Second man dies after taking ‘unusually strong batch’ of heroin in North Devon – with two people still in hospital

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1. Maybe if they make it extra illegal with even worse consequences this would stop people buying/selling it… surely that would work right? Its not like decriminalising it (and all drugs) might be more effective in allowing people to get help and get off the stuff. And if someone is already addicted to heroin, thats a physical addiction. They need ways of being able to have their drugs checked to make sure they are safe, but they also need help and support and to not be made to feel like bad people otherwise they won’t want help.

   Obviously the first part of what i said was sarcasm, as i think this just adds to the pile of evidence that this approach we currently have, this mindset of “drugs bad = people who do them evil = punish them = they do more drugs until they are no longer” isn’t working.

2. So sad I really hope whoever is supplying this is caught.

3. As I said the other day, once again these people are victims of prohibition.

   In 2016, rather than pass the novel psychoactive substances act, we had the opportunity to look at the available research chemicals (because this is a nitazene that’s done this, no doubt) and assess which ones were safe, and which were not.

   These guys could have been taking O-desmethyltramadol or AH-7921, rather than the hyper potent, extreme tolerance inducing nitazenes.

   For fucks sake

4. Oh that’s funny I didn’t realise taking heroin was bad for you or dangerous? Might be best to keep off it then

5. There are a myriad of ways to counter this. Allowing people to test their drugs is the most obvious, but there are a huge range of harm reduction options available. 

   A zero tolerance crack down on Heroin is what led the US down the path of synthetic opiod addictions and we really do not want to follow that as it is far more deadly.

6. Not doing heroin is the best way to avoid the consequences.

7. I volunteer with the homeless entrenched in addictions s in the uk and have done for 26 years now. Drugs are becoming so strong and there will be so many more deaths. Blood infections. Amputations. Necrotic tissues.

   It’s getting bad out there and has been for some time.

8. Another reason to decriminalise and regulate all drugs. Humans have been taking drugs for thousands of years, and will continue to do so for thousands more. Alcohol is a drug, it’s regulated, we know it’s not cut with anything dangerous, we’ve been educated on the harm it does. We happily pay the tax levy on it.

   Regulate all drugs so they are pharma grade and not cut with shit, educate on safe dosages, drug interactions, short and long term effects.

   Implement a think 25 policy, with severe fines / imprisonment for supplying to under 18s.

   Heavily tax it and invest the money back into the NHS.

   Some particularly potent drugs such as fentanyl I think should be outright banned, due to there being high risk of overdose at as little as 2mg.

9. Good for him, you take that shit you deserve the casket

10. It could be hot shots. A dealer will sometimes spike a batch with something deadly.

    If someone dies from it, all the junkies will think it’s great shit and flock to the dealer.

11. I’ve sympathy with addicts having been troubled by addiction myself but I can’t help but see Superhans saying how moorish this batch was

12. So if they keep producing it at this strength we’ll have less druggies on the streets?