Southern Red states and their opioid/economic crisis

[sambobeer]

https://www.lakeviewhealth.com/resources/substance-abuse-statistics/tennessee/

some pertinent quotes
"Tennessee consistently ranks in the top five US states in terms of substance abuse rates"
"About 1 in 20 Tennessee residents abused or were dependent on alcohol in 2016."
"Tennessee men are up to four times more likely than Tennessee women to suffer from alcohol or drug dependency."

So to recap, the South was already broke, and now they have an opioid crisis, (that their public health policies helped create) that they can't pay for, so they are taking federal funds (federal sponsored welfare) which are largely paid by high population/economic powerhouse blue states like California and New York.
Furthermore the men in these states are particularly addicted and really letting down the rest of their state, And these same drug addicted men wonder why there is a push to have females in positions of power (POP).

 

[*Z*]

Trump country has the best and brightest.

 

[Quequeg]

The police are the most corrupt in those states as well.

 

[Sterling]

It's just as bad in the north east, nearly half the people I went to school with are either dead, in jail, or are recovering from it. It's a nationwide problem that has very little to do with the state's political affiliation

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Such a fail thread

 

[Witchhunt]

The police are the most corrupt in those states as well.

are you sure?

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/15-most-corrupt-cities-in-america-for-2018.html/?a=viewall

 

[IGIT]

Trump country has the best and brightest.

ahoy Z,

and apparently, the highest.

- IGIT

 

[sambobeer]

Its just a shame that California has to give federal welfare money to the red states to get them off drugs.

 

[Madmick]

https://www.lakeviewhealth.com/resources/substance-abuse-statistics/tennessee/

some pertinent quotes
"Tennessee consistently ranks in the top five US states in terms of substance abuse rates"
"About 1 in 20 Tennessee residents abused or were dependent on alcohol in 2016."
"Tennessee men are up to four times more likely than Tennessee women to suffer from alcohol or drug dependency."

So to recap, the South was already broke, and now they have an opioid crisis, (that their public health policies helped create) that they can't pay for, so they are taking federal funds (federal sponsored welfare) which are largely paid by high population/economic powerhouse blue states like California and New York.

Are you aware the opioid crisis first flourished in the Northeast? Places like "Oxyana" are the hardest hit, and that corridor runs up into New Jersey.

Furthermore the men in these states are particularly addicted and really letting down the rest of their state, And these same drug addicted men wonder why there is a push to have females in positions of power (POP).

With men being fired for imaginary offenses one wonders why they're turning to drugs. It's a clear symptom of hate and oppression against them. Isn't that liberal logic?

This isn't about red vs. blue states. This is about the city vs. the country. The assholes who are selling all those prescription drugs work for pharmacies headquartered in such cities. The same people burdened with the lion's share of these taxes are the ones selling the addicts their drugs. Cry me a river.

At some point all the Berniebots and the Trumpets are going to realize they're on the same side-- that they're the same party. Then my nightmare will be complete.

These are the people who say, "I don't think it matters which party is in power." Have any of you noticed that? I think it's the most common sentiment I hear from people who don't really follow politics. This is what the anti-Establishment group all share in common, and they have become the majority. They are oblivious to the fact that, no, we wouldn't have detention centers at the borders separating families with a Democratic President. There's a million other examples. Those peoples' lives are radically different. So what they're really saying when they parrot this contemporary colloquialism is, "I don't think it makes any difference which party is in power...to me."

This is a vote of no confidence in the ruling class, not partisan platforms. After Trump doesn't do anything to meaningfully dent the already vast and still growing inequality divide, in spite of a flush economy, this will be revisited, with twice the fury. I sense "the working class' development of class consciousness, leading to their conquest of political power..."

That's what I hear every time someone says, "I don't think there's a difference between Republicans and Democrats", and it terrifies me.

 

[sambobeer]

that was kind of off topic in my opinion.

 

[ultramanhyata]

Trump needs to schedule a series of rallies in the South to help lift his voters' flagging spirits. As miserable as their actual lives are I'm sure getting even a glimpse of the MAGA messiah in real life will give them the strength to fight on another day.

 

[JJSBUR]

Trump needs to schedule a series of rallies in the South to help lift his voters' flagging spirits. As miserable as their actual lives are I'm sure getting even a glimpse of the MAGA messiah in real life will give them the strength to fight on another day.

You mean like Massachusetts?

 

[PainIsLIfe]

You mean like Massachusetts?

Don't forget Connecticut.

 

[JJSBUR]

https://www.lakeviewhealth.com/resources/substance-abuse-statistics/tennessee/

some pertinent quotes
"Tennessee consistently ranks in the top five US states in terms of substance abuse rates"
"About 1 in 20 Tennessee residents abused or were dependent on alcohol in 2016."
"Tennessee men are up to four times more likely than Tennessee women to suffer from alcohol or drug dependency."

So to recap, the South was already broke, and now they have an opioid crisis, (that their public health policies helped create) that they can't pay for, so they are taking federal funds (federal sponsored welfare) which are largely paid by high population/economic powerhouse blue states like California and New York.
Furthermore the men in these states are particularly addicted and really letting down the rest of their state, And these same drug addicted men wonder why there is a push to have females in positions of power (POP).

On the ALCOHOL part.

The Drunkest State
1.New Hampshire
2.Washington, D.C. I know not a state but there it is.
3. Delaware

On the DRUG part
1. Washington, D.C.
2. Missouri
3. New Hampshire

 

[sambobeer]

On the ALCOHOL part.

The Drunkest State
1.New Hampshire
2.Washington, D.C. I know not a state but there it is.
3. Delaware

On the DRUG part
1. Washington, D.C.
2. Missouri
3. New Hampshire

first off, you are cherry picking states to further a false narrative, second of all, notice how the biggest ultra blue state of them all, CALI isn't on there. The red states should adopt our policies to help get them off drugs and welfare.

 

[JJSBUR]

The police are the most corrupt in those states as well.

Why lie?

 

[JJSBUR]

first off, you are cherry picking states to further a false narrative, second of all, notice how the biggest ultra blue state of them all, CALI isn't on there. The red states should adopt our policies to help get them off drugs and welfare.

No I am not. I am showing how you yourself manipulate. I grabbed the top three per capita.

 

[JJSBUR]

Its just a shame that California has to give federal welfare money to the red states to get them off drugs.

The states that have high ratios of military per capita or the ones that have a high percentage of government land per acre?

 

[sambobeer]

No I am not. I am showing how you yourself manipulate. I grabbed the top three per capita.

Call me when you grab CALI. That's right, you can't, can you?

 

[JJSBUR]

Call me when you grab CALI. That's right, you can't, can you?

Ah, this only works by your rules I see. When picking a state to mention drugs or alcohol why didn't you pick one of the top three? We can all cherry pick.