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Recognizing the role of poverty,
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Recognizing the role of poverty,
unemployment and other life stresses as
contributing factors to addiction, the surgeon
general’s report recommends initiatives to
provide affordable housing, job training and
recovery support to “address the risk and
protective factors that are most actionable at
the local level.”
SOARING POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT UNDER OBAMA’S OPEN
BORDERS POLICIES.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2016/10/millions-of-americans-legals-unemployed.html
OBAMA-CLINTONOMICS:
IT WORKS! BUT ONLY FOR THE SUPER
RICH!!!
RICH!!!
"The same period has
seen a massive growth of social inequality, with income and wealth concentrated
at the very top of American society to an extent not seen since the
1920s."
"He (Trump) is able to get a
hearing because millions of people are being driven into
economic insecurity and poverty while the rich and
the super-rich continue to amass obscene levels
of wealth. He is able with some success to divert mass discontent
along reactionary nationalist and racialist channels precisely
because what passes for the “left” in American politics,
anchor by the Democratic Party, has moved ever further
to the right, culminating in the Obama administration which
has presided over endless war and an unprecedented redistribution of
wealth from the bottom to the top of the economic ladder."
JUDICIAL WATCH
JW Reveals Shocking Details About Mexican Heroin Cartels
Our
porous border brings other threats to our health and safety, as Chris Farrell,
our Director of Investigations & Research, explains in this piece published
by Fox News.
Mexican drug cartels
are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal
of destroying the United States. Mexican drug cartels
are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every
community across this country.
ISIS only dreams of exacting the human casualties the Mexican
cartels achieve, despite decades of the “War on Drugs.” The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) estimates heroin-related
overdose deaths increased 244 percent between 2007 and 2013. The Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration estimated nearly 1,000,000 American
heroin users in 2014.
The DEA’s 2015 threat assessment says Mexican drug cartels “remain
the greatest criminal drug threat to the United States; no other group can
challenge them in the near term.” Mexican
drug cartels are engaged in an insidious and deadly attack on our country –
right now.
The Commonwealth of Virginia declared a public health emergency
on November 21, 2016, over the growing crisis of heroin and opioid addiction.
There has been an exponential increase and simultaneous shift,
from prescription opioids to heroin (sometimes mixed with the synthetic
narcotic fentanyl). For the Mexican drug cartels, the border is in Virginia,
Ohio, New Hampshire, and all other communities across the country.
The American heroin market begins in the poppy fields of Mexico.
Controlled by the cartels, and more recently assisted by Southwest Asians who
provide agricultural production techniques (increasing both quantity and
quality) – and combat training for the cartel armies (learned by fighting US
forces).
The cartel armies are increasingly dangerous and more
sophisticated. In May 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported foreign
fighters training the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in how to shoot down
Mexican Army helicopters. It’s “win-win” for the Mexican cartels and the
jihadis.
Barranca del Cobre
(Copper Canyon) and the rural southwest corner of Chihuahua are the Sinaloa
Cartel’s base for poppy production. Reportedly, the same area has the largest
concentration of Islamists in Mexico – surpassed, perhaps, only by Mexico City.
None of this information is “news” to U.S. law enforcement,
intelligence, defense or diplomatic officials. The staff of the El Paso
Intelligence Center (EPIC) literally watches it all go on – right under their
noses.
How can this be? Here is the unpopular answer: We have an
“insider threat” – corrupt law enforcement officers at the municipal, state and
federal levels – who are bought and paid for by the Mexican cartels.
The corruption runs the gamut from turning a blind eye to
accepting monthly stipends and performance bonuses deposited in banks in, for
example, Ciudad Juárez. The corrupt law
enforcement officers are aided and abetted by corrupt elected officials and
crooked lawyers who know how to work the system. These are often
popular local and regional public figures with business interests and standing
in the community. They are also people who leverage their positions in order to
“never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity” when it comes to
enforcement.
The corrupting process
is facilitated in the United States by “legitimate” cartel fronts, in the
agribusiness and transportation industries, among others. No one likes
that answer, but it’s the truth.
How else can tractor-trailer loads of heroin make it into the
country? How has such an elaborate and efficient distribution system spread
throughout the country and perpetuated itself for decades? One knowledgeable
law enforcement source gave me an example:
“Does Walmart ever run out of milk? No. That’s exactly what the
cartel distribution system is like across the entire country. It only works so
efficiently because of corruption.”
The greatest criminal
threat to the daily lives of American citizens are the Mexican drug cartels. Their corrosive power
is killing Americans regardless of race, color, creed or zip code – and that
undermines public confidence in the rule of law. The cartels corrupt our
trusted public officials and institutions. Their violence and cruelty
know no bounds.
