Speaking of which. I look at the choice between Trump and Cruz as the
choice between a shit sandwich and a shit burrito. Same thing with a
different cover.
bp
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On 3/12/2016 9:43 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote:
First, have not watched this - but will add to my list.
Second, our war in Afghanistan has not made things better in regards
to heroin. We spent a lot of time and money there trying to teach
Afghan farmers modern agricultural science so that they could grow
better and larger numbers of crops - not opium. Several problems,
mainly growing opium keeps the Taliban right wing away from the
farmers daughters and wives and also gives them cash for food and
other items for trade. We also spent a lot of money and time
protecting those opium crops in some areas to gain allies in our battles.
It's a shit sandwich.
On Mar 12, 2016 11:29 AM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Bringing back an old(er) topic here. This is a story from
Frontline regarding this very issue. Entitled /Chasing Heroin/.
It's kind of long (almost 2 hours), and parts of it were difficult
to watch, but it delves into how we got here, and how difficult it
is for addicts to get out. It explores a few of the many ways that
different communities have tried (emphasis on the word "tried") to
get out of the apparent death spiral.
It's clear that we have a long way to go.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/chasing-heroin/
bp
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On 3/2/2016 10:08 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
So another fella I used to know ODd today. He is the youngest of
three brothers, the oldest having croaked out from overdose a few
years ago, the middle is on the run after cutting an ankle
bracelet for heroin charges and now the mom whom I used to work
with gets to put a second son in the dirt. Somewhere between 10
and 20 of the folks I used to run around with are feeding worms
now, I quit taking actual count some time ago. I personally don't
care about dead junkies, while they're smacked out, they aren't
people, just shells of people, a danger to everyone around them I
help the few who can be salvaged, I'm selfish in that I won't
expose my family, but for example, last year I dropped off a
backpack with food toiletries, cigarettes and and blanket to an
old friend who was homeless and in some need, but that's as much
as I can enable these guys. Is this new? Or am I just hitting an
age where the sins of our past begin to catch up?
As an industry, in our scope, is there any reaching out we can
do? We are in people's homes regularly, is there a link to
resources we can provide? Is there any way we can be a part of
the solution or are we just to isolated of an industry to do
anything?
I know it's a pick your battles world, nobody can help everybody,
but this is madness, the destruction of so many lives and the
collateral damage from one drug is astounding. Everybody, even
homeless junkies are online. Granted our base tends not to be the
smack addled youth, but would things like resource links on our
websites, or outreach program info in our welcome packs be
overstepping our bounds. I'm curious on a personal level because
I have no other resource than my job.
