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Title: Heroin Is Like Licking The Breath Of God
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Huffington Post
URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richa ... 40876.html?section=us_politics
Published: Oct 14, 2016
Author: Richard Farrell
Post Date: 2016-10-14 13:10:17 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 8617
Comments: 28
There is nothing on this planet more euphoric than sticking a needle into my vein, watching the blood register like a snake slithering quietly before it strikes its prey, slowly pushing down on the plunger, feeling the warmth moving up into my shoulder, exploding into a head-to-toe rush the instant the white liquid hits my heart. It’s without a doubt, a hundred times more exhilarating than that millisecond right before you explode in a massive orgasm. I’m in love. Nothing can stop me from getting heroin. I will rob you. I will manipulate you. If my mouth is moving, I am lying. I don’t care who you are or what kind of history we had together. You are nothing to me. Heroin is my god. But I wasn’t always a scumbag. I was a star athlete in high school. I graduated from a prep school near Boston. My parents were both teachers, and I grew up in the best section of town. We weren’t rich, but I had plenty of food, new clothes, access to my parents’ cars and girlfriends. I was popular too. Then, the night my father died, Lady Heroin spread her legs and sucked me inside of her. I only took heroin once. But after that night, heroin took me anyplace she wanted to. Nobody could save me. *** That was 29 years ago. I beat it. The truth is, the first year sucked. It was like wrestling a black bear. The guilt, the shame, the trails of destruction I left behind me were almost insurmountable. How did I do it? It was five words, a simple phrase, perhaps the hardest concept on the planet to grasp: One Day At A Time. I combined education, exercise, meditation and God to accumulate 10,771 days. The days added up to months. The days added up to years. The days added up to decades. In the summer of 1991, I covered the war in Bosnia and recorded Serbian snipers systematically picking off women and children as they attempted to cross the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia to fill jugs for drinking water. That following winter, I witnessed the crimson-red snow on the streets of Sarajevo. But I have never seen anything to compare with the deaths of America’s youth at the hands of heroin. How did we get here? I don’t want to beat a dead horse. A July 10, 2016 Los Angeles Times investigative report provided details to prove what I wrote about in a Huffington Post Blog on October 2, 2015. Purdue Pharma, recklessly and without any regard for human life, orchestrated the heroin epidemic with its fraudulent and deceptive marketing of its wonder-drug OxCycontin. From there, the market was massive and the Mexican cartels capitalized by cutting the cost of a kilo of heroin in half and flooding the streets of America with cheap powerful heroin. When I shot heroin, a bag cost 30 dollars. Today, in some American towns, heroin costs less than a six-pack of beer. Can we stop the epidemic? Yes, but the federal government must intervene. Heroin addiction is no longer a moral issue. Heroin use is no longer a black thing or a brown thing. Heroin overdoses are no longer a question of “if.” Now it is a matter of “when.” Every U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative must unite and clear the way for “on-demand-recovery-centers” in states across this nation. If a heroin addict is dope-sick today and reaches out for help, they must be able to get immediate help. If not, they have only one option — to get high. That means robbing or stealing to acquire heroin. The jails are filled with heroin addicts like me. The cost to keep us locked up has become a burden on society. The crime rate in cities across America are climbing every month due to the heroin epidemic. The answer is simple. From the West Coast to East Coast, from North to South, we must model recovery centers like the W House in Hagerstown, Maryland. There, regardless of ability to pay, female addicts can acquire a bed. It is an amazing example of what we can do in America if we collectively make up our minds that all lives matter. As a nation, we must stop the whispering about heroin. We must all pitch in to end the madness. Need help with substance abuse or mental health issues? In the U.S., call 800-662-HELP (4357) for the SAMHSA National Helpline.
This month, the women at the W House started a Facebook magazine titled, A Life Worth Saving. There they share their stories of recovery and healing.
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
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Yeah. Great analogy. I know what you're talking about. I once wrestled a black bear.
The sounds more like the answer is expensive. Sorry. I've been told that drug use only affects the user. These recovery centers affect my pocketbook. I say let the heroin addicts recover the same way the author did. Or let them die in the street. I didn't make them do heroin, so I don't feel the least bit responsible. My dad died and I didn't use that as an excuse to do heroin.
Treatment centers cost less than hiring police & lawyers to arrest, prosecute & lock 'em up in jail.
I agree. But I'd note that heroin criminalization also affects our pocketbooks ... and at least recovery centers are far less likely than criminalization to enrich sociopathic cartels. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. As does the criminalization of many other activities. "and at least recovery centers are far less likely than criminalization to enrich sociopathic cartels." Handing out free heroin would have an even greater negative effect on these sociopathic cartels ... assuming that's the goal ... which it's not.
Defunding sociopathic cartels would be a welcome side effect even if not a goal. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Very good point. Time for the anarcho-libertarian potheads to step up to the plate and take care of it. Perhaps they may discover yet another curative property of marijuana in weaning people off of heroin. I've read ad infinitum on these forums about how it cures everything from cancer to cold feet in bed, so curing heroin addiction would not be stretch. Non auro, sed ferro, recuperando est patria
I'm not convinced a B&B for heroin addicts will have any effect on these sociopathic cartels.
