Heroin Epidemic

[roarcity269 0]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman brought this thought to light, but it has been going for awhile... has anyone's communities been impact by the increased use in Heroin amongst teenagers in this country?

 

I live in Charlotte and haven't heard much about it here but I am originally from Kalamazoo, MI and a town south of Kzoo called Portage had a terrible problem at one of the high school districts most of the wealthier families fell into.

 

It was pretty bad.

[nd1baby 0]

So you're looking for a fix there in Charlotte? Try heroindomain.com.

[roarcity269 0]

So you're looking for a fix there in Charlotte? Try heroindomain.com.

 

Thanks, but no.

[DREWGOOSE 1]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman brought this thought to light, but it has been going for awhile... has anyone's communities been impact by the increased use in Heroin amongst teenagers in this country?

 

I live in Charlotte and haven't heard much about it here but I am originally from Kalamazoo, MI and a town south of Kzoo called Portage had a terrible problem at one of the high school districts most of the wealthier families fell into.

 

It was pretty bad.

 

I am from Marshall. I didn't know there was such a problem in Portage. Was that recent?

[piratey 6]

My friend from grade schools older brother died of a heroine overdose over the summer, there was some bad stuff that was going around and killed a bunch of people around the Ann Arbor area

[roarcity269 0]

I am from Marshall. I didn't know there was such a problem in Portage. Was that recent?

 

I guess it was about 8 years ago or so... not sure if its still happening, but I know there was a lot of local emphasis on it.

[TheRizz 5]

Heroin and cocaine are definitely on the uptick. No doubt about it

[nd1baby 0]

I was perfectly happy with a keg. My thinking was more like Paul Stanley's of Kiss:

 

 

FOX411: It's kind of amazing that both of you never got caught up in drugs or drinking.

 

Stanley: I've never had any aversion to a good bottle of wine, but certainly moderation and common sense tells you what to stay away from. If somebody said to me, 'Hey, here's something that will make you impotent, lose your teeth and get hepatitis,' you'd have to be an idiot to say, 'Sign me up.' People who get involved in drugs have problems that are so deep seated that fame will not cure it. If anything, it will only take it to another level. It'll exacerbate everything that's bad.

[jessemoore97 1,289]

Been on for 15 years. Used to be that maybe I'd come across one or hear of one heroin OD a year, maybe... Now we may have a few each week or so. Couple years back it was pretty bad and we had multiple OD deaths from heroin, and numerous others who almost died if it wasn't for NARCAN. Feds got involved and a large distribution ring was broken up and many we convicted of some healthy charges. Still there are a fair amount of users for the area and someone stepped into the distributors role.

[TheRizz 5]

To be honest, we are a post Christian country and moral failure is commonplace.

[DTCBND03 0]

Too bad about Philip Seymour Hoffman...great actor. Was just watching a show with drug experts explaining that heroin addiction is primarily a white problem mostly due to cost...not like it was back in the 70s with African American / Hispanic communities. It starts with perscription pills but that can run $4-500/day just to keep up. So people then flip to heroin which is 1/5 the cost and then there's no turning back after that.

 

I don't feel sorry at all for people that OD on drugs...but when the gateway drug is scrip pills I can see an exception. These need to be limited as much as possible...and not given out with every minor surgery you get these days...anywhere from wisdom teeth to an ingrown toenail. I hear its so easy to get hooked so I've always refused when i've had my surgeries. Toughen up...deal with the pain...and stay clean!

 

But when you ask if there's an epidemic...do you really care? I don't.

Edited February 5, 2014 by DTCBND03

[TheRizz 5]

Too bad about Philip Seymour Hoffman...great actor. Was just watching a show with drug experts explaining that heroin addiction is primarily a white problem mostly due to cost...not like it was back in the 70s with African American / Hispanic communities. It starts with perscription pills but that can run $4-500/day just to keep up. So people then flip to heroin which is 1/5 the cost and then there's no turning back after that.

