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TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts) Sat Mar 4, 2017, 07:54 AM Mar 2017

Sununu Finds Himself in Cross-Border Fight With Massachusetts Officials on Opioid Crisis

Governor Chris Sununu is getting attention for his recent claims that the city of Lawrence, Mass., is the main source of fentanyl hitting New Hampshire.

Critics accuse Sununu of pointing fingers – saying it’s not going to solve the state’s drug crisis.

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The Mayor of Lawrence Daniel Rivera immediately pushed back on Sununu’s claims - saying cross-border criticism isn’t helpful in the fight against drugs.

“These borders have been here forever, when we were colonies, but the drugs don’t identify those borders, the users don’t identify those borders. So, I refuse to say the real problem is X," Rivera said in a press conference Thursday. "No, the problem is we have a society-wide addiction problem and a society-wide problem with people who want to sell drugs and we should work together to fix them.”

The complete article is at http://nhpr.org/post/sununu-finds-himself-cross-border-fight-massachusetts-officials-opioid-crisis#stream/0 .

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Sununu Finds Himself in Cross-Border Fight With Massachusetts Officials on Opioid Crisis (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP

He's right. Everyone that lives in the area knows it. bunnies Mar 2017 #1

And where is Lawrence getting their shit from? Everyone buys from someone else. chelsea0011 Mar 2017 #3

Don't know where they get it. bunnies Mar 2017 #6

It's true. Chemisse Mar 2017 #4

I don't know what can be done. bunnies Mar 2017 #5

Sununu should build a wall if he is pissed chelsea0011 Mar 2017 #2

Sunnunu knows Mopar151 Mar 2017 #7

bunnies

(15,859 posts)

1. He's right. Everyone that lives in the area knows it.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:06 AM

Mar 2017

Every junkie I've ever known has gotten the shit from Lawrence.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)

3. And where is Lawrence getting their shit from? Everyone buys from someone else.

Reply to bunnies (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:12 AM

Mar 2017

Even in NH.

bunnies

(15,859 posts)

6. Don't know where they get it.

Reply to chelsea0011 (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:31 AM

Mar 2017

The drug flow comes up from the south. Obviously people buy it in NH but it's do much easier in Lawrence. You live in MA. You've been to Lawrence, right? Canal St? Spend 5 minutes wandering side roads and see what happens.

Edit: hit Broadway first if ya need something quicker.

Chemisse

(30,999 posts)

4. It's true.

Reply to bunnies (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:18 AM

Mar 2017

Lawrence is a real armpit.

But if it wasn't Lawrence it would be people from another place, or lots of places. What can Mass really do about it?

bunnies

(15,859 posts)

5. I don't know what can be done.

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:27 AM

Mar 2017

It's such a gigantic problem. I have no answers, unfortunately.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)

2. Sununu should build a wall if he is pissed

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:10 AM

Mar 2017

Mopar151

(10,177 posts)

7. Sunnunu knows

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 01:38 PM

Mar 2017

'Cuz he asked the MA state cops staking out the liquor stores on the interstate! Seriously, if you were going to site a "Fentanyl Discount Warehouse", the logistics of sleaze make Lawrence a great spot. Salem (1st city over the border) has had a rash of "pass out at the wheel after shooting up" crashes, and was no garden spot before this latest blight.

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