What needs taking care of? As misterwhite said in the post to which you replied, "let the heroin addicts recover the same way the author did. Or let them die in the street." A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. It would if it reduced the number of heroin addicts - which, to be sure, is an "if". A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. A LIAR !!!
Prison industry is a big source of jobs and profits, benefits and retirements. Is that right, Mr Whitey?
What percentage of heroin addicts seek treatment? What's their success rate? Multiply the two together and I bet we're looking at <1%. Which leaves 99% on the street for the police & lawyers to arrest, prosecute & lock up in jail.
Yep. And we're gonna need more.
Yep. And we're gonna need more. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Prison industry is a big source of jobs and profits, benefits and retirements. Is that right, Mr Whitey? Yep. And we're gonna need more. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. The entire quote:
Our prisons are overcrowded and overflowing as it is. State budgets are threatening to go into the red. And I'm supposed to believe that we're inventing ways to get more people in prison? The criminals in prison are there because of what THEY did. Don't blame the rest of us.
Seems to me our laws aginst rape, murder, assault, and armed robbery are pretty clear. Meaning you don't know what the f**k you're talking about. (By the way, the next time you quote from Atlas Shtrugged, cite Atlas Shrugged)
I assume most people here know where it originated. Of course the entire point of the quote goes over your head. I understand the quote. I don't understand how you're applying it. Perhaps you can cite an example of a law that "can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted" where we're throwing people into state prisons for violating it.
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Too many laws, too many prisoners I went to your sites. The laws are clear. They were violated. Now, you may not like those laws. You may even think they're silly. But they are constitutional.
Typical response. I'm done trying to educate you. The criminals in prison are there because of what THEY did. Don't blame the rest of us. OK, are you saying that if the prisons did not cost taxpayers anything, did not provide jobs and profits, or retirement to you guys, you would be as enthusiastic as you are now? I doubt it.
Such guys were in SS, very idealistic and law abiding. Fortunately other Germans were rather lax and often took bribes.
As opposed to the American system of civil asset forfeiture where they just steal your cash and property without ever charging you with a crime. If the prisons did not cost taxpayers anything, I'd want to build even more. When career criminals are off the street, crime goes down dramatically.
I call "Godwin's Law".
"The truth is, the first year sucked. It was like wrestling a black bear."
#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
"The answer is simple ... we must model recovery centers ..."
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
#4. To: misterwhite (#2)
These recovery centers affect my pocketbook. I say let the heroin addicts recover the same way the author did. Or let them die in the street.
#5. To: ConservingFreedom (#4)
(Edited)
"But I'd note that heroin criminalization also affects our po pocketbooks ..."
#6. To: misterwhite (#5)
assuming that's the goal ... which it's not.
#7. To: misterwhite (#2)
Sorry. I've been told that drug use only affects the user.
#8. To: ConservingFreedom (#6)
"Defunding sociopathic cartels ..."
#9. To: nativist nationalist (#7)
Time for the anarcho-libertarian potheads to step up to the plate and take care of it.
#10. To: misterwhite (#8)
I'm not convinced a B&B for heroin addicts will have any effect on these sociopathic cartels.
#11. To: Willie Green (#0)
In the summer of 1991, I covered the war in Bosnia and recorded Serbian snipers systematically picking off women and children as they attempted to cross the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia to fill jugs for drinking water.
#12. To: Willie Green, misterwhite (#3)
Treatment centers cost less than hiring police & lawyers to arrest, prosecute & lock 'em up in jail.
#13. To: Willie Green (#3)
"Treatment centers cost less than hiring police & lawyers to arrest, prosecute & lock 'em up in jail."
#14. To: A Pole (#12)
Prison industry is a big source of jobs and profits, benefits and retirements. Is that right, Mr Whitey?
#15. To: misterwhite, A Pole (#14)
Prison industry is a big source of jobs and profits, benefits and retirements. Is that right, Mr Whitey?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#16. To: Deckard, misterwhite, A Pole (#15)
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law- abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/319903-did-you- really-think-we- want-those-laws-observed-said
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
#17. To: Deckard (#15)
"Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them."
#18. To: Deckard (#15)
"But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt."
#19. To: misterwhite (#18)
(By the way, the next time you quote from Atlas Shtrugged, cite Atlas Shrugged)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#20. To: Deckard (#19)
"Of course the entire point of the quote goes over your head."
#21. To: misterwhite (#20)
(Edited)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#22. To: Deckard (#21)
#23. To: misterwhite (#22)
The laws are clear. They were violated.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#24. To: misterwhite (#17)
And I'm supposed to believe that we're inventing ways to get more people in prison?
#25. To: misterwhite (#22)
The laws are clear. They were violated.
#26. To: A Pole (#25)
Fortunately other Germans were rather lax and often took bribes.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#27. To: A Pole (#24)
"OK, are you saying that if the prisons did not cost taxpayers anything, did not provide jobs and profits, or retirement to you guys, you would be as enthusiastic as you are now?"
#28. To: A Pole (#25)
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