Dropping Like Flies

hutch wrote:
oderus urungus died of heroin overdose


unbelievable but heroin is way back

unfortunately in a big way.
I have a good friend in NY who is a cop on long island, he said it's really bad.
Every community is really being affected by this drug waaaay more than ever before
skag is all over the burbs and destroying people.

I've seen some sad posts on this board about this as well

it's a shame how music/movies/literature romanticizes it
I just count my self lucky to never really have encountered it directly, as a kid I bought into the romance of it.

Sidehatch wrote:

hutch wrote:
oderus urungus died of heroin overdose


unbelievable but heroin is way back

unfortunately in a big way.
I have a good friend in NY who is a cop on long island, he said it's really bad.
Every community is really being affected by this drug waaaay more than ever before
skag is all over the burbs and destroying people.

I've seen some sad posts on this board about this as well

it's a shame how music/movies/literature romanticizes it
I just count my self lucky to never really have encountered it directly, as a kid I bought into the romance of it.

Trainspotting and Basketball Diaries movie versions make it look pretty awful. 

police in annapolis are apparently starting to carry narcan on them to treat h overdoses. i think nyc as well.

i remember way back in the 90s, carroll county in maryland had a huge heroin problem.  cumberland, md way out west as well (i think it still does….may even be the heroin capital of maryland)

Got wrote:
police in annapolis are apparently starting to carry narcan on them to treat h overdoses. i think nyc as well.

i remember way back in the 90s, carroll county in maryland had a huge heroin problem.  cumberland, md way out west as well (i think it still does….may even be the heroin capital of maryland)

Maybe they could put that on their signs "Welcome to Cumberland Heroin Capital of Maryland since 1973"

Got wrote:
police in annapolis are apparently starting to carry narcan on them to treat h overdoses. i think nyc as well.

i remember way back in the 90s, carroll county in maryland had a huge heroin problem.  cumberland, md way out west as well (i think it still does….may even be the heroin capital of maryland)

Shitty towns throughout America are completely fucked with H and Meth. I know the entire state of PA has a HUGE problem.

Depends on your definition of "shitty" town.  It's all over Fairfax and Montgomery County high schools.  It's a lot cheaper and more accessible than pills.

ggw wrote:
Depends on your definition of "shitty" town.  It's all over Fairfax and Montgomery County high schools.  It's a lot cheaper and more accessible than pills.

Non shitty towns* have the problem too… but if your town is shitty, then you definitely have a heroin problem.

*not to say parts of Fairfax/Mont Co. shouldn't be considered shitty.

atomic wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:

hutch wrote:
unbelievable but heroin is way back

it's a shame how music/movies/literature romanticizes it

Trainspotting and Basketball Diaries movie versions make it look pretty awful.   

I disagree, trainspotting totally romanticizes it. 
Requiem for a Dream
Sid and Nancy
Permanent Midnight
Jesus' Son
The Man with the Golden Arm

the books are endless

Music is endless too…it's my wife, it's my life

Yes they all end badly for the 'hero' , but still doesn't mean it doesn't make it look attractive to impressionable eyes.

Again, I count my lucky stars that it just wasn't available where I was and with who I hung out with

I've always had a  mental block against heroin… i would never do it..to me its the equivalent of death.

whereas things like ecstacy, cocaine…. bring it on! those are fun!!!!!!!!!!!! can't figure out why people don't do them more!

i stopped doing pot cause it made me paranoid and more idiotic than normal..

Sidehatch wrote:

atomic wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:

hutch wrote:
unbelievable but heroin is way back

it's a shame how music/movies/literature romanticizes it

Trainspotting and Basketball Diaries movie versions make it look pretty awful.   

I disagree, trainspotting totally romanticizes it. 
Requiem for a Dream
Sid and Nancy
Permanent Midnight
Jesus' Son
The Man with the Golden Arm

the books are endless

Music is endless too…it's my wife, it's my life

Yes they all end badly for the 'hero' , but still doesn't mean it doesn't make it look attractive to impressionable eyes.

Again, I count my lucky stars that it just wasn't available where I was and with who I hung out with

I blame it on rappers and heavy metal guitarists.

I just think if you're going to do drugs, be classy about it and stick to tinctures of opium drank out of heirloom lead-glass drink ware.

Sidehatch wrote:

atomic wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:

hutch wrote:
unbelievable but heroin is way back

it's a shame how music/movies/literature romanticizes it

Trainspotting and Basketball Diaries movie versions make it look pretty awful.   

I disagree, trainspotting totally romanticizes it. 
Requiem for a Dream
Sid and Nancy
Permanent Midnight
Jesus' Son
The Man with the Golden Arm

the books are endless

Music is endless too…it's my wife, it's my life

Yes they all end badly for the 'hero' , but still doesn't mean it doesn't make it look attractive to impressionable eyes.

Again, I count my lucky stars that it just wasn't available where I was and with who I hung out with

Trainspotting doesn't romantcize it.  Dead Baby, Worst toilet in Britain, and Friend dieing of Aids how is that romantic.  Requiem for a Dream is the most depressing movie I have ever seen. Sid and Nancy he kills Nancy and then OD's.  Permanent Midnight he loses his job and drives around with his baby while doing Heroin.  All of those make it depressingly horrible.

hutch wrote:
I've always had a  mental block against heroin… i would never do it..to me its the equivalent of death.

whereas things like ecstacy, cocaine…. bring it on! those are fun!!!!!!!!!!!! can't figure out why people don't do them more!

i stopped doing pot cause it made me paranoid and more idiotic than normal..

for hutch.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html

Yada wrote:

hutch wrote:
I've always had a  mental block against heroin… i would never do it..to me its the equivalent of death.

whereas things like ecstacy, cocaine…. bring it on! those are fun!!!!!!!!!!!! can't figure out why people don't do them more!

i stopped doing pot cause it made me paranoid and more idiotic than normal..

for hutch.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html

wow talk about maureen losing it…..

hutch wrote:

Yada wrote:

hutch wrote:
I've always had a  mental block against heroin… i would never do it..to me its the equivalent of death.

whereas things like ecstacy, cocaine…. bring it on! those are fun!!!!!!!!!!!! can't figure out why people don't do them more!

i stopped doing pot cause it made me paranoid and more idiotic than normal..

for hutch.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html

wow talk about maureen losing it…..

"She got the warning," Brown reportedly said. "She did what all the reporters did. She listened. She bought some samples ? I don?t remember what exactly. Me and the owner of the dispensary we were at and the assistant manager and the budtender talked with her for 45 minutes at the shop."

Brown said he, like, "really went into depth" with Dowd.

http://www.twcc.com/articles/2014/06/05/r/report-maureen-dowd-went-to-the-mitt-romney-documentary-after-buying-drugs

Don Zimmer baseball player and manager.  He was 84.

atomic wrote:
Don Zimmer baseball player and manager.  He was 84.

Sadly, to people under 40, most famous for this: http://youtu.be/5O0yPrnCQeI

well I hope thats not true but…

didn't he play for the Yankees..I once read a great Billy Martin autobiography and I think Zim was with the Yanks n the 50s but I could be wrong…

Shemp wrote:
… "Me and the owner of the dispensary we were at and the assistant manager and the budtender talked with her for 45 minutes at the shop." …

I have no idea in hell who this Brown person is but lets just say his grammar skills are less than that of a 4th grader in public school.  The credibility of anyone who speaks like this is diminished greatly by their ignorance. 

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