Audrey Conklin Sat, March 27, 2021, 8:23 AM·5 min read Substance abuse has surged across the U.S. as a result of coronavirus-induced isolation, but there is also a correlation between stimulus payments and overdoses, experts say.
County officials in Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Minnesota and other states have reported recent spikes in fatal and non-fatal overdoses, as well as emergency room visits. The third round of stimulus payments was approved March 17.
"We definitely believe that there’s a correlation between the recent stimulus checks that were sent out and the overdoses we’re seeing right now," Lauren Cummings, executive director of the Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition, told Fox News. "We saw an increase in overdoses after the first round of stimulus payouts. We annually see an increase in overdoses following tax returns."
The Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force on March 23 reported three fatal overdoses and 13 non-fatal overdoses in the prior week.
The stimulus payments, on top of isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, have been a "deadly combination," according to Cummings.
"It’s kind of an irony," Gerry Schmidt, chief operating officer at Valley HealthCare System in West Virginia, which serves as a substance abuse counseling center, told Fox News. "I mean, a stimulus check you shouldn’t put in the bank, if you think about it. Stimulus checks are supposed to help the economy and help people move forward through a tough time."
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The northern Virginia region saw 53 fatal overdoses in 2020 and 202 non-fatal overdoses -- a record for the area, despite being one of the few regions in the U.S. that saw a decrease in overdoses between 2017 and 2018.
"We always say that addiction is a disease of isolation, and the opposite of that is connection. Unfortunately, with support group meetings being moved to virtual platforms, people were just not feeling a connection and were forced into isolation, which led many to relapse," Schmidt said.
As the title suggests, an intelligent use of stimulus money.
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For some people it wasn't their choice, but a choice their mother made when they were kids. A couple of generations were medicated as kids because doctor's investments required it, so Oprah had shows promoting it or Dr Phil probably talked about it.
Those kids were made drug dependent. That 'normal for them' is chemical dependency and doesn't stop as adults. I've seen up close one kid who would go from frantic, uncontrolled to knocked out asleep in 15 minutes of taking some drug his dad gave him.
Yes they do, but this isn't something new. Give anyone a windfall that has been beaten up for the last year and they are going to look for some quick happiness. Why do you think most places pay on friday afternoon. It gives them 2 days to get over it and come back to work.
At this point its just a numbers game, the government has no clue and instead of putting people back to work lets just buy them off. The number of lives this will turn around is tiny.
Out of curiosity....has anyone checked the inventory to big screen TV's at Wal-Mart lately? I know last year TV's aroudn here were cleaned out after the checks were issued.
Out of curiosity....has anyone checked the inventory to big screen TV's at Wal-Mart lately? I know last year TV's aroudn here were cleaned out after the checks were issued.
Nope, haven't done that. But, I have been shopping for a 45/70 Henry. Seems just about anything that goes bang is hard to find since the last election.
Actually, since the COVID scare started... late March / early April of last year.
That may be correct, I'm not sure. What I am sure about is my local gun store is overwhelmed with business and can't keep some weapons and most ammo in stock.
Rams
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Originally posted by blackrams: What I am sure about is my local gun store is overwhelmed with business and can't keep some weapons and most ammo in stock.
Cut out the middle man. Henry is running many commercials on TV / radio and are giving away free catalogs. I assume you can order online.
Cut out the middle man. Henry is running many commercials on TV / radio and are giving away free catalogs. I assume you can order online.
I wish I had a Henry.
That may or may not be possible. Will look into that. But, the reason I go to that store is to actually look at and get the feel of the banger. Can't do that on line.
I go to pawn shops every day they're open. The shop with the most, BY FAR, handguns and long guns is in the worst part of town. Our shops all belong to a company out of Texas that owns thousands of them. There are about 8 in town they own, including the one where I found the stolen Les Paul.
I go to pawn shops every day they're open. The shop with the most, BY FAR, handguns and long guns is in the worst part of town. Our shops all belong to a company out of Texas that owns thousands of them. There are about 8 in town they own, including the one where I found the stolen Les Paul.
What caliper is a Les Paul? Range? Can ya reach out and touch someone?
Rams
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Nope, haven't done that. But, I have been shopping for a 45/70 Henry. Seems just about anything that goes bang is hard to find since the last election.
