tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post3174700565405003770..comments2024-03-28T17:07:56.753-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: McNeill Hosts Second Town Hall on Heroin Epidemic Bernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60037962313458160422016-04-01T04:34:45.146-04:002016-04-01T04:34:45.146-04:00About one in ten persons with a substance use diso...About one in ten persons with a substance use disorder gets treatment, and typically it is for a shorter duration and intensity than needed. We know that intensive services to persons with a SUD work. Impaired physicians get long term care and three to five years of case management that includes random urine testing. These programs have an 85% five year success rate. That study, and a number of other cited facts can be found here: http://pro-a.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/PRO-A-Addiction-Recovery-Fact-Sheet16vWEB-Interactive.pdf<br />Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15294395112603289513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33715690047921242072016-04-01T02:05:01.598-04:002016-04-01T02:05:01.598-04:00Over the last 20 years driver education classes in...Over the last 20 years driver education classes in the high schools has been all but eliminated yet car accidents are down. I find that interesting.<br /><br />It's also interesting that more than half of all overdoses are from prescription drugs and not illegal heroin. So unless Obama released a bunch of doctors, that's not the problem here, no matter how it's otherwise irresponsible.<br /><br /> The efficacy of reconstituting prescription opioids to make them unable to snort or shoot hasn't worked and probably increased illegal heroin use where dose amounts are inconsistent.<br /><br />Since our military involvement in Afghanistan that country went from 0% heroin production to producing 90% of the worlds heroin. Surely that's not helping curtail supply.<br /><br />If an enemy wanted to design a dirty bomb, one that would look like a drug epidemic it would seem like they have many unwitting accomplices. <br /><br />It would be something if we find that after all the education, all the interdiction, all the rehabilitation, it all comes right back to a individual's choice to Just say no, one minute at a time, one hour at a time, one day at a time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-75406481731275368312016-03-31T23:27:32.578-04:002016-03-31T23:27:32.578-04:00George Ruth, That was an irresponsible move on Oba...George Ruth, That was an irresponsible move on Obama's part. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48975016580844598632016-03-31T23:23:47.079-04:002016-03-31T23:23:47.079-04:00"Let the learning begin,
What was the leading...<em>"Let the learning begin,<br />What was the leading cause of accidental death in Pa before opioid overdoses? Anyone"</em><br /><br />Car accidents. Try google once in a while. <br /><br />http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2015/06/23/Drug-overdoses-surpass-car-accident-deaths-in-Pennsylvania/stories/201506180045Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61399545372982870482016-03-31T21:57:37.890-04:002016-03-31T21:57:37.890-04:00Thank you Bill for the link.
On this issue (Trump...Thank you Bill for the link.<br /><br />On this issue (Trump's Attorney General) Chris Christie has it right! <br /><br />I only hope that Christie gets help for his eating disorder before we hear on the news his heart exploded. We might even learn from Christie's weight loss and recovery what will help with other addictions. As far as that goes, Al Sharpton seems to have got the monkey off his back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-18931851629259152462016-03-31T20:24:07.430-04:002016-03-31T20:24:07.430-04:00Got weed?Got weed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-52921225970480462802016-03-31T20:10:06.839-04:002016-03-31T20:10:06.839-04:00A Cutie? Sexist assholeA Cutie? Sexist assholeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-79666048883756635312016-03-31T20:05:36.270-04:002016-03-31T20:05:36.270-04:00Hi Bernie
In respect to the perception that these...Hi Bernie<br /><br />In respect to the perception that these are "low lifes" I have copied Chris Christie talking about a law school colleague that is worth watching. <br /><br /> http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/chris-christie-addiction-video-heroin/2015/11/04/id/700454/<br /><br />Overdose deaths are now the second leading cause of death for those under 70 and in PA the leading cause of death for our young people. <br /><br />That we make up 4.3% of the world population yet consume 85% of the opiates is not unrelated. Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15294395112603289513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-32258774577837614582016-03-31T19:22:36.214-04:002016-03-31T19:22:36.214-04:00Let the learning begin,
What was the leading cause...Let the learning begin,<br />What was the leading cause of accidental death in Pa before opioid overdoses? Anyone?<br /><br />Education is the key, so glad they focus on education, I agree, however should we ferret out all the full of shit professors first to make that so needed education effective?<br /><br />Maybe these youngsters see educators and parents as being hypocritical and full of shit, maybe that's the real epidemic, the kids see that everyone and everything is full of shit, and heroin is the antidote, and in making that choice they become part of the raging epidemic of being full of shit too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-89109316504204477122016-03-31T18:15:32.646-04:002016-03-31T18:15:32.646-04:00This against the backdrop of Obama releasing from ...This against the backdrop of Obama releasing from prison thousands of 'low level' drug dealers. There is no such thing. I'll bet dollars to donuts that these poor souls who got hooked on heroin were not unfamiliar with pot and other 'recreational' drugs supplied by those 'low level' types. And while we're at it let's not forget that the vast majority of heroin is coming across the boarder with Mexico, a nation the president defends even as they turn a blind eye to their exportation of this drug to our country. And no, Trump is not my first choice for president.George Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14913633538326352398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-7869089100029687692016-03-31T18:05:07.374-04:002016-03-31T18:05:07.374-04:00Nobody suggested last night that they way to solve...Nobody suggested last night that they way to solve this epidemic. People instead focused on the importance of education and keeping lines of communication open between parents and their children. And as it happens, the reports about high Pb levels in Allentown and Bethlehem schools were horseshit spread by an irresponsible Lehigh professor who should be sued to recoup the testing costs. Opioid overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental deaths in Pa, and an anonymous asshole like you is making light of it bc it might interfere with your ability to get high. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-11390605225507890292016-03-31T17:38:06.601-04:002016-03-31T17:38:06.601-04:00Eat to much you get fat, diabetes, heart disease, ...Eat to much you get fat, diabetes, heart disease, ect. worse epidemic in America, kills hundreds of thousands a year.<br /><br />69news reported local schools have dangerous levels of lead in the water and the Flint water issue appears to be nationwide.<br /><br />Heroin should be the least of our concerns, we haven't gotten the "eating and drinking" thing right yet. <br /><br />I will admit however that trying to improve what we eat and drink, no matter how beneficial, will not increase money spent on law enforcement the way a heroin epidemic would.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47349270259088418102016-03-31T12:18:25.636-04:002016-03-31T12:18:25.636-04:00This issue still doesn't get the attention it ...This issue still doesn't get the attention it deserves. Thanks to Rep. McNeill and I hope others get on the it as well. This is in all our communities.<br /><br />The BankerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-22977827044814708182016-03-31T10:52:32.823-04:002016-03-31T10:52:32.823-04:00Great job Danny, but it seems you are the only one...Great job Danny, but it seems you are the only one talking about it until it hits home for the majority.<br /><br />What ever happened to the PSAs that played all the time in the 70s about the problem, you know the monkey on your back and the fried egg etc? why don't they start bringing these PSAs back? They seemed to help back in the day when we lost so many rock stars to drug overdose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com