drug overdose question.

[Colonial]

thepeoplespal said:

i'd say over 60% have mental health issues. Although we only tend to see older addicts, as younger ones can not hack the discipline of making a drug agency and doctors apointment once a week as well as daily pickups.

I'd defy anyone to identfy 50% of addicts at my surgery, yes some are lowlife. but others are believe it or not genuinely nice people. Once motivated and having a direction they can get their life back ontrack and detox completely and sucessfully.

just my 2p

I can work out why people need an escape if they can't see any other way out. As I said, I come from that background. I made the decision not to go down the path that most of my year at school went down, but a lot of them had no other option open to them to their minds.

It's just sad.

[sleep envy]

Colonial said:

Ciggies are a much harder drug to give up.

do you speak from personal experience?

[Colonial]

sleep envy said:

Colonial said:

Ciggies are a much harder drug to give up.

do you speak from personal experience?

Not my personal experience - I've never tried H and never will. But this is coming from people I have known since the first grade. Poor education, poor choices, poor parenting. It's pretty damm sad.

[thehawk]

TheEnd said:

MacGee said:

...apparently easier to give up than ciggies...

Heroin is probably the worst drug ever to give up

Ever been in Thailand with a Viagra addiction?

[Lil' Joe]

Heroin is a a tough initial detox followed by a long period of mental anguish that is much more likely to lead to relapse than the physical pain (although the pain can do it too!) Methadone is another problem as the detoxification period is longer but addicts usually say that the mental anguish is slightly less intense so; heroin is short but sharp, methadone is less intense but l-o-n-g. However methadone substitute treatment cannot be underestimated as a successful treatment method. Many addicts who have been hardcore criminals for years have gone on to be productive members of society via methadone treatment.(Methadone treatment in this country is only just catching up with, for example the States where it has a much higher success rate.)

Saying all junkies should die is ridiculous, whoever that was. Wait til one of your family is afflicted, as they surely will be eventually. Addiction affects us all in some way eventually mate, be it booze, fags, drugs or food.

Lil' Joe

[V8TVR1978]

ukwill said:

TheEnd said:

MacGee said:

...apparently easier to give up than ciggies...

Heroin is probably the worst drug ever to give up

No way. When I think of the amount of money I have spent on my petrol habit over the years...

You got petro on your back and I have a car part habit that is hurting my kid's inheritance.

[Jsys]

That sounds about right if not slightly high. Don't forget most junkies will die of pneumonia, hypothermia or general malnutrition.

[Tadite]

With the possible exception of Meth, which I think seems to be rare in the UK, I can't think of a worst drug then heroin.

Seems like a terrible way to die. That being said Trainspotting is one of my favorite movies.

[twistedsanity]

given a clean supply of heroin you would be hard pressed to *spot the junkie* in todays society, although addictive heroin is a very clean drug which you can live with all your life, dirty needles and cut heroin are the killers, as is methodone, a realy nasty drug