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4 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Meanwhile, more active-duty police officers died of COVID-19 in 2020 than all other causes combined. thedaily.case.edu/study-finds-mo…
145 police officers died of COVID in 2020, which is way more than are ever killed by suspects in a single year. Cops are apparently the biggest threat to cops.
Add in the concerning rise in deaths by suicide among police officers and this is even more true.
COVID deaths among law enforcement don’t appear to be slowing down this year — perhaps not surprising considering their low vaccination rates. 63 dead so far in 2021, more than 3x the number killed in shootings. odmp.org/search/year/20…

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23 Apr 19
Because so many people seem to be judging the idea of letting incarcerated folks vote based on the most extreme and unsympathetic examples, let's flip this on its head for a second. 1/
Do you think people convicted of felonies should be able to vote from prison? Even these inmates who rushed to help save this guard's life when he suffered a massive heart attack? 2/ usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
How about these inmates who helped rescue a baby who was accidentally locked in a car? 3/ usatoday.com/story/news/201…
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A lot to unpack in this Inquirer story about “deaths from kratom,” which is a phrase I’m sure a lot of people will take issue with www2.philly.com/philly/health/…
NMS Labs says it’s seen 303 deaths in which mitragynine was found in the first 6 months of 2018. That’s a big new number but doesn’t tell us a whole lot. Using FDA’s loose classification, all of those would presumably be “kratom-related."
As more medical examiners hear about the FDA’s concerns and these individual stories in the media, more of them will start requesting mitragynine test, which will lead to more positive screens.
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18 Jul 18
Maria Butina’s bail hearing is getting under way. Feds recently released explosive new allegations against her in a bid to keep her jailed. huffingtonpost.com/entry/maria-bu…
Prosecutors have argued she’s a flight risk, citing among other factors, her alleged “ties to the Russian Intelligence Services” and other Russian billionaires. She also recently tried to move money out of the U.S. and appeared to be packing up her belongings, feds say.
They’ve also released more salacious details, alleging she was the live-in girlfriend of a well-known GOP operative who helped her secure meetings with high-level officials in conservative politics.
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6 Feb 18
.@US_FDA gives update on its review of kratom. A few takeaways: Using a new computational model, the agency feels "confident in calling compounds found in kratom, opioids."
FDA is also updating its total count of kratom-associated deaths to 44, and has released reports regarding the 36 deaths it referenced in November. Here’s a link.

fda.gov/downloads/Drug…
Trying to figure out what this means in terms of immediate FDA/DEA action on kratom. This conclusion sounds more tempered than previous ones, but likely won’t provide much comfort to the kratom community.
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