Drug paraphernalia located at camp site (Arizona)
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Yup, only big States and big cities like California and San Francisco have drug users. I've visited and/or have stayed for extended periods of time in over 30 States in the country and never once have I ever seen anyone addicted to, using, or commiting crimes as a means to pay for more drugs in any of the rural parts of America I have visited. Never once have I ever been to a small town or rural part of the country and have seen someone sleeping in the street or a bus stop, nor have I ever experienced seeing a meth addict scratching his own skin off in broad daylight in Southern Utah last May. While I'm only joking, this is actually the kind of perspective held by people who get their world view from facebook groups and cable news.
In all seriousness, I don't have a problem picking up trash I see in our public land, but I draw the line at picking up needles and glass pipes. It's just too much of a risk of getting poked. Fortunately here in California, I have not one seen needle or pipe in my 20+ years of exploring the State. I did however, visit a pick n pull in Sacramento last summer to harvest a set of leaf springs for my old truck, and was nearly stuck in the shoulder by a used heroine needle by mere inches while under the donor truck. Other than that, my luck has been good. I'm still trying to figure out why someone would pay 2 dollars to walk into a giant salvage yard and go underneath a truck in the Sacramento summer heat to shoot up.
In all seriousness, I don't have a problem picking up trash I see in our public land, but I draw the line at picking up needles and glass pipes. It's just too much of a risk of getting poked. Fortunately here in California, I have not one seen needle or pipe in my 20+ years of exploring the State. I did however, visit a pick n pull in Sacramento last summer to harvest a set of leaf springs for my old truck, and was nearly stuck in the shoulder by a used heroine needle by mere inches while under the donor truck. Other than that, my luck has been good. I'm still trying to figure out why someone would pay 2 dollars to walk into a giant salvage yard and go underneath a truck in the Sacramento summer heat to shoot up.
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That is a lot of syringes. Either there was a bunch of people, they were there for a long time, or a diabetic dumped his trash can there.
I would gamble on the last of those.
I wouldn't really expect IV drug users to be buying gas station CBD.
I would gamble on the last of those.
I wouldn't really expect IV drug users to be buying gas station CBD.
Will stop as soon as the inmates stop running the asylum.
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Just got back from 7 states camping, that right there is more trash than I saw in 25 days camping. Only one syringe did I see. Pretty Clean camps here in Az, then in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and back in Az.
There is still hope, I picked up maybe 1 trash bag total combined.
Any amount sucks...... Jeff
There is still hope, I picked up maybe 1 trash bag total combined.
Any amount sucks...... Jeff
Look harder.
We've got entire bales of drugs washing up on the east shores of Florida. You can even get a tshirt at the beach front stores that says: "SAVE THE BALES''. Sadly, they don't deliver cash by boat, it seems. Or at least nobody is calling the cops for cash deliveries gone wild.
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We've got entire bales of drugs washing up on the east shores of Florida. You can even get a tshirt at the beach front stores that says: "SAVE THE BALES''. Sadly, they don't deliver cash by boat, it seems. Or at least nobody is calling the cops for cash deliveries gone wild.
Bales Of Weed Wash Ashore On Sugarloaf Key And Big Pine Key
Today is April 20, or 4/20, celebrated by marijuana smokers and enthusiasts around the world as "Weed Day", but there are 17 pounds of weed now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol in the Florida Keys after multiple bales of marijuana were found washed ashore on Sunday afternoon.
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Bricks of cocaine continue washing up on Southern beaches
Bricks of cocaine washed up this week on an island in the Florida keys. Similar bundles have been washing up in Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan.
Beachgoers discover about 53 pounds of cocaine on shore in Indian River County worth $1.4 million
'It was pretty obvious we needed to call 911,' man says of shoreline drug discovery
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Count your blessings. The only thing that washes up on he west coast of Florida is dead fish.Look harder.
We've got entire bales of drugs washing up on the east shores of Florida. You can even get a tshirt at the beach front stores that says: "SAVE THE BALES''. Sadly, they don't deliver cash by boat, it seems. Or at least nobody is calling the cops for cash deliveries gone wild.
Bales Of Weed Wash Ashore On Sugarloaf Key And Big Pine Key
Today is April 20, or 4/20, celebrated by marijuana smokers and enthusiasts around the world as "Weed Day", but there are 17 pounds of weed now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol in the Florida Keys after multiple bales of marijuana were found washed ashore on Sunday afternoon.
Bricks of cocaine continue washing up on Southern beaches
Bricks of cocaine washed up this week on an island in the Florida keys. Similar bundles have been washing up in Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan.
Beachgoers discover about 53 pounds of cocaine on shore in Indian River County worth $1.4 million
'It was pretty obvious we needed to call 911,' man says of shoreline drug discoverywww.tcpalm.com
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You say that like we're the junky scum responsible for it. I promise you it wasn't "Overlanders." Look in every major city, our tax dollars are buying those needles, feeding those junkies, and letting them setup campsites wherever they want.
If you want to fix this a) vote b) start making real efforts to persuade your Dem-voting friends/family to come to their senses. Chastising OB isn't going to help...
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damn....you predicted this 2 months ago
The Dixie Fire Is The 2nd Largest In California History And Is Only 21% Contained
The massive fire has now been burning since mid-July in Northern California. Sheriff's deputies are still looking for four people who lived in the town of Greenville, which was largely destroyed.
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In this case it looks like you may be right. For some reason I always expected diabetics would be responsible with the way they disposed of their syringes. Then one day I was dispatched to a site where a bucket full was thrown off a coastal bridge. The sharps were strewn all over the shoreline of a highly visited tide pool area, popular for school field trips… I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving them or passing the buck. Luckily I had the right gloves for job and the tide was out :/
I’m not disagreeing with a bunch of good points made in this thread. I worked in the woods for 31 years and saw a ton of drug trash and leftovers from cooking meth. I had the pleasure of busting some of these screwed up people over the years.
A huge percentage of diabetics are diabetics of their own making.
It should come as no surprise that people irresponsible with their own existence, would display the same degree of irresponsibility with their cast off trash.
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The sudden open border policy and 200K known crossing a day has left a trail of trash and created a glut of drug availability. All while Kamala laughs and Joe concentrates on his double chocolate ice cream cone. This is a Federally created problem, not a state created problem.
If Coyotes were smart they would smuggle ammo, not drugs and people, across the border and sell on the street corner. Higher profit margin and a lot less hassles these days.......
If Coyotes were smart they would smuggle ammo, not drugs and people, across the border and sell on the street corner. Higher profit margin and a lot less hassles these days.......
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The problem is the rural fires are burning out the good people that live in and respect nature.. Now if LA, San Fran, Silicon valley, or the like burns, then I would agree.
Started with Agenda 21- push people into the cities where they can be controlled. Meanwhile, 30 years of letting the forests build unnatural overgrowth fuel and environmental regulations preventing one from managing their own property has set the stage.
A close friend received a fine from the county for over trimming trees, which he trimmed back after the fire marshal informed him to trim or he would be fined for not trimming. Let that sink in.
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