 

I don't feel sorry at all for people that OD on drugs...but when the gateway drug is scrip pills I can see an exception. These need to be limited as much as possible...and not given out with every minor surgery you get these days...anywhere from wisdom teeth to an ingrown toenail. I hear its so easy to get hooked so I've always refused when i've had my surgeries. Toughen up...deal with the pain...and stay clean!

 

But when you ask if there's an epidemic...do you really care? I don't.

 

I would submit that marijuana is a gateway drug just as much as prescription pills

[nickman54 0]

I would submit that marijuana is a gateway drug just as much as prescription pills

 

I would submit that your submission is BS. Please don't take offense. Choices are made by individuals and they are dealt with by judgement of those that make those decisions. IMO psh is a moron that oded, with three youngins at home. Who cares how talented he was, he stuck the needle in his arm and now he's gone. Tell his kids how much talent he had in ten years, I doubt they would care. It wold probably be nice if they had their dad around

[DTCBND03 0]

I would submit that marijuana is a gateway drug just as much as prescription pills

 

It's def not...90% of the US has done weed....very few move onto H.

[echo88 74]

There are personalities and genetic combinations more susceptible to the allure of and addiction to drugs....of all kinds.

 

There is no such thing as a gateway. If you're a regular pot, alcohol, or prescription drug user, it's because you have these traits. Much more likely to try harsher alternatives than someone who doesn't.

 

The gateway stigma, if it does exist, is certainly not a facilitating mechanism for abuse but rather a clear indication that the user is searching for a solution to problems. Some problems eventually require something a bit more potent....

[Revolver 0]

The problem with injecting heroin is that it lets you experience something that mankind is not meant to experience on earth. There are three ways that can attempt to describe it at once:

 

It is like God is running through your veins.

 

The universe is cradling you in her arms of warmth and bliss.

 

The feeling of climax throughout your entire body for hours.

 

Asking one to quit is like telling an 18 year old he can never have sex again. It's that scary. One of my co-workers died from an overdose.

[chirodomer 47]

It's hitting hard in Indy.

[IrishShamrock16 0]

Buffalo is being rocked by heroine overdoses due to it being much cheaper than oxycontin. It's everywhere now. My team lost an incredible athlete recently due to an overdose, and he was using oxycontin daily before he quit...at least we thought he quit. It was shocking. Then another teammate from college and a kid I grew up with robbed a pharmacist at knifepoint, and tied up the pharmacist and stole an ENORMOUS amount of pills. Then after he ran out he followed a woman home from a casino in Buffalo, NY and robbed he with a BB gun...she of course thought it was a real gun. He singled her out because he told police she won money and was all alone. He was pulled over almost a year after the pharmacy robbery and cops found everything he used to rob the elderly woman a week prior...and then they broke him with questioning and he admitted to robbing the pharmacy. Its just crazy. I'll put the link up...I can tell that it was him on camera, but I can't find that page anymore. The news station deleted the video it seems. This is just a sample of whats going on with people I personally know. They were normal kids at one point...and every year more stories come out.

 

http://www2.erie.gov/da/index.php?q=west-seneca-pharmacy-robber-pleads

 

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/163914/37/Crusader

 

It starts with hydrocodone and then moves to percocet and fetanyl and then eventually oxycontin. Then heroine comes along. An 80 mg oxycontin is $80 on average...and it takes 5 mins to do the whole pill. I've heard through doctors and other people around town that the pills are even higher...over $1 per mg. So $100 or $120 for an 80 mg pill. Then you need another...so we're talking staggering amounts of money. My sister is a pharmacist and works for the FDA, and she tells me some crazy stories as well.

[ObieKnobbe 47]

Ironic how this this happened after we invade Afghanistan? The CIA has been caught red handed bringing drugs into our country time and time again... nothing has changed.

 

http://www.globalresearch.ca/drug-war-american-troops-are-protecting-afghan-opium-u-s-occupation-leads-to-all-time-high-heroin-production/5358053

[ObieKnobbe 47]

Here's more evidence... just look at it is pretty obvious.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-one-million-deaths-from-afghan-heroin-drug-production-40-times-higher-since-2001-us-nato-invasion/5329700