The fentanyl crisis has become a 'nexus' of daily responses for police in rural Oregon, indicating a severe impact on the Northwest. In San Francisco, the open drug market is criticized, with a push against the radical harm reductionists who allegedly enable the ongoing fentanyl issue. The drug has caused outsized increases in overdose deaths, particularly among construction workers, with over 162 out of every 100,000 dying from fentanyl—16 times higher than job site fatalities. This trend contributes to the crisis on the West Coast, where fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 49. Economists are seeking explanations for the crisis. In Portland, despite declarations of an emergency and promises of a crackdown, the reality shows persistent public drug use and paramedics taking over 20 minutes to respond to overdoses.
Portland piously sounded alarm on fentanyl crisis promising a crackdown but public use of the drug remains rife https://t.co/uQnvyMJKHM https://t.co/svBsetRu8a
So much for an emergency! Portland piously sounded alarm on fentanyl crisis promising a crackdown - but the reality is junkies on every corner and paramedics taking over 20 minutes to respond to ODs https://t.co/hgwVd015uo https://t.co/n8ZIjK7iBZ
Fentanyl is now almost certainly the biggest killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 49. Economists may have at last found a convincing explanation for the crisis https://t.co/gLIjvMu1fI 👇
“The reason drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed is not because opioid use has boomed, or even because fentanyl use is all that high. It's because fentanyl is so damn dangerous.” https://t.co/S6ghSrzsFm
"Fentanyl is now killing ... 162+ out of every 100k construction workers." [in 2020] 16x the rate of jobsite deaths, in what was already the most dangerous job in the US. #fentanyl #crisis https://t.co/qUUtmzB6HL
"Fentanyl is now killing ... 162+ out of every 100k construction workers." [in 2020] #crisis https://t.co/qUUtmzB6HL
Pay attention to the West Coast in regards to the outsized increases in drug overdose. It's true WVA still leads, but OR, WA and CA are growing very, very fast. Fentanyl changed the game people. https://t.co/817q0cRlgA
Being a construction worker is the most dangerous job in America. Each year, 10 out of 100k get killed on job sites. Fentanyl is now killing 16x that many. 162 out of every 100k construction workers. No matter how much we discuss this plague, we’re not talking about it enough. https://t.co/FuZWIXeslz
We are seeing some action at the open drug market at night in San Francisco. Don't listen to the radical harm reductionists who want people to continue to get high and die on Fentanyl. It has to end. https://t.co/YAQvC5ko1i
Crisis in the Northwest: Police struggle as fentanyl’s grip in rural Oregon becomes ‘nexus’ of daily responses https://t.co/UPzXG0HOyE