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In reply to the discussion: Are most heroin "overdoses" a myth ? Heroin was more pure before WWII but... [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)25. I'm just very sensitive to things.
I have really bad allergies too. If I take a Percocet I breakout in a rash. If I take a Xanax the world spins.
They're popping xany bars around here like skittles. I think they're stronger than regular pills.
Hope I never need to take anything because I probably just won't bother.
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Are most heroin "overdoses" a myth ? Heroin was more pure before WWII but... [View all]
KurtNYC
Feb 2014
OP
I've read that most of the health issues are due to dirty needles and infected veins.
tridim
Feb 2014
#2
I also know of a doctor who was stealing the Schedule 2 narcs from his own shared practice
KurtNYC
Feb 2014
#6
Thats what happened to Gram Parsons too. He relapsed and couldn't handle his former dose.
Erose999
Feb 2014
#18
they affect people differently. for me a low dose simply prevents anxiety attacks.
dionysus
Feb 2014
#24
Benzos are well known for the paradoxical effect some people experience.
SaveOurDemocracy
Feb 2014
#47
People do overdose and it has to do with a unregulated dose being sold on the street.
Jesus Malverde
Feb 2014
#10
One wonders how much of drug culture is just a social construction. I mean when you hear "heroin
Erose999
Feb 2014
#31
It's already known - and reflected in the CO and WA measures passed by voters - that pot smoking
nomorenomore08
Feb 2014
#43
Some Scandanavian countries have harm reduction programs for heroin addicts that allow them to use
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#41
As others have noted in the thread, relapsing is particularly dangerous for some opiate addicts.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#40
Possibly, or maybe he had stopped using and then suddenly started back at his old "dose"
ecstatic
Feb 2014
#57