My brother in law was arrested after a traffic stop and arrested for a spoon and residue. He's always been an honest kid but he denied it stating it wasn't his, I want to believe him but I can't. When he got bailed out he landed at my house and he didn't act like those I've seen fixing on TV but who knows.

Watch for changes in his behavior. Notice if he appears secretive, erratic, undependable and/or quick-tempered one minute and basically normal the next moment. These and the ones JokersWild mentioned may be telltale signs.

So if it is not his, he is hanging with someone who is. Not goods news for your sister or sister in law.

So true! Just the fact that he was in the presence of this kind of paraphernalia means that he is dangerously close to drug abuse and at high risk for falling victim to it -- particularly if he has a history of trouble with alcohol and marijuana.

Watch for changes in his behavior. Notice if he appears secretive' date=' erratic, undependable and/or quick-tempered one minute and basically normal the next moment. These and the ones JokersWild mentioned may be telltale signs.[/quote']

 

Also, if your electronics, guns, money etc come up missing...

I attended a narcotics forum at Beechwood tonight, put on by the Fort Mitchell Police, Beechwood, NKY Hates Heroin, and many others. It saddens me by some of the questions at the end. People asking how much a trailer park, rental property, and Hispanics play into this problem. They still don't see that this problem is EVERYWHERE and that ANYONE can be held hostage by this garbage! Until the mindset changes of "not my neighborhood, not my school, and not my kid", we will not resolve this problem! It can and does happen to anyone!

I was watching something on TV about it today.

The 23 yr old Glee star overdosed on heroin just a couple weeks after coming out of rehab.

Then another guy was telling his own story, how he was in and out of rehab since age 16. It took "rock bottom" for him to finally get clean. Rock bottom for him was being in prison, and not being able to see his son.

Unfortunately, too many go beyond rock bottom and overdose and die.

I was watching something on TV about it today.

The 23 yr old Glee star overdosed on heroin just a couple weeks after coming out of rehab.

Then another guy was telling his own story, how he was in and out of rehab since age 16. It took "rock bottom" for him to finally get clean. Rock bottom for him was being in prison, and not being able to see his son.

Unfortunately, too many go beyond rock bottom and overdose and die.

Part of the problem is that people think of rehab like it's an auto body repair shop. They think they will go in the front door a hopeless addict and (a few weeks later) come out the back door a whole new person, with no addiction problem to worries forever. It doesn't work that way!

 

You go in an addict and they get you stabilized -- past your initial withdraw symptoms and started onto the road to a new life. But that road you're venturing out on is the road of person dealing with dependency. It's a chronic condition -- there is no "cure." You have to work at it and be vigilant every single day...for the rest of your life. It's much like having diabetes or HIV.

 

Addiction is something you have to work at, but it doesn't mean you can't have a productive, fulfilling life. It just means you have to remind yourself where you've been every time the urge to use comes back or a trigger sets you off. You have to be on your guard. But no matter how difficult it might be from time to time, there isn't an addict in the world who would willingly give up their sobriety to back to a life of dependency.

I was watching something on TV about it today. The 23 yr old Glee star overdosed on heroin just a couple weeks after coming out of rehab. Then another guy was telling his own story' date=' how he was in and out of rehab since age 16. It took "rock bottom" for him to finally get clean. Rock bottom for him was being in prison, and not being able to see his son. Unfortunately, too many go beyond rock bottom and overdose and die.[/quote']

 

Everything I've heard from police officers in the field and nurses in the hospital is that people build up a tolerance just like with any drug. So when they get arrested and or clean for 2-3 months or however long it is because they don't have access their body loses that tolerance to the drug. So when they come out and try to shoot up the exact same amount as when they left off their body just can't handle it and they die as a result.

 

A close friend of mines brother just od'd this past weekend but survived. They're hoping and praying this will be his turning point. It's really sad, I just don't understand how people can care about their life so little that they're willing to risk it all for that next high.

Everything I've heard from police officers in the field and nurses in the hospital is that people build up a tolerance just like with any drug. So when they get arrested and or clean for 2-3 months or however long it is because they don't have access their body loses that tolerance to the drug. So when they come out and try to shoot up the exact same amount as when they left off their body just can't handle it and they die as a result.

 

A close friend of mines brother just od'd this past weekend but survived. They're hoping and praying this will be his turning point. It's really sad, I just don't understand how people can care about their life so little that they're willing to risk it all for that next high.

Another factor, other than the one you described so well above, is that the supplies aren't always a perfect dose. You never know what you're going to get.

 

People are willing to risk it all for the next high, because the drug has lasting effects on their brain chemistry and overall physiology. But the body quickly develops a tolerance for the presence of drugs. "Tolerance" means it takes more and more drug to achieve the desired effect.

 

The addict chases a high that always outruns him. Especially with Heroin, the high doesn't last long and they have to keep using to deal with the painful withdraw symptoms. Before long, their not shooting up to feel good, but to just stop feeling bad. It takes them up for a short time, but it drops them off even lower than where they started. The chase doesn't end until the addict dies...or quits running.

Very true, that's the part that really gets me. Every time you use a drug like heroin you're putting your life in the hands of a long line of shady people that don't care about the law and likely don't have much of a moral compass. Trusting that they what, value you as a customer? Wow!

I attended a narcotics forum at Beechwood tonight, put on by the Fort Mitchell Police, Beechwood, NKY Hates Heroin, and many others. It saddens me by some of the questions at the end. People asking how much a trailer park, rental property, and Hispanics play into this problem. They still don't see that this problem is EVERYWHERE and that ANYONE can be held hostage by this garbage! Until the mindset changes of "not my neighborhood, not my school, and not my kid", we will not resolve this problem! It can and does happen to anyone!

 

It sounds typical but sad. No one wants to believe that it could be their child, and when it is, it is someone else's fault.

I was watching something on TV about it today.

The 23 yr old Glee star overdosed on heroin just a couple weeks after coming out of rehab.

 

He was 31...

He was 31...

 

Thanks. Not sure why I said 23?

Part of the problem is that people think of rehab like it's an auto body repair shop. They think they will go in the front door a hopeless addict and (a few weeks later) come out the back door a whole new person, with no addiction problem to worries forever. It doesn't work that way!

 

You go in an addict and they get you stabilized -- past your initial withdraw symptoms and started onto the road to a new life. But that road you're venturing out on is the road of person dealing with dependency. It's a chronic condition -- there is no "cure." You have to work at it and be vigilant every single day...for the rest of your life. It's much like having diabetes or HIV.

 

Addiction is something you have to work at, but it doesn't mean you can't have a productive, fulfilling life. It just means you have to remind yourself where you've been every time the urge to use comes back or a trigger sets you off. You have to be on your guard. But no matter how difficult it might be from time to time, there isn't an addict in the world who would willingly give up their sobriety to back to a life of dependency.

 

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Boone County HS is hosting the 1st of 4 town hall meetings tonight from 7-9.

 

Heroin Task Force | Boone County Alliance for Health Youth

I attended a narcotics forum at Beechwood tonight, put on by the Fort Mitchell Police, Beechwood, NKY Hates Heroin, and many others. It saddens me by some of the questions at the end. People asking how much a trailer park, rental property, and Hispanics play into this problem. They still don't see that this problem is EVERYWHERE and that ANYONE can be held hostage by this garbage! Until the mindset changes of "not my neighborhood, not my school, and not my kid", we will not resolve this problem! It can and does happen to anyone!

 

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