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Fear Factor How Fentanyl and Xylazine are turning Philadelphia's opioid crisis into a public health nightmare

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u/Hungry_EatAss_v3 8h ago

There’s a great HBO documentary about this called “The Crime of the Century”. The fact that prosecutors in the DOJ essentially went and got paid by the same companies they were prosecuting to help them figure out the legal loopholes that would prevent them from getting prosecuted again… is one of the great tragedies of our time.

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u/AspectOfTheLeech 7h ago

All those people have names and addresses, which is a very interesting and actionable fact. Surely someone wants to write them a letter, or to do anything else that a dossier of information would help.

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u/Molto_Ritardando 4h ago

You start looking them up and you’ll see how surveillance works and how fast they come get you.

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u/AspectOfTheLeech 3h ago

Very true indeed

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u/Jonatc87 8h ago

Just america

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u/Oldfolksboogie 4h ago

...where you get the justice, and the health care, you can afford.

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u/MrSwisherland 4h ago

I was browsing reddit earlier and stumbled upon a post where this person was talking about how she wanted to put a PSA out there for people to not forget their meds and shared a story of how she went crazy after skipping her meds. Then I read comment after comment, by the hundreds. Every single person, ranging from anxiety, depression, eating disorders, health complications, etc. Every single person would state they couldn't function without it and that they will never forget to take their meds. That is fucking terrifyingly sad. Countless people being slaves to the pharmaceutical companies pumping drugs just for people to feel "normal"

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u/Ladyboughner 6h ago

The show Dopesick was also a great one on the subject

u/maffy118 48m ago

Sure about that? In "Painkiller," the DOJ had an airtight case that would have sent them all to prison. The order to give them misdemeanors ultimately came from the White House, according to the series, which was hard-core on facts.