NYTimes: "The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540% in Three Years"

[[La...]]

Sad, sad news.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/02/upshot/fentanyl-drug-overdose-deaths.html 

[[Te...]]

Yes, very sad indeed.

[[La...]]

I'm not sure if we have comprehensive data for Canada at this point, but I think our numbers are equally shocking.

[[Te...]]

That's awful if it's so. What drugs have wrought..

[[La...]]

And mostly started by prescriptions from the doctor too....

[[be...]]

There was a person on my detox floor doing a C/T of that Fentanyl. She was so crazy that she punched in the face anyone who got in her way. Then I noticed in her room she had about 100 patches. I still don't get it how she passed the drug tests, but she was sure a wicked person. I do wonder if she is still alive or one of those statistics? I bet some on the floor say they hope she did not make it. Sad but she was really cruel.

[[be...]]

And mostly started by prescriptions from the doctor too....

 

Exactly Lapis. 

 

Sad and preventable.  Numbers should not be increasing.  More studies are not needed.  Solutions already exist. 

[[be...]]

Yes I read that via my digital version of The Times. But they will not allow you to copy and paste anything. I suppose you just post the link...........Very sad.