Heroin: it's gettin waaaaay outta hand!!!
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I have heard addicts talk about how they took Percocet, Oxycotin or Vicodin at first. Then someone says "If you like that you should try heroine. It's cheaper and the high is much better". BAM! Done deal....
A lot of it starts as peer pressure and thrill seeking. Addicts and users do not tell the truth...just their truth. They will glorify the usage and talk about the positives (as they know it). The addiction is when it takes you over. The endorphins in your brain crave the attention that the drug gives you. Like a voice that keeps saying it's fun! It's like they don't have the ability to remember or see the bad times, only the good. Most addicts will not change until it hurts too bad not to. Parents think they are helping their kids when really they are being an enabler. Basicly helping to pad the hurt and keep them afloat a little longer. Addicts are pros at adapting to this and using your kindness against you and to their advantage.
The heroine users want company. Many are talked into "Just once won't get you hooked". Then the high is so euphoric your endorphins take over and it's "Just one more time". Some of this is brought on from things from childhood or teen years that created a problem or shame deep inside a person. They try to cover it up with this happy high and it turns into the devil. This is the madness from it.... Stop and make it all better seems so simple to the every day person. But to an addict, it's a sad, sad way of life that rock bottom must be found. Bottom line, if a person does not get clean, Jails, Institution and Death are inevitable.
Again, I am so glad most of you do not understand how it works. Whether you say your prayers or just think about grateful things.... Just be glad it makes no since to you. Maybe even say Thanks out loud.
Fullbore
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We just had this happen the other day, East Liverpool PD were called to a park where the driver was unconscious... Turned out two adults and a child... Both parents OD'd when police arrived... Pictures were taken and they decided to publish as to make the community aware of the severity of it...
And again the child suffers from what the parents choose to do with themselves...
This is the statement they put out while publishing the pictures....
Warning Graphic Content!
The city Police department recently responded to a call of an incapacitated driver, attached are photos from the scene along with the actual police report. The city administration works hand in hand with our men in blue to combat this epidemic and together with the law director we have made the decision to release the attached.
We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug. We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess. This child can't speak for himself but we are hopeful his story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody.
We are well aware that some may be offended by these images and for that we are truly sorry, but it is time that the non drug using public sees what we are now dealing with on a daily basis. The poison known as heroin has taken a strong grip on many communities not just ours, the difference is we are willing to fight this problem until it's gone and if that means we offend a few people along the way we are prepared to deal with that.
And again the child suffers from what the parents choose to do with themselves...
This is the statement they put out while publishing the pictures....
Warning Graphic Content!
The city Police department recently responded to a call of an incapacitated driver, attached are photos from the scene along with the actual police report. The city administration works hand in hand with our men in blue to combat this epidemic and together with the law director we have made the decision to release the attached.
We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug. We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess. This child can't speak for himself but we are hopeful his story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody.
We are well aware that some may be offended by these images and for that we are truly sorry, but it is time that the non drug using public sees what we are now dealing with on a daily basis. The poison known as heroin has taken a strong grip on many communities not just ours, the difference is we are willing to fight this problem until it's gone and if that means we offend a few people along the way we are prepared to deal with that.
Brock made some great points and is tired of putting up with this shit like the rest of us!
Joe's made some very good points on his post too!
My native American Indian name is "He who rides fences." There have been many great points on both sides. Every situation is a little different. Glad I don't have to fight the addiction myself. We are raising the child of a couple pieces of trash and trying to put him back together. Hard to have any compassion for his biological parents. I don't wish them ill will, but I don't have compassion for them.
teenbowhunter
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My uncle is an ER doc here in New Mexico and the amount of dumbasses he has who come in high as shit cussing him out is unreal. They all say this doctor doesn't know shit meth isn't that bad for you. They think it's some fucking conspiracy where we act like its bad because we don't want them to do it. Thankfully he's on the board of the hospital so he just kicks all the drug seekers out because it doesn't affect him. The amount of mental disorders and messed up children in this town is disgusting
This is so true. All we can do I guess is teach and talk to our children about how addictive,evil and dangerous messing with any drug or pain killer can be and hope they believe us!
I worry everyday now when I know my girls are driving or riding anywhere these days! Driving is far more dangerous than when a lot of us were their age! More vehicles are on the road and now we have drugs and cell phones.....UGH!!!
Yes it can, but like Joe stated earlier, you gotta treat it with tough love at times.... Too many people overlook or rationalize the condition instead of hitting head on and smacking them around to try to wake them up.... Until it's too late....
I believe the point that several are trying to make is that anyone can become an addict. It's not just low life scum bag junkies.
I do not make excuses for them but I also realize that they are not all scum. I treated my sister with tough love. I did not feel sorry for her when she went to jail. She did the crime so do the time. While she was on drugs to me she was a low life. I also knew though that she could be a viable participant in society. If she could get clean. She is clean now. Hopefully she stays that way. It is up to her. She now understands she is susceptible to relapse if she has one week moment. Time will tell if she wants it bad enough.
I do not make excuses for them but I also realize that they are not all scum. I treated my sister with tough love. I did not feel sorry for her when she went to jail. She did the crime so do the time. While she was on drugs to me she was a low life. I also knew though that she could be a viable participant in society. If she could get clean. She is clean now. Hopefully she stays that way. It is up to her. She now understands she is susceptible to relapse if she has one week moment. Time will tell if she wants it bad enough.
Good post. Like I said, "every situation is different." I wouldn't wish it on anyone. However, some who have chosen the path repeatedly. . . I don't have compassion for them anymore. I do believe you have to "want to" get clean. I honestly admit part of the reason I haven't quit chewing is because I haven't wanted to quit bad enough. If I have ill health because of it, I wouldn't expect a ton of pity. I did it to myself. Not sure chewing and doing heroin are very good examples though. It is a bit apples to oranges. I don't get it. I'm glad I don't fully "get it". I hope I never have to deal with it with my children or those close to me. I hope they can curb the issue it has become.
Buckmaster
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