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Let's break down #TheGreatOpioidLie.
1-"Over-prescribing was the cause of the opioid crisis."
First according to the Medical Board of CA, there is no legal definition of 'overprescribing'.
Second, it is a THEORY that the mandate to treat pain led to the overdose crisis
cont...
1-"Over-prescribing was the cause of the opioid crisis."
First according to the Medical Board of CA, there is no legal definition of 'overprescribing'.
Second, it is a THEORY that the mandate to treat pain led to the overdose crisis
cont...
2-The Gov's own stats disprove the access theory. As access to RX meds declines we continued to see a steady increase in drug deaths.
Seems something else might have been a the heart of why we saw a rise in ODs and continue to see record numbers of PEOPLE dying.
#ChornicPain
Seems something else might have been a the heart of why we saw a rise in ODs and continue to see record numbers of PEOPLE dying.
#ChornicPain
3-Could it have been the collective trauma we all experienced after 9/11, then we sent our loved ones off to war, and they were being sent home with broken bodies, then the financial collapse, outsourcing of manufacturing jobs, people losing homes, retirement, investment accts...
Familiar?
Expert opinions misaligned with CDC & its low & no evidence guidelines are deemed “false information” by those who run simulations in the public consciousness via social & legacy media.
Public health has maimed & killed for nearly a century with no accountability. 🧵
Expert opinions misaligned with CDC & its low & no evidence guidelines are deemed “false information” by those who run simulations in the public consciousness via social & legacy media.
Public health has maimed & killed for nearly a century with no accountability. 🧵
Everyone has likely heard of the Tuskegee Study. A whitewashed name for what was once known, according to CDC, as the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.”
It began in 1932 under the management of the federal United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS)
It began in 1932 under the management of the federal United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS)
The study targeted black men & focused on recording “the natural history of syphilis,” a chronic, contagious bacterial infection that can be venereal or sometimes, congenital.
15-30% of people infected who don't get treatment will develop complications known as tertiary syphilis
15-30% of people infected who don't get treatment will develop complications known as tertiary syphilis
Russian disinformation is a lie
Russia election meddling is a lie
Russian collusion with right is a lie
It was always the FBI colluding with the Democratic establishment and the media to spread #disinformation
#FBICorruption
#MediaCollusion
#DemocratsAreCorrupt
Russia election meddling is a lie
Russian collusion with right is a lie
It was always the FBI colluding with the Democratic establishment and the media to spread #disinformation
#FBICorruption
#MediaCollusion
#DemocratsAreCorrupt
Here’s a prev thread 🧵 on FBI & CIA
#DeepState is real. Left has control.
The political left (Democrats) have good control over Hollywood, the Media, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Education, the FBI, CIA, DOJ, IRS, CDC, FDA, NSA, DHS, and the WEF.
They’re all colluding together to create an all powerful entity.
The political left (Democrats) have good control over Hollywood, the Media, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Education, the FBI, CIA, DOJ, IRS, CDC, FDA, NSA, DHS, and the WEF.
They’re all colluding together to create an all powerful entity.
1/ As suggested by @PopovaProf, I'd like to comment on the recent remarks by the #Brazilian president-elect, @LulaOficial, on the #Russian war of aggression in #Ukraine. Needless to say, many were struck by the ignorance and brutishness of these utterances. A 🧵...
2/ But what lies behind this? Many European/US observers seem dumbfounded by the fact that a leader who is widely (and correctly) believed to have bravely stood against dictatorship in his own country would support a genocidal warmonger such as #Putin on the international stage.
3/ The sources of Lula's (and #LatinAmerica's more widely) attitudes towards the war are many, and differ widely between countries, contexts, and social strata. The probably most often mentioned one is anti-Americanism, stemming from a variety of sources, but often relevant...
USA declared war on drugs, a global campaign to stop the flow of drugs into USA with military intervention. It included prohibition, distribution & consumption of illegal drugs.
#WarOnDrugs was declared by president Nixon in 1971.
A thread 🧵 for your awareness 👇
#WarOnDrugs was declared by president Nixon in 1971.
