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In almost all of these cases, ingestion of excessive amounts of almost any opioids will cause some degree of brain damage," said Lieutenant Suzanne Baeder, Head of the Professional Standards Bureau, current Public Information Officer, and long time supervisor of the narcotics unit of the Escondido Police Department. "20 years ago we seldom heard of fentanyl. It was an east coast thing and even then it was a minor blip on the narcotics radar watch. Today, it has become pervasive. It's everywhere, all across the nation, including right here in Escondido."
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"The fentanyl problem affects all ages, from 8 to 65 and beyond," said Officer Teyechea. "We see victims from fine, outstanding families, (but) 90% of what we see are within the homeless community . . but even there, the story usually is the victim had a job, tried Fentanyl, became addicted, lost his job, and then became homeless. But the addiction followed him and, often, winds up killing him."
"We see a lot of heartbreaking scenes," said Lt. Baeder. "I remember a case where we responded and found a Thanksgiving Meal on the table all set for the holiday . . . and found two people who had both overdosed. It turns out they thought they were doing cocaine but it had been laced with fentanyl and they
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This week, a compendium of wit, wisdom and neat stuff you can tell at parties. Enjoy!
Brad lives in California....
He was sick of the world, of Covid19, Trump, Russian belligerence, China, global warming, racial tensions, and the rest of the disturbing stories that occupy media headlines.
Brad drove his car into his garage and then sealed every doorway and window as best he could. He got back into his car and wound down all the windows, selected his favorite radio station, started the car and revved it to a slow idle.
Two days later, a worried neighbor peered through his garage window and saw him in the car. She notified the emergency services and they broke in, pulling Brad from the car. OD'd. Family members found them 12 hours later. Too late for Narcam. Neither survived. That was a tough one to see . . . they all are."
"On another case we responded to, a mother with a young toddler went into the bathroom while the toddler was sleeping and snorted something (presumably fentanyl) from a pill. The father of the child came to pick up the child and found the mother, dead, on the bathroom floor. Again, too late for Narcam."
"They all hit you hard in the gut. As members of law enforcement we are trained to 'compartmentalize' different cases . . . and we build walls, one for each type of case, that are supposed to protect us from getting involved emotionally. But a lot of these cases never leave you. Even after my shift is over and I return home . . . and try to regain a normal form of life . . . the memories will often come flooding back."
Officer Teyechea: "It hits me the same way. I have two children, ages 6 and 3, and I think of them and . . well, maybe I've just returned from responding to two or three Fentanyl calls, and I see what the results of fentanyl are . . . and those memories cause me to worry a great deal about the future my kids might be facing."
Lt. Baeder: "We sometimes will respond to 10 calls a day that are fentanyl related. Other days we might have two . . . but it's almost certain a day will not go by that we
Brad is a registered California Democrat.
•••• CHINA CLAIMS THAT CORONAVIRUS CAME FROM AN OLD STUPID BAT, BUT NANCY PELOSI DENIED HAVING BEEN INVOLVED.
"PAYDAY" CANDY BAR IS CHANGING ITS NAME BECAUSE IT'S OFFENSIVE TO THOSE WHO DON'T WORK.
IF THE CURRENT POWER GRID CAN'T HANDLE A NIGHT OF 20 DEGREE TEMPERATURES WITHOUT ROLLING BLACKOUTS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PLUG 100 MILLIONS ELECTRIC CARS UP AT NIGHT?
ARE THERE ANY COUNTRIES THAT TAX THEIR CITIZENS AND SEND SOME OF IT TO AMERICANS?
IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, A WORLD WHERE EVERY TWEET AND MEME MUST BE FACT CHECKED BUT NOT A BALLOT.
HOW TO STOP DRUNK DRIVERS FROM KILLING SOBER DRIVERS? BAN SOBER DRIVERS FROM DRIVING. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW GUN CONTROL WORKS. don't have to respond to at least one fentanyl call . . and every single fentanyl call could well be a fatality. That's how serious it is. Fentanyl is not only addictive . . it is more potent than heroin or morphine . . and cheaper. Folks can buy it in powder or pill form and all too often they will take some other pill that they think is prescription medicine only to later learn that (a) it is counterfeit and (b) it is laced with fentanyl."
