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JustABozoOnThisBus

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10. Did cocaine cause the level of death that heroin/opiod/fentanil causes?
Mon May 14, 2018, 04:38 PM
May 2018

I don't think cocaine usage caused the scale of death that opiods cause.

oddly enough, there was a cocaine epidemic at the same time. unblock May 2018 #1
Did cocaine cause the level of death that heroin/opiod/fentanil causes? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2018 #10
i wasn't making that comparison; i was noting the different media treatment of crack vs. cocaine unblock May 2018 #11
35 years later. Igel May 2018 #2
I'm 100% positive you know the reason for that. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #3
I couldn't agree more Fresh_Start May 2018 #4
I think you said it very well EffieBlack May 2018 #6
Bravo! IluvPitties May 2018 #14
K&R. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #5
whether it is aids, drugs or whatever new problem DonCoquixote May 2018 #7
This one is pretty simple. NCTraveler May 2018 #8
Don't we all Hekate May 2018 #9
The crack epidemic *DID* get the same amount of attention Blue_Tires May 2018 #12
I wish the AIDS epidemic had received the same attention, concern, and empathy as the opioid crisis MotorCityMan May 2018 #13
Evil black drug addicts and Evil gay people. Tavarious Jackson May 2018 #17
Here's the problem with your wish malaise May 2018 #15
Crack, Aids, and even Heroin Tavarious Jackson May 2018 #16
If you talk to rural Trumpsters, they still blame minorities for the opioid crisis IronLionZion May 2018 #18
Don't forget a different "hidden in plain site" drug that immediately pre-dated the current opioids BumRushDaShow May 2018 #19
K&R smirkymonkey May 2018 #20
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