Been clean from all drugs and alcohol since January 14, of this year, overdosed in a bathroom floor, and decided that I’m better than that, I’m worthy of love, and can love myself, no matter what I have done, or what I’ve been through. Stay strong, and no matter what, you’re worthy of respect and love.
So worth it…..never realized how much worth it until well over on the other side in sobriety. Important to learn new coping skills and powerful source of inner strength that comes from our loving Creator. 43 years sober here! Prayers for your new found freedom!
My best friend died from Fentanyl Halloween of 2018. He was 28. Had a heart of gold and an incredibly contagious laugh. He fell in with the wrong people in college and struggled with addiction for years.
I’m so sorry for you loss of a friend this epidemic should not be happening here. Our government can put the breaks on the smugglers to stop the flow and it would put huge dent in the problem.
It is always those with the hearts of gold who die young. Lost my son to an accidental overdose at 20 years old in 2016. In three days he would be turning 28. I'm sorry for your loss. 💕
Wait ... I thought it was all Joe bramduns fault? Jk .. and sorry to make such a crap joke. My condolences. We need to show our kids it's ok to be bored and not to rely on drugs!
I have been sober for 3 years, but before that I was addicted to heroin. I always preferred heroin but when I couldn't find it, I would get fentynal. My last time getting it I got an infection starting in my leg called necrotizing fasciitis. I spent 3 months in a hospital healing from surgery. I think this must have had tranq in it because of the sore I got where I injected. Anyway I have been sober since then 😊 The doctor said if I would have got to the hospital just one day later, they would have had to amputate my leg!
I like to think I’ve checked all the boxes when it came to making sure my children know the devastation of certain drugs and just don’t be stupid and don’t do it. Unfortunately, I was blindsided and my only son died from a fentanyl overdose. All I can say is when you think you’ve done enough…do more. He was 19 years old. I miss him, he was everything to me.
So so sorry, that's awful. Not your fault at all though. Many many parents raising there kids perfectly and they still get involved in hard drugs, and some unfortunately pass away. I can't imagine losing your child though, that's one of the worst things ever. I wish I could do more to help you man, but I know words or really anything can't do anything. I wish you lots of love and happiness now and in the future. Take care buddy, let me know if you need anything.
You’ll be in my prayers tonight. I’m sorry for your and his loss. I’m sure he didn’t know he was going to put you through this. I’m sorry life is so difficult. Words can’t express
I was an opiate addict before Fentanyl was a thing. Got on a suboxone program, changed my life. Still on it, but 100% better than being an active user.
Yea that one aspect that the talking heads ignore, the fact that all the huge wealth inequality causes people to give up and turn to drugs just to feel ok in this world. When are people going to wake up. And if they just made weed legal its a fact that it reduces opiod deaths. Our politicians are simply inept.
Well, to be fair, they don't really know much about it, though it's no badge of honor, I'd rather hear perspectives from people that got caught in it and managed to get out of the snag. You can bet there are plenty of people watching this right now that still have their foot stuck in the jagged metal
If not from your pharmacy don’t take anything! We lost a 19 year old friend of the family. He was two weeks away from his 20th bday. He survived parental abuse/neglect and an Orphanage in Ukraine. He was adopted in US just to die unknowingly taking fentanyl March 2023.
I used to work in the SUD field. I got out when we started losing pot smokers to fentanyl OD because the pot was spiked. We handed out Narcan and did trainings, only to find out people were holding "Narcan parties" to push the envelop even further.
The "challenge" generation. I heard that you can still OD from Xylazine even if you take Narcan... it's THAT strong. I'm glad all this shit was not around when I was addicted to opiates because everyone knows when you are dope sick you will take anything you can take to get rid of it. Car wreck = herniated L5 disc = doctor visit = pain pills = a decade or two of opiate dependency, like a living nightmare you can't escape from and have no control over.
This is a lie nobody was holding narcan parties you can’t use narcan to get high when you use narcan to reverse an overdose it immediately takes the opioid away from your opoid receptors and it actually throws an addict into withdrawal so no opoid addict would just narcan themselves, this is just part of the ignorance with people not understanding addiction and not wanting to understand addiction, im 8 months clean my fiancé was a recovery specialist at a rehab before we both got addicted, we had the same clean date until she passed away in a car accident in June 2023 I stayed strong and stayed sober now I’m raising our 2 babies on my own
@@kaylabranum2193 Narcan parties are when everyone pools their Narcan, one person is the designated sober person and everyone else sees how close they can get to death. Try asking before making assumptions and calling people a liar
@@kaylabranum2193yeah ...your wrong... narcan was handed out in case you od from fentany at these partiesl...not to be used to get high🤨. You misunderstood
Those people have been failed by their own community and disbanded. No one helps anybody anymore.. Community is dead its all just fend for yourself at this point
I live in a fairly small northern midwestern town and I'm not sure about any fentanyl use but Meth use is off the charts. I mean, people you wouldn't even THINK of are using it. And I mean, I know a cat that didn't use any drugs at all and he started using meth @ 40! That's so crazy to me but it just everywhere now. You can literally go to either one of the 2 gas stations and just based on looks, easily pin point folks that use. It's nuts.
That’s all correct. I suffer horribly from chronic pain and I am not getting enough pain medication to help with the pain because of the kids dropping dead from taking this stuff. 😢
Back in 1993, I ran away from such an abusive childhood, at 16, got on heroin, ( to get rid of my childhood). I'd only ever smoked a bit of leaf before, and for the next 2 years, I did heroin, worked for it. I had overdosed on it so many times, ( didn't care if I was brought back or not), I think it was about 8 times all up. The only thing that made me quit, was moving back from Sydney, to Tasmania ( no heroin there, but a pill state). Australia is kinda like the rest of the world, just behind by about 30 years. But I am 8 years clean from the pills, 17 years clean from alcohol, just got off of the methadone program after 22 years ( I'm 18 months clean), and have found the Lord. I honestly can't believe I'm still here. But I am. All 3 of my adult kids are clean, hate drugs and 2 are now working as counselors.
What do you think of parents sending test kits with their kids when they go to parties? Joe, the pragmatist, concludes, “well, it’s better than having them die.” My response is a little different: if you know, your kids are going to parties where there will be drinking and drugs then it is your parental responsibility to tell your kids, “hell no, you’re not going to that party.”
Absolutely not saying your wrong, but then the next party, they tell their parents they are having a sleep over at a friends house, and end up at the party sleeping wherever. It is such a tough thing to combat. It terrifies me.
So thankful to be sober finally, those blues scared my wife and I straight. She would take 2-3 puffs and I could see she was on the brink of overdosing, her lips and face would go purple and she would start falling out. It’s Russian roulette every hit you take of them. It took 4 overdoses to get it but at least we did.
i had a friend that OD'd and she said the first two times nothing happened, it was blank, but on the third time, she was her body in the back of the car from an angle, kind of leaned over onto the side of the door, I think that was the first time I've ever heard of someone seeing their body from the outside after they presumably code.
Fentanyl is the reason i haven't rolled in years. Im not even a drug user like that. I wanted to take some exctasy so bad for my birthday, but i refuse to take something and end up dying and my family thinks i was a secret drug addict.
Are they right? You are. I have about 14g of the best molasses mdma in a safe under the floor and if I die a demolition crew might find it and know he's hit the jackpot or it'll end up in a toilet. ??? I believe I'm the only person in the US (uh oh feds know my location!) that has this much of the 1st Silk Road generation Molly. It has such an intense molasses smell and turns purple to black in a second on the test. Never had a better experience, so clean to another dimension. I got scared and it's been in the safe ever since. It is THAT good.
Its not that addicts "choose" that. Its not as if someone wakes up one day with a decent life and just thinks to themselves "Im gonna start doing drugs and become a addict!" Addicts become so because they usually experienced massive amounts of truama or pain. Mentally/physically growing up. And to escape thier pain they numb themselves as much as possible so they no longer feel the agony. For me it was heartbreak smh. My childs mother broke me so severely I found comfort in numbing myself daily trying all I could to avoid the massive weight of it all I felt. Its a really hard reality but every addict does so because of these sort of issues. People who never had family or dealt with addicts before are so detached from even understanding at the most basic level what fuels such "choices". And usually those same people had great childhoods, wealthy families, loving functional mentally strong parents, guidance, support structures ect... And love to be judgmental of those who had the complete opposite while reality being they wouldn't have done any differently if they too grew up without all those luxuries
Very well put, And very rational. I’m really happy you didn’t start say “you need to find god” or other religious bile. I’m an atheist and it seems like zealots don’t understand the true horrors of the universe’s immensity and times inexorable march to a distant heat death of the universe, and how knowing this everything diminishes any and all suffering to a point when the only thing that can keep you grounded and able to function in society are,sometimes, hard drugs. Why would anyone choose to suffer? Ask religious people what they would do if there was legitimate proof that there is no god? I’m gonna say, they would take drugs. Pills/injections/smoking/or alcohol. Or maybe just sex addicts. They cope through religion, I cope with chemistry.
Choosing to “numb” your pain is what you would consider making the “choice”. Instead of running from the inevitable you should always face what is troubling you head on. Not everyone who is an addict grew up in an abusive way and had awful parents. So the accusation the only people who judge you are those who grew up opposite of you is negligent. Everyone has a choice to either do drugs or don’t do drugs. Silver spoon or not we all make that choice at some point. Our society has become weak and instead of having the strength to admit you need help people choose to run to drugs and blame their faults on everyone else and addiction. When ultimately it was their choice almost like they woke up one day and said “I want to be an addict”. When the decision was made to consume that drug was the day they ultimately made that “choice”
You know how many parents I hear saying “I’ll be very open and talk freely with MY kids” , and one of there kids is an addict now……too many to count. What makes you special compared to these other parents. Get real my friend, test kits are a given , although you HOPE they won’t take anything.
I live in Vancouver Canada and narcan kits are VERY common, they are free at any pharmacy plus other places. Almost every household has at least 1 narcan kit. It's becoming a problem for dog owners too, as their dog may lick fentynal off the sidewalk since open drug use is legal. So narcaning a pet dog is not uncommon
Im born and raised in Philly the largest open air drug market on the planet and the fentanyl is in everything now even percs and Xanax are pressed with fentanyl now
"I'm not sending my kids to a party with test kits". Why? Kids are notorious for not listening to their parents, I was one of them. It could save their lives.
