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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by justinzollars on Thursday March 30, 2023 @08:07AM (#35371355)
This is SF, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver strategy - and the cities look like images from the Opium Wars. And least China had the sense to fight back - The West is in terminal decline.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by themitigating on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:03AM (#35372008)
No, here's the top states in 2015 and those cities aren't in them. The reason you said those cities is the same reason fox focuses on crime in nyc, republican propaganda

West Virginia: 41.5 per 100,000 people

New Hampshire: 34.3 per 100,000 people

Kentucky: 29.9 per 100,000 people

Ohio: 29.9 per 100,000 people

Rhode Island: 28.2 per 100,000 people

Pennsylvania: 26.3 per 100,000 people

Massachusetts: 25.7 per 100,000 people

New Mexico: 25.3 per 100,000 people

Utah: 23.4 per 100,000 people

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by trimbo on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:22AM (#35372285)
San Francisco is 75 per 100K. (620 last year, population is 800K)
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by themitigating on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:25PM (#35375224)
It's not in the top 10 cities of overdoses per 2020 data that I posted on another reply.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by dash2 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:10AM (#35372115)
Those are the top states, but it's possible that the cities he mentioned are the top cities.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by newhotelowner on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:26AM (#35372342)
Chicago, sf Vancouver are densely populated and high population. Number of cases of gun violence or drug overdose will also be high. But they are not the top cities % wise
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by themitigating on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:23PM (#35375197)
https://drexel.edu/uhc/resources/briefs/BCHC%20Drug%20Overdo...

No, San Francisco is at number 11 on the top 10 in 2020. The rest are below that.Why didn't he mention any of the top 10? Why does foxnews discuss crime in San Francisco and NY so much?

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by throwayyy479087 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:09PM (#35378205)
They absolutely talk about Baltimore as being a failed city:

https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=Baltimore

Same with every other city on that list:

https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=Philadelphia

etc

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by justinzollars on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:27PM (#35378405)
Sorry - I didn't mean to make this a blue team vs red team thing. I think you missed the point.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by themitigating on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:54PM (#35379297)
Then explain why you choose those three cities? Why did you only mention cities?

Opiod overdoses have devastated rural areas. https://www.usda.gov/topics/opioids

What was your point if not propoganda? Just to let us know drug abuse is bad? Is this new information? Your comment doesn't offer interesting information, a solution, not even a personal experience. That's why I think it's right wing propaganda.

Just like foxnews you repeat something over and over in order to imprint it on the ding dongs who base their knowledge off hearsay instead of facts.

"Oh look a post about something bad that happens everywhere but I can increase the association level with cities run by democrats in order to justify my political support. Because if the opposition is suffering worse than me then I'm not wrong in who I support...even if it's not true"

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by justinzollars on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:53AM (#35385652)
Because I live in San Francisco and it went to hell over the course of 12 years - and those cities that I travel too look like they are going down the same path.

But I will concede your point. The whole West is circling the toilet bowl but as you point out some areas a little faster than others.

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by themitigating on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:23AM (#35385989)
"The west is circling the toilet bowl".

Compared to what?

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by themitigating on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:24PM (#35379634)
frequency and airtime?
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