A thread 🧵 for your awareness 👇
I’d say the #WarOnDrugs is an epic failure. Listen to this drug cartel member talk about if US authorities being able to stop drugs from crossing the border 🤷♂️
Fentanyl is killing lots of people in the US and it’s been getting tougher to stop the flow of Fentanyl from across the border. #WarOnDrugs
Update - K-9 Killed in the Line of Duty
🇺🇸RIP, Jinx. You'll be missed. Our condolences to Deputy Hancock, family, and El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Colorado💙
krdo.com/news/2022/04/1…
#BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #dog #K9 #police #military #MWD #WaronDrugs #LivePD
🇺🇸RIP, Jinx. You'll be missed. Our condolences to Deputy Hancock, family, and El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Colorado💙
krdo.com/news/2022/04/1…
#BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #dog #K9 #police #military #MWD #WaronDrugs #LivePD
Post in El Paso CSO in Facebook facebook.com/EPCSheriffsOff…
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office K-9 killed in shootout with armed robbery suspect
😢No names provided. This is Franklin Co. North Carolina. K9s Oli and Ace in the photo
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#BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #dog #K9 #police #military #MWD #WaronDrugs #LivePD
😢No names provided. This is Franklin Co. North Carolina. K9s Oli and Ace in the photo
cbs17.com/news/local-new…
#BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #dog #K9 #police #military #MWD #WaronDrugs #LivePD
Waiting for updates in the Facebook page. Sheriff said names were going to be released today.
"Franklin County Sheriff Kent Winstead told CBS 17 Sunday night that the name of the K-9 who died would be released Monday"
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"Franklin County Sheriff Kent Winstead told CBS 17 Sunday night that the name of the K-9 who died would be released Monday"
facebook.com/SheriffWinstea…
This picture is being circulated. Nothing official yet.
🇺🇸Hero dog is K-9 Major
#BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #dog #K9 #police #military #MWD #WaronDrugs #LivePD
🇺🇸Hero dog is K-9 Major
#BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #dog #K9 #police #military #MWD #WaronDrugs #LivePD
The sad story of a small business crushed by draconian overregulation:
Hi @DrWoodcockFDA , I wanted to give you the human side of what's now done. I quit smoking w/ #vaping over 9 years ago, and w/ $400 I started my vape business. I was driven by an evangelical need to-1/12
Hi @DrWoodcockFDA , I wanted to give you the human side of what's now done. I quit smoking w/ #vaping over 9 years ago, and w/ $400 I started my vape business. I was driven by an evangelical need to-1/12
to spread the word about this miracle that broke my 33 year 2 pack a day #smoking habit.
Business grew, and customers came, and then I realized I had a good thing going-helping people; it was brilliant-you could see the change in them for the better each time 2/12
Business grew, and customers came, and then I realized I had a good thing going-helping people; it was brilliant-you could see the change in them for the better each time 2/12
they came. I decided I may have stumbled upon the #AmericanDream as I outgrew my 1st shop, moved and opened a second. All helping people. It grew from a thousand dollars a week to well over a million $ a year-with every cent of taxes paid, steady, fulfilling employment etc. 3/12
1/10War on virus is about cognitive dissonance. Those of us who stood by silent as minority communities were gentrified through the war on drugs, or profited by it, do not imagine being the targets of an epic urban renewal through lockdown measures and vaccine mandates.
2/10War on virus is about destabilization. The bulk of wage workers as well as business owners who cater to the establishment must collide with those who have realized that their livelihoods are being destroyed or their businesses are being swallowed by large corporate entities.
3/10Communities are divided. Family members are divided over fear and uncertainty. We are being primed for further colonization of humanity and nature.
Thread on the role of families in #DrugPolicy :
A broad coalition takes differing perspectives, lead by PWUD and includes families/friends, health professionals, researchers and other allies.
We don't speak for PWUD, we aim to speak with them, and for our families.
1/14
A broad coalition takes differing perspectives, lead by PWUD and includes families/friends, health professionals, researchers and other allies.
We don't speak for PWUD, we aim to speak with them, and for our families.
1/14
Families come in different forms. For us, families mean ABC: Acquired, blood and chosen.