What will President Trump and Attorney General Sessions do
differently to defeat this “other” threat to the United States?
They need to start by “cleaning house” at the Justice Department
and the Department of Homeland Security.
When
someone self-righteously defends wide open borders, show him this article. I
encourage you, as well. Watch Chris here as he
discusses this most serious of issues.
THE OBAMA SOLUTION TO END
WHITE CHRISTIAN AMERICA:
DRUG ADDICTION!!!
MEXICO: AMERICA’S DRUG
DEALER!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2016/08/obama-clintonomics-their-crony.html
“This study follows
reports released over the past several months
documenting rising mortality
rates among US workers due to drug
addiction and suicide, high rates of infant
mortality, an overall
leveling off of life expectancy, and a growing gap
between the life
expectancy of the bottom rung of income earners compared to
those at the top.”
THE MEXICAN
DRUG CARTELS HAVE
GREATLY BENEFITED FROM BARACK
OBAMA’S SABOTAGE OF HOMELAND
SECURITY.
Mexican Cartels Coaching Illegal Immigrants to Request Asylum, Say Agents
The new orders by the Obama Administration to release Haitians caught at the border will only exacerbate the current situation since Mexican cartels are now coaching illegal aliens on how to game the U.S. immigration system, Border Patrol agents said.
As Breitbart Texas reported, the current administration is moving to release hundreds of Haitians being held in detention centers in Arizona and California. The result of that release will be a new marketing tool for Mexican cartels and human smuggling organizations, said Hector Garza, National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 President during an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas.
“They are being told that all they have to do is request asylum and claim to be in fear and they will be released,” said Garza who is a U.S. Border Patrol agent but is able to talk to the media in his capacity as local union president.
In the case of Haitians, Breitbart Texas has reported on how they arrive to Mexico claiming to be African to receive a 20-day permit to pass through the country northward. With that permit, they have been arriving at U.S. international bridges requesting asylum.
The move continues to overwhelm U.S. authorities as the number of asylum seekers continues to rise, adding more work to the already overwhelmed agents who, according to NBPC officials, lack manpower, equipment, and help from Washington.
“On one hand you have the asylum seekers, but then on the other you have the people (other illegal immigrants) who come across the river and try to get around us,” Garza said. “If we do apprehend them, the first thing they do is claim asylum because they have been told that they will be released.”
Since federal authorities have run out of space in detention facilities, they have been releasing asylum seekers and illegal immigrants with a court notice telling them to appear at a later date.
“This is an orchestrated strategy by the cartels and the human smuggling organizations where they are coaching these individuals,” he said. “The recent moves by the administration will only serve as bait to draw more individuals to risk their lives at the hands of these ruthless criminal organizations.”
Surgeon general’s report: One in seven Americans face substance addiction
By Kate Randall
19 November 2016
One in seven Americans will become addicted to drugs or
alcohol in their lifetimes, but only 10 percent of those affected
will ever receive any help in treating their addictions. These
are some of the grim statistics provided in a new report
released Thursday by the US surgeon general and the
Department of Health and Human Services.
alcohol in their lifetimes, but only 10 percent of those affected
will ever receive any help in treating their addictions. These
are some of the grim statistics provided in a new report
released Thursday by the US surgeon general and the
Department of Health and Human Services.
“Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health” reports that over 27 million people in the United States reported current use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs in 2015, and over 66 million people reported binge drinking in the past month.
The victims of this health and societal crisis are the tens of thousands of lives lost and ruined each year due to substance misuse. Substance addiction cuts across all segments of society, but has hit rural communities, the deindustrialized Rust Belt and impoverished areas of Appalachia particularly hard.
Alcohol misuse contributes to 88,000 deaths in the US every year; 1 in 10 deaths among working adults is due to alcohol misuse. In 2014, there were 47,055 drug overdose deaths, including 28,647 people who died from a drug overdose involving some type of opioid, more than in any previous year on record.
The report uses the term “misuse” as opposed to “abuse” in an effort to remove some of the stigma of addiction to encourage and facilitate treatment.
While the US spends more than any other country on health care, it ranks 27th in life expectancy, at a time when life expectancy continues to increase in other developed countries. The report notes that this disparity in life expectancy “is largely due to substance misuse and associated physical and mental health problems.”
The report points to recent research showing an unprecedented increase in mortality among middle-aged white Americans between 1999 and 2014 that was largely driven by alcohol and drug misuse and suicides, although this trend was not witnessed in other racial and ethnic populations.
