Tag Page DrugAddiction

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The Drug Problems of the World

Cocaine, heroin, Adderall, Xanax. Fentanyl. It’s all running rampant among us. It’s a killer, and an effective one too. We spend billions a year fighting a war that we fund ourselves. The pharmaceutical industry is one of corporate greed, as Macklemore said, “Got anxiety, better go and give him a Xanax Focus, give him Adderall, sleep, give him Ambien.” They don’t have your best interests in mind. It’s all about the money. We need to do something. I am done of watching friends and family die from overdoses from addictions that began with literal gateway drugs that were prescribed by physicians. Hell, I was prescribed Ritalin when I was 5 for my ADHD. I’m done seeing people die senselessly. I’m fucking done with losing friends to addiction. #FentanylAwareness #DrugAddiction #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugAwareness #HeroinAndFentanylImpact #AdderallAndXanax #FentanylAbuse #AddictionAndMedication #OTCdrugs

A friend of mine went away recently to rehab, trying to get off the poison everybody knows too well these days. I’ve known him a few years. He’s fought heroin most of his life, and lately it’s been fentanyl. He seemed okay for a while. Last night I was over at his house with his significant other, and he was falling asleep standing up. He told me he was just tired. Anybody who’s ever been around someone using that stuff knows the look, the slouch, the drool. I know he’s using again. All his friends know. His significant other knows. I’ve already lost a young man to this damn stuff. After all the attention, all the talk, all the warnings, we’re still losing people every day. I’ll have to talk to him sooner or later. Last night wasn’t the time. This isn’t a question of if. It’s a question of when that stuff kills you. I don’t understand why this poison is everywhere. Why with all the money and effort, we can’t stop it. Why the cartel gets to roam the border while we pretend the Mexican government isn’t controlled by them. So much is going on, and anyone my age knows someone they’ve lost to fentanyl. Jacksonville is full of it, and it’s damn frustrating. #DrugAddiction https://sewermeetsthesea.substack.com