Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > General U.S.
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 10-01-2016, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Arizona
6,137 posts, read 3,827,252 times
Reputation: 4899

Advertisements

[quote=Happiness-is-close;45671323]Surprised Florida isn't on the list. My home town in Florida has been ravaged by the opiate epidemic. Seems to mostly effect young white males.[/QUOTE

There is a high-CPS caseload in Arizona and much of the reason is because of the culture of dependency in Arizona whether it's for these women being in relationships, illicit substances and welfare.

The combination of co-dependency, Narcissism and illicit drug use in interconnected. Codependency results in relationships which leads pregnancies.

Parental substance abuse the main reason kids end up in foster care | Local news | tucson.com

I would venture to guess few if any of these heroin addicts are childless. Usually, they are co-dependent on relationships that are unstable that have resulted in several kids per heroin addict.

It would be interesting if they could have a report on the number of children born to each active heroin-addict. I am sure it would rival the birth rates in third-world countries.

If the rates continue to increase across the country, it will certainly cause an unbelievable strain on the child protective services system.

I am sure since there is no political will to do anything and just ignore this issue until improves that there will many towns and cities that turn into something similar to Espanola, New Mexico on this issue.

http://www.taosnews.com/news/espa-ol...4ab96d21d.html

Last edited by lovecrowds; 10-01-2016 at 05:52 PM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 10-02-2016, 10:04 AM
 
Location: Florida
2,232 posts, read 2,099,782 times
Reputation: 1910
[quote=lovecrowds;45677334]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Happiness-is-close View Post
Surprised Florida isn't on the list. My home town in Florida has been ravaged by the opiate epidemic. Seems to mostly effect young white males.[/QUOTE

There is a high-CPS caseload in Arizona and much of the reason is because of the culture of dependency in Arizona whether it's for these women being in relationships, illicit substances and welfare.

The combination of co-dependency, Narcissism and illicit drug use in interconnected. Codependency results in relationships which leads pregnancies.

Parental substance abuse the main reason kids end up in foster care | Local news | tucson.com

I would venture to guess few if any of these heroin addicts are childless. Usually, they are co-dependent on relationships that are unstable that have resulted in several kids per heroin addict.

It would be interesting if they could have a report on the number of children born to each active heroin-addict. I am sure it would rival the birth rates in third-world countries.

If the rates continue to increase across the country, it will certainly cause an unbelievable strain on the child protective services system.

I am sure since there is no political will to do anything and just ignore this issue until improves that there will many towns and cities that turn into something similar to Espanola, New Mexico on this issue.

http://www.taosnews.com/news/espa-ol...4ab96d21d.html
Society will make it. Opioid dependent pregnancy a have been prevalent in our country since at least the 1970s. China has opioid dependency for centuries among its vast population. This isn't a new thing.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-02-2016, 03:00 PM
nei nei won $500 in our forum's Most Engaging Poster Contest - Thirteenth Edition (Jan-Feb 2015). 

Over $104,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum and additional contests are planned
 
Location: Western Massachusetts
46,011 posts, read 53,160,760 times
Reputation: 15174
looks like West Virginia, then New Hampshire. Both kinda eastern "mountain" states but at opposite ends of social and economic indicators

https://twitter.com/kjhealy/status/781557015843856385
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-02-2016, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
12,000 posts, read 12,848,474 times
Reputation: 8355
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutiny77 View Post
He means the social/government response to this current epidemic is very different than the response to the crack epidemic of the 80's and 90's.
Yeah-mostly because who is profiting from the drug addiction-it is not individuals this time, but whole corporations that own and control our politicians and Governmental agencies like the DEA. Overdose from legal drugs has become the #1 cause of accidental death in the country-surpassing gun deaths and car accidents for the first time in history. Fentanyl, Oxycodone, etc. are patented and sold for profit by nationless corporations. Things like marijuana, heroin, kratom, etc. cannot be patented and controlled in this way.

There is little difference between oxycodone and heroin besides the ability to legally profit off the disease of drug addiction.
Just about all "illegal" drugs have a "legal" counterpart that is owned and controlled by a corporation-although usually less effective. The War on "Drugs" is a complete lie and sham, and it originated as a way to target and institutionalize African Americans (as well as the poor and anti-war activists).

We are going through a drug epidemic worse than all illegal drug epidemics combined-but nothing is being done as these vulture corporations continue to rake in BILLIONS.

When crack was big in the late 80's/early 90's entire communities and families were ripped apart and destroyed by insane prison terms and declarations of war. These areas have never recovered. And expanding the prison population so ridiculously high has had the added "benefit" of inflating economic numbers like the unemployment rate as masses of people are excluded from the stats-and largely removed from society even after release with their civil rights stripped.

Is Social Control the Reason Why Some Drugs are Legal While Others Outlawed?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-02-2016, 07:46 PM
 
Location: New York NY
5,508 posts, read 8,692,342 times
Reputation: 12668
Just a theory I have: addiction doesn't discriminate on race, income, location, or anything else. Absolutely anyone can get hooked. But recovery discriminates heavily on the basis of class.

The more money the easier it is to get good treatment and more importantly the more someone has something to recover for. Middle class and rich folks also more often have stronger family support.

Obviously that's not 100% true. We can all name rich folks who die from drugs and poor ones that go on to live stellar lives. But generally I've always felt the poor have a much tougher time climbing back than the affluent.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > General U.S.

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top