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Probably the fake kind that have fentanyl in them. That might explain him not testing positive for oxycodone.
I don't know about the hospital he was at, but the one I work at, our standard UAs just show "opiates". Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate and doesn't really show up. So unless they did a gas chromatography, which I kind of doubt, I'm not quite sure how much stock I put in their press release.
so drugs and not serious health issue?
hate hearing about it either way.
I understand what you're saying, but drug use/ abuse/ addiction IS a serious health issue.
It's hard for a lot of us to understand that it's more than people making dumb choices. Sure, maybe it was dumb to choose to start, but you'd be amazed the people that prescription (and other) drugs have gotten their hooks into. They're way beyond simply choosing, and it's now a physical and medical issue.
:hi:
Best wishes for his recovery. I'm in my sixties, and I'm starting to feel like we're losing much of a generation, not to mention their kids and others who would otherwise have depended on them.
Multitudes more powerful than heroin. Many people have ODed/died from it recently all over the country.
My wife's twin cousin took just one from a guy at a party and died the same night. She didn't party that I know of (home body) but just broke up with her fiancé who is a good Christian man and went out with some people that was trying to "help" take her mind off the situation. She was a straight A student at UNCC getting ready to get her nursing degree. She fell asleep on a friends couch and died. Blood was coming out her eyes. It was a hard situation for everyone involved and her twin sister still doesn't talk to anyone. The doctor said she only took one pill and that it was what you described. They didn't know the guy and her friends said he told her it was just a Vicodin. They convicted they guy of man slaughter and assumed he was trying to give her something where he could possibly take advantage of her. I still can't believe that one pain pill could kill someone. Just hard to get over.
I understand what you're saying, but drug use/ abuse/ addiction IS a serious health issue.
It's hard for a lot of us to understand that it's more than people making dumb choices. Sure, maybe it was dumb to choose to start, but you'd be amazed the people that prescription (and other) drugs have gotten their hooks into. They're way beyond simply choosing, and it's now a physical and medical issue.
:hi:
Best wishes for his recovery. I'm in my sixties, and I'm starting to feel like we're losing much of a generation, not to mention their kids and others who would otherwise have depended on them.
Not trying to start a pissing contest but I have dealt with it personally, it is not a sickness or illness. Its mental sure, but I hardly equate bad decisions to an illness; it is a self inflicted injury. sure a doctor prescribes but you notice the change as you use it and its up to you to stop it, at least thats how it was for me.
Not trying to start a pissing contest but I have dealt with it personally, it is not a sickness or illness. Its mental sure, but I hardly equate bad decisions to an illness; it is a self inflicted injury. sure a doctor prescribes but you notice the change as you use it and its up to you to stop it, at least thats how it was for me.
This wasn't an opiate, but wow, was it alcohol: The ingredients of Lydia Pinkham's Compound at the Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health...Also, you'd be surprised by how many 60+ year old, good natured, church goin' ladies get mixed up in opiate addiction. It's a real problem, especially for the good, law-abiding citizens who don't know any better. They get hooked on it but they don't really know they're hooked on it. They think "Well I'm not hurting anyone, so what's the big fuss." Next thing you know they are trying to get an extra refill on the prescription cause they are running through the meds too quickly (tolerance builds up). Then guess what? Arrested and charged as a felon.