I watched friends in my 20's on drugs cigs and alchohol. Watched my mom turn into a hard alchoholic, those same friends are still in the same jobs decades later. Watching the consequencea of others led me to not even try it
It's the problem of why, - it's 'why' there is so much rampant drug use. It is not like putting up a street light at an intersection, or abolishing traffic laws altogether. I'm just afraid that merely neutralizing the trade altogether in the proposed and ongoing manner will introduce a much bigger societal problem. It seems like it's being addressed as an economic and political problem, not a health and social problem. It seems we isolate answers to some issues, and generalize others. It's as if were just completely unwilling or incapable genuinely mediating anything socially.
i got fent in some coke. started feeling weak and disoriented quite shortly after a big line. it was bad. found a guy with meth and did a line of that. made it home and ended up sleeping the better part of 3 days. never again
went cold turkey a few years back, can't even remember when exactly. Worst 13 days of my life coming off of it. No sleep, county jail, bright lights that never really go off. Noises. Near psychosis just from the withdrawal. Over the years I did them all, started way back in the day with percocet. but yeah, fentanyl as much as it is the devil - it actually saved my life because it was so awful of an experience detoxing that I'm clean now. God bless you brother I pray for many years of sobriety for you.
I was on pain pills for 2 years after my dad died.. I had tons of money from inheritance. No bills. Great job. The pills helped me thru that phase and divorce/family court battles. I quit those pills cold turkey and had 0 withdrawals other than the physical pain coming back. I felt like an old man for like 3 days after quitting. Then I was back to normal. I was doing so many pills daily. I still went to work everyday. First one there daily. Worked there 10 years. Hardest worker in the company. Everyone knew I smoked pot.. No one knew I was doing 10-20 pills a day. I know high functioning crackheads. My best friend I grew up with is one. He coaches little league football. Works for the garbage company. High paid job. He goes into his garage and hits the pipe in secret. He's married and everything.
Fentanyl surprisingly indirectly got me to stop using cocaine casually. I use to buy a gram or so every weekend or every other weekend, and as soon as I heard they were starting to cut it with fent I quit and never touched it again. One of the guys in our neighborhood that I used to party with didn't quit and he's dead now because he got a batch cut with fent. Could have been me.
@@user-jd3vi2pg1g Well it's a good thing he did since he stopped using. Anyone who has successfully stopped using should tell their story. It can be helpful and inspiring to others out there struggling with drugs or alcohol. Try to be more respectful, the guy made a valid point.
Yeah it doesn't make a lot of sense. Even if you hold the cynical view (which I don't) that we're "tax cattle," it still doesn't make sense. Even if they're 100% in it for themselves, it still doesn't make sense (to me.) I guess they're trying, they put money into it, but you'd think -- again from the rancher/cattle cynical perspective, if your milk is shorting, you'd stop whatever bug is killing them. More people = more brain = more production = better lifestyle. It's not like we have a shortage of worms, that the chickens eat, that the people eat, they're pretty cheap to maintain and do it themselves, you'd think real greed would mean protective over the flock. The not caring thing seems more like nihilism. But again, to self-refute, they have dumped a lot of money into stopping it, and it's made a dent.
the government wants us as zombies, this isn't a movie, real life "zombies" don't organize and can't tell their ass from their head meaning the government can do whatever they want with no pushback
My little brother was a huge fan of yours Joe. He would always be the one to ask if I heard something you said and then he’d share the link for me to check out. He wasn’t a drug addict, f***er thought he had shit under control. Bought a small bag of coke on 5/31/23 and it was mostly fentanyl. He died right away. Spoke to him at 2pm and he sounded happy, he was found dead at 4:30pm. No way to explain this stupidity, he’ll be forever 36. Miss him like crazy.
I live in Philly and was addicted to fetty an tranq but been sober for 3 months now. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done to quit. I had a 2 week detox an thought I was going to die on a rehab floor. I thank god I’m alive to tell the story. I pray for everyone going through this 🙏
I lost my best friend to fentanyl, I think about him every day. He was the kindest man I knew, and he was so much more than a drug overdose. If you sell fentanyl there's a special place in hell for you.
A good friend & former coworker of my husband's was like a Golden Retriever, in human form- just a really loving, open, sweet, smart, fun, kind, funny soul. He got ahold of some cocaine one Friday night w/ another buddy of his, just wanting to party a little bit, & shake off the work week (it wasn't a frequent thing for him, at all). It was laced w/ Fentanyl. His roommates found him, the next AM- his buddy was dead & he was in a coma. His family pulled the plug a few days later, when it was clear that he no longer had any brain function from lack of oxygen. This happened quite awhile ago, & I still think of him all the time. He was such a lovely person & his family is completely devastated. 😢
I was in recovery for years after a stroke sepsis and endocarditis. Relapsed last year. This year I’ve overdosed 5 times with as little as half a grain of rice at times. 36 days sober and grateful today. It’s no joke out there at this time. It’s brutal I feel like I’ve survived a war and all my friends are dead. New England is a tranq infested war zone. Thank god for Narcan. Could use some prayers. Bless
I just lost my lifelong best friend and the little brother I never had from this drug. He had a beautiful home, a career, and loving family and now hes gone forever! If just one person reads this and doesnt get involved with this death sentence its a true blessing for me. PLEASE dont stop covering this subject on the JRE. People need to hear about how they will die if they try this deadly drug.
I was a Heroin addict for over 10 years, been clean for 8 years. My 19 yo son knows almost everything about my past. I want him to understand how serious this is.
Amen brother I teach my boys the same. Dad was a addict, and this is what happens, I teach my kids, not shield them from the world. This ain't the dope we was doing 10 years ago guys, I've got 6 years clean, and the emotion I get from being with my sons is enough for me to never start back up!
My daughter is 12. I’ve struggled with addiction (started with heroin eventually stable on suboxone then went to meth looking for the IV rush) and clean for a year now. Her mother also struggled with meth addiction. This poor child has seen the worst of us and the best. She’s very empathetic and mature so her understanding her genetic predisposition to addiction is important to us. I’m always so happy when I’m clean. Honestly don’t understand why I ever relapse but I’m doing an outpatient program right now trying to better understand my addiction. Sending love and strength your way!
I used to smoke. I quit when I understood it was completely emotional. We continue to consciously use do/consume something that damages our because of how it makes us feel. I told myself, “This is hurting me. But why do I need it? What does it give me? How else can I get this emotion (calm, flow, etc) without harm?” Knowing and loving yourself is the best weapon against drug use and addiction
My youngest son died 8/27/21 from acute meth/fentanyl overdose. He was my baby at 26yrs and I loved him dearly. I’ve been clean 15yrs this October from meth. I was clean 3yrs before that. I had lung cancer surgery last October. Good to go so far. I sometimes will tell a teenager the secret to a good life is don’t drugs and be careful whom you have children with. Both will ruin you. Rest In Peace, Joseph. Thanks for reading. 8/23/24- I had brain cancer surgery 3.5 months ago. I faded fast, I went from feeling normal to needing brain surgery in one months time. Mean. I bounce back good both times. I only know one person that survived lung cancer. If you believe in miracles, I am a walking one. Again, thanks for reading.
@@millions2netteremoved the top section of my left lung. No chemo or radiation. I got lucky af. Today is the one year anniversary of my surgery. I get checked every six months and again tomorrow. I was back to work three months after surgery. The worst surgical experience I’ve ever had and I’ve had many surgeries.The doc was extremely cold blooded from start to finish. Straight mean he was. No nursing home offered for recovery. I stayed in the hospital five days after surgery, until my lungs stopped leaking air. Kaiser health is cold blooded. I live alone with no help. I wish I was lying and there’s more but enough said. I loved Joseph deeply and he was the most honest out of my three sons. I’ve been practicing yoga at a studio for five years or so. I can’t do allot of it from old age and old injuries. But it’s the yoga is why I felt the cancer. The yoga has helped me a great deal. Thanks for reading.
3 years sober from heroin. I remember almost overdosing at work/ “in my car”. By the grace of god I made it home but I was fading in & out. After losing my mom a few months later, I got sober bec I knew I had too. My kids need me.
two years ago one of my childhood friends overdosed on fent. He flew out to LA to meet a producer with hopes to make some movement in his rap career. The guy flaked on him, and took his money. Nothing is confirmed at least to me how everything went down, but we believe he went through some type of anxiety attack on the other side of the country with no one around to help at all. He insisted on going alone even though he would have had at least one of us there if the trip was a week later. The last IG story he posted was about him being around 'designer drugs' which I guess meant more than typical stuff he had access to. He called one of my other best friends at around 2 am, and passed away sometime shortly after. 20 years old, alone in a LA hotel room, couldn't even enjoy a drink legally. It feels like someone had been taken from us. I sometimes still cant process it.
Tranq is the reason I recently quit. I was originally a true heroin addict. The fentanyl didn't do it for me. But the tranq and benzo dope was so good it scared the hell out of me. There's nothing like it. But I started getting sick with infections constantly and had a small hole appear on my leg and was told the only way it wouldn't get bigger was if I stopped. The withdrawal is impossible to control as well. It's not like opioid withdrawal
Very intense withdrawal and quick onset. The only way to avoid it is to get back on oxycodone for several days and then on subs. The oxycodone will do nothing to get you high but will make the withdrawal bearable. I had to do this myself because I was doing oxycodone for years and made the mistake of doing the cheaper fake M stamp fent blues for several months. I have never experienced withdrawal like that before. It was literally unbearable. I had to do several hundred dollars worth of oxycodone daily and then make the transition to subutex because the subs are not only useless for fent, but will throw you into acute withdrawal (subutex, not suboxone) if you do it within 48 hours of the fake shit. It almost made me suicidal because of how much fear I had for the withdrawal.
Fetty never did it for me either. I quit using when I couldn't find real h anymore. And I was clean by the time tranq made it around here so I never started that cause my head was pretty clear
I'm from Canada, and I was addicted to fent for 3 years, and I have overdosed so many times, and by the grace of God, I have been sober for 2 years now. Moved to Africa to be a missionary, and it saved my life. This year alone, 67 people I know died in my hometown in Canada from fentanyl. So sad
I’m 3 months sober from fentanyl/tranq in a week. Lived in Kensington Pennsylvania for a month in may and went to treatment early June. Was using opiates/fentanyl every day for 3 years until I got my life back. I just turned 21 and many of my peers have passed from addiction/opiate overdoses. We must change if we keep doing nothing in the US the death toll will continue to be the leading cause of death.
reading this makes me feel so proud of u bro, 21 and im 18. we both have so much of our lives in front of us and that's the first step to getting control back of ur future. it takes a brave mf to admit u have a problem and receive the subsequent treatment. I hope ur feeling better than ever and I wish u nothing but the best going forward homie ❤
I taught my kids "trap house/party" etiquette, and drug identification. Not because I approved but because I wanted them to be knowledgeable and stay safe. I got a lot of shit for it. They stayed safe and taught their friends who also stayed safe. Now they're grown adults, the oldest drinks occasionally, my middle child uses cannabis medicinally and the youngest is straight edge and does no drugs/alcohol or tobacco. They are alive and thriving and all the family members that gave me hell can kiss my arse!
