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Working the ER smack dab in the middle of rural America, Easter Sunday afternoon, of all days, and a 19 year old kid comes in code blue after snorting a fentanyl rail with his buddies.

Over the last two years I’ve worked all over and it isn’t just this particular town or just this particular part of the country. It’s all over. I don’t have any answers, just makes me sad and wanted to share.

Enoch Root 2y ago

Medical system is the cause and solution to this problem which makes it just a problem.

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YODA travels 2y ago

What exactly does the medical system have to do with cartels producing fentanyl?

Scurvydog 2y ago

Cause? That needs an explanation.

hongumart 2y ago

I don't 100% agree but do get this to a certain extent. When I talk to my kids about drugs it generally goes something like "you shouldn't take any drugs unless they are prescribed to you by your doctor" but, shit, I don't even know if I believe that 100% anymore. Opium prescriptions have tightened up a lot as compared to 10-20 years ago but still, a lot of these ODs are parents or kids of parents with a legit prescription.

However, the sheer amount of it on the streets right now is just unreal. Cartels, pill pushing docs, whatever the reason they are out there. It is like guns. Total make believe if you think we can enforce some kind of a drug/gun ban. The shit is out there for those who want to find it.