk normally. She was taken to the ER from the public library. I didn't follow up at the ER or otherwise because I respect privacy.
It is frightening to have a young person entering into life to some of the best years of life, lie on a public bathroom floor drifting out of life with shallow breaths and unconsciousness. It didn't matter two people were able to administer CPR in anticipation of more help coming, what matters is that a 20 something needed it in the first place.
There are real problems with the people of this country. Gun violence, uninsured, low pay rates and intoxicated to mask the hopelessness of it all.
February 13, 2020
By Madeline Holcomb
If overdose deaths don't slow down in Franklin County, Ohio, (click here) a temporary morgue may be needed to store the bodies.
The county has seen 23 overdose deaths from January 31 to February 7, Dr. Anahi Ortiz, the county's coroner, said in a statement on her Facebook page. The next day, the county had five more.
Most of the deaths were likely due to fentanyl, Ortiz said.
Morgue techs are "constantly working [and] don't take lunch" to keep up with the overdose deaths, the county coroner told CNN affiliate WSYX. If the overdose rate stays at the same pace or worsens, the county may have to bring in a temporary morgue for storage of bodies, Ortiz said.
Ortiz urged those in need of treatment to visit the city of Columbus' opiate crisis information website....
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Trump made it known that Roger Stone was railroaded by the Deep State. Trump is worshiped for "The Trump Wall." (click here) His influence in violence is known.
This occurred before the sentencing, but, not before Trump's ranting about the Deep State. The right wing extremists THINK they really have something with Trump and Barr. They need to ask other than hot air from the White House what do they actually have?
February 20, 2020
By Nadine Schmidt, Sheena McKenzie, Rob Picheta and Ivana Kottasova
...The attack took place on Wednesday night (click here) at multiple locations in the city of Hanau, near Frankfurt. Federal prosecutors are treating the mass shooting -- one of the deadliest in Germany in years -- as an act of terrorism.
Authorities believe the suspect, 43, returned home after the rampage and shot himself. He was found dead in his apartment early Thursday, along with the body of his 72-year-old mother. Both died from gunshot wounds, according to the region's interior minister, Peter Beuth.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the suspect appeared to have acted out of "right-wing extremist, racist motives" and described hatred as a poison in German society. Prosecutors said the suspect did not have a criminal record but had posted xenophobic conspiracy theories online....
This occurred before the sentencing, but, not before Trump's ranting about the Deep State. The right wing extremists THINK they really have something with Trump and Barr. They need to ask other than hot air from the White House what do they actually have?
February 20, 2020
By Nadine Schmidt, Sheena McKenzie, Rob Picheta and Ivana Kottasova
...The attack took place on Wednesday night (click here) at multiple locations in the city of Hanau, near Frankfurt. Federal prosecutors are treating the mass shooting -- one of the deadliest in Germany in years -- as an act of terrorism.
Authorities believe the suspect, 43, returned home after the rampage and shot himself. He was found dead in his apartment early Thursday, along with the body of his 72-year-old mother. Both died from gunshot wounds, according to the region's interior minister, Peter Beuth.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the suspect appeared to have acted out of "right-wing extremist, racist motives" and described hatred as a poison in German society. Prosecutors said the suspect did not have a criminal record but had posted xenophobic conspiracy theories online....
There was no spasm of violence in this country. (click here for the official website of Michael Moore - thank you)
February 20, 2020
By Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger
A federal judge (click here) sentenced President Donald Trump’s friend, the longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, to more than 3 years in prison on Thursday for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness in an effort to protect Trump.
“He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for covering up for the president,” said Judge Amy Berman Jackson about Stone, who showed no visible emotion when he was sentenced in U.S District Court in Washington, D.C.
“The truth still exists, the truth still matters. Roger Stone’s insistence that it doesn’t ... are a threat to our most fundamental institutions,” Jackson said in a blistering denunciation of Stone, who he lied about his efforts to obtain damaging emails related to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Democratic presidential campaign that were stolen by Russian agents....
By Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger
A federal judge (click here) sentenced President Donald Trump’s friend, the longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, to more than 3 years in prison on Thursday for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness in an effort to protect Trump.
“He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for covering up for the president,” said Judge Amy Berman Jackson about Stone, who showed no visible emotion when he was sentenced in U.S District Court in Washington, D.C.
“The truth still exists, the truth still matters. Roger Stone’s insistence that it doesn’t ... are a threat to our most fundamental institutions,” Jackson said in a blistering denunciation of Stone, who he lied about his efforts to obtain damaging emails related to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Democratic presidential campaign that were stolen by Russian agents....
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