@@ericespinoza373A trap house is a house that they sell drugs out of. They normally let users do the drugs in that house after they have bought them. Trap houses are usually places hardcore drug addicts go. You don’t normally see recreational type of users there. I’d say it’s on the extreme side of the drug spectrum.
This is the shit that’s tearing Philly apart, Philly has always had a big drug problem but the shit is different I moved a couple years ago and went back last year never seen so many zombies in over 20 years living there
The amount of fentanyl it takes to have a fatal OD is so ridiculously low that it’s truly terrifying. Another thing I have to educate my kids about as they get older.
I was a opiate addict from 18 to 23, I used to chew the 75mg Fent patches I bought from a cancer patient. Cut em into strips and smoked them with weed too, used to weigh 130 pounds at 5'11 I've been clean 10 years now.
Used to cheek them like you would a zyn pouch almost died multiple times thank God in 2020 I got arrested and cleaned my life up and those were script patches just imagine what this tranq shit can do
Yea some get captured accidentally by just trying it. I was trying to get away from trauma. Sadest thing I’ve ever heard in a rehab was an abused guy who grew up basically by himself and lost their house. Said heroine was the first time he ever felt like he got a real hug from a caring source. It’s soooooooo much harder than just stopping.
I can relate, I grew up with a narccisitic uncaring mother and cruel and abusive drunk father in one household. That's exactly how I described heroin to a friend who asked. I said it was like getting a warm loving hug. It can happen to anyone but particularly those who have been abused. One hit takes away all that trauma. In the end my addiction left me with more trauma because of what I had to do to keep it going and the lowest lows I even experienced. God save me during a bad withdrawal. I don't go to church or anything just practice like Jesus said, giving it charity and loving the Father with all your heart. I hope you and that person have found that our real Father is the most loving caring person who owns everything and will take care of us if we take shelter in him.
Yep, Gabor Mate spoke exactly about this: th-cam.com/video/BVg2bfqblGI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=d3MwS9hjm8sg1CdJ I feel that should be a general education course.
@@billymo7108yeah, some idiot on Rogan said that about heroin 10 years ago. Thanks bro, now I have to explain to my friend that I'm not just being stubborn about feeling a little nauseous for a few days. Really, it's like you created a joy-debt with drugs and you have to pay all that joy back with misery, all at once and it's going to be a month with aftershocks.
Having trouble getting through the first 24 hours. Seem to be restarting everyday. God please give me the strength to overcome my opioid addiction, specifically fentenyal.
Xylazine is an α2 agonist.(Alpha2 synapses are in your peripherial vascular system) I think it's an analog of Clonidine, so it's not an opiate but works centrally to decrease norepinepherine and Dopamine both in the brain and peripherally. Very lipophilic so easily gets through blood-brain barrier. Lasts up to 4 hrs, so I'm guessing it's used with an opiate like Fent to extend / prolong the high. People get ulcers/sores/skin abcesses because the alpha action (causes massive vasoconstriction peripherally) and it causes bradycardia (slow heart rate). Basically no oxygen gets to your skin so any little nick/cut won't heal or skin infarcts (dies) due to no oxygenated blood to your peripherally limbs. Add fentanyl (which lowers your respiratory rate and blood pressue) and you have a very deadly compound. I'd speculate it's more dangerous than Heroin but I'm not sure of the US data.
@@ninakore Parent's should absolutely not be down for their kids doing blow. That said, you don't know that their parent's didn't teach them self control or teach them not to drugs. I mean in some cases maybe they didn't, but it depends on so many factors, like the specific kid and his specific situation, where he grew up, etc. I know you're not a parent since you lack the intelligence and lack the understanding of being a parent. I mean how many parents raised their kids almost perfectly yet their kids did drugs and made all kinds of mistakes in their life? It's safe to say that happens quite often. Any parent knows that you only have so much control, and that's unfortunate because as a parent you love your children and want them to do well. That said, raising your kids right gives them a much better chance at not making these mistakes. I don't know if you were trolling with your comment or you were serious, because there are so many stupid comments on youtube that you could have actually been serious. You just are missing so much in your understanding of this, which is why if you lack the intelligence and understanding you likely shouldn't comment, and that's not me being mean, just being realistic. Anyway, I think I educated you enough, and I hope you learned something. In fact if you want to show some strength instead of your typical weakness, either don't respond or really learn something here from your mistakes. You seemed to be a bit lost and in need of a lesson. I put a lot of time into helping people I don't know, which you may not agree with, but some people are realistic and listen and improve themselves, especially when listening to someone at a higher level than them with much more intelligence, so think about that and don't let your ego get involved. I spent a lot of time helping you here, so don't send some stupid message back or I won't bother reading it. If you really pay attention here, then i'm cool to talk about it.
This is literally how my best friend of 25+ years ended up dying. Barely got to meet my baby. Thankfully, I heard the dealer caught a bullet some months later, couldn’t have happened to a nicer piece of shit.
I was an IV user that got into fentanyl. When i first tried it i only used a very tiny amount. If i wasnt using meth at the time i would have died 5 times over. Took me to end up in jail for 3 months and a year of treatment. Ive been sober since july 19th 2017 and im still doing whatever i can to stay away from it.
I got clean during covid. The drugs got super weird and I knew something was really wrong I still to this day clean believe we were being poisoned before it came out it's poison I mean all drugs are poison but not like that my friends were dying and it was killing them from the brain I never saw anything like that in my 13 years off using. Im in recovery for going on 3 years now and hope the struggling find the will to live to too
My baby brother died during a horrific accident (a fire) while he was high on fentanyl and tranq. In Abbotsford BC. He was only 28. Once he started the fentanyl, it was clear he wasn’t coming back, he was gone to us. I hadn’t seen him in years. No handsome, sweet and loving young man or woman deserves to die alone and on fire. I fucken hate drugs RIP Devon
@@nickxcaliber7991 Yeah. He wouldn’t talk to me or even look at my sons. I sent team after team of street support workers after him, we tried to get him to go to help. He always refused as he refused to leave the junkie mom who abused us so horrifically. He said he couldn’t go because she needed him. The irony is she’s still here (albeit lost in her own addiction) even though he’s gone. Drugs killed him but society and his only parent failed him. We tried. God how we tried, prayed, loved him. My sons and I miss him deeply, he will always be remembered :(
My best friends addiction just got worse over the years. Once that Fet got into his system it was a wrap. The Tranq was the nail in the coffin. Both his legs were so infected. He would check into the hospital and by the second day he would leave cause the addiction was so bad. The M.E report said "accidental overdose". I believe he wanted it to end. RIP Bestie.
@jakeharmon8767 That's what you took from this story? Seems cool so you don't want people to think he's gay? How do you know he's not gay, and even gives a shit if people do think that. Also sounds like you are saying gay people can't be cool? That's ridiculous. I know you're probably like 14 or something but little piece of advice for you to learn now. Most straight men secure in their sexuality don't give a shit about any of that. The ones who arent secure do. It's kind of like dudes that are terrified of a gay guy hitting on them in a club. Who tf cares. What are you afraid of, that you might actually say yes?😂 Some priorities there big doge.
I remember having first heard about fent in middle school, sometime around 2012. By freshman year of high school, six of my friends had overdosed. I graduated, senior year, and out of a circle of 14 friends who did all sorts of dumb shit, only 3 of us got out alive, and the entire experience managed to kick us into getting sober. Fent is horrifying. The rate at which it went from this new thing everyone was talking about to killing hundreds of people annually within my small town was insane. For the friends who haven't broken their habits, I wish you all the best. Addiction is a disease, but nothing like that is worth your life. Safe Travels.
That's horrible, what state/area did you go to school in? I grew up in a pretty poor area with nearly 2000 students in HS 2014-18, and we only had two kid od but not die from tainted pills they bought online and I knew quite a few people who popped pills and had a problem. Had kids die in shootings suicide and accidents. But 11 kids and friends in your case dying to fentanyl is just horrendous. Edit. There might have been more ODs but none that I knew of.
@@JohnnyDanger36963and fent was super super hard to find in 2012 and middle schooler ? Fucking please and hundreds died in the small town alone? Ppl making up stories like this are losers, people who have been thru fent addiction no how evil it is smh!
It's not very long, but I'll have a year clean on November 8th. I have the exact story as far as I mainly used heroin and when I couldn't get it, I gave in to fentynal. Just want to tell you I'm proud of you and don't give up 😊
Understanding addiction without being addicted is near impossible yes it ultimately is a battle of will but sometimes without the right support system someone can just unintentionally fall into a loop they can't get out
I grew up in a family that detest drugs, I’m so grateful, the amount of people suffering from drugs is unreal, I hope most of them recover and get back on track!
@@ricksterk7014 Probably don’t get into drugs and raise your children right, pretty basic core value everyone should have but sadly too many people are sheep and some of them even get insulted to hear drug is a problem so they can justify themselves using it
@@Connor-Does-Stuff not sure what you mean but it has certainly helped me, and I’m very grateful to be raised right, people I personally know my age are wasting their lives away getting high while I’m grinding every day to have a better future and support my wife, I know for sure if I ever have children they will also never get into drugs, there are so many better ways to get dopamine
I’m on a Psych rotation in a detox ward. We never see fentanyl patients because they’re either still using or dead…. I’m so impressed by the rock stars in these comments who managed to quit 💙🙏🎉
I always have time to hear what Joe thinks about serious issues like this. Not because he is an expert, but because he thinks normally about things. A reasonable guy.
Probably, I think it rapidly took over the streets of Seattle the past 6 months or so, originally started in Philly so took some time for the trend to hit the west coast
The new #1 killer in the US. It use to be bad decisions before driving. Now, it's just straight up using the drug itself, and sometimes you don't even know you're using it. Scary AF.
Been sober for 7 months and 29 days as of today, no drugs no alcohol no gambling. Im so thankful able to see the joy that life brings. And I owe it all to my higher power. Its crazy that addiction damages no matter how old you are. Im 24 and i cant say i was safer from this disease when i was 16. My cross addiction almost killed me. Being admitted to a institution was the best decision for me.
Glad you are better but remember to give yourself credit too, you are the one primarily saving yourself, that power is in you and now you know it, embrace it and enjoy your healthy new life
This epidemic has destroyed my family. My brother, his ex girlfriend, and her brother all got addicted in high school. Whenever someone broke something or got surgery, they’d usually get prescribed OxyContin. They would all get another 2 weeks refill even if it was for something like wisdom tooth. My brother and his girlfriend got clean after her brother died from an infection after injecting in his toes.
China is the number 1 supplier of fentanyl in the world but politicians push a narrative that mexico is the bad guy. The usa destabilized these countries and everyone seems to have forgotten or just don't care because of the prejudice against mexicans. The USA worked with guerillas dictators and even cartels by putting them in power as long as it was in their favor at the time but in the long run caused crisis after crisis because of "communism" they said.