It is false to always distinguish between families and PWUD, as many of our members who have lost loved ones and work to keep loved ones alive also have lived and living experience.
2/14
It is false to always distinguish between families and PWUD, as many of our members who have lost loved ones and work to keep loved ones alive also have lived and living experience.
2/14
Just like it is stigmatizing to generalize people who use drugs, one can not generalize how families respond to the substance use of a loved one.
We also acknowledge that many experience trauma in their families that this trauma is a factor in substance use.
3/14
We also acknowledge that many experience trauma in their families that this trauma is a factor in substance use.
3/14
Today was the 50th anniversary of the #WarOnDrugs.
@TENDEMANDS, the abolitionist org I co-founded last year, is committed to its end.
Here’s a thread on why the @ACLU calls it “bullshit”, and so should you.
@TENDEMANDS, the abolitionist org I co-founded last year, is committed to its end.
Here’s a thread on why the @ACLU calls it “bullshit”, and so should you.
Drug offenses are the leading cause of arrest in the United States.
More than 1.5 million people were arrested on drug charges in 2019 alone.
The vast majority of drug arrests are for simple possession (pictured).
Every 25 seconds, someone is arrested for drug possession.
More than 1.5 million people were arrested on drug charges in 2019 alone.
The vast majority of drug arrests are for simple possession (pictured).
Every 25 seconds, someone is arrested for drug possession.
1 in 5 people in prisons and jails are locked up on drug charges.
There are another 750,000 people under state surveillance (on parole or probation) for drug offenses.
150,000 people have been killed in the War on Drugs; another 73,000 have disappeared.
There are another 750,000 people under state surveillance (on parole or probation) for drug offenses.
150,000 people have been killed in the War on Drugs; another 73,000 have disappeared.
#OperationTrojanShield
Wow! Big news!!
With this operation, #Encrochat #Sky #MPC & other encrypted networks being infiltrated, does this mean the end of #Drugs #Corruption #OrganisedCrime ?🤔
Hmmm!
It's a brilliant operation BUT may have unintended consequences
A #Thread
Wow! Big news!!
With this operation, #Encrochat #Sky #MPC & other encrypted networks being infiltrated, does this mean the end of #Drugs #Corruption #OrganisedCrime ?🤔
Hmmm!
It's a brilliant operation BUT may have unintended consequences
A #Thread
I got sucked into doing some amateur study of the economy of drug trafficking because of brilliant TV shows.
When you study the numbers, understand the geo-politics, social, criminal & financial elements behind the global industry... you realise just how powerful it really is!🎬
When you study the numbers, understand the geo-politics, social, criminal & financial elements behind the global industry... you realise just how powerful it really is!🎬
If you trace the industry from;
- Areas of production
- Transit routes
- End Markets
Then look at the money flows;
-Peso exchange
-Hawala networks
-Offshore
-Trade based money laundering
etc
Then the operational groups🧐
It's mind blowing in scale & influence @InSightCrime 🤯
- Areas of production
- Transit routes
- End Markets
Then look at the money flows;
-Peso exchange
-Hawala networks
-Offshore
-Trade based money laundering
etc
Then the operational groups🧐
It's mind blowing in scale & influence @InSightCrime 🤯
The militarization of our police has been accelerated thanks to qualified immunity and war on drugs, and the city of Washington DC is no exception.
DC Police have decided that their "training and expertise" is "paramount" to the rights we all have. Instead of finding probable cause, they just say they will find something.
In a review of 2,000 warrants, 14% were issued without finding probable cause, only invoking their training and experience. About 99% of these "warrants" involved Black suspects.
Thread about #migration #Guatemala #Mexico #USA #Trump #WarOnDrugs #CORRUPTION #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #Police #Thread #BREAKING #BreakingNews
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A group of young migrants from Guatemala are brutally murdered in northern Mexico.
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A group of young migrants from Guatemala are brutally murdered in northern Mexico.
On the night of January 22nd to 23rd, abruptly on a country road outside the town of Camargo. The police found 19 bullet-riddled and carbonized bodies next to two burned-out cars. Some are said to have been cut up.
