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Cincinnati was my home town, and its bad. People joke about it but I know at least 3 people on my friendslist that overdosed.

I'm glad the punishment for selling the drug is so high, often even sometimes receiving murder sentences for people that overdose but that isn't going to prevent people from buying / selling

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One of my good friends was rear ended by someone on heroin this week. Cincinnati police didn't even bother stopping to do a police report. Less than 20 minutes later, he hit a parked car in St. Bernard and was arrested for DUI, Driving under suspension, and no insurance. The guy has a felony charge pending (and an arrest warrant out for him)...and CPD just drove off without even taking a second look.

I don't want to say that CPD has taken a blind eye to it, but, it seems that way.

CPD has been like this for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure if Cincinnati is a shit-hole because the police don't care, or the police don't care because the city is a shit-hole. I imagine it's a little bit of both.

If you go on the theory that your friends were going to use no matter what (I mean it's already illegal, so the law isn't stopping them), that the state is the cause of your friends death. They cannot buy any safe product of known quantities and thereby use an unsafe one.

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