Silver Linings

[Tecumsehsbones]

Turns out that the opioid "crisis" is producing a bumper crop of organs for transplant!

Cletus puts himself to best use.

A study has added a new wrinkle to this already emotional issue of life and death: A rise in organ transplants is linked to a similar rise in drug overdose deaths across the nation.

In 2016, there were 3,533 transplants using organs donated from overdose victims, compared with 149 such transplants in 2000, the study found. Overdose victims made up 1.1 percent of all donors in 2000. In 2017, they made up 13.4 percent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ke-in-organ-donations/?utm_term=.0a237c4d4a5c

 

[Cliffy]

Looks like the opioid crisis is no accident. Doctors prescribe opioids, people die, doctors harvest organs. Nice setup.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Looks like the opioid crisis is no accident. Doctors prescribe opioids, people die, doctors harvest organs. Nice setup.

Oh, Cliffy, Cliffy, Cliffy. You think doctors could organize this? They can't even organize their appointments.

Nope, it's the doctors and the pharmaceutical companies! Now THERE's your killer combo! The ones who May Not Be Questioned AND the ones we give licenses to do the same thing we napalm brown people for doing!

Still, every time Jethro the slack-jawed yokel transitions from the fraudulent disability pension rolls to the organ donor list, an angel gets his wings!

 

[Cannuck]

I heard Trump ordered big pharma to ramp up opioid production

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I heard Trump ordered big pharma to ramp up opioid production

I hope so. We still have WAAAAAAY too many Trump-voting moron rednecks on fraudulent disability pensions.

Bring on the fentanyl!

 

[EagleSmack]

Cletus puts himself to best use.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ke-in-organ-donations/?utm_term=.0a237c4d4a5c

Cletus?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Cletus?

Some folk'll never lose a toe
And then again some folk'll
I'm Cletus
The slack-jawed yokel

Like you, only south and west some. Out in the big square states.

That's OK. I'm well aware there are plenty of the type in Southie.

 

[EagleSmack]

Well I guess you're just baiting... being a Trump voter yourself.

Some folks start with the opioids and transition to heroin if they live long enough to run out of money. Some folks just dive into the heroin and crack ya see.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Well I guess you're just baiting... being a Trump voter yourself.

Oh, you poor thing. You really don't get irony, do you?

Some folks start with the opioids and transition to heroin if they live long enough to run out of money. Some folks just dive into the heroin and crack ya see.

Fentanyl'll get ya there, good buddy!

 

[EagleSmack]

Like you, only south and west some. Out in the big square states.

That's OK. I'm well aware there are plenty of the type in Southie.

There were plenty in Southie back in the day. They cannot afford to live there any longer. They've been pushed to points north, south, east and west of the city with gentrification and all.

But then again they opioid crisis didn't care what class people were in.

Oh, you poor thing. You really don't get irony, do you?

I am pretty sure I do. I am well aware of the opiate crisis in rural America... the towns Cletus type folk live in.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

There were plenty in Southie back in the day. They cannot afford to live there any longer.

Yeah, well, that's what you get when you let the authorities take over from the local crime boss. I know you prefer the crime boss, but there y'go.

They've been pushed to points north, south, east and west of the city with gentrification and all.

That's OK. The fentanyl dealers'll find 'em.

But then again they opioid crisis didn't care what class people were in.

Makes a body wonder why the deaths are concentrated in the MAGA class.

 

[EagleSmack]

Yeah, well, that's what you get when you let the authorities take over from the local crime boss. I know you prefer the crime boss, but there y'go.

I am doubting Jimmy or the Authorities had much to do with gentrification.

Makes a body wonder why the deaths are concentrated in the MAGA class.

Massachusetts is hardly in the MAGA class... and the crisis is rampant. Lawrence, Lynn, New Bedford, Brockton, Fall River... Solid blue eh.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I am doubting Jimmy or the Authorities had much to do with gentrification.

Of course you are. Your failure to understand higher-order effects is pretty much your whole problem.

Massachusetts is hardly in the MAGA class... and the crisis is rampant. Lawrence, Lynn, New Bedford, Brockton, Fall River... Solid blue eh.

The numbers are there. Fraudulent disability pensions, MAGA hats, fentanyl, and skin cancer have an amazingly high correlation. Deny it as you will.

 

[captain morgan]

Turns out that the opioid "crisis" is producing a bumper crop of organs for transplant!

can't help but wonder if some of the organs would be negatively impacted by the exposure to those opiods.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

can't help but wonder if some of the organs would be negatively impacted by the exposure to those opiods.

If you look at the article, you'll see the medical community has considered that.

I guess their ultimate conclusion was "better an opioid heart than a 1 X 2 metre plot."

 

[EagleSmack]

"A ten year old who died with a dangerous mix of opioids in his system"

And a MAGA hat?

Anyhow... nice bid bro.

 

[petros]

Looks like the opioid crisis is no accident. Doctors prescribe opioids, people die, doctors harvest organs. Nice setup.

The good news is you can still have the heart of a junkie.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

"A ten year old who died with a dangerous mix of opioids in his system"

And a MAGA hat?

Anyhow... nice bid bro.

Waaah. Nobody forced him to be born to losers.

 

[EagleSmack]

Seriously T...nice bid. It was worth a shot.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Seriously T...nice bid. It was worth a shot.

Oh, are we now going to go into that "I'll repeat something over and over on the theory that if you can't be smart, be annoying?

Y'all have fun with that now, hear?