It is still unclear what exactly happened that night. The 17-year-old Robelsi was with fourteen other young migrants from Guatemala as well as two coyotes (smugglers) and two local guides when they came across twelve police officers from a special unit in the state of Tamaulipas.
A #Thread
Let's look at some common-sense q's on #PAIN & #ChronicPain
1) If pain is so benign (not harmful), why is it used in torture?
Let's look at some common-sense q's on #PAIN & #ChronicPain
1) If pain is so benign (not harmful), why is it used in torture?
2) If chronic pain is something people can get used to, why is it outlawed in the Geneva Conventions? (Rule 90)
3) Is addiction so terrible that it's worse than a terminal disease?
3a) If is is worse, why do we imprison addicts & not send to hospice?
3a) If is is worse, why do we imprison addicts & not send to hospice?
Our review highlights how legal, regulatory and
socio-political actions intended to enable availability of
unintentionally limit availability and practical
access to opioids in Asia @whpca @IAHPC #opioids #pain @PalliativeMed_j
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
socio-political actions intended to enable availability of
unintentionally limit availability and practical
access to opioids in Asia @whpca @IAHPC #opioids #pain @PalliativeMed_j
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
We demonstrate how barriers at (inter)national and sub-national levels interact to limit availability, accessibility and potential for appropriate prescribing, resulting in inadequate supply/consumption and avoidable patient suffering @IDPCnet @UNHumanRights #avoidablesuffering
Inadequate consumption at sub-national levels due to identified barriers, provides data to inform estimates of future requirements for opioids at national level, for submission to international level @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_President
Fourth installment of the Drug Book saga:
"Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Second Decade of the 21st Century in the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe"
"Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Second Decade of the 21st Century in the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe"
"This work is an analysis of the power relations between Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) and the apex trafficking States of the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the second decade of the 21st Century...
This analysis focuses on the business models of TOC groups involved in these apex trafficking states of the Caribbean Basin, their trafficking methodology and the response of the State in their war on drugs to the operational presence of these TOC groups...
Former vice president #JoeBiden has a sordid history of opposing progressive #CriminalJustice legislation, spearheading draconian #police and #immigration measures, and playing a central role in waging America’s failed #WarOnDrugs.
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/mass-incarcera… #drugs
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/mass-incarcera… #drugs
With over 2 million people locked up across a network of private & public #prisons, the US has by far the highest #incarceration rate in the world, significantly worse than brutal dictatorships in Africa, Latin America or Central Asia.
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/private-prison…
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/private-prison…
#Singapore continues to defend hangings, usually carried out for drug trafficking and murder. Syed Suhail has been scheduled to hang on Friday. In a letter, he said that he will not be able to see his Malaysian relatives due to #COVID19 border closures. vice.com/en_us/article/…
Earlier today, human rights lawyer M Ravi published a letter that Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin had written to him about his imminent execution. #deathpenalty #Singapore
Even as the world moves away from the #deathpenalty, #Singapore continues to insist on not just capital punishment but also the #WaronDrugs. From my observation, the majority of death row inmates have been sentenced to hang for drug offences.
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This section deals with #CriminalJusticeReform It is clear that Dems want clear &comprehensive REFORM and the lie about abolishing police is just that- A Lie! Only one party has a platform for the next 4 years..read on for #TheTruth #1/16
Dems believe we must ensure real accountability for individual &systemic misconduct in our police departments, prevent law enforcement from becoming unnecessarily entangled in the everyday lives of Americans &reimagine policing for the benefit &safety of the American people. 2/15
In recent years, some innovative police departments have enacted evidence-based reforms to change their approach by investing in robust training and putting in place-even more crucially, enforcing-strong standards governing conflict resolution, de-escalation & use of force. 3/15
Special Analysis
"Ultimately, as long as Americans continue to pay top dollar for illicit #drugs, Colombians will continue to pay in blood."
by @AlanRMacLeod
bit.ly/3hElijt #Columbia #DrugWar #WarOnDrugs #FridayVibes #FridayThoughts #CocaineConvention
"Ultimately, as long as Americans continue to pay top dollar for illicit #drugs, Colombians will continue to pay in blood."
by @AlanRMacLeod
bit.ly/3hElijt #Columbia #DrugWar #WarOnDrugs #FridayVibes #FridayThoughts #CocaineConvention
Jorge Ivan Ospina, the Mayor of Cali, visits the crime scene where the bodies of five young men were found.