Fentanyl: The Most Dangerous Drug in America
San Diego County Medical Examiner Steven Campman, MD, reports 976 deaths in 2021 attributed to opioid overdose . . a 200% increase since 2016. Of those 976 deaths 462, or 47% were attributed to fentanyl. An even more deadly mix was that of fentanyl mixed with methamphetamine . . a 2300% increase since 2016!
Taking fentanyl to get high, or taking drugs containing fentanyl, is like playing Russian roulette. It's a gamble that could end your life.
What Does Fentanyl Do to Your Body? - Drug Facts
The following are the possible side effects of fentanyl:
Urine retention dryness of mouth, hives or itching, constipation, nausea, and vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss, vision problems, headache, hallucinations and bad
SURE CRACKER BARREL IS SCREWED.
CAN WE STILL PLAY CHINESE CHECKERS? IS THAT SEASON STILL CALLED INDIAN SUMMER? NO MORE ITALIAN SAUSAGES? HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS FOOLISHNESS?
HELL OF A JOB, DEMOCRATS! YOU'VE MANAGED TO BRING BACK THE 1918 PANDEMIC, THE 1929 DEPRESSION, THE 1968 RACE RIOTS AND THE 1973 GAS PRICES - ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
•••• Jacob, a Russian Jew, was finally allowed to emigrate to Israel .
At Moscow airport, a customs inspector found a statue of Lenin in his luggage and asked, "What is this?"
"Wrong question, comrade” replied Jacob. “You should have asked, Who is this? This is Comrade Lenin. He laid the foundations of Socialism and created future prosperity for the Russian people. I am taking it with me as a memory of our great hero."
The Russian customs official sent him on his way.
At Tel Aviv airport, an Israeli customs official asked Jacob, "What is this?" asking who is this? This, my friend, is Lenin, the bastard who caused me, a Jew, to leave Russia in shame. I take this statue as a reminder to curse him every day."
dreams, depression, sweating while sleeping, shaking.
Fentanyl can make you feel really good because it's so powerful.
The last breath you take
Here is how fentanyl kills you, or your loved one: When it binds to the endorphin-releasing receptors, it can mess them up.
Because of that, your body cannot respond to low levels of oxygen or high levels of carbon dioxide.
Those are the two things that tell your brain — which controls your lungs — that you need to breathe. If the opioid is bound to those receptors, it cannot tell if the oxygen is low, or the carbon dioxide is too high and you eventually stop breathing and die.
What is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine. Pharmaceutical fentanyl was developed for pain management treatment of cancer patients, applied in a patch on the skin. Because of its powerful opioid properties, fentanyl is also diverted for abuse.
How Is Fentanyl Taken?
As far as abusing fentanyl, it is taken in many of the same ways as
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The Israeli official sent him on his way.
In his new home in Tel Aviv, Jacob placed the statue on a table. The following evening, he invited friends and relatives to dinner.
Spotting the statue, one of his cousins asked, "Who is this?"
"Wrong question. You should have asked, what is this? This is five kilograms of solid gold that I managed to bring with me from Russia without having to pay any customs duty or tax."
The Moral: "Politics is when you can tell the same crap in different ways to fool different people and still come out smelling like a rose.” ••••
Okay:
I went to Ralph's this morning to get (a) a gallon of milk, (b) a loaf of bread, (c) a carton of 18 eggs. I had just been to Ralph's two days earlier to pick up groceries. These were items I had forgotten. Maybe a $12-$15 expenditure.
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San Marcos Chamber of Commerce Items: The Community Connect Series Featuring San Marcos Council Member Randy Walton, Tuesday, August 9th, 8:30am 9:30am
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heroin. It can be injected, snorted, smoked or the patches can even be chewed or eaten. The effects of the drug occur extremely fast because fentanyl crosses the blood-brain barrier much quicker than morphine or other opiates.
Fentanyl has seen an annual growth of fentanyl overdose cases. Fentanyl is toxic . . deadly. The only known antidote is a nasal spray known as Narcam . . . it can, if administered in time, reverse the overdose effect. Even if the victim is revived via Naracam he or she is automatically and routinely taken to Palomar Medical Center where there are doctors on duty who have specific protocols to treat fentanyl (and other) overdoses.
