drugs in your area...

[flyboy]

do any of you lot have a crack/heroin problem in your area?:confused:

[jdog]

we have a crazy crack and meth problem but not so much heroin but the other opiats are very popular..

[fartpants]

they say that hard drugs are rife but neither me or any of my friends have ever known anybody who have ever used heroin or crack, and a lot of my friends are regular recreational drug users, i myself have used weed, speed, acid and ecstasy and even cocaine on occasion but i have never even considered heroin or crack...

[darth los]

The streets in my nieghborhood used to be literally litered with crack vials when i was a kid. They have since cleaned it up though.

[Tricky]

Theres a fair bit of heroin round here (especially seen as its a fairly rural area!),but the main problem is the seemingly "decent" people hammering the coke,pills & speed on a weekend i think,they dont realise what its doing to them,ive been there myself & it catches up one way or another

[darth los]

Theres a fair bit of heroin round here (especially seen as its a fairly rural area!),but the main problem is the seemingly "decent" people hammering the coke,pills & speed on a weekend i think,they dont realise what its doing to them,ive been there myself & it catches up one way or another

That's sad because it's only a matter of time when your on hard drugs like that before you get strung out. There's no such thing as a casual user.

[fartpants]

a lot of my friends have good jobs and still get blasted every weekend, to them its as normal as having a drink

[darth los]

So they're not really addicted. addicted means that you can't live without it. You think a crackhead is going to wait until the weekend to light up?

[MissJacksonCA]

We have a huge drug problem here in Charleston. I always knew a few people into drugs... but when I moved here EVERYONE was into all kinds of drugs. All kinds! All the time! And suddenly things people had said to me and things I saw made sense...

I dont know who but people kept telling me restaurants were fronts for drug operations and I never bought into it and just thought everyone was kidding. Then when I worked here in Charleston the place I worked for everyone who worked there said the same thing. Again I was skeptical. And of course over time I thought it was a little strange the number of phone calls one of our cooks received and how many times he would get a visitor and disappear to the bathroom with that person. And then the owner was arrested on drug charges. And eventually when my friend was selling her car he actually offered to pay for it all with coke. Eventually I had to quit working there for other reasons but yeah that place was a total front for drugs.

Then there were just weird happenings where I lived when I first came here. Cars would pull up in front of a paticular apartment and honk and someone would go in or come out before retreating to where ever they origionally came from. And that went on at all hours of the night. When I noticed that I started noticing cars that parked in front of paticular apartments and then they'd go inside and then drive down to another apartment and go inside... and then they'd just sit in their car for a few hours. I called the security guard who would drive around once every half hour but that didn't do anything he said nothing was going on and to mind my own.

Eventually I contacted a person I knew with the police department and he came over in his squad car and all and we had coffee and sat on his hood for a bit and it then became hilarious... the security guard drove over to where we were and then parked his car and started walking around us doing circles and presumably trying to eavesdrop. My friend said I had every reason to be concerned about drug activity where I lived and even told me to move because the area was so bad. After he left I actually got a visit from the security guard who told me to mind my own again and then reported him to the leasing office who said not to bother... I moved.

I figure the drug problem here is why there's so many payday loan and title loan places. There must be one on every street corner here. Granted South Carolina is like the heart of poverty but with the number of people on every kind of drugs only leads me to believe they go into debt to feed their drug habit. The drug problem I imagine is also why there's so many armed robberies of individuals and businesses and why the crime here is so obscene. Its the most awful place on Earth i'm so glad i'm moving.

[CornishCorpse]

Heroin is a bit of a problem in my part of the country Im not sure why it could just be that I live near to alot of pubs and clubs that is the problem, when I used to work at a hotel I had to wear gloves whenver I was going through the bins and we had a "needle box" which was pretty surprising.

Like fartpants I too am a recreational drug use and I too have never met or know anyone who has met a junkie. I suppose its a small problem with the rising amount of coke heads, I have friends who spent their weekends enjoying mdma and coke but heroin or crack? For me personally the issue has never come up the only drug I really enjoy is the odd tab and somehow I dont think theres an issue of acid becoming and addiction to anyone :lol:

[darth los]

I figure the drug problem here is why there's so many payday loan and title loan places. There must be one on every street corner here. Granted South Carolina is like the heart of poverty but with the number of people on every kind of drugs only leads me to believe they go into debt to feed their drug habit. The drug problem I imagine is also why there's so many armed robberies of individuals and businesses and why the crime here is so obscene. Its the most awful place on Earth i'm so glad i'm moving.

I doubt that people taking out payday loans is a big indicator that they're heavy into drugs. i think that the cost of living is so high and wages being so low across the country that many decent people have to put themselves into debt simply to make ends meet. Now the robberies on the other hand that's a big red flag.

[MissJacksonCA]

Well the cost of living here is relatively cheap... and the majority of the people that I knew who were into drugs all had loans of one kind or another and it wasn't for school...

