With 88 overdoses since January that included 18 fatalities, drugs are a scourge on our city and these 88 cases are only those investigated by PBSO according to Cpt. Baer. Others are called into 911 that dispatches paramedics so there is no telling how many really occur here.
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Two men told deputies they were approached by a man trying to sell them cocaine or heroin at an establishment in the 800 block of Lake Avenue. A physical altercation ensued, they said, but they could not provide details. Police noticed the pair had glassy eyes, slurred speech and the smell of an alcoholic beverage on their breath. Deputies then spoke to the alleged drug dealer, whose story was just the opposite; he said one of the two men offered him pot. He said he told the pair he didn’t smoke pot, and the two started a fight with him. Witnesses told conflicting stories as well. No one was arrested.
Read about two more cases.
It is so sad our society, everyone has to be drugged. Smoking pot openly at the beach here all the time, the other day in our gym, some guys reeked of marijuana. People today cannot seem to live without their drugs or alcohol. The addictions people have today, then all these sober houses with so many druggies, heroin is out of control here now and coke. So sad. People are evening driving drugged more and more. Our society and people need a lot of prayers, the substance abuse is so out of control. It makes you sad to see so much of it today. How do all these drugs get into the USA? Our police and law enforcement do not seem to be doing their job on this one. Is life that bad that all have to live each day drugged?
ReplyDeleteI simply will never understand it--why anyone would get on an addictive drug.
ReplyDeleteWe must close our borders--build the wall on our southern border. Stop the cartels.
its to bad we use these problems as political footballs.from my house we try to help kids to see what is good without the crutches of the day.walls and cops are nice to talk about but it comes down to how people are brought up.lets try to get these kids before the killers get ahold of them
ReplyDeletewhen people say what do you think of lake worth 2 things come to your mind first---homeless all over and young druged out people walking streets---still prostitution alive and well everyday on dixie----enjoy that city that doesn't sleep because they are drug addicts
ReplyDelete15 yrs in that city with no improvement to anything but it has gotten a lot worse
ReplyDeletelynn after all this time you don't understand why people get on addictive drugs---doctors prescribe oxycotton for people in pain but they caused them to become a addicts--and the pharmaceuticals make the oxycotton and make the same drug you give addicts when they overdose---making money both ways----do you understand now how this is working lynn
ReplyDeleteSo bad these days, this morning I called in a passed out person in a car. PBSO started asking questions about heroin and overdose and the like, I guess that is the norm these days. I figured he was drunk but they were probably right, probably heroin.
ReplyDeletelynn have you ever dated a herion addict?---give it a try and report back
ReplyDeleteI've been in nursing for some 40 years and very sadly this epidemic was spawned and nurtured by the medical community. Easy to see in hindsight but not too many saw it coming. Big push quite a while back to monitor and treat pain. Aggressively. Pain scale 0-10 used in all hospitals. And guess what--almost anything strong you can take for pain will produce a tolerance, and taken long enough addiction. Voila.
ReplyDeleteOnce on, very hard to get off. And after, actually even in med school, most "education" for MDs comes straight from the drug companies. Many buy doctor's offices lunch on an ongoing basis. Then what? 5-10 years ago we shut down the pill mills (FL supplied most of the nation too). And a fix of heroin is cheap and readily available. Prescriptions were the gate way drug.