The antidote for Fentanyl:
The great benefit of Narcam is that it is effective for reversing overdose symptoms on any opioid, not just fentanyl. There is no harm caused by administering the nasal spray. It also comes as an injection. Narcam has proven to be very effective with a high survival rate amonth victims.
Naloxsone (Narcam) counteracts the effects of fentanyl for only 30 minutes. (CBC News) County Supervisor Jim Desmond will be the featured guest at this month's Government Affairs Meeting.
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the hospital for additional medical treatment. Unless that person gets to hospital for additional treatment, such as more Naloxsone, they could still die.
It's Not a Just a Drug Anymore . . . It's Poison!
Last year, the leading cause of death in the United States for 18-45-yearolds was fentanyl. Fentanyl overdose deaths in 2021 exceeded 800 in San Diego County and will continue to grow in 2022 unless there is greater awareness and stronger policies in place.
Drug overdoses kill more Americans than car crashes, gunshots, or AIDS at its peak. But it's no longer just a crisis of prescription pills or heroin. It's a crisis of fentanyl.
Fentanyl is unlike any other drug problem in modern history. It's more useful to think of it as a mass poisoning than as a traditional drug epidemic.
“This is a new era,” said Bryce Pardo, the lead author of the new report and an associate policy researcher at RAND who specializes in drug policy. “We haven't seen anything like this since heroin first hit the streets more than 100 years ago.” usually blue, often with an "M" imprinted on one side of the pill and the number '30' on the other side. The pills are most often blue in color but have been found in other colors. A recent DEA Lab Study found that in counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl, nearly 4 out of 10 contained a potentially fatal dose of fentanyl.
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Rady Children’s Hospital News: U.S. News & World Report Announcement - U.S. News & World Report announced the results of its annual survey to identify the top children’s hospitals in the country and for the first time, Rady Children's had four specialties rank in the top 10: Orthopedics #2, Neurology & Neurosurgery #8, Neonatology #9, Diabetes & Endocrine Disorders #10. This is the sixth year in a row that Rady Children’s was ranked among the nation's best children’s hospitals in all 10 pediatric specialties surveyed.
Woman’s Club of Escondido Scholarship Recipients Were
Honored - The Woman's Club of Escondido honored the scholarship recipients that had been chosen from the three major high schools in Escondido.
Officers for Escondido Woman's
Club for 2022-2023 - The Woman's Club of Escondido recently elected officers for the next year starting August 2022 thru July 2023.
They are, (above) from left to right; Sherrie Taylor, Mackenzie’s Mother, next Mackenzie’s friend, Recipient Mackenzie Taylor of San Pasqual High School; Recipient Rose Montano Ramos of Orange Glen High School; Rocio Ramos, Rose’s Mother; Recipient Jesus Vasquez Amador of Escondido High School, Jesus’s Father. The recipients introduced themselves and told of their plans for their careers and the colleges they will attend.
From left to right (above): Treasurer, Gloria Bohannon; 1VP, Assistant Secretary, Judy Berman; Susan Reveles, Secretary; Della Gilliland, 5th VP, Grounds; Susan Belair, 2nd VP, Membership; Jessie Berryman and Georgine Tomasi, Co-Presidents. Not present 5th VP, Clubhouse Evelyn Madison; Assistant Treasurer, Alma Tindall;
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Access to fentanyl:
Fentanyl is often made to look exactly like OxyContin, Xanax, Percocet, and others, and are being sold on Social Media on Instagram, SnapChat and Facebook. Teens often have several accounts on social media platforms, one that is "parent-friendly" and one that is hidden and private.
If it wasn't prescribed for you by your doctor and if it did not come from a legitimate pharmacy, chances are incredibly high that it is counterfeit and may well contain a potentially fatal dose of fentanyl, methamphetamine, a combination of both, or some other highly dangerous drug.
Often, the person supplying the fentanyl is known to your son or daughter. They go to the same school, they attend similar activities, they may even be good friends. Your son or daughter trusts them and they have no desire to harm your son or daughter. In many cases the dealer has no idea the pill they give your son or daughter contains fentanyl. And that is just one reason why fentanyl is such a terrible threat to our young people.
