[Marcella]

My husband had a severe type of arthritis that glued his bones together and he was in constant pain and the pain specialist had him on fentanyl patches which is an opioid pain reliever. The doc said the strength he had my husband on would put both of us on the floor. I never touched a patch if it was out of its package.

He also said kids were stealing these patches from parents plus buying them on the street and squeezing them to get the liquid fentanyl and swallowing it and they were dying from this.

I then said to my husband, “If we get short of money, we'll sell your patches on the street.” The doctor nearly fainted - he never could take a joke.

Kids are nuts - these patches are designed to gradually put the pain med into the body - drinking that is just asking to die.

[Berlin_Freeper]

They are also smoking that stuff.

[Rytas]

A local kid took his mother’s fetanyl patches and slapped them all over himself and died.
Sweet kid so it’s a real loss.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I guess I’m cold hearted - if a kid will steal medication one of his parents needs, then he is always going to be a drain on society and I wouldn’t mourn the loss of someone like that.

[Lancey Howard]

Sheesh...
Whatever happened to those innocent days of yore when kids just huffed glue?