Man Uses Burrito To Sneak Heroin-Filled Syringe Into Hospital, Police Say (Photo)
According to
Michael Botticelli
Deputy Director at Office of National Drug Control Policy
who has a BS in Psychology claims to have the medical expertise to make the following quote:
According to Botticelli, “medical professionals are not properly equipped to deal with issues regarding pain or addiction”
A man reportedly delivered a burrito with a hidden syringe filled with heroin to a patient at a Florida hospital.
Police in Bradenton, Florida, are trying to identify a man who brought a bag of food with a hidden heroin-filled syringe inside the Blake Medical Center, reports the Bradenton Herald. The suspect allegedly gave the bag to an employee at the hospital and said it was for a patient. When the employee examined the food, a syringe filled with liquid was found inside a burrito, police said.
The Bradenton Police Department was contacted, and officers tested the liquid inside the syringe with a field test kit. The substance tested positive for heroin.
The suspect is reportedly between 6 feet and 6 feet 4 inches tall. He has a slim build and “bleach blond” hair. A cash reward of up to $1,000 is offered for information leading to positive identification of the suspect.
Here is a pictured of the alleged heroin smuggler, courtesy of the Braden Herald:
In a CBS “60 Minutes” special report released in December, drug official Michael Botticelli said he believes the U.S. needs to change its policy on drugs, especially in light of the nation’s heroin crisis.
“We know one of the drivers of heroin has been the misuse of pain medication,” Botticelli said. “If we’re gonna deal with heroin and heroin use in the United States, we really have to focus on reducing the magnitude of the prescription drug use issue.”
About half of young heroin users started by abusing prescription drugs, according to The Medicine Abuse Project.
“Many pain drugs are opioids, like heroin,” Botticelli explained. “And the number of opioid prescriptions has risen from 76 million in 1991 to 207 million today.”
According to Botticelli, medical professionals are not properly equipped to deal with issues regarding pain or addiction, which has led to an increase in over-prescribing opioid medications. Many people turn to heroin because of its widespread availability and low cost relative to prescription medication.
Sources: Bradenton Herald, The Medicine Abuse Project, CBS 60 Minutes / Photo credit: Provided to The Bradenton Herald, WikiCommons
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“According to
Michael Botticelli
Deputy Director at Office of National Drug Control Policy
who has a BS in Psychology claims to have the medical expertise to make the following quote:
According to Botticelli, “medical professionals are not properly equipped to deal with issues regarding pain or addiction”
WHAT A CROCK OF S###, WELL YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
Why is it that any and all Bureaucrats who are involved in this action against people who are suffering from chronic pain claim to be the only ones qualified to determine who and how to treat drug addicts?
Why is it that the only so called medical professionals who think that all chronic pain sufferers have addiction problems are those affiliated with these government agencies?
Seems to me like the only real problem that has to do with any addiction here is our government itself. It is these bureaucratic IDIOTS who are addicts, and their addiction is the biggest of all, POWER. This government movement is not for the good of the people, it is a abusive demonstration of ultimate control. Hitler and his sadistic political party used these same tactics with the Polish and Jewish people during WWII. They kept these people down by keeping them starving and week. Then when they became too much of a burden, they simply walked them in to gas chambers and turned on the gas. Is that what we now get to look forward to?
Not Me, my suggestion is that we all write CNN and inform them of our concerns, tell them how our government is killing a class of people off who are already week suffering. Tell the News Media that we feel that we are being targeted for extinction and we’re not going to take it. Tell them your personal stories and why you need to use prescription pain medication. Let’s stop laying down and tell the truth, we are not the abusers, but we are the abused.
DM yes let’s write all the news groups. Give then your comparison! I would like to know how the government would respond to that in front of the world
Erghhhh it has nothing to do with pain or pain medicine this article. It has to do with addiction to heroin. The statistics of increased use of pain medication is very realistic as more people are aging and needing pain meds. And Pain is being more properly managed than it has in the past due to medical research that shows pain it causes many problems with health and depression.