Tom Petty: It was an "accidental" OD

I feel a need to add to this thread.

I am a former semi pro musician. I was also a heroin addict while I was in my youth, playing guitar with many bands. Everything you can imagine, and some things you can't possibly imagine, I have experienced. The life on the road is a very confusing thing to a young man, and the "extras" that are offered are not resisted. So was the almost inevitable demise of Crazyeddy. Alas, four years in prison got me clean. Pretty fu*k up sh*t, but I always think of the Pro musicians who have succumbed to "the life"

As is so often the case, the big boys on the block with tons of $$$ can have whatever they want from the so called Doctor, with a licence to issue scripts RX.

I have  been clean for  3 decades now , and my wife works for the Canadian Mental Health Association. She is a front line worker with the addiction response unit of her organization. The sh*t I here from her every day is astounding. The synthetic Fentanyl is killing so many, and  my wife says that many other Designer Drugs are now being laced with Fentanyl and it's become epidemic in our region.

If you happen to know anyone in my province who may be at risk, the Canadian government is offering Fentanyl  Naloxone antidote kits. Free, and no questions asked. Link below. Save a life, before it becomes a memory!

https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-naloxone-kits-

For some reason, I can't seem post the web site for the Naloxone kits. It's

ontario.ca/page/get-naloxone-kits-free

"If you happen to know anyone in my province who may be at risk, the Canadian government is offering Fentanyl Naloxone antidote kits. Free, and no questions asked. Link below. Save a life, before it becomes a memory!"

This is what we need more of in the US..   And a lot more.  incarceration and punitive measures do not address the underlying issues of why do people use drugs  to feel better  or drink  for that matter  .   Not to mention what would happen were it to be made legal and controlled by the state ,  money put into rehab and education  and maintenance  of addicts  instead of incarceration --what incentive would organized crime have to be involved ?   The illicit trafficking  brings in billions of dollars a month as reported back when Escobar was in business.   Drugs are very very big business and this is treated just like a business enterprise with many behind the scenes profiting.   The Taliban funds their activities with poppy cultivation and has become If I recall correctly #2 in worlds production.  

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-spoils-of-war-afghanistan-s-multibillion-dollar-heroin-trade/91