[darth los]

crack pipe...$5....A vial of crack...$10.....Leaving you're family pennyless and homeless in order to feed your crack habbit....priceless.:D

[MissJacksonCA]

they do have a large homeless population here...

[darth los]

you make SC sound like THE place to visit. I think you'd save more time if you told us what's NOT wrong with it. :lol:

[MissJacksonCA]

seriously though its beautiful... the people just suck... its absolutely gorgeous! amazing cemetaires too... its one of the prettiest places ever... it smells like horse pucky downtown cos ther's a ton of carriage tours and stuff...

if anyone heres planning to visit the south like either chas or savannah go to savannah!

[Tricky]

I dont know any actual addicts,& was never one myself,but i know plenty of people who just go stupid on a weekend with the MDMA,ketamine,speed,2CB,2CI,acid & the rest of it,then spend all week coming down & doing it all again the next weekend!They're my friends so i wont slag them off for it,but they will end up with anxiety problems & paranoia,even if mild,at some point further down the line

[darth los]

Ah, to be young and seemingly invincible. :) It's sad that people don't realize how hard activity like that is going to hit them down the road. My experience is that it's not a gradual breakdown either. I've seen people look pretty strong and then have their bodies go to sh8t rather quickly. That stuff you do when your young catches up with you sooner or later.

[fartpants]

Ah, to be young and seemingly invincible. :) It's sad that people don't realize how hard activity like that is going to hit them down the road. My experience is that it's not a gradual breakdown either. I've seen people look pretty strong and then have their bodies go to sh8t rather quickly. That stuff you do when your young catches up with you sooner or later.

i had a heart attack last year ( aged 36 ) and i know that the drugs heavily contributed to that, havn't touched them since but i cant blame anything else for my condition ( and the intensive care doctor agreed 100% )

[darth los]

i had a heart attack last year ( aged 36 ) and i know that the drugs heavily contributed to that, havn't touched them since but i cant blame anything else for my condition ( and the intensive care doctor agreed 100% )

Holy sh8t!! :eek: That's terrible. I'm sorry to hear that. But atleast you got a second chance at life. It is a shame though that it takes a near death experience for people to wake up sometimes.

[fartpants]

let me tell you being in an intensive care ward hooked up to countless machines and monitors makes you take stock of your life and make some serious decisions

[darth los]

let me tell you being in an intensive care ward hooked up to countless machines and monitors makes you take stock of your life and make some serious decisions

Well hopefully you have many more years to see the fruit of those decisions. Good luck to you.

[fartpants]

Thanks, every day is a bonus ....

[Eyebiter]

Around here the drugs that make the local news are hillbilly heroin (Oxycontin) and Meth.

That Meth is terrible stuff. There are new rules that you basically have to gut an apartment or house that has been used to make the stuff. Tear out the carpets, repaint the entire place, all kinds of steps to certify the place safe to live. Some folks just tear the place down if it's an older house. Costs too much to clean it up.

[MinionZombie]

The really hard drugs like heroin remains mainly a rather down & out type of drug used by hardcore junkies...at least that appears to be the case.

Meanwhile most other drugs are considered more recreational by a wide range of people. I was talking to someone t'other day and he was saying how he'd been at a dinner party and he was ushered upstairs by someone all rather excited by something - turns out it was two nurses and a doctor snorting coke...you'd have thought people of the medical profession wouldn't be shovelling snow up their noses, eh?

At Uni there was the odd bit of coke going around, but it was mainly weed and mushrooms. I guess there were some people popping pills, but I never saw any of that, but weed was really common and every-day, kinda like alcohol.

But aye, there's a lot more drugs getting taken these days that it appears, fortunately things like heroin are still pretty minor on the grand scheme of things, that really is a hideous drug, same for meth and such...deary me.

[darth los]

I honestly thought this thread was about scoring some good weed if ever in my neck of the woods.:elol:

[flyboy]

i know you lot are going to slate me for this, but i have tried heroin,crack,i used weed for 1 year,i had 3acid hits on my first time,which im not proud of.but hey, it was a learning curv for me.now the only ''drugs'' i use now are nicotine,mirtazapine.:|

[darth los]

i know you lot are going to slate me for this, but i have tried heroin,crack,i used weed for 1 year,i had 3acid hits on my first time,which im not proud of.but hey, it was a learning curv for me.now the only ''drugs'' i use now are nicotine,mirtazapine.:|

Well there's no use in crying over spilled milk. Atleast your clean now. ( you are clean right?) Sometimes it's just a phase of experimentation that people go through. People have to get that partying phase out of their system first so that they can get their heads on straight and settle down.