It is no longer necessary to go to "the shady part of town" to buy illicit and harmful, potentially fatal, drugs.
Recognizing a Fentanyl overdose:
With a fentanyl overdose the body becomes limp, and the person is unresponsive. The person may appear to be in a deep sleep. You may hear an exagerated, rough snore. This is the body struggling to get oxygen. Fentanyl is a respiratory depressant. Breathing may be slow, erratic, or non-existent. The pupils in the eyes constrict to pinpoint. Lips and fingertips may turn blue, if light skinned, grey, if dark skinned. This is another sign of lack of oxygen.
What to do if someone is overdosing:
1. Try arousing them by shouting their name, or, something shocking, "the police are here!" 2. Use the knuckles of your hand to rub their sternum HARD! 3. If you get no response, call 911, say "not breathing," or "Nonresponsive." 4. Perform rescue breathing, if needed. 5. If you have N aloxsone (Narcam) follow the directions on the box and administer a dose. 6. Continue with rescue breathing, if
Ronald McDonald House Names San Marcos Winner - $1 milllion Cash!
41,297 raffle tickets were sold this year, raising more than $2.5 million for the Ronald McDonald House. More than 15,500 raffle prizes, including some of this year's biggest winners have now been notified.
We are thrilled to announce Vincent Bruno of San Marcos, CA as Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 San Diego Giving Back Raffle. Mr. Bruno wins $1 million in cash!
Congratulations to Mr. Bruno!
County Getting Ready for Naloxone Vending Machines
The County of San Diego is readying a new tool to help fight the growing number of opioid overdoses in the region.
The County will install 12 naloxone vending machines throughout the region by next summer, with half of them scheduled to go up by the end of this year.
Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is a medication used to reverse overdoses by restoring normal breathing. The drug can prevent overdose deaths if used quickly and followed by medical treatment.
“Naloxone is a proven life saver in overdose situations and San Diego County Behavioral Health Services and its partners are working hard to expand access,” said Nicole Esposito, the County’s chief population health officer. “The enhanced distribution of naloxone into the hands of community
Man About Town
The Paper’s early endorsements:
There are candidates for elective office that The Paper thinks have shown such consistent leadership, innovation, vision and accomplishment, that they deserve to be reelected.
Fifth District Supervisor Jim
Desmond has his finger on the pulse of the community. He knows what and how we think and leads the effort to ensure necessary change.
He saw through, and vigorously opposed SANDAG’s effort to impose an automotive mileage/road tax . . . and also correctly pointed out that SANDAG cannot be trusted to keep its commitments and has SANDAG has proven it has zero interest in apportioning the fair share of tax monies to North San
members is vital in saving lives that might otherwise be lost to overdose.”
Based on preliminary data, nearly 900 people died from accidental opioid overdoses in San Diego County in 2021. That’s a 55 percent increase compared to 2020.
Registration and use will be anonymous and free of charge. Anyone who wishes to access the vending machines must first complete an online training. Once completed, individuals will receive a pin to access naloxone from the vending machines.
The Naloxone Distribution Program directly aligns with the San Diego County’s Comprehensive Harm Reduction Strategy, which was approved by the County Board of Supervisors last year. The program provides wrap-around services for San Diegans who use drugs.
In addition to the naloxone vending machines, the effort includes targeted outreach and trainings and partnerships with community-based programs.
Substance use treatment resources are available by calling the County’s Access and Crisis Line at (888) 7247240, calling 9-8-8 or by calling 2-1-1.
The ‘Rios Collection’ at CSUSM
Retired newspaper photographer Dan Rios’ more than 1 million images has been donated to the Cal State San Marcos University creating a historic collection of North County life on display in the Kellogg Library Reading Room.
Rios’ photographic work was accomplished first at the Escondido Times Advocate and then the North County Times when the T-A was morphed into the latter. He estimated about 1 million images in some 48,000 film strips make up his collection. Rios' photographic work covers five decades beginning in the early 1970s. The university honored Rios Saturday with a reception and an exhibit with some 50 friends and former colleagues in attendance.
Diego County. That staffers at SANDAG have not been indicted for fraud continues to amaze us.