I went to philly for college in 2010 and graduated before I started doing dope, changed the trajectory of my life completely. I got out of there 2 years ago at the end of 21. I've had some relapses on pills and am still getting on my feet but i never thought I'd get off that stuff. My body never felt the same after I got clean, these drugs come w real long term consequences both physical and mental, moreso. I guess I should be glad to be alive 😌
@@fraskf6765it's quite versatile. It can refer to all drugs or a specific kind. In my lifetime I've heard it used for anything from heroin to weed by some oldheads.
Unfortunately, I'm still in active opioid addiction in Chicago and the drug supply here like most other places is so tainted that you can no longer buy heroin that does not contain fentanyl and xylazine, actually if you have any real heroin in these bags your lucky. I wouldn't wish this addiction on anyone and everyday I want to get out of this hell hole but to quote Perry Farrell, "gonna kick tomorrow". I've lived this life for 20 years now and just don't see a way out, my whole adult life its been a huge part of my everyday, i know there's people who have used it longer and have gotten clean but i just can't seem to get the recipe right, lost so many people along the way, when will all this madness be enough. I always though i was a pretty strong individual, and always considered myself a functional addict but in the last couple years I've just become a junkie, sorry for the rant just had to say some of this out loud. Love yall
You are strong. Your self awareness is proof. Find suboxone, it should at least help stop urge to get Fent & constantly putting risking your life at risk. And That’s the most important step, and it’s just only one you have to take. Stop putting your life in high risk.
Praying for you, bro. I was an addict for a long time. I suggest you look into methadone or subs. Methadone will be easier to switch onto from fent/xylazine.. Life is better without all the ripping and running hustling for a bag. I promise you. Please give yourself another chance. I'm really hoping for you brother.
Oh my God man you're and my stories almost mirror image I have over about a year and a half I don't even feel like me anymore this has taken completely over
Get on the methadone clinic after being on H and it saved my life. I know ppl talk shit about it but it's the best thing that happened to me. Good luck🍀
Yup, dancesafe revolutionized the rave scene in the early 00s when they had reps show up with test kits for people who chose to party with the drugs. They had test kits and a bunch of literature and leaflets with pictures to properly identify certain substances. As a dj ive seen many people drop dead from drugs in the clubs and i also liked to indulge back then too but nowadays i just stick with the weed i can legally grow now 🔥🔥🔥
@@Sammasambuddha its cool if you wanna party with the drugs, i had my fun with them but since my son was born i stuck with the weed. He is 17 now and as much as i miss the party drugs, if i didnt stop it probably would have resulted in my death. Nowadays im afraid to do any of the drugs cause without knowing and trusting the source, could wind up like the canadian fellows JR mentioned dying in LA thinking they got a bag of blow. That being said, nah im good 👍
Lost a cousin and childhood best friend in the last 65 days to Fentanyl overdose.. Neither of them knew what they were putting into themselves. So yeah Id agree this is a problem currently, at least in California. Rest In Paradise Trenton & Jake.
My worker and his wife OD from cocaine laced with fet. One week later, I checked with the detective and he let me know 9 more people died the same way. It's crazy out what's out there
I knew the sweetest girl ever at school, always tried to fit in with everyone and was super cool. She started dating a guy who got into selling coke, he cut his coke with fentanyl and didn't tell her, had her do a line, she died and nobody called 911 because it was a trap house. RIP Mellissa.
Wtf, where i live (north europe) we make sure to drag the person outside apartment while someone is calling 911 and staying with the person until help arrive. Just be careful not to admit that it happened at your friends place, that's snitching. You can use brain and still save someone from death. We also ready suboxone that has the antidote naloxone in it so nobody has to die. Use brain, avoid death because that arrises WAY too many questions about what happened and might get your trap house compromised. ... unless you saw the body in 6 pieces but that's fucked up and noway in hell do I want to have anything to do with. That's f'ed up, straight.
I used to be a pill popper for years and years, and I was so lucky to never come across any of this shit. I'm positive I would be one of the statistics if it was around like it is now. I've made marijuana the only thing I do now, and I honestly think marijuana saved my life. It works for my body pain, stress and pretty much anything I have bothering me, even humans lol
Been clean from all drugs and alcohol since January 14, of this year, overdosed in a bathroom floor, and decided that I’m better than that, I’m worthy of love, and can love myself, no matter what I have done, or what I’ve been through. Stay strong, and no matter what, you’re worthy of respect and love.
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Congrats!! I am right ther with you. Just hit 1 year sober. We do recover!!
Stay strong and gather strength around you when you need it. You deserve a great life. ❤
Thankyou for choosing life!
what kind of pos would sell fent to people trying to buy coke? just fucking evil
14 days sober from my painkiller addiction. Ik 14 isn’t much but it’s a start.
It's the start of health, of the journey back to yourself, the start of giving yourself the biggest, deepest hug
Keep going. You got this. We believe in you. ❤
In 14 more its a month. One day at a time!
So worth it…..never realized how much worth it until well over on the other side in sobriety. Important to learn new coping skills and powerful source of inner strength that comes from our loving Creator. 43 years sober here! Prayers for your new found freedom!
Thats amazing! You got this ☺️❤
My best friend died from Fentanyl Halloween of 2018. He was 28. Had a heart of gold and an incredibly contagious laugh. He fell in with the wrong people in college and struggled with addiction for years.
My condolences. Must be tough to celebrate today. He loves you.
I’m so sorry for you loss of a friend this epidemic should not be happening here. Our government can put the breaks on the smugglers to stop the flow and it would put huge dent in the problem.
It is always those with the hearts of gold who die young. Lost my son to an accidental overdose at 20 years old in 2016. In three days he would be turning 28. I'm sorry for your loss. 💕
Had a friend tell me Drugs do messed up things to good people. Sorry for your loss.
Wait ... I thought it was all Joe bramduns fault?
Jk .. and sorry to make such a crap joke. My condolences.
We need to show our kids it's ok to be bored and not to rely on drugs!
I have been sober for 3 years, but before that I was addicted to heroin. I always preferred heroin but when I couldn't find it, I would get fentynal. My last time getting it I got an infection starting in my leg called necrotizing fasciitis. I spent 3 months in a hospital healing from surgery. I think this must have had tranq in it because of the sore I got where I injected. Anyway I have been sober since then 😊 The doctor said if I would have got to the hospital just one day later, they would have had to amputate my leg!
Good for you, just keep in the mind when you feel weak, living is better. Stay strong, your not alone.
Congratulations, you are normal like the rest of us now.
Your drug use was your choice. Not a societal pressure.
💚🙏 live ur greatest life!!! Bless you
Wow that's terrifying! So glad you're sober! Best of luck!
Are you sure it wasn't krokodil?
I like to think I’ve checked all the boxes when it came to making sure my children know the devastation of certain drugs and just don’t be stupid and don’t do it. Unfortunately, I was blindsided and my only son died from a fentanyl overdose. All I can say is when you think you’ve done enough…do more. He was 19 years old. I miss him, he was everything to me.
sorry for your loss, there are no words
So sorry for your loss
So so sorry, that's awful. Not your fault at all though. Many many parents raising there kids perfectly and they still get involved in hard drugs, and some unfortunately pass away. I can't imagine losing your child though, that's one of the worst things ever. I wish I could do more to help you man, but I know words or really anything can't do anything. I wish you lots of love and happiness now and in the future. Take care buddy, let me know if you need anything.
So Sorry that is so tragic.😢
You’ll be in my prayers tonight. I’m sorry for your and his loss. I’m sure he didn’t know he was going to put you through this. I’m sorry life is so difficult. Words can’t express
I was an opiate addict before Fentanyl was a thing. Got on a suboxone program, changed my life. Still on it, but 100% better than being an active user.
China sure is happy with how effective this was.
Is what Xi said.
That's gotten old. Apologies.
Decriminalization has been effective in other countries. Spend the "war on drugs" money on education and harm reduction.
Lost to many people to opioids. I wish everyone could get help in a way that didn't risk their lives.
therapy aint it,,, everybody on meds like a bunch of sukkers,, adhd. anxiety, bipolar... talk about fetting fukkin PLAYED
If only therapy cost were 5 dollars a pop
Yea that one aspect that the talking heads ignore, the fact that all the huge wealth inequality causes people to give up and turn to drugs just to feel ok in this world. When are people going to wake up. And if they just made weed legal its a fact that it reduces opiod deaths. Our politicians are simply inept.
Just take some horse tranquilizer bro
@@puppet3668 Do not. Ketamine will damage your bladder
This is one of the biggest problems we face at this point in America. Much love for Joe bringing this topic up and bringing more knowledge to us.
Well, to be fair, they don't really know much about it, though it's no badge of honor, I'd rather hear perspectives from people that got caught in it and managed to get out of the snag. You can bet there are plenty of people watching this right now that still have their foot stuck in the jagged metal
So true. Could party as much as you wanted back in the day. Nobody was worried about getting bad drugs.
Those days are slowly but surely coming back my friend. But also keep in mind that when the fentanyl door closes a new drug doors gonna open.
Just need real connections.
People have short memory. Drug hysteria has never stopped since the 60s
If not from your pharmacy don’t take anything! We lost a 19 year old friend of the family. He was two weeks away from his 20th bday. He survived parental abuse/neglect and an Orphanage in Ukraine. He was adopted in US just to die unknowingly taking fentanyl March 2023.
3 years right here u got this brother
I used to work in the SUD field. I got out when we started losing pot smokers to fentanyl OD because the pot was spiked. We handed out Narcan and did trainings, only to find out people were holding "Narcan parties" to push the envelop even further.
😱. Couldn't imagine that!!
The "challenge" generation. I heard that you can still OD from Xylazine even if you take Narcan... it's THAT strong. I'm glad all this shit was not around when I was addicted to opiates because everyone knows when you are dope sick you will take anything you can take to get rid of it. Car wreck = herniated L5 disc = doctor visit = pain pills = a decade or two of opiate dependency, like a living nightmare you can't escape from and have no control over.
This is a lie nobody was holding narcan parties you can’t use narcan to get high when you use narcan to reverse an overdose it immediately takes the opioid away from your opoid receptors and it actually throws an addict into withdrawal so no opoid addict would just narcan themselves, this is just part of the ignorance with people not understanding addiction and not wanting to understand addiction, im 8 months clean my fiancé was a recovery specialist at a rehab before we both got addicted, we had the same clean date until she passed away in a car accident in June 2023 I stayed strong and stayed sober now I’m raising our 2 babies on my own
@@kaylabranum2193 Narcan parties are when everyone pools their Narcan, one person is the designated sober person and everyone else sees how close they can get to death. Try asking before making assumptions and calling people a liar
@@kaylabranum2193yeah ...your wrong... narcan was handed out in case you od from fentany at these partiesl...not to be used to get high🤨. You misunderstood
Those people have been failed by their own community and disbanded. No one helps anybody anymore.. Community is dead its all just fend for yourself at this point
Great 👍 podcast Bro 😎 ❤GOD Bless you JRE and your podcast ❤ for being a solid outlet for millions of people 🎉
45 years clean from all drug or alcohol use.... been sober my entire life.