[flyboy]

Well there's no use in crying over spilled milk. Atleast your clean now. ( you are clean right?) Sometimes it's just a phase of experimentation that people go through. People have to get that partying phase out of their system first so that they can get their heads on straight and settle down.



yes im clean now darth.im not proud of any part of it.:|

[Chic Freak]

now the only ''drugs'' i use now are nicotine,mirtazapine.:|

Out of interest, what are you taking the mirtazapine for? Sorry to be nosy, but I'm interested in clinical psychology and psychopharmacology so whenever someone says they're taking prescribed psychotropic drugs I always want to ask what they're taking them for and what they're experiences have been etc :)

Feel free to ignore this if it's private of course.

[Tricky]

Im glad i never tried acid,i seriously dont think my mind could have handled it,not because im a weak person,but just cos of the chemical make up in my brain,im prone to anxiety & ocd so i'd freak out on it!have a watch of this vid,its meant to be pretty close to the experience...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FJRvhvE250

[DVW5150]

Its damn near impossible to find in Maryland. I dont drink, and am a 3rd generation pot smoker...

Every 6 months my buddy in Florida hooks me up with g17 , a strain of very healthy cannabis that the government makes maranol out of .

I have had my experiences with other psychotropic substances, and do not judge others .

Marijuana is wholesome , it is demonized by right wingers that what a piece of the profit.

I do not smoke in front of my children , I am very responsible about it. I only smoke at night because I know that if I 'wake and bake', the whole day will be weird .(sundays are an exception)
If sentient people & artists were still the only people that smoked pot, it wouldnt be such a friggin' debate.

Drugs in my area suck.

[_liam_]

things arent too bad. weed is a normal everyday thing, coke & pills are very common. heroin sort of creeps in on the fringes, but that said there's only 2 or 3 heroin dealers in my immediate area that i know of.

basically being stuck between glastonbury & bristol i think we get the run off as opposed to the full brunt of the problem.

there's nothing wrong with a bit of weed in moderation, just like alcohol.

[jdog]

I honestly thought this thread was about scoring some good weed if ever in my neck of the woods.:elol:

:lol: i'll be sure to look you up. thats what i thought the thread was to, i figured he was looking.:lol:

[MikePizzoff]

There's not a crack or heroin problem around here, but I have had 3 acquaintances die from overdosing on H during my high school years. I've also got a few friends that dabble in it now and it really pisses me off.

The big drug around here is cocaine, right now. EVERYBODY is doing it.

AND, YES, I'M ALL LIT UP AGAIN
ON THE COUCH, IN MY BED
AND, YES, I'M ALL LIT UP AGAIN
FLYIN...

I LOVE THE COCAINE
I LOVE THE COCAINE

EDIT: Somehow I forgot about poppin/snortin pills. That's kind of big in my area, too. Had a friend die about 3 months ago from combining pills, booze, and coke. :(

[DVW5150]

Out of interest, what are you taking the mirtazapine for? Sorry to be nosy, but I'm interested in clinical psychology and psychopharmacology so whenever someone says they're taking prescribed psychotropic drugs I always want to ask what they're taking them for and what they're experiences have been etc :)

Feel free to ignore this if it's private of course.

During the 1st world war it was called 'shell shock'. They always try to label a condition with bigger words , to what now they call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. George Carlin said some great stuff about this in the 80s.

Being in a situation that unmasked the frightened 20 something person I was in Somalia in '93, I have just that.The calming effect of Marijuana eases me sometimes.
My last perscription was for Alprazalam (sp).Tiredness, but real chill.

I take Ultram for a double disk herniation (l4-l5) & sciatica .
The physical pain is connected to the PTSD< When my panic hits, my lower back seizes , making for a real bad time.

My wife is the most caring woman . The woman in my life that being married to makes for everything in this world.Of course being a step dad to 2 fantastically funny & quirky daughters makes all the difference.

[GhostWolf]

Kitsap county used to, and to some degree still does, have a meth problem. With all the stretches of woodland between the small cities and what not up here, its easy for people to set up a meth lab without worry of being found out.

That said, i dont think that whats produced here, is used here. Plenty of pot and perscription pain meds make the rounds though.

[flyboy]

in english citys, there is a big,big heroin and crack problem.there is methadone clinic after methadone clinic.temazepam and the rest are like gold dust on the streets where i live.:sneaky:

[CornishCorpse]

[QUOTET rickyIm glad i never tried acid,i seriously dont think my mind could have handled it,not because im a weak person,but just cos of the chemical make up in my brain,im prone to anxiety & ocd so i'd freak out on it!have a watch of this vid,its meant to be pretty close to the experience...[QUOTE]

Bad luck, acid is a very personal drug but generally with it youre gut feeling is right. If you think its going to be bad then chances are it will be terrible but if you can keep an open mind then it can be a life changing experience or just very bizarre...I remember watching the patterns on my camoflauge tent expanding over the nearby field like a weird sort of flood while thinking ".....I am just like Brian from family guy.."

Heh.

[Philly_SWAT]

DAMN! When I saw the title to this thread, I thought it was an advertisment......