Photo | Twitter via Jorge Ivan Ospina
#Columbia
Photo | Twitter via Jorge Ivan Ospina
#Columbia
Despite protests of historic proportions fueled by anger over corruption and a brutal right-wing crackdown, the unrest in #Colombia has garnered remarkably little international #media attention compared to #Venezuela.
by @AlanRMacLeod and @_whitneywebb
mintpressnews.com/media-silent-m…
by @AlanRMacLeod and @_whitneywebb
mintpressnews.com/media-silent-m…
"It didn’t matter that no #drugs were found—nothing but a hydroponic #tomato #garden and loose tea leaves. The search and #SWAT raid were reasonable, according to the courts."
by John Whitehead
bit.ly/3htyLKR #gardeningtips #WarOnDrugs #DrugWar #TuesdayThoughts
by John Whitehead
bit.ly/3htyLKR #gardeningtips #WarOnDrugs #DrugWar #TuesdayThoughts
Civil discontent leads to civil unrest, which leads to #protests and #counterprotests, and instead of restoring order, local #police stand down. Tensions rise, violence escalates, and federal armies move in.
by John Whitehead
mintpressnews.com/crackdown-poli…
by John Whitehead
mintpressnews.com/crackdown-poli…
The real purpose of qualified immunity is to rig the system.
by John Whitehead
mintpressnews.com/system-is-rigg… #PoliceBrutality #jakeblake #TuesdayThoughts #KenoshaUprising #KenoshaProtests #JacobBlake
by John Whitehead
mintpressnews.com/system-is-rigg… #PoliceBrutality #jakeblake #TuesdayThoughts #KenoshaUprising #KenoshaProtests #JacobBlake
Exactly four years ago today, I photographed this image that would later be called “pieta.”
On July 23, 2016, under a footbridge along Edsa Pasay Rotonda, Jennilyn Olayres cradled her partner Michael Siaron after being shot to death by motorcycle-riding gunmen.
On July 23, 2016, under a footbridge along Edsa Pasay Rotonda, Jennilyn Olayres cradled her partner Michael Siaron after being shot to death by motorcycle-riding gunmen.
It was a traumatic night for many reasons. Traumatic to me because to this day, the voice of Olayres still lingers in my mind.
As she held her lifeless partner in the middle of a crime scene, surrounded by bystanders, police, and the press, she screamed at us photographers, begging to stop taking photos and help her instead.
Grüne, wir müssen reden! @Die_Gruenen
Vor allem mit Euch, Realos in BaWü (@GrueneBW @FritzKuhn1 @cem_oezdemir), und, ne, nicht nur mit Euch, @gruene_jugend @gjbw! Über #Stuttgart #StuttgartRiots & #Drogenprohibition+ #WarOnDrugs+ #lifestyleprofiling+ #culturalprofiling Thread:
Vor allem mit Euch, Realos in BaWü (@GrueneBW @FritzKuhn1 @cem_oezdemir), und, ne, nicht nur mit Euch, @gruene_jugend @gjbw! Über #Stuttgart #StuttgartRiots & #Drogenprohibition+ #WarOnDrugs+ #lifestyleprofiling+ #culturalprofiling Thread:
Klar, so ging es im ganzen Land oberhalb der massenmedialen Wahrnehmungsschwelle: Verschämt war und ist von „#Eventszene“ die Rede, wobei der eine oder die andere #Grüne wohl im Hinterkopf hat, dass das nicht beim Namen zu nennende Kind (neu)migrantische Jugend ist.
Spiegelverkehrt kam das auch von sonst dankenswert radikal antirassistischen und migrantischen Kreisen: In Stuttgart wurde sich nach deren Ansicht gegen #racialprofiling und strukturellen #Rassismus gewehrt.Aber wie wäre es, wir beginnen die Diskussion erst einmal mit dem Anlass?