Congrats for overcoming nothing
I overcame not being weak & self loathing. U?@@KNITGNAT
I live in a fairly small northern midwestern town and I'm not sure about any fentanyl use but Meth use is off the charts. I mean, people you wouldn't even THINK of are using it. And I mean, I know a cat that didn't use any drugs at all and he started using meth @ 40! That's so crazy to me but it just everywhere now. You can literally go to either one of the 2 gas stations and just based on looks, easily pin point folks that use. It's nuts.
What’s more shocking is a 40 year old cat!!!!!
But geniuses in Washington DC think drug laws work.
@@adamdeveau6311 That's 40 years in CAT years tho!
That’s all correct. I suffer horribly from chronic pain and I am not getting enough pain medication to help with the pain because of the kids dropping dead from taking this stuff. 😢
Back in 1993, I ran away from such an abusive childhood, at 16, got on heroin, ( to get rid of my childhood). I'd only ever smoked a bit of leaf before, and for the next 2 years, I did heroin, worked for it. I had overdosed on it so many times, ( didn't care if I was brought back or not), I think it was about 8 times all up. The only thing that made me quit, was moving back from Sydney, to Tasmania ( no heroin there, but a pill state). Australia is kinda like the rest of the world, just behind by about 30 years. But I am 8 years clean from the pills, 17 years clean from alcohol, just got off of the methadone program after 22 years ( I'm 18 months clean), and have found the Lord. I honestly can't believe I'm still here. But I am. All 3 of my adult kids are clean, hate drugs and 2 are now working as counselors.
Coming up on 4 yrs clean from heroin and meth . Thank god I finally got clean when I did. I just missed this fentanyl wave .
What do you think of parents sending test kits with their kids when they go to parties? Joe, the pragmatist, concludes, “well, it’s better than having them die.” My response is a little different: if you know, your kids are going to parties where there will be drinking and drugs then it is your parental responsibility to tell your kids, “hell no, you’re not going to that party.”
Absolutely not saying your wrong, but then the next party, they tell their parents they are having a sleep over at a friends house, and end up at the party sleeping wherever.
It is such a tough thing to combat. It terrifies me.
So thankful to be sober finally, those blues scared my wife and I straight. She would take 2-3 puffs and I could see she was on the brink of overdosing, her lips and face would go purple and she would start falling out. It’s Russian roulette every hit you take of them. It took 4 overdoses to get it but at least we did.
i had a friend that OD'd and she said the first two times nothing happened, it was blank, but on the third time, she was her body in the back of the car from an angle, kind of leaned over onto the side of the door, I think that was the first time I've ever heard of someone seeing their body from the outside after they presumably code.
@user-wr2cd1wy3b not necessarily anything spiritual, you can have an out of body experience on PCP not on the brink of death, or so I'm told...
Fentanyl is the reason i haven't rolled in years. Im not even a drug user like that. I wanted to take some exctasy so bad for my birthday, but i refuse to take something and end up dying and my family thinks i was a secret drug addict.
Are they right? You are.
I have about 14g of the best molasses mdma in a safe under the floor and if I die a demolition crew might find it and know he's hit the jackpot or it'll end up in a toilet. ???
I believe I'm the only person in the US (uh oh feds know my location!) that has this much of the 1st Silk Road generation Molly. It has such an intense molasses smell and turns purple to black in a second on the test. Never had a better experience, so clean to another dimension. I got scared and it's been in the safe ever since. It is THAT good.
You can buy a drug kit to test its safety
@@SammasambuddhaBit of an odd thing to comment
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Welcome to TH-cam! Lol.
@Nitrodamous
Unlimited shelf life.
No rush to enjoy.
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Its not that addicts "choose" that. Its not as if someone wakes up one day with a decent life and just thinks to themselves "Im gonna start doing drugs and become a addict!"
Addicts become so because they usually experienced massive amounts of truama or pain. Mentally/physically growing up. And to escape thier pain they numb themselves as much as possible so they no longer feel the agony.
For me it was heartbreak smh. My childs mother broke me so severely I found comfort in numbing myself daily trying all I could to avoid the massive weight of it all I felt. Its a really hard reality but every addict does so because of these sort of issues. People who never had family or dealt with addicts before are so detached from even understanding at the most basic level what fuels such "choices". And usually those same people had great childhoods, wealthy families, loving functional mentally strong parents, guidance, support structures ect... And love to be judgmental of those who had the complete opposite while reality being they wouldn't have done any differently if they too grew up without all those luxuries
Very well put,
And very rational.
I’m really happy you didn’t start say “you need to find god” or other religious bile.
I’m an atheist and it seems like zealots don’t understand the true horrors of the universe’s immensity and times inexorable march to a distant heat death of the universe, and how knowing this everything diminishes any and all suffering to a point when the only thing that can keep you grounded and able to function in society are,sometimes, hard drugs.
Why would anyone choose to suffer?
Ask religious people what they would do if there was legitimate proof that there is no god?
I’m gonna say, they would take drugs.
Pills/injections/smoking/or alcohol.
Or maybe just sex addicts.
They cope through religion,
I cope with chemistry.
Choosing to “numb” your pain is what you would consider making the “choice”. Instead of running from the inevitable you should always face what is troubling you head on. Not everyone who is an addict grew up in an abusive way and had awful parents. So the accusation the only people who judge you are those who grew up opposite of you is negligent.
Everyone has a choice to either do drugs or don’t do drugs. Silver spoon or not we all make that choice at some point. Our society has become weak and instead of having the strength to admit you need help people choose to run to drugs and blame their faults on everyone else and addiction. When ultimately it was their choice almost like they woke up one day and said “I want to be an addict”. When the decision was made to consume that drug was the day they ultimately made that “choice”
You know how many parents I hear saying “I’ll be very open and talk freely with MY kids” , and one of there kids is an addict now……too many to count. What makes you special compared to these other parents. Get real my friend, test kits are a given , although you HOPE they won’t take anything.
I live in Vancouver Canada and narcan kits are VERY common, they are free at any pharmacy plus other places. Almost every household has at least 1 narcan kit. It's becoming a problem for dog owners too, as their dog may lick fentynal off the sidewalk since open drug use is legal. So narcaning a pet dog is not uncommon
I was a medical fentanyl addict for two and half years. It took me nine months of hell to dry out and stop living like a junkie.
Im born and raised in Philly the largest open air drug market on the planet and the fentanyl is in everything now even percs and Xanax are pressed with fentanyl now
I lost a friend last week due to fentanyl 😭
"I'm not sending my kids to a party with test kits".
Why? Kids are notorious for not listening to their parents, I was one of them. It could save their lives.
I watched friends in my 20's on drugs cigs and alchohol. Watched my mom turn into a hard alchoholic, those same friends are still in the same jobs decades later. Watching the consequencea of others led me to not even try it
“Good for them”
-Joe Rogan in reference to the Sinaloa Cartel
😂😂😂
Got 3 weeks clean from this poison feel so much better got Trapped in a vicious cycle finally able to get my life back
I'm so grateful that I was able to stop when I did.
It doesn't last longer. People have to get "well" way more often. It's truly a nightmare.
It's the problem of why, - it's 'why' there is so much rampant drug use. It is not like putting up a street light at an intersection, or abolishing traffic laws altogether. I'm just afraid that merely
neutralizing the trade altogether in the proposed and ongoing manner will introduce a much bigger societal problem. It seems like it's being addressed as an economic and political problem, not a health and social problem. It seems we isolate answers to some issues, and generalize others. It's as if were just completely unwilling or incapable genuinely mediating anything socially.
It's only similar to the states in western Canada. There is still very little fent east of Ontario.
Stay away from street drugs. I was in a coma for 2 weeks. I got a second chance. Never again.
Most addicts won’t quit until the pain outweighs the pleasure. That short time of euphoria is worth more than most everything else. Self medication
i got fent in some coke. started feeling weak and disoriented quite shortly after a big line. it was bad. found a guy with meth and did a line of that. made it home and ended up sleeping the better part of 3 days. never again
How can 2 joe's be so different thanks Rogan
Heroin use is down 96% in Philly bc of Tranq
I live on the big island. One of my friends died from fentanyl. heroine is another big problem here to.
I never heard of fentanyl until a good friend of mine relapsed on "heroine" but turns out it was laced with fentanyl. 7/11/2021 RIP
7 mile and vandyke, Detroit Michigan it's soooo bad.
Hooked on fentanyl for over 2 years
Been clean now for 10 months…this is the most difficult thing I’ve ever dealt with
Good lord is this hard
May God give you the strength to stay sober and prosper 🙏🏼
Best wishes to you, and strength to you everyday!
went cold turkey a few years back, can't even remember when exactly. Worst 13 days of my life coming off of it. No sleep, county jail, bright lights that never really go off. Noises. Near psychosis just from the withdrawal. Over the years I did them all, started way back in the day with percocet. but yeah, fentanyl as much as it is the devil - it actually saved my life because it was so awful of an experience detoxing that I'm clean now. God bless you brother I pray for many years of sobriety for you.
Keep it up man, I'm just a internet stranger but I believe in you!
I was on pain pills for 2 years after my dad died.. I had tons of money from inheritance. No bills. Great job.
The pills helped me thru that phase and divorce/family court battles.
I quit those pills cold turkey and had 0 withdrawals other than the physical pain coming back. I felt like an old man for like 3 days after quitting. Then I was back to normal.
I was doing so many pills daily. I still went to work everyday. First one there daily. Worked there 10 years. Hardest worker in the company. Everyone knew I smoked pot.. No one knew I was doing 10-20 pills a day.
I know high functioning crackheads. My best friend I grew up with is one. He coaches little league football. Works for the garbage company. High paid job. He goes into his garage and hits the pipe in secret. He's married and everything.
Fentanyl surprisingly indirectly got me to stop using cocaine casually. I use to buy a gram or so every weekend or every other weekend, and as soon as I heard they were starting to cut it with fent I quit and never touched it again. One of the guys in our neighborhood that I used to party with didn't quit and he's dead now because he got a batch cut with fent. Could have been me.
@@user-jd3vi2pg1g Well it's a good thing he did since he stopped using. Anyone who has successfully stopped using should tell their story. It can be helpful and inspiring to others out there struggling with drugs or alcohol. Try to be more respectful, the guy made a valid point.