Desmond also has been the leading light in calling for legislative and community support to fight the horrible, horrible tragedy of illegal use of fentanyl . . that is responsible for the largest number of overdose deaths in San Diego County as well as the nation. He arranged a Town Hall with a brilliant team of experts that every family should see . . and can. Just go to:
https://www.supervisorjimdesmond.com/fentanyltownhall.
It was thanks to Supervisor Desmond that The Paper got involved in this community awareness project and devoted this week’s cover story to Fentanyl, its illegal uses, and how it is killing thousands of people ever day. We urge you to read this cover story and then, at the end, you’ll find organizations where you can volunteer your time, your energy and/or your money, to help fight this scourge.
Supervisor Desmond has also loudly and consistenly opposed the state of California placing convicted Violent Sexual Predators within our county whenever they have been paroled from prison. He has appeared outside and inside the courtrooms to make his case. Supervisor Jim Desmond and Borrego Springs residents spoke out at the placement hearing for
Dan Rios, left, Tom Morrow, right Oceanside Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Hit-and-Run Collision
Oceanside Police have identified and arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run death of 68-year-old Oceanside resident Cecilia Shu.
After weeks of canvassing the neighborhood surrounding the accident site and vehicle collision centers, investigators recovered the suspect’s vehicle. Combining physical evidence and witness statements, investigators identified the suspect involved in the collision as 34-year-old Oceanside resident Sean Richter.
Richter was taken into custody at the Oceanside Police Department on suspicion of felony gross vehicular manslaughter and hit and run with death.
sexually violent predator, Michael Martinez, who was convicted of four separate cases including child molestation, annoying/molesting a child and lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under 14. The judge denied the most recent motion to not place a convicted Violent Sexual Predator in Borrego Springs but Supervisor Desmond vows to appeal the ruling and to continue the argument that these human scum should be kept in a mobile home outside of the pentiteniary but still on prison grounds and not placed in a residential community within San Diego County.
Supervisor Desmond argued that Craig Blas should go to prison. has had been repeatedly arrested, and then paroled and released – 10 times since 2020. He was arrested most recently on May 11, 2022 for a probation violation. During the arrest, he was found with a handgun magazine, 36 grams of methamphetamine, 235 fentanyl pills, 3.6 grams of powder fentanyl, a loaded magazine, a digital scale, and baggies consistent with the kind used to package illegal narcotics. This time Blas was sentenced to 7 years in State prison thanks to Supervisor Desmond and members of the community who spoke in court. The judge listened.
During the hearing, Judge Simmons acknowledged all of the letters he received from residents in North County. Our community is safer because of everyone stepping up and voicing their concerns! Supervisor Jim Desmond knows the minds of the people. He knows how we think . . . is able to cut through red tape and get things done, and truly represents the people in his District.
The Paper thinks it is critically important that Supervisor Jim Desmond be re-elected as 5th District Supervisor.
Escondido Mayor Paul
McNamara, a retired Marine Corp Colonel, has consistently demonstrated the leadership traits he acquired during his service with the Marine Corps. He, too, is a visionary . . . anticipating future problems and coming up with solutions to prevent them from developing.
He is articulate and outlines real and potential problems and offering solutions. He is able to generally gather a consensus of voters and council colleagues that deal with today’s as well as tomorrow’s issues. He does an excellent job of conducting and leading city council meetings and works with varying viewpoints to accomplish a goal.
Former City Attorney and later City Manager, now retired, Jeff Epp, once made what I think is a profound statement.
Early in Mayor McNamara’s term of office I had mentioned to Mr. Epp and former City Council
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Friedrich Sightings
Lyle, at Friday's Cruising Grand on July 29, we spotted and chatted-up your laddie and star writer Friedrich Gomez who introduced us to your exwife, Mary, who has dementia but doesn't show it. As we Irish would say, they were in a high-stepping grand mood and were even singing a Scots Highlander tune! I tell ya mate, your "Man About Town Column" was bang-on when you said Friedrich works some kind of magic with Mary! We and others witnessed it! It's all true! They were like two small school children together, kicking up their heels and I was knackered just watching them!
Friedrich's got a mighty powerful legion of fans out here, and yet he's
