Florida has moved from having 98 of the top 100 “Oxycodone docs” to ZERO.. while…
Deaths related to those one or more of those narcotics were identified as the cause of death or present in the decedent in 2,363 fatalities from January through June 2013, a drop of 1.46 percent from the prior six months in 2012.
In 975 of those 2013 cases, the prescription drug was found to be the cause of death, 2.89 percent less than the 2012 figure.
Well… if 98% of these so-called “oxycodone docs” have left the state and the deaths have dropped in the low single digits in the state.. Does that suggest to anyone other than me.. that the people going to these 98 docs … were from out of state and as soon as they got their meds.. they left the state..
Of illicit substances, heroin deaths fell 6.8 percent with 99 percent classified as accidental. Cocaine deaths rose 7 percent. Methamphetamine was found in 12.5 percent more cases during those first six months of 2013.
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/02/03/heroin-use-on-the-rise-in-south-florida/
According to a report sponsored by the National Institute On Drug Abuse, the number of heroin related deaths in Miami-Dade County alone is up by 120 percent and across Florida heroin deaths have increased 89 percent.
Hall, who compiled the statistics, says 15 deaths were caused by heroin abuse in Miami-Dade in 2011 the number more than doubled to 33 in 2012.
In Broward County, the increase was 300 percent.
Three deaths were reported in 2011 and nine, one year later.
Those who work in the treatment and recovery field say it’s only getting worse.
Hall explained some of the reasons include the price of heroin has dropped dramatically because supply has flooded the South Florida streets from Mexico.
“Seventeen of the 20 surveillance sites across the country report heroin as the number one key change in their communities in the past six months,” Hall added.
“Today, drug addiction results in the most deadly, most dangerous, and most addictive patterns we’ve seen in the past 50 years,” Hall added. “And it’s going to get worse before we start to see it get better. Heroin has defined drug addiction in this country.”
Whose figures are you going to believe… AG Bondi’s – who is up for re-election – “report card” or stats from National Institute On Drug Abuse. They can’t both be true…so who is the LIAR ?
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It is simple if they fill prescription for people who had the xrays MRIs cat scans ultrasound nerve conduction studies. If you have legitimate diagnosed disabilities that requires pain relief medicine. You get them filled you are required to give random drug screening to be sure you’re taking your medicine and you have to come in for random pill counts . Believe this i need my pain relief medicine and i am legitimate diagnosed and am willing to do drug screening and pill counts. . Very easy fix .
Statistics put me to sleep. How’s that go?… Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.
You really have a thing about heroin abuse. You seem to think that oxycodone abuse is a better alternative. Why is it my problem if some junkie OD’s. As long as the object of their desire didn’t originate in my pharmacy I will continue to sleep well at night. To perpetuate the idea that more oxycodone on the street is better than more heroin on the street is irresponsible and short sighted. Addicts need to treat their addiction, not feed it. I am not here to help feed your addiction. I will do what I can to help you treat it and beat it.
Bullshit.
Miami Dade has a population of 2.6 MILLION and has had and increase in heroin deaths from 15 to 33. So what.
Yet according to the police and addiction industry the world is coming to an end as
all of us will soon be putting needle in our toes.
I do not consider myself to be a genius but anyone with an ounce of sense should
know that local news is just hype and scare.
Heroin also has legitimate medical uses as does MDMA,ecstasy,and LSD. They all should be legalized or at least put on a C2 classification.