Thats good man. Keep it up please..
Wow you dodged a bullet you saw the writing on the wall and woke up. Thank God.
@@gpower9572yeah. Right. God....
Why the fuck is it in coke tho??
The fact that the Sinaloa cartel is doing more to combat this than our government should tell us something.
Yeah it doesn't make a lot of sense. Even if you hold the cynical view (which I don't) that we're "tax cattle," it still doesn't make sense. Even if they're 100% in it for themselves, it still doesn't make sense (to me.) I guess they're trying, they put money into it, but you'd think -- again from the rancher/cattle cynical perspective, if your milk is shorting, you'd stop whatever bug is killing them. More people = more brain = more production = better lifestyle. It's not like we have a shortage of worms, that the chickens eat, that the people eat, they're pretty cheap to maintain and do it themselves, you'd think real greed would mean protective over the flock. The not caring thing seems more like nihilism. But again, to self-refute, they have dumped a lot of money into stopping it, and it's made a dent.
This is nonsense. Sinaloa is being pressured. Who the fuck do you think is doing the pressure? The US govt.
the government wants us as zombies, this isn't a movie, real life "zombies" don't organize and can't tell their ass from their head meaning the government can do whatever they want with no pushback
you people are so fucking guillible. yall the type to believe nazi saying they aint oppressing jews in 1941
The fact that you think that is silly.
My little brother was a huge fan of yours Joe. He would always be the one to ask if I heard something you said and then he’d share the link for me to check out. He wasn’t a drug addict, f***er thought he had shit under control. Bought a small bag of coke on 5/31/23 and it was mostly fentanyl. He died right away. Spoke to him at 2pm and he sounded happy, he was found dead at 4:30pm. No way to explain this stupidity, he’ll be forever 36. Miss him like crazy.
Condolences to your idiot brother
That’s heartbreaking 💔
your brother bought a bag of coke that the guy mixed on purpose with fentanyl? im sorry for your loss dude but thats not how it works
Sorry for your loss
@@treypeters1087drug dealers mix fentanyl into cocaine to make it cheaper to produce.
I live in Philly and was addicted to fetty an tranq but been sober for 3 months now. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done to quit. I had a 2 week detox an thought I was going to die on a rehab floor. I thank god I’m alive to tell the story. I pray for everyone going through this 🙏
Stay strong.
Good for you man 🙏
Kennsington is pretty bad area,dont know if you were down there,but good on you in stopping.
Did u do it cold turkey? Or did they give suboxone or fent
Stay safe man
I lost my best friend to fentanyl, I think about him every day. He was the kindest man I knew, and he was so much more than a drug overdose. If you sell fentanyl there's a special place in hell for you.
A good friend & former coworker of my husband's was like a Golden Retriever, in human form- just a really loving, open, sweet, smart, fun, kind, funny soul. He got ahold of some cocaine one Friday night w/ another buddy of his, just wanting to party a little bit, & shake off the work week (it wasn't a frequent thing for him, at all). It was laced w/ Fentanyl. His roommates found him, the next AM- his buddy was dead & he was in a coma. His family pulled the plug a few days later, when it was clear that he no longer had any brain function from lack of oxygen. This happened quite awhile ago, & I still think of him all the time. He was such a lovely person & his family is completely devastated. 😢
I was in recovery for years after a stroke sepsis and endocarditis. Relapsed last year. This year I’ve overdosed 5 times with as little as half a grain of rice at times. 36 days sober and grateful today. It’s no joke out there at this time. It’s brutal I feel like I’ve survived a war and all my friends are dead. New England is a tranq infested war zone. Thank god for Narcan.
Could use some prayers. Bless
Stay strong, you can beat this. Prayers sent!
Keep going you can do it ❤
You’re strong man hope you’re still doing good the people in your life love you man and sending prayers your way🙏
May Godbless you and give you the strength to over come addiction me break all chains to set us free
Narcan doesn't work with tranq silly
I just lost my lifelong best friend and the little brother I never had from this drug. He had a beautiful home, a career, and loving family and now hes gone forever! If just one person reads this and doesnt get involved with this death sentence its a true blessing for me.
PLEASE dont stop covering this subject on the JRE. People need to hear about how they will die if they try this deadly drug.
CLOSE THE FUCKIN BORDER!!!!
Keep telling your story.
I was a Heroin addict for over 10 years, been clean for 8 years. My 19 yo son knows almost everything about my past. I want him to understand how serious this is.
that's very brave of you
Amen brother I teach my boys the same. Dad was a addict, and this is what happens, I teach my kids, not shield them from the world. This ain't the dope we was doing 10 years ago guys, I've got 6 years clean, and the emotion I get from being with my sons is enough for me to never start back up!
My daughter is 12. I’ve struggled with addiction (started with heroin eventually stable on suboxone then went to meth looking for the IV rush) and clean for a year now. Her mother also struggled with meth addiction. This poor child has seen the worst of us and the best. She’s very empathetic and mature so her understanding her genetic predisposition to addiction is important to us. I’m always so happy when I’m clean. Honestly don’t understand why I ever relapse but I’m doing an outpatient program right now trying to better understand my addiction. Sending love and strength your way!
I used to smoke. I quit when I understood it was completely emotional. We continue to consciously use do/consume something that damages our because of how it makes us feel.
I told myself, “This is hurting me. But why do I need it? What does it give me? How else can I get this emotion (calm, flow, etc) without harm?”
Knowing and loving yourself is the best weapon against drug use and addiction
Opiate withdrawal is sweating, throwing up and shitting on yourself...
American people not happy.
My youngest son died 8/27/21 from acute meth/fentanyl overdose. He was my baby at 26yrs and I loved him dearly.
I’ve been clean 15yrs this October from meth. I was clean 3yrs before that.
I had lung cancer surgery last October. Good to go so far.
I sometimes will tell a teenager the secret to a good life is don’t drugs and be careful whom you have children with. Both will ruin you.
Rest In Peace, Joseph.
Thanks for reading.
8/23/24- I had brain cancer surgery 3.5 months ago. I faded fast, I went from feeling normal to needing brain surgery in one months time.
Mean.
I bounce back good both times.
I only know one person that survived lung cancer.
If you believe in miracles, I am a walking one.
Again, thanks for reading.
Two keys to life
What ddiid the lung cancer surgery entail?
Damn
@@millions2netteremoved the top section of my left lung. No chemo or radiation. I got lucky af.
Today is the one year anniversary of my surgery. I get checked every six months and again tomorrow. I was back to work three months after surgery. The worst surgical experience I’ve ever had and I’ve had many surgeries.The doc was extremely cold blooded from start to finish. Straight mean he was. No nursing home offered for recovery. I stayed in the hospital five days after surgery, until my lungs stopped leaking air. Kaiser health is cold blooded. I live alone with no help.
I wish I was lying and there’s more but enough said. I loved Joseph deeply and he was the most honest out of my three sons.
I’ve been practicing yoga at a studio for five years or so. I can’t do allot of it from old age and old injuries. But it’s the yoga is why I felt the cancer. The yoga has helped me a great deal.
Thanks for reading.
@@millions2nette
I found out about the cancer pretty much on the one year anniversary of his death. To the day.
Again, I wish I was lying.
John 14:27
3 years sober from heroin. I remember almost overdosing at work/ “in my car”. By the grace of god I made it home but I was fading in & out. After losing my mom a few months later, I got sober bec I knew I had too. My kids need me.
two years ago one of my childhood friends overdosed on fent. He flew out to LA to meet a producer with hopes to make some movement in his rap career. The guy flaked on him, and took his money. Nothing is confirmed at least to me how everything went down, but we believe he went through some type of anxiety attack on the other side of the country with no one around to help at all. He insisted on going alone even though he would have had at least one of us there if the trip was a week later. The last IG story he posted was about him being around 'designer drugs' which I guess meant more than typical stuff he had access to. He called one of my other best friends at around 2 am, and passed away sometime shortly after. 20 years old, alone in a LA hotel room, couldn't even enjoy a drink legally. It feels like someone had been taken from us. I sometimes still cant process it.
Jesus. Heartbreaking, the young heart making such decisions
Damn, my condolences. I hope you never experience such tragedy again.
Sad story, I got choked up thinking about the aspirations he had in his head while it all went down. Thanks for sharing, I felt it.
Been there bro. I’m so sorry. It doesn’t get east. Best advice …… accept it as quick as you can 🙏
Damn dude that’s rough. I’d be in full blown panic attack too. I honestly can’t even say 20 year old me would have reacted any differently.
Tranq is the reason I recently quit. I was originally a true heroin addict. The fentanyl didn't do it for me. But the tranq and benzo dope was so good it scared the hell out of me. There's nothing like it. But I started getting sick with infections constantly and had a small hole appear on my leg and was told the only way it wouldn't get bigger was if I stopped. The withdrawal is impossible to control as well. It's not like opioid withdrawal
Very intense withdrawal and quick onset. The only way to avoid it is to get back on oxycodone for several days and then on subs. The oxycodone will do nothing to get you high but will make the withdrawal bearable. I had to do this myself because I was doing oxycodone for years and made the mistake of doing the cheaper fake M stamp fent blues for several months. I have never experienced withdrawal like that before. It was literally unbearable. I had to do several hundred dollars worth of oxycodone daily and then make the transition to subutex because the subs are not only useless for fent, but will throw you into acute withdrawal (subutex, not suboxone) if you do it within 48 hours of the fake shit. It almost made me suicidal because of how much fear I had for the withdrawal.
Fetty never did it for me either. I quit using when I couldn't find real h anymore. And I was clean by the time tranq made it around here so I never started that cause my head was pretty clear
Plus I'm just stubborn and I want what I want and I was grateful but mad a f they got rid of h. So I just said fuck everything else
@@Ashleightheaddict How were you doing the fetty?
I'm from Canada, and I was addicted to fent for 3 years, and I have overdosed so many times, and by the grace of God, I have been sober for 2 years now. Moved to Africa to be a missionary, and it saved my life. This year alone, 67 people I know died in my hometown in Canada from fentanyl. So sad
😢
How were you able to leave Canada to be a missionary in Africa? I would like to do that.
Sir, you’ll never understand because you’re not and addict that’s exactly right no wonder our addictions are fascinating to you
I left canada too.. sober 132 days..thats all canada is.. Druggies stuck in the drug matrix
Sorry for your loss but I’m glad you are sober. Congrats on the sobriety!
I’m 3 months sober from fentanyl/tranq in a week. Lived in Kensington Pennsylvania for a month in may and went to treatment early June. Was using opiates/fentanyl every day for 3 years until I got my life back. I just turned 21 and many of my peers have passed from addiction/opiate overdoses. We must change if we keep doing nothing in the US the death toll will continue to be the leading cause of death.
