CURRENT EVENTS - May 1 - May 7

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Trump signed an EO directing the DOJ to investigate two specific Americans but now claims he didn’t tell anyone to go after those men, they must have heard that somewhere else.
 
finesse said:
Hell, a major factor is that we focus on prohibition and criminalization instead of education and mitigation. How much less damage would drugs cause if the ones used were purified, properly identified and in controlled amounts? Add the ability to seek help without opening yourself to criminal charges. We. could hardly have a more counterintuitive approach.
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Imagine how efficient it would be just to distribute fentanyl detection strips to anyone who wanted them instead of wrecking our economy by putting foolish tariffs on our neighbors.
 
farce© said:
Imagine how efficient it would be just to distribute fentanyl detection strips to anyone who wanted them instead of wrecking our economy by putting foolish tariffs on our neighbors.
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In Madison Wis in the 70's you could go to Town hall and get your pot tested for paraquat-after it was reported Mexico/USA was spraying the pot fields with it
 
farce© said:
Imagine how efficient it would be just to distribute fentanyl detection strips to anyone who wanted them instead of wrecking our economy by putting foolish tariffs on our neighbors.
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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.
 
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.
 
uncgriff said:
Da fuq? Alcatraz?

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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.
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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
 
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