What do you think?
@GardenGerty (157485)
United States
November 27, 2017 9:15am CST
I will admit I am a little sheltered. Today I learned about a popular Over the Counter medication that opioid addicts are using when they cannot get their drug of choice.Some of them are dying from it.
I am refraining from saying what it is, because. . .
Sometimes when these things are publicized people like me, who did not know about it, learn about it. IF I were an addict, and did not know about it, but learned. . . I would have another source of cheap medication to cause me to get high. In otherwords, sometimes publicity does not WARN people, but enables them to abuse drugs.
Am I wrong? It might be argued that if they are addicted they might already know about this readily available substitute. Still, I will not tell you what it is. I do not want to contribute.
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8 responses
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
27 Nov 17
You are not wrong, i agree with you..
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
28 Nov 17
We almost have to think twice about anything.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
29 Nov 17
I was totally surprised to learn that this medicine was used that way.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
29 Nov 17
I am so glad you learned your lesson. That was surely a blessing.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
28 Nov 17
Yes, but used correctly this is a helpful medication.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
28 Nov 17
It is a tough call actually. If I had a dependent who abused meds, I would want to know that if I saw this common med, it is trouble, but if my loved one did not know it, I would not want them to learn of it from a news article.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
28 Nov 17
Yeah. I think things are publicized online way too much.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
28 Nov 17
There was an over the counter one, and people, YOUNG people, were having heart failure from it. It was ephedrine. It also was in some teas for helping you breathe better when you had a cold, but boy, it could make you feel all wired.
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@AmbiePam (85278)
• United States
27 Nov 17
@katsmeow1213 Wow. It makes me wish I had tried it. I could have used some help getting things accomplished.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
27 Nov 17
Phen Phen.. I took it for awhile, oh it was awesome at first! I loved how much I could get accomplished. This was actually right after they discovered the health risks so they tried to make it healthier, but even that was taken away eventually.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
27 Nov 17
I am sure who ever wants it will find it Heather. And it will be broadcast in the media.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
28 Nov 17
Sure it will. If it bleeds it reads.
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