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superrific said:
I don't know anything about those strips. Do they work only for IV drugs or can they detect fentanyl in pills?

You are right -- those things should be in more plentiful supply. That said, the average heroin junkie is probably unlikely to test their smack. Not that I know any junkies. It just seems to me that if you're jonesing, and you've got a score, and then the strip says there's fentanyl in it -- I mean, addicts wouldn't be addicts if they were able to toss the score because it's unhealthy for them.

My wife had a patient who was seeking medication assisted therapy. He had three friends die from fentanyl ODs in pills. Was he still taking the pills? Yes he was, because he couldn't resist. If there was fentanyl, well he had a good run. Now, he did seek the therapy to try to get off the smack, so he wasn't doing nothing, but he didn't seem to think he could resist even if he knew there was a reasonable chance the pill would be fatal.
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This is the CDC overview on fentanyl strips, and it addresses some of the questions you pose. Will this save hardcore junkies? Probably not, but we would lose a lot fewer weekend cocaine and ecstasy users if these were more readily available.
 
“Trade war and tariff driven disruptions are the likely culprits behind the recent strength, as it has become more clear that proactive safety stocking from shippers has created a boost in short term trucking demand,” wrote David Spencer, vice president of market intelligence at Arrive Logistics, in an email to FreightWaves. “Strong growth of 29,000 jobs in the larger Transportation and Warehousing segment of the report illustrate the increased needs associated with the boost, particularly around warehousing and storage, as shippers pulled forward inventories ahead of potential price increases.”

www.freightwaves.com

Transportation hiring slows to a crawl in April, warehousing sees strong growth

Warehousing and storage jobs were the bright spot in March as inventories swelled.
www.freightwaves.com

I think we’ll need to wait until mid to late summer to know whether capacious chaos as an economic strategy is really paying off.
 
uncgriff said:
Da fuq? Alcatraz?

www.bbc.com

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.
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The prison closed because it was too expensive to continue operating, according to the Federal Bureau of Prison website. It was nearly three times more costly to operate than any other federal prison, largely due to its island location.

It would take an enormous amount of money to make Alcatraz into a functioning prison, Professor Gabriel Jack Chin from the Davis School of Law at the University of California told the BBC.

The federal prison system is actually down about 25% from its peak population and "there are a lot of empty beds" in existing prisons, Chin said. "So its not clear if a new one is needed."
 
uncgriff said:
Da fuq? Alcatraz?

www.bbc.com

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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It’s a multi-prong grifting opportunity:
  • the demolition needed before reconstruction can begin
  • hauling off the waste materials that currently exist and that result from the demolition
  • the reconstruction of “The Rock” as a functional “SuperMax” prision
  • Running the newest federal “SuperMax” as a privately-run prison
  • The transportation contract ferrying prisoners, materials, food, guards, other prison employees, etc.
 
Alcatraz is currently a revenue center as one of San francisco's main tourist attractions. Having been there its a romantic pile of rotting concrete which will become an absolute boondoggle to reconvert. This is the dumbest idea in the pantheon of Trump's dumb ideas. Turning a profit center into a money abyss
 
uncgriff said:
Alcatraz is currently a revenue center as one of San francisco's main tourist attractions. Having been there its a romantic pile of rotting concrete which will become an absolute boondoggle to reconvert. This is the dumbest idea in the pantheon of Trump's dumb ideas. Turning a profit center into a money abyss
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We’re going to see a LOT more stupid shit like this as Trump tries to get people talking about anything other than his actual policies, which are becoming less and less popular by the day.
 
Alcatraz was one of the best things we did during out trip to California. We absolutely loved visiting. BOOOOO to cutting that out
 
altmin said:
The federal prison system is actually down about 25% from its peak population and "there are a lot of empty beds" in existing prisons, Chin said. "So its not clear if a new one is needed."
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Oh, don't worry, I'm sure that Trump 2.0 and red-state governments have plans to fill up our prisons again very soon. Except in this case they may well be filled with immigrants whose only real crime is that they are immigrants with dark skin, and with American citizens who have dared to speak out against the glorious rule of Dear Leader.
 
altmin said:
The prison closed because it was too expensive to continue operating, according to the Federal Bureau of Prison website. It was nearly three times more costly to operate than any other federal prison, largely due to its island location.

It would take an enormous amount of money to make Alcatraz into a functioning prison, Professor Gabriel Jack Chin from the Davis School of Law at the University of California told the BBC.

The federal prison system is actually down about 25% from its peak population and "there are a lot of empty beds" in existing prisons, Chin said. "So its not clear if a new one is needed."
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But just think of the tourist revenue from the ramtousers and doogoods of the world boating by and laughing at the inmates.

Now that due process is a thing od the past, the need for prisons will probably go up considerably under dictator Trump.
 
farce© said:
Rural MAGA will be on board for that as long as urban black and Hispanic folks can no longer get free medical care, food, phones and meals at school.
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Rural isn't a necessary qualifier. We have educated maga and mundane concern trolls that essentially disappear until there's a cultural wedge issue to parse into atoms.
 
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