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San Diego has seen an 85% increase in drug related deaths.
Darwin must be smiling. Even better for the late Darwin is Prop. 19--making it legal to start on the road to drug addiction and death, all with the encouragement of government!
"The San Diego County Medical Examiner says heart disease was the number one cause of death last year. Accidental deaths from both illegal and prescription drugs was number two.
County officials say 443 San Diegans had accidental drug-related deaths in 2009. When you add up all drug-related deaths, including those from intentional overdoses and alcohol abuse, the number jumps to 660.
Deputy Medical Examiner Jonathan Lucas says these figures don't tell the whole story.
"We see only the deaths," Lucas points out. "We don't see the ER visits, we don't see the people that are chronically abusing their medications, you know, and then don't die. We only see the tip of the iceberg."
Before you vote for Prop. 19 on November 2,please do a couple of things. First on a Saturday night go to the emergency room of your local hospital and see the kids who have over dosed.
Then on Tuesday go to the local cemetery and see the kids buried. Then, after those experiences, vote on Prop. 19 Remember Darwin.
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Darwin must be smiling. Even better for the late Darwin is Prop. 19--making it legal to start on the road to drug addiction and death, all with the encouragement of government!
"The San Diego County Medical Examiner says heart disease was the number one cause of death last year. Accidental deaths from both illegal and prescription drugs was number two.
County officials say 443 San Diegans had accidental drug-related deaths in 2009. When you add up all drug-related deaths, including those from intentional overdoses and alcohol abuse, the number jumps to 660.
Deputy Medical Examiner Jonathan Lucas says these figures don't tell the whole story.
"We see only the deaths," Lucas points out. "We don't see the ER visits, we don't see the people that are chronically abusing their medications, you know, and then don't die. We only see the tip of the iceberg."
Before you vote for Prop. 19 on November 2,please do a couple of things. First on a Saturday night go to the emergency room of your local hospital and see the kids who have over dosed.
Then on Tuesday go to the local cemetery and see the kids buried. Then, after those experiences, vote on Prop. 19 Remember Darwin.
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