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… On one day recently, CNN watched as task force members arrested a suspected drug dealer accused of selling meth and fentanyl. Inside a plastic bag: 33 grams of fentanyl that CHP officer Andy Barclay estimates, at its worst, could potentially kill thousands of people.
“We’re looking at around 16,500 fatal doses of pure fentanyl in that small bag. Yes, 16,500 people could potentially die,” Barclay said.…
I’ve seen this before — stick a microphone in a policeman’s face after a fentanyl bust, and they’ll claim they’ve prevented thousands of imaginary deaths.
There was one report after a raid some months back where a cop said they’d prevented half a million deaths.
It’s all bullshit, like the War on Drugs hysteria always is.
Thanks for the laughs, Officer Andy.
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Ah just like how when I salt my French fries I’m preventing the chorine in the salt from being released and recombined into chlorine gas thus saving the world from chemical weapons.
Salt Warrior — the hero for our times — saves thousands of lives every time it’s fast-food for lunch.
angle cut to the big bad. The music skips a beat 3 times. Dramatic shot with a sharp outline of the bigbad’s face. Speaks maniacally
Yesss It’S ALL coMing to pLaN. It was GENius to front as a fast food business to hide my chlorine gas lab! With this last serving of salt, my work will be complete!!!
Shop door opens, the electric bell rings. Sudden cut to the back room of a McDonald’s, with the hamburglar crouched over a chemistry set. One packet of unopened salt sits on the table. Hamburglar stands and walks to the front, looking at the customer.
Ronald McDonald: hi! One order fries please, extra salty!
Camera cuts behind Ronald at a heroic angle. Ronald turns to face the camera. Gives thumbs up while speaking
It’s all in a day’s work to stop the Hamburglar’s evil plot! You can be a hero like me by ordering our delicious salty food!
Flash cut to events that have been recalled a thousand times before. The music swells with the dramatic hero theme. The camera cuts to Ronald shedding a tear. Camera cuts to Ronald approaching the counter.
It’s all comes down to this. All this training, all this struggle. Finally. It means it’s not for nothing!
Music swells again. Cut to more repeatable scenes. Monologue to fade out. The outro begins playing. ‘To be continued’ appears on screen. End credits
That’s not how drugs work. You don’t count them in fatal doses for imaginary savior points.
OP this is a bad post. Your editorialized title is designed to create outrage, and CNN isn’t the only source of this story.
My headline comes from the story, and has nothing to do with CNN really.
Read the post then? Its not hard
I did read it
what’s misleading about it?
It pretends that potential overdoses = confirmed as fact saved lives.
That’s the joke.
Freedom units have evolved from using swimming pools and football fields I guess.
Body counts are the only relevant unit of measurement over here lately
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Fentanyl, like all drugs, should be legal and highly regulated. Fentanyl is perfectly safe when taken in controlled conditions. In hospitals it’s used safely thousands of times every single day.
Can’t argue when you’re so damned right.
Drugs will always be a serious problem, until we adopt the obvious solution that’s worked with alcohol and is working with marijuana in America’s saner states: End prohibition, and instead legalize, tax, and regulate drugs for safety.
If America’s decrepit leadership had compassion and any sense of right and wrong, there’d also be free drug counseling and rehab, and safe use spaces, and drug education wouldn’t be riddled with lies, like “16,500 fatal doses of pure fentanyl in that small bag.”
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Drugs are bad, m’kay? But humans have always enjoyed mind-altering substances, and they’re not going to stop.
