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Post by frankthemute on Jun 30, 2006 0:00:28 GMT -5
Meth is a problem where I live but I can name 6 people Ive known who have overdosed and died on oxycotin in the past 4 years. I saw a USA Today article that made me crack the hell up, the headline was "Prescription painkillers find place in teen culture" Now I dont know where they have been the past 5 years but here more kids do pain pills than smoke. Ive talked to at least 20 people I know who said they quit smoking and started doing pills because of drug tests at work and they can get pills out in just a few days. Anyhow, when I was in highschool 2002-2003 pills really came on the scene here and people just quit smoking and started doing them. Me personally....Im a smoker, i love toking up, love everything about it.....pills are too damn expensive and dont do anything. But you cant tell the kids around here that. I know more prescription pill addicts than smokers in my small town.
Post by Hipster Doofus on Jun 30, 2006 7:32:18 GMT -5
What they don't realize is Oxy isn't that far of a step down from heroin....dangerous stuff. Watch out for Fentanyl too. People are dying from that, especially when it's mixed in with heroin and E.
Yeah pill use around here is scary too. People don't realize how dangerous Oxy is, I think people assume it's a "safer" form of heroin. I'm a smoker and have been for a looong time. In high school and college I definitely did my share of experimenting and partying and got mixed up in things that I shouldn't have. When things started to go downhill and friends started to OD I pulled myself out and now I'm just a happy smoker again. Now I can't believe the things I did and I'd NEVER go back. I just hope that my friends and other kids who use pills, etc, will grow out of it. Addiction is a scary thing.
Post by Hipster Doofus on Jun 30, 2006 9:06:49 GMT -5
I'm an occasional fan of pills, but only like once or twice a month. I'll just take a couple percs or vics when I'm just drinking a few beers. Luckily it's not something that really draws me back, but I've seen a few examples of the addictive power of opiates.
I used to know a couple of kids who liked to use morphine patches. They were also heroin junkies - go figure.
I also had a close friend - GREAT guy - OD a few years ago on Oxy. It was awfully tragic. He was one of those people where you go, "Of all people, why him?" I remember when we were told; I literally became ill, and felt like I was going to throw up.
It's one of those things you never get over. Memorial Day weekend sucks.