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7. These days a lot of people get addicted to pain killing prescription opiods, then transition to
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 11:59 PM
Apr 2016

heroin when they can't get anymore refills.

Its a good question why, aside from that pathway, why out of the blue someone would decide to "try" heroin for shits and giggles. A lot of time peer pressure, but geez, who is that weak-minded and desperate for approval Many are, obviously. Myself, I never went beyond pot, and ecstasy a couple of times.

You've probably heard of "pill parties" these days where everyone contributes pills found in their parents' medicine cabinets or wherever and dump it all in a bowl and mix it up, and everyone helps themselves to a random pick of one or two or three or whatever.

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