Sonoma County District Attorney admits story of 6-year-old dying of fentanyl overdose in playground was fabricated

[beschizza]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/01/19/sonoma-county-district-attorney-admits-story-of-6-year-old-dying-of-fentanyl-overdose-in-playground-was-fabricated-for-campaign.html

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[NukeML]

[Brainspore]

@beschizza

“I am not concerned about people being too alert about the dangers of fentanyl,” Rodriguez said. “Period. I am not.”

This is exactly the logic that led to the disastrous drug policies that punished crack cocaine possession at 100 times the rate of powdered cocaine possession.

[OhHai]

@beschizza

created by Amaturo Sonoma Media Group as part of a $340,000 Federal grant

Amaturo Sonoma Media Group and the Sonoma County DA will be penalized for misuse of federal funds, right?

Anyone?

[Karyudo]

When the story goes back up on the website, there will be an apple with a razorblade in the pile of fentanyl.

[smulder]

@Brainspore

the logic that led to

“Kids, today’s weed is 100× as strong as the weed your parents smoked” … no matter how old you are or when your parents smoked it

[OhHai]

Nice try. I think that if my dad smoked weed he wouldn’t be nearly as big of an asshole.

[danimagoo]

@beschizza

Rodriguez insisted that the medical experts are wrong and that “she’s seen some evidence that touching fentanyl can be hazardous.”

“I don’t want to scare people,” Rodriguez said. "The science about whether or not you can just touch it is developing

Yeah, pfft, what do people who’ve studied this stuff for years and years and years, and whose jobs are literally to understand medicines effects on people, know about it, right? I know better because my “gut” tells me I do.

A little bit of healthy skepticism of experts is fine, but this is getting ridiculous. Between this, and COVID, and climate change, nobody wants to believe the science anymore.

[hecep]

Get her on the fucking stand somewhere!

[smulder]

[OhHai]

Apples and oranges?

[Hanglyman]

No way, this is totally true, just like that babysitter who got super high and put the baby in the oven because she had the munchies and mistook it for a roast, or the guy who took too much LSD and it stayed in his system forever and every time he cracked his spine he thought he was covered in spiders. My brother’s dentist’s cousin’s chiropractor’s dog said so!

[ashe]

[zeiche]

it could be as simple as, “hey, chatgpt. write a tear-jerking story about a little girl that died from a fentanyl overdose.” copy, paste, publish.

[MaiqTheLiar]

Firstly, SHE SEEMS NICE!

And also, I’ve done this stuff, under different circumstances, liked it.
Yeah, sad excuse for a human, I suppose.

[smulder]

[JustGoodSense]

“…we’re trying to educate.”

ARE YA THOUGH? * ThorAndStarlord.gif *

[Surprise_Puma]

[SmilingDemon]

[bluehenbear]

Follow-up

Seems like it’s still a thing? Follow up to:

And an observant reply

Follow-up

During a welfare check on the individual, officers spotted suspected narcotics in plain view. During the search of the vehicle, the two officers at the scene said they started to feel the effects of what was suspected to be fentanyl found in the car. Both suspects were booked into the Martinez Detention Facility, according to police. It’s puzzling that the officers had to be hospitalized, but the suspects weren’t? Presumably, they were inside the car and exposed to the fentanyl for a lo…