I like the looks and feel of a lever action in my hands and in the cabinet, but not the actual performance. One of the most difficult actions when trying to get off multiple shots quickly.
Originally posted by maryjane: I like the looks and feel of a lever action in my hands and in the cabinet, but not the actual performance. One of the most difficult actions when trying to get off multiple shots quickly.
I am not sure. Was the Winchester the first lever action repeater ? The year first produced ?
Seems If I recall correctly from past "research" I read that it caught on because the Gooberment of the mid 1800's selected Winchester over Colt Arms. I have an 18 ? 70, 1870 Colt rifle. 40 caliber. It is a pump action, like a shotgun.
You're just try'n to make me jealous................
It's working.
Rams
Got it almost exactly 2 years ago from Cabelas. It was $700-800 then. Probabaly only have 5 rounds through it. I want to buy a .22lr one, but I am not gun or ammo shopping in todays market.
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I like the looks and feel of a lever action in my hands and in the cabinet, but not the actual performance. One of the most difficult actions when trying to get off multiple shots quickly.
I would think it would be better than a bolt action?
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I would think it would be better than a bolt action?
That hasn't been my experience shooting hogs and coyotes. I preferred my bolt action .270 Weatherby over my brother's model 1886 45/70 lever action. (I believe his was made in mid 1890s)
That hasn't been my experience shooting hogs and coyotes. I preferred my bolt action .270 Weatherby over my brother's model 1886 45/70 lever action. (I believe his was made in mid 1890s)
My experience says that with either weapon, the shooter must change shooting position to reload but that movement is greater with the lever action version. I don't find either one to be superior in accuracy or range (as long as we're talking the same caliper weapon, load and round), I just like the looks and feel of the lever action more. To each their own.
Rams
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A Les Paul has a 24.75" (standard Gibson) scale length and a range from 82hz to 1175hz (22 frets in standard tuning).
Based on our past conversations, I feel quite certain that you are fully aware I don't know squat about musical instruments. But, I appreciate the attempt to educate me.
Originally posted by blackrams: Based on our past conversations, I feel quite certain that you are fully aware I don't know squat about musical instruments. But, I appreciate the attempt to educate me.
Rams
Just playing around.
Guitar scale length is as hotly debated as is preferred caliber. A Gibson is usually about 3/4" shorter than a Fender and as such has a different feel, and the harmonic characteristics are the subject of endless, mostly speculative discussion.
Lester Polsfuss was an avid and prolific inventor as well as a great guitarist. As such he was instrumental ( ) in the mid-century advances of the recording industry and the electric guitar.
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Guitar scale length is as hotly debated as is preferred caliber. A Gibson is usually about 3/4" shorter than a Fender and as such has a different feel, and the harmonic characteristics are the subject of endless, mostly speculative discussion.
Oh! Well yeah, I can relate to that about as much as I do to deep sea fishing.
Just pull'n yer chain, don't know squat about that kind of thing.
Watch out when they start talking about tone. It's some mythical thing that nobody has ever witnessed being found. But they seek it like it's the Lost Duchman Mine.
Watch out when they start talking about tone. It's some mythical thing that nobody has ever witnessed being found. But they seek it like it's the Lost Duchman Mine.
Tone? What's that?
My past activities ruined any chance of hearing a tone.
Neither guitar tone, nor Jacob Waltz' mine* are the mystery that many would have you believe.
Just like listening to "enthusiasts" discuss a high performance internal combustion engine or leftists discussing politics, most rely on myth and hearsay rather than make an effort to understand the subject.
Tomes have been written about tones, which were previously taught to all young schoolchildren with something called a tonette, which parents were obligated to buy when blowing across the top of a coke bottle would have worked just as good. They probably cost about a nickel to make back in the day. I still remember the way the bakelite kinda tasted.. Otherwise, all I remember about them was that all holes covered = a low C.
Tomes have been written about tones, which were previously taught to all young schoolchildren with something called a tonette, which parents were obligated to buy when blowing across the top of a coke bottle would have worked just as good. They probably cost about a nickel to make back in the day. I still remember the way the bakelite kinda tasted.. Otherwise, all I remember about them was that all holes covered = a low C.
That reminds me of my report cards in high school.