That’s what I never understood, just how exactly does one get addicted to meth or heroin? Are they at a party one night and someone walks up to them and says “Hey, ya wanna try some heroin or meth?” “Heroin or meth? Why SURE!” Seriously, what kind of psycho says yes to that crap? It’s like someone coming up to you saying “Hey, would you like to drink some battery acid?” It’s freakin’ nuts, how many examples are there of people dying from that stuff, countless, yet people *still* start doing it.
IIRC he had never done drugs before and thought that now that he had made it he could party a bit. The cocaine killed him (Messed up his heart.
Ever since then I've been even more paranoid about drugs than I was before! If one dose of anything can kill you (and it can!) then why take the risk. I'll just have a beer!
Can't say in all cases but I had a friend that suffered a series of debilitating injuries and was on a pain regiment of opiates... the rules started to change on those Rx's so he was cut off - doctors would no longer write the scrips.
He started buying the pills off the street; expensive & dangerous to do so. Someone in this supply chain suggested heroin - cheaper and way more "effective".
His funeral is this Wednesday, 6pm at Our Lady of Calvary in Philadelphia