First, have not watched this - but will add to my list. Second, our war in Afghanistan has not made things better in regards to heroin. We spent a lot of time and money there trying to teach Afghan farmers modern agricultural science so that they could grow better and larger numbers of crops - not opium. Several problems, mainly growing opium keeps the Taliban right wing away from the farmers daughters and wives and also gives them cash for food and other items for trade. We also spent a lot of money and time protecting those opium crops in some areas to gain allies in our battles.
It's a shit sandwich. On Mar 12, 2016 11:29 AM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bringing back an old(er) topic here. This is a story from Frontline > regarding this very issue. Entitled *Chasing Heroin*. It's kind of long > (almost 2 hours), and parts of it were difficult to watch, but it delves > into how we got here, and how difficult it is for addicts to get out. It > explores a few of the many ways that different communities have tried > (emphasis on the word "tried") to get out of the apparent death spiral. > > It's clear that we have a long way to go. > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/chasing-heroin/ > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 3/2/2016 10:08 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: > > So another fella I used to know ODd today. He is the youngest of three > brothers, the oldest having croaked out from overdose a few years ago, the > middle is on the run after cutting an ankle bracelet for heroin charges and > now the mom whom I used to work with gets to put a second son in the dirt. > Somewhere between 10 and 20 of the folks I used to run around with are > feeding worms now, I quit taking actual count some time ago. I personally > don't care about dead junkies, while they're smacked out, they aren't > people, just shells of people, a danger to everyone around them I help the > few who can be salvaged, I'm selfish in that I won't expose my family, but > for example, last year I dropped off a backpack with food toiletries, > cigarettes and and blanket to an old friend who was homeless and in some > need, but that's as much as I can enable these guys. Is this new? Or am I > just hitting an age where the sins of our past begin to catch up? > > As an industry, in our scope, is there any reaching out we can do? We are > in people's homes regularly, is there a link to resources we can provide? > Is there any way we can be a part of the solution or are we just to > isolated of an industry to do anything? > > I know it's a pick your battles world, nobody can help everybody, but this > is madness, the destruction of so many lives and the collateral damage from > one drug is astounding. Everybody, even homeless junkies are online. > Granted our base tends not to be the smack addled youth, but would things > like resource links on our websites, or outreach program info in our > welcome packs be overstepping our bounds. I'm curious on a personal level > because I have no other resource than my job. > > > >