That's why the cartel wants to get rid of Fentanyl. It's killing all their customers.
Prayers for you….you’re so unbelievably strong!💥💜
it gets better keep going. i lost 12 people in 2020 and said no more. if you need to move and start over do that. plenty of life left of live
Good freaking job kid! I’m proud of you. I’m not your mom, but I am A mom and I just want you to know how great I think that is.
reading this makes me feel so proud of u bro, 21 and im 18. we both have so much of our lives in front of us and that's the first step to getting control back of ur future. it takes a brave mf to admit u have a problem and receive the subsequent treatment. I hope ur feeling better than ever and I wish u nothing but the best going forward homie ❤
Jaime has the best job in the world. Just sits through Rogan podcasts, and googles whatever he wants. Probably gets paid well too.
I taught my kids "trap house/party" etiquette, and drug identification. Not because I approved but because I wanted them to be knowledgeable and stay safe. I got a lot of shit for it. They stayed safe and taught their friends who also stayed safe. Now they're grown adults, the oldest drinks occasionally, my middle child uses cannabis medicinally and the youngest is straight edge and does no drugs/alcohol or tobacco. They are alive and thriving and all the family members that gave me hell can kiss my arse!
I have no idea what a trap house is let alone the etiquette. Why not share your wisdom on TH-cam to help us parents in the dark?
@@ericespinoza373 A trap house is pretty much the bando!
@@ericespinoza373A trap house is a house that they sell drugs out of. They normally let users do the drugs in that house after they have bought them. Trap houses are usually places hardcore drug addicts go. You don’t normally see recreational type of users there. I’d say it’s on the extreme side of the drug spectrum.
@@ericespinoza373 I'll consider it. My son's been talking to me about the same thing.
thanks for sharing dueshbag
This is the shit that’s tearing Philly apart, Philly has always had a big drug problem but the shit is different I moved a couple years ago and went back last year never seen so many zombies in over 20 years living there
That’s what I call a Philly cheese misteak
@@black-galaxy😂😂😂😂
In Phoenix too. It's sad.
The citizens in Philly literally support the public use of them lol.
@@FerristotheBueller no we don't ...they won't arrest them cause majority is YT and the jails overcrowded
The amount of fentanyl it takes to have a fatal OD is so ridiculously low that it’s truly terrifying. Another thing I have to educate my kids about as they get older.
I was a opiate addict from 18 to 23, I used to chew the 75mg Fent patches I bought from a cancer patient. Cut em into strips and smoked them with weed too, used to weigh 130 pounds at 5'11
I've been clean 10 years now.
Yup!! Did the same. Put it on foil and smoked it. Crazy warm feeling high. Felt great. Dumb dumb I was
Didn't know it was smoked like that. Thought you sucked on the patches. Must have killed your throat...
Congrats bro, happy that you're clean
Used to cheek them like you would a zyn pouch almost died multiple times thank God in 2020 I got arrested and cleaned my life up and those were script patches just imagine what this tranq shit can do
130 pounds is 9¼ stone for those who use Imperial properly.
Yea some get captured accidentally by just trying it. I was trying to get away from trauma. Sadest thing I’ve ever heard in a rehab was an abused guy who grew up basically by himself and lost their house. Said heroine was the first time he ever felt like he got a real hug from a caring source. It’s soooooooo much harder than just stopping.
I can relate, I grew up with a narccisitic uncaring mother and cruel and abusive drunk father in one household. That's exactly how I described heroin to a friend who asked. I said it was like getting a warm loving hug. It can happen to anyone but particularly those who have been abused. One hit takes away all that trauma. In the end my addiction left me with more trauma because of what I had to do to keep it going and the lowest lows I even experienced. God save me during a bad withdrawal. I don't go to church or anything just practice like Jesus said, giving it charity and loving the Father with all your heart. I hope you and that person have found that our real Father is the most loving caring person who owns everything and will take care of us if we take shelter in him.
Real talk. It's not just the flu for a week like some people think.
Yep, Gabor Mate spoke exactly about this: th-cam.com/video/BVg2bfqblGI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=d3MwS9hjm8sg1CdJ I feel that should be a general education course.
when people say heroin is the best feeling you can ever truly experience and opiates alike is it true?@@katl1489
@@billymo7108yeah, some idiot on Rogan said that about heroin 10 years ago. Thanks bro, now I have to explain to my friend that I'm not just being stubborn about feeling a little nauseous for a few days. Really, it's like you created a joy-debt with drugs and you have to pay all that joy back with misery, all at once and it's going to be a month with aftershocks.
Having trouble getting through the first 24 hours. Seem to be restarting everyday. God please give me the strength to overcome my opioid addiction, specifically fentenyal.
Stay tough and focused and fight like your life depends on it. Keep as busy as possible. Get outside, feel the sun. Walk until you can't walk anymore
Checking on you! Prayers for your recovery. ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Get on the methadone clinic it saved my life. Good luck 🍀
Xylazine is an α2 agonist.(Alpha2 synapses are in your peripherial vascular system) I think it's an analog of Clonidine, so it's not an opiate but works centrally to decrease norepinepherine and Dopamine both in the brain and peripherally.
Very lipophilic so easily gets through blood-brain barrier. Lasts up to 4 hrs, so I'm guessing it's used with an opiate like Fent to extend / prolong the high.
People get ulcers/sores/skin abcesses because the alpha action (causes massive vasoconstriction peripherally) and it causes bradycardia (slow heart rate). Basically no oxygen gets to your skin so any little nick/cut won't heal or skin infarcts (dies) due to no oxygenated blood to your peripherally limbs. Add fentanyl (which lowers your respiratory rate and blood pressue) and you have a very deadly compound. I'd speculate it's more dangerous than Heroin but I'm not sure of the US data.
How do you know so much?
I got a Ph.D just reading this post.
@@ilexevergreen5405 I teach Emergency/Paramedicine...'know thy enemy'
yep this is why Narcan doesn't stop it and why people are losing limbs from just smoking. vasoconstriction doest need IV use
"So which cigarette do _you_ smoke, doctor?" The biochemist in me smiled at lipophilicity.
It’s crazy to think parents are down for their kids sniffing a line of blow as long as they test it first
The parents failed to teach their kids self control so they take upon themselves. Weak.
@@ninakore Parent's should absolutely not be down for their kids doing blow. That said, you don't know that their parent's didn't teach them self control or teach them not to drugs. I mean in some cases maybe they didn't, but it depends on so many factors, like the specific kid and his specific situation, where he grew up, etc. I know you're not a parent since you lack the intelligence and lack the understanding of being a parent. I mean how many parents raised their kids almost perfectly yet their kids did drugs and made all kinds of mistakes in their life? It's safe to say that happens quite often. Any parent knows that you only have so much control, and that's unfortunate because as a parent you love your children and want them to do well. That said, raising your kids right gives them a much better chance at not making these mistakes. I don't know if you were trolling with your comment or you were serious, because there are so many stupid comments on youtube that you could have actually been serious. You just are missing so much in your understanding of this, which is why if you lack the intelligence and understanding you likely shouldn't comment, and that's not me being mean, just being realistic. Anyway, I think I educated you enough, and I hope you learned something. In fact if you want to show some strength instead of your typical weakness, either don't respond or really learn something here from your mistakes. You seemed to be a bit lost and in need of a lesson. I put a lot of time into helping people I don't know, which you may not agree with, but some people are realistic and listen and improve themselves, especially when listening to someone at a higher level than them with much more intelligence, so think about that and don't let your ego get involved. I spent a lot of time helping you here, so don't send some stupid message back or I won't bother reading it. If you really pay attention here, then i'm cool to talk about it.
Same ones that got them boosted
@@Mikael-jt1hk i listened to everything my parents said
This is literally how my best friend of 25+ years ended up dying. Barely got to meet my baby. Thankfully, I heard the dealer caught a bullet some months later, couldn’t have happened to a nicer piece of shit.
Tranq should be the name of Brendan Schaub's next comedy special.
Same side effects.
But let’s keep those borders open and the floodgates for fentanyl clear
Everyone posting about their sobriety congratulations!!! I’m so happy for all of you continue the good fight!!!!
I was an IV user that got into fentanyl. When i first tried it i only used a very tiny amount. If i wasnt using meth at the time i would have died 5 times over. Took me to end up in jail for 3 months and a year of treatment. Ive been sober since july 19th 2017 and im still doing whatever i can to stay away from it.
Proud of you brother, keep up the good work and continue to spread your message to others..
I got clean during covid. The drugs got super weird and I knew something was really wrong I still to this day clean believe we were being poisoned before it came out it's poison I mean all drugs are poison but not like that my friends were dying and it was killing them from the brain I never saw anything like that in my 13 years off using. Im in recovery for going on 3 years now and hope the struggling find the will to live to too
My baby brother died during a horrific accident (a fire) while he was high on fentanyl and tranq. In Abbotsford BC. He was only 28. Once he started the fentanyl, it was clear he wasn’t coming back, he was gone to us. I hadn’t seen him in years. No handsome, sweet and loving young man or woman deserves to die alone and on fire. I fucken hate drugs
RIP Devon
May your lost brother Devin rest in peace, and may you live the rest of your own, unique life in peace, brother.
Your brother wanted help but he had no one. My sister and parents dont even message me and im clean, so i understand. We feel alone
@@nickxcaliber7991 Yeah. He wouldn’t talk to me or even look at my sons. I sent team after team of street support workers after him, we tried to get him to go to help. He always refused as he refused to leave the junkie mom who abused us so horrifically. He said he couldn’t go because she needed him. The irony is she’s still here (albeit lost in her own addiction) even though he’s gone. Drugs killed him but society and his only parent failed him.
We tried. God how we tried, prayed, loved him. My sons and I miss him deeply, he will always be remembered :(
Policies in BC are crazy. They tried to introduce needle parks here in Ontario. We shouted them down.
They are called Tranq zombies.
My best friends addiction just got worse over the years. Once that Fet got into his system it was a wrap. The Tranq was the nail in the coffin. Both his legs were so infected. He would check into the hospital and by the second day he would leave cause the addiction was so bad. The M.E report said "accidental overdose". I believe he wanted it to end. RIP Bestie.
I had the same happen to me. Fentanyl and methadone are killers in disguise.
I know how you feel, it will get better.
You seem like a cool dude. Please take "Bestie" out of your vocab. Don't want people thinking your gay.
@jakeharmon8767 That's what you took from this story? Seems cool so you don't want people to think he's gay? How do you know he's not gay, and even gives a shit if people do think that. Also sounds like you are saying gay people can't be cool? That's ridiculous. I know you're probably like 14 or something but little piece of advice for you to learn now. Most straight men secure in their sexuality don't give a shit about any of that. The ones who arent secure do. It's kind of like dudes that are terrified of a gay guy hitting on them in a club. Who tf cares. What are you afraid of, that you might actually say yes?😂 Some priorities there big doge.
