The Medical Freedom Channel

“Jimbo tries to be cautious these days. The middle-age heroin user says he buys only from dealers he knows — a hedge against getting heroin mixed with the pain-reliever fentanyl, a concoction that has killed at least 150 people in recent months. Many of his friends, though, seek out fentanyl-laced heroin for its potent high, swapping information about where the latest overdose victim got his dope. ‘They always say, “It’s gonna be different with me, ’cause I’m not going to use so much,” but it’s still too much,’ says Jimbo, as he exchanged used needles for clean ones at a mobile van run by the Chicago Recovery Alliance. ‘It’s a whole new ballgame.’” [editor’s note: It sure is! Those who take this synthetic-morphine by prescription — for legitimate chronic pain — know better than to disregard the warnings, against crushing those time-release granules to increase their power, and risking sure overdose-death. The only thing positive about this trend is that it may be “thinning the herd” of its stupider junkies! - SAT] (06/29/06)