keyboardguy
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I think the giveaway is the following line:
"We had reports that hundreds of cars would come up there," Smoot said. "That gave us a pretty good idea that something was up."
So, I don't think anybody has anything to worry about. That, coupled with the fact that there was a major increase in OD's at the ER, I mean come on...
So if you're ordering for yourself, you'll be ok.
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Therion
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As I mentioned above, these people who write articles, such as the one posted above and a few I read elsewhere about recent events in KY throw out the "Oxycontin" word to either scare people or out of ignorance.
The reason they do this is not to scare people and it's certainly not out of ignorance. No, this is CALCULATED misinformation masquerading as journalism. It's done for one reason and one reason only: TO SELL. Whether it's newspapers, magazines or TV programs, hype sells. It's all about the money and nothing else. These folks know what they're doing. They're generating advertising revenue.
Journalistic integrity was gone by the mid-70s. Now "news" is indestintguishable from "entertainment."
So, relax, have another beer, watch the game and be sure and buy some more THINGS!
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okdoki
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I think Stumbo is looking to be the next drug czar or director of home land security. JMHO.
Edited by okdoki (02/24/05 04:27 PM)
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barelythere
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Blackcat, yes. There is a bill up before the House called the Ryan Haight act which is looking to make all OPs, record or not, almost impossible to operate. This is not good news for people in pain. (or who have anxiety issues)
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BlackCat
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Good point Therion - Oxycontin gets alot of attention in KY and you could argue using it in headlines "sells" the story and papers and boosts the hype surrounding this story which becomes more *shocking* and newsworthy if you can now order Oxycontin online. ack.
Here is another article from the 2/24 Lexington Herald that they picked up from the AP WIRE - GEEZ... It talks about FedEx ceasing to ship ALL packages in eastern KY (you have to go to a hub where they must rattle packages at your face before giving up any meds). This article gives some more details than one that another briefer article posted in the main thread from a TV news website, but the jist is the same.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/10983719.htm
Posted on Thu, Feb. 24, 2005
FedEx refusing to deliver drugs to eastern Kentucky
ROGER ALFORD
Associated Press
PIKEVILLE, Ky. - FedEx has stopped delivering packages from online pharmacies to portions of eastern Kentucky where prescription drug abuse has become widespread.
"We don't tolerate the use of our system for illegal purposes," said Ryan Furby, a spokesman for the global shipping giant based in Memphis, Tenn.
Drug dealers and abusers have increasingly turned to ordering prescriptions from unlicensed Internet pharmacies since law enforcement agencies began cracking down on local doctors, sending some to prison for prescribing pills without legitimate medical reasons.
The problem has become so pervasive that state legislators are pushing a bill aimed at regulating online sales of prescription drugs, which Attorney General Greg Stumbo called a cancer in Kentucky.
The legislation would make it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for distributing drugs shipped into Kentucky by unlicensed Internet pharmacies. It also would allow authorities to seize prescriptions ordered from unlicensed online pharmacies.
Furby said he doesn't know when FedEx will resume deliveries in the portions of eastern Kentucky hardest hit by the prescription drug epidemic. He said the deliveries were stopped "because of the sensitivities of where they're originating and the possible contents of the packages."
People who order drugs online must go to a FedEx station in London, Ky., to pick up their shipments in person.
"This is just an added measure that we think provides a level of safety and security for our employees and our customers," Furby said.
Letcher County Sheriff Danny Webb said drivers for companies like FedEx and UPS could have dangerous jobs in parts of eastern Kentucky if addicts think they're hauling drugs from online pharmacies.
"I've had reports of at least 10 people gathered around a UPS truck picking up their packages," Webb said. "If a driver goes up one of these hollows and comes up on six or eight people who know he has drugs on there, they may decide to take them. There's a legitimate concern there."
Webb said his deputies arrested two people for public intoxication at the Ermine post office in Letcher County earlier this week while they waited for a delivery truck to arrive with a package from an Internet pharmacy. Later, officers from the Operation UNITE drug task force arrested more people outside a UPS facility in Perry County, where they were allegedly awaiting packages from online pharmacies.
"It's just a monumental problem," Webb said. "It's just every day I receive more complaints."
Webb said he understands why FedEx is refusing to deliver drug shipments. However, he said it could create a hardship on people who order drugs for legitimate reasons, especially if UPS follows suit.
"You've got people who get insulin and medicine that is non-narcotic," he said. "I just hope it doesn't hurt senior citizens about getting their legitimate medications."
Furby said FedEx hasn't made deliveries in some communities for the past two weeks.
"We want to be the most responsible shipper in the industry," he said. "That's why we have taken on this additional measure."
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dmg
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So what is the moral of this article? Simply that if you order narcotic or controlled substances over the internet, you are one of two things...a drug dealer or a drug abuser. There is no middle ground, no grey area, and no possibility that people may order these medicines for reasons other than abuse and to sell them. Try and look at it from the point of view of someone who doesn't understand our point of view, from someone who doesn't come to this board and read it every day or weekly. That person who does neither of these things is in the dark. And the only thing they hear from our fair and impartial media is that the damned dealers and abusers are hurting old people and pissing everyone off. Seriously. In the other article, the medicine is referred to as generic Oxycontin - which gets enough press on its own from kids and people snorting it and OD'ing, and being a powerful drug, when in reality, the drug was Lortab, which is part of another schedule and therefore not generic oxycontin. As said before, this is blatant misinformation in an attempt to make themselves feel better by turning everyone against "the bad people."
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