🤣🤣👌🏼
I remember having first heard about fent in middle school, sometime around 2012. By freshman year of high school, six of my friends had overdosed.
I graduated, senior year, and out of a circle of 14 friends who did all sorts of dumb shit, only 3 of us got out alive, and the entire experience managed to kick us into getting sober.
Fent is horrifying. The rate at which it went from this new thing everyone was talking about to killing hundreds of people annually within my small town was insane.
For the friends who haven't broken their habits, I wish you all the best. Addiction is a disease, but nothing like that is worth your life.
Safe Travels.
That's horrible, what state/area did you go to school in? I grew up in a pretty poor area with nearly 2000 students in HS 2014-18, and we only had two kid od but not die from tainted pills they bought online and I knew quite a few people who popped pills and had a problem. Had kids die in shootings suicide and accidents.
But 11 kids and friends in your case dying to fentanyl is just horrendous.
Edit. There might have been more ODs but none that I knew of.
You underestimate how cheap my life is good sir 😂
Fake story..11 died out of 14 friends..NOPE!
Thats notthing. I had 33 friends die out of 66 in kindergarten.
@@JohnnyDanger36963and fent was super super hard to find in 2012 and middle schooler ? Fucking please and hundreds died in the small town alone? Ppl making up stories like this are losers, people who have been thru fent addiction no how evil it is smh!
It's not very long, but I'll have a year clean on November 8th. I have the exact story as far as I mainly used heroin and when I couldn't get it, I gave in to fentynal. Just want to tell you I'm proud of you and don't give up 😊
A year is nothing to sneeze at. For most people that’s more than 1% of their entire lives.
@@donkeysaurusrex7881 I appreciate your kind words.
@@guilhermebeltrao3883 thank you so much. I appreciate your comment so much.
Understanding addiction without being addicted is near impossible yes it ultimately is a battle of will but sometimes without the right support system someone can just unintentionally fall into a loop they can't get out
I grew up in a family that detest drugs, I’m so grateful, the amount of people suffering from drugs is unreal, I hope most of them recover and get back on track!
When ?
What's your point?
@@ricksterk7014 Probably don’t get into drugs and raise your children right, pretty basic core value everyone should have but sadly too many people are sheep and some of them even get insulted to hear drug is a problem so they can justify themselves using it
Growing up in a family that detest drugs means nothing
@@Connor-Does-Stuff not sure what you mean but it has certainly helped me, and I’m very grateful to be raised right, people I personally know my age are wasting their lives away getting high while I’m grinding every day to have a better future and support my wife, I know for sure if I ever have children they will also never get into drugs, there are so many better ways to get dopamine
I’m on a Psych rotation in a detox ward. We never see fentanyl patients because they’re either still using or dead…. I’m so impressed by the rock stars in these comments who managed to quit 💙🙏🎉
I always have time to hear what Joe thinks about serious issues like this. Not because he is an expert, but because he thinks normally about things. A reasonable guy.
Are you serious? He gets high with his mates on the show.
Did he say FULL legalization and regulation? That is the ONLY way.
@@jasonbachelor604that’s why he’s so relatable!
@@jasonbachelor604you must live in a cotton candy house and fantasy world
Joe gets higher than all of Philly
I live in Seattle and I drive down Aurora wondering why these junkies stand there bent over looking like zombies. I wonder if it's tranq
Probably, I think it rapidly took over the streets of Seattle the past 6 months or so, originally started in Philly so took some time for the trend to hit the west coast
I feel bad for the youth nowadays, I was never a big powder drug fan but seeing fent in weed now is crazy
The new #1 killer in the US. It use to be bad decisions before driving. Now, it's just straight up using the drug itself, and sometimes you don't even know you're using it. Scary AF.
At this point they should legalize Opium or something, just to keep people from dying
Been sober for 7 months and 29 days as of today, no drugs no alcohol no gambling. Im so thankful able to see the joy that life brings. And I owe it all to my higher power. Its crazy that addiction damages no matter how old you are. Im 24 and i cant say i was safer from this disease when i was 16. My cross addiction almost killed me. Being admitted to a institution was the best decision for me.
Glad you are better but remember to give yourself credit too, you are the one primarily saving yourself, that power is in you and now you know it, embrace it and enjoy your healthy new life
Thank you CIA for causing another drug epidemic
wrong
@@YOUARESOFT.😂
Fuck it bro make some money
this is chinas doing you fool
This epidemic has destroyed my family. My brother, his ex girlfriend, and her brother all got addicted in high school. Whenever someone broke something or got surgery, they’d usually get prescribed OxyContin. They would all get another 2 weeks refill even if it was for something like wisdom tooth. My brother and his girlfriend got clean after her brother died from an infection after injecting in his toes.
I grew up from birth with a heroin addict step dad who nether had a job just took with violence.
I know different...JAH WILL PROVIDE!
China is the number 1 supplier of fentanyl in the world but politicians push a narrative that mexico is the bad guy. The usa destabilized these countries and everyone seems to have forgotten or just don't care because of the prejudice against mexicans. The USA worked with guerillas dictators and even cartels by putting them in power as long as it was in their favor at the time but in the long run caused crisis after crisis because of "communism" they said.
I went to philly for college in 2010 and graduated before I started doing dope, changed the trajectory of my life completely. I got out of there 2 years ago at the end of 21. I've had some relapses on pills and am still getting on my feet but i never thought I'd get off that stuff. My body never felt the same after I got clean, these drugs come w real long term consequences both physical and mental, moreso. I guess I should be glad to be alive 😌
Dope is another word for weed or am i wrong?
@@fraskf6765it's quite versatile. It can refer to all drugs or a specific kind. In my lifetime I've heard it used for anything from heroin to weed by some oldheads.
@@fraskf6765dope is heroin. Used to be called dope for maryJ back in the 60’s/70’s
@@fraskf6765 you're totally wrong unless u were born in the 50s or 60s. It means heroin or fentanyl
@@LimoneneDaddy ah okay thx
Unfortunately, I'm still in active opioid addiction in Chicago and the drug supply here like most other places is so tainted that you can no longer buy heroin that does not contain fentanyl and xylazine, actually if you have any real heroin in these bags your lucky. I wouldn't wish this addiction on anyone and everyday I want to get out of this hell hole but to quote Perry Farrell, "gonna kick tomorrow". I've lived this life for 20 years now and just don't see a way out, my whole adult life its been a huge part of my everyday, i know there's people who have used it longer and have gotten clean but i just can't seem to get the recipe right, lost so many people along the way, when will all this madness be enough. I always though i was a pretty strong individual, and always considered myself a functional addict but in the last couple years I've just become a junkie, sorry for the rant just had to say some of this out loud. Love yall
You are strong. Your self awareness is proof.
Find suboxone, it should at least help stop urge to get Fent & constantly putting risking your life at risk.
And That’s the most important step, and it’s just only one you have to take. Stop putting your life in high risk.
Praying for you, bro. I was an addict for a long time. I suggest you look into methadone or subs. Methadone will be easier to switch onto from fent/xylazine.. Life is better without all the ripping and running hustling for a bag. I promise you. Please give yourself another chance. I'm really hoping for you brother.
Oh my God man you're and my stories almost mirror image I have over about a year and a half I don't even feel like me anymore this has taken completely over
Get on the methadone clinic after being on H and it saved my life. I know ppl talk shit about it but it's the best thing that happened to me. Good luck🍀
Yup, dancesafe revolutionized the rave scene in the early 00s when they had reps show up with test kits for people who chose to party with the drugs. They had test kits and a bunch of literature and leaflets with pictures to properly identify certain substances. As a dj ive seen many people drop dead from drugs in the clubs and i also liked to indulge back then too but nowadays i just stick with the weed i can legally grow now 🔥🔥🔥
Those were the goldilocks days, brother.
But weed is fantastic, so...no complaints from me. Lol.
@@Sammasambuddha its cool if you wanna party with the drugs, i had my fun with them but since my son was born i stuck with the weed. He is 17 now and as much as i miss the party drugs, if i didnt stop it probably would have resulted in my death.
Nowadays im afraid to do any of the drugs cause without knowing and trusting the source, could wind up like the canadian fellows JR mentioned dying in LA thinking they got a bag of blow.
That being said, nah im good 👍
Say no to all drugs
Lost a cousin and childhood best friend in the last 65 days to Fentanyl overdose.. Neither of them knew what they were putting into themselves. So yeah Id agree this is a problem currently, at least in California. Rest In Paradise Trenton & Jake.
California is a shithole so thats not suprising
Who would even think that recreational drugs could be used today. 😂 they been living under a rock or what .
>Neither of them knew what they were putting into themselves
maybe i found the problem, WHY DOING IT THEN
literally same brother my childhood best friend took a fentanyl xanax and passed away
My worker and his wife OD from cocaine laced with fet. One week later, I checked with the detective and he let me know 9 more people died the same way. It's crazy out what's out there
I knew the sweetest girl ever at school, always tried to fit in with everyone and was super cool. She started dating a guy who got into selling coke, he cut his coke with fentanyl and didn't tell her, had her do a line, she died and nobody called 911 because it was a trap house.
RIP Mellissa.
Happens way too much. It's outrageous. 😢RIP all the homies who tried and died
Wtf, where i live (north europe) we make sure to drag the person outside apartment while someone is calling 911 and staying with the person until help arrive.
Just be careful not to admit that it happened at your friends place, that's snitching.
You can use brain and still save someone from death.
We also ready suboxone that has the antidote naloxone in it so nobody has to die.
Use brain, avoid death because that arrises WAY too many questions about what happened and might get your trap house compromised.
... unless you saw the body in 6 pieces but that's fucked up and noway in hell do I want to have anything to do with. That's f'ed up, straight.
Don't date drug dealers then
nobody is cutting coke with fentanyl, thats something that ppl who dont do drugs keep saying, but thats not how it works
her choice...
Stuff in Russia was called krokodill or summin like that
And it was bullsh$t if u look into the vice story and stuff turned out to be a lie.
That was not Xylazine.
it was just desomorphine cut with dirty shit like bleach or something. completely different
I used to be a pill popper for years and years, and I was so lucky to never come across any of this shit. I'm positive I would be one of the statistics if it was around like it is now. I've made marijuana the only thing I do now, and I honestly think marijuana saved my life. It works for my body pain, stress and pretty much anything I have bothering me, even humans lol
Careful where you buy it. There's been two fatal overdoses in my county from weed laced with fentanyl
Exactly the same here!!
I lost one of my best friends just last week to fent. R.i.p. Billy Deese 💔