Opioids deaths in mass (Boston, Andover: neighborhoods, most dangerous, suburban)

[DetroitThreeonethree]

Seen it on the news that mass was the worst in the nation when it comes to that. Is it really that bad out there?

[btownboss4]

IDK if it is the worst in the nation, but it is the leading cause of accidental death in the State.

[jayrandom]

Bad, yes. The worst, no. That would be West Virginia.

https://www.kff.org/other/state-indi...2:%22asc%22%7D

[Space_League]

nh is worse and a few of the other states

[in_newengland]

Try the area around the MA/NH border. I don't know where all these drugs are coming from but there are a lot of them. Needles found along the sides of the streets even. Some police are using Narcan to revive them or there would be even more deaths--and the police are saying that by using the Narcan it's like a revolving door. Reviving the same addicts day in and day out.

[LeavingMA]

It is bad everywhere. It used to be you would know most people died of a car accident or something, but now its opiate overdoses. The thing that gets people's attention now is that the drug epidemic is hitting white suburban neighborhoods. I think it is slightly worse in the northeast, but it is a problem throughout the country.

For those that were against legalizing marijuana, welcome to what pharmaceutical companies can do to people. Only thing that makes something illegal is what some politicians say.

[tysmith95]

Originally Posted by in_newengland

Try the area around the MA/NH border. I don't know where all these drugs are coming from but there are a lot of them. Needles found along the sides of the streets even. Some police are using Narcan to revive them or there would be even more deaths--and the police are saying that by using the Narcan it's like a revolving door. Reviving the same addicts day in and day out.

A puppy in Andover needed multiple doses of narcan after chewing a cigratte pack on a sidewalk near Philips Academy. This stuff is everywhere.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by LeavingMA

For those that were against legalizing marijuana, welcome to what pharmaceutical companies can do to people. Only thing that makes something illegal is what some politicians say.

You could take the most dangerous thing in the world, bribe a politician with campaign contributions and it would become legal.

[brightdoglover]

Something to do with the in-routes for supplies and the content of those supplies (fentynl). I think NH would be better off if I-93 didn't run through it.

[GeePee]

It has less to do with how its getting in. The market is huge. The people responsible are on yachts.
Pharma has flooded the market with opiates. Every doctor was getting kick backs for writing these prescriptions. They were everywhere. Percosets and Oxycontin we the drugs of choices in Boston in the later 90's. I went to over 2 dozen Overdose funerals before I turned 20 in the the late 90's. The people responsible are immune to justice. They bought and paid everyone they needed to.
This country is truly disgusting. Money over morals.