The surgeon general estimates that substance
misuse disorders cost “more than $400
billion annually in crime, health and lost
productivity.” The human costs are
from motor vehicle crashes, intimate partner
and sexual violence, suicide attempts and
fatalities, overdoses, and numerous health
problems.
misuse disorders cost “more than $400
billion annually in crime, health and lost
productivity.” The human costs are
from motor vehicle crashes, intimate partner
and sexual violence, suicide attempts and
fatalities, overdoses, and numerous health
problems.
In 2014, 9,967 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents in the US while driving under the influence of alcohol, accounting for nearly one third of all traffic-related fatalities. While there are approximately 1.3 million arrests for driving under the influence each year, this number represents only about 1 percent of the actual alcohol-impaired driving incidents reported in national surveys.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports more than 2,200 alcohol overdose (alcohol poisoning) deaths in the US each year, an average of six a day. More than three quarters of alcohol overdose deaths occur among adults between the ages of 35 and 64, and 76 percent who die are men.
In 2014, 47,055 drug overdose deaths occurred in the US, with 61 percent of these the result of opioid use, including prescription opioids and heroin. The number of people dying from opioid overdoses increased nearly fourfold between 1999 and 2014.
The report notes that the over-prescription of opioid pain relievers beginning in the 1990s has led to a rapid escalation of their use and misuse among a wide demographic of men and women across the US. The use of opioids is so widespread that more people use prescription opioids (38 percent) than all tobacco products combined (31 percent).
Nearly 30,000 people died due to a heroin or prescription
opioid overdose in 2014, and an estimated 20,000 died as a
result of an unintentional overdose of alcohol, cocaine, or
non-opioid prescription drugs.
opioid overdose in 2014, and an estimated 20,000 died as a
result of an unintentional overdose of alcohol, cocaine, or
non-opioid prescription drugs.
The illegal manufacturing and distribution of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which are often combined with heroin or distributed as heroin, are contributing to the rapid increase in opioid overdose deaths.
Alcohol and drug misuse have numerous longer-term effects on physical and mental health. Heavy drinking can lead to hypertension, liver disease and certain cancers; regular marijuana use is associated with chronic bronchitis; and use of stimulants such as cocaine can lead to heart disease.
Alcohol and substance misuse during pregnancy can result in long lasting health effects for the baby. Alcohol misuse can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), resulting in physical, mental and behavioral problems in children. It is estimated that FASDs affect as many as 2 to 5 percent of the population. The opioid crisis has resulted in a fivefold increase in the number of babies dependent on opioids at birth.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that among the more than 265 million Americans aged 12 and over in 2015, almost 8 percent of this population met diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder for alcohol or illicit drugs. Another 1 percent met the criteria for both an alcohol and illicit drug use disorder.
Although 20.8 million people met the diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder in 2015, only 2.2 million of them received any type of treatment. The surgeon general’s report is short on answers as to why this is the case.
The report includes a chapter on “The Neurobiology of Substance Use, Misuse, and Addiction,” which describes the three main circuits in the brain involved in addiction, and explains how substance use can “hijack” the normal functioning of these circuits.
“Understanding this transformation in the brain is critical to understanding why addiction is a health condition, not a moral failing or character flaw,” the authors note. They also point to medications that have proven useful in treating both drug and alcohol addiction, but which have been often overlooked and under-prescribed.
The surgeon general’s report recommends health professionals act on this research in their treatment of those suffering from addiction. However, the fact that 90 percent of those in need of treatment never receive it—and addiction and overdose deaths continue to skyrocket—points to deeper economic and social factors. This includes the lack of funding for alcohol and drug misuse treatment at federal, state and local level, leading to those in need often ending up in the prison system instead of in treatment.
Recognizing the role of poverty, unemployment and
other life stresses as contributing factors to
addiction, the surgeon general’s report
recommends initiatives to provide affordable
housing, job training and recovery support to
“address the risk and protective factors that are
most actionable at the local level.”
other life stresses as contributing factors to
addiction, the surgeon general’s report
recommends initiatives to provide affordable
housing, job training and recovery support to
“address the risk and protective factors that are
most actionable at the local level.”
Arguing that “the health care system alone cannot address all of the major determinants of health related to substance misuse,” the authors recommend rallying “community-based organizations, religious institutions, law enforcement, local businesses, researchers and other public, private, and voluntary entities” to tackle the crisis.
Under conditions where austerity and budget cuts can only be expected to deepen under the future Trump administration, such band-aid prescriptions offer little hope to the tens of millions suffering from addiction, many of whom face a future of increased health problems, overdose and death.
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