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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC 27 Mar 2017

    Physicians are calling for drug overdoses to be treated like a medical emergency. http://abcn.ws/2nZtHFv pic.twitter.com/t9xFWYg12f

    2:37 PM - 27 Mar 2017
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      2. delano_goodin‏ @delano_goodin 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        When it hits Suberbia, then it's a problem.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. McFly- Lover of the Dodgers‏ @myr0713 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @delano_goodin @ABC

        boom! Issues like that rarely get the attention deserved til it hits the "privliged" ...I've been a pharmacy tech..

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. McFly- Lover of the Dodgers‏ @myr0713 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @myr0713 @delano_goodin @ABC

        ..in a affluent SoCal town & you wouldn't believe the number of of pill abusers-affluent families of all ages..

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. McFly- Lover of the Dodgers‏ @myr0713 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @myr0713 @delano_goodin @ABC

        ...it is sad. Now that's it's become a "real problem" it's going to be seen as and emergency. Drugs are drugs!!

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Dixie‏ @phanson1253 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        Aren't they?

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      2. TinyL3pr3chaun #MarchForOurLives‏ @TinyL3pr3chaun 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Gram_of_12 @ABC

        ahhh, ya know...just another junkie dying...look away and good riddance, ammirite? 😢

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      1. @slotaddict‏ @slotaddict 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        well they are medical emergency services, are they not?

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      1. Yevette Parker‏ @YevetteParker 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        When would that NOT be a medical emergency?

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      1. Candy England‏ @Izziebettz2 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        They aren't doing that now? That is a sad statement.

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      1. Judith Harper‏ @Jharperj1 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        Huh. Isn't a drug overdose a medical emergency already? What planet am I on? Did I forget how to read?

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      1. Bookdragon (breathing fire) "GIVE them ALL back !"‏ @daBookdragon 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        After reading the story it is more accurate to say they are asking that ADDICTION be treated as serious and life threatening illness.

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      1. Fiona B‏ @Feebeekiwi 27 Mar 2017
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        you mean drug overdoses AREN'T treated as a medical emergency?

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      1. Josh‏ @RobsJoshB 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        Pretty sure that already qualifies as a medical emergency. Is this actually news?

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      1. Carol F. Carter‏ @CarolFCarter3 27 Mar 2017
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        Well, they are doctors and it is an emergency....

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      1. dynamo‏ @ruggkes 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        versus what? A walk in the park?

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      1. Shelly  ✝️ 🇺🇸 🐻‏ @usa_shellym 27 Mar 2017
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        duh, they are medical emergencies.

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      1. DJ LEGION ONE‏ @DJ_LEGION_ONE 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        Makes sense...-ONE👍🏾

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      1. Hollopoint_Hooligan‏ @HP_Hooligan 30 Mar 2017
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        @abc like?™

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      1. Morna ❌‏ @sugastarks 27 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ABC

        of course they are, it helps with Obamacare agenda! Duh!

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