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2022-08-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

[FoxNews]

America's fentanyl epidemic has gotten so bad that some morgues are running out of room. From 6,000 synthetic opioid deaths in 2015, to a major jump to more than 63,0000 in 2021, fentanyl is the biggest factor.
63,0000?
Coroner’s offices across the country say it’s tough to keep up with the bodies piling up. The Marion County Coroner’s Office in Indianapolis blames drug overdoses in part for their crowded morgue.

At the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown

reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown

...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
, more room and resources were needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, COVID-19 deaths have dropped, but the morgues still need that extra space because of all the people fentanyl is killing.

"The most common non-natural death is opioids, it’s more than our number of homicides, more than our number of traffic accidents," said Cook County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Ponni Arunkumar.

Opioid-related deaths in Cook County, Illinois, have increase dramatically in recent years
Opioid-related deaths in Cook County, Illinois, have increase dramatically in recent years (Fox News )

Opioid related deaths in Cook County have nearly tripled from 675 in 2015, to nearly 2,000 last year.

"Most of them were related to fentanyl... These opioid deaths are preventable, all these deaths are preventable," said Dr. Arunkumar.

Chicago-area resident Karen Zander lost her 22-year-old son John Allen to fentanyl poisoning. Zander said in 2016, Allen made the choice to snort cocaine that his best frined spiked with fentanyl, which ultimately killed him.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 The Zombie apocalypse begins.

Posted by AlanC 2022-08-25 11:29|| 2022-08-25 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 More opioid deaths than gun violence deaths but listen to the Democrats scream about gun control while they remain strangely silent about fentanyl. Gosh, that's kinda weird.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-08-25 14:15|| 2022-08-25 14:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Would that there were some serious attention being given to the drug overdose problem. Other than, I mean, politicians screaming into the camera and taking billions of dollars from drug companies.

You know, something that would actually work.

Posted by Tom 2022-08-25 14:58|| 2022-08-25 14:58|| Front Page Top

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