It could have been much worse . M is a very special friend of mine & he is still alive , i saw him tuesday. If anyone is daft enough to say - why didn't you help ?
The a answer is i couldn't no one could.
I've seen Crack effect females far more than males i don't know why . I would like to know if their is any evidence or studies on this .
That's some grim shit, Brimz.
On a purely anecdotal level, I've witnessed far more women than men lose it with crack. Interesting now you mention it.
Yeah, its weird. When it comes to Caucasians, crack seems to be a North-American thang, and not so much Europe. I've never seen it in Holland either, although you could probably find it if you looked hard enoughI've never seen crack here in Finland (or Scandinavia), not in my 15 or so years of using drugs. Never even heard about it being available. I guess it's just a good thing.
I rekon theirs plenty of miles for a study regarding the gender thing . I've seen 100s of crack addicts over the years . So i've got a wealth of knowledge that is impossible to read or watch on tv.
IMHO i have found that women are more likely to get addicted than men . I'm going on my own experiences. Like that girl that wanted to sell the gaff after one pipe .
Planet Rock: The Story Of Hip Hop And The Crack Generation (full)
Sam watch it don't be put off just cos it says Hip Hop in the title
Really after one pipe? Not disbelieving you but, I would put that more down to her state of mind rather that one hit on a crack pipe, could of been any feel good drug she was given. There is self control with crack
Honestly one pipe , and she changed . Within 15 minutes she was asking if my mate wanted to sell his DVD player. I'm not saying this happpens often but it does happen . Crack can change you your whole reward & belief system so quickly . From the 1st high your on the chase & it doesn't last long 15mins .
I've seen folk with Heroin habits that have done years and been ok , but once on the W their fuked .
I took it about 16 years ago & still have a problem with it despite all the evil i've seen .
She had said to me that she had tried it before otherwise i wouldn't have taken her to this house .
She is still a user know last i saw & the original episode was over 10 years ago.
Of course their are other factors in addiction but all i'm saying is i have seen it take one pipe for a habit to begin . Next day she was out buying it. I've never witnessed that with any other drug regardless of any other factors .
It's not even a physical addiction either , that makes it more bizzare . Some of the things i've seen that drug do are just unbelievable . I may post some more stories one day .
For now i would like to know about Gender & if their is any difference in the brain/body that could contribute to CRack Addiction .
For now i would like to know about Gender & if their is any difference in the brain/body that could contribute to CRack Addiction .
Interesting thought, isn't it?
It might even be a cultural thing in part - nurture rather than nature. That'd be one hell of a study to take on.
, If you go to a Clinic they wouldn't really know what to do , it's not like they can write a Methadone script is it
I can never see why prescribing one drug to get off another would do any good, surely your still burdened with another addiction?
Anectdote on smoking crack with George Clinton:
"Trey and George sit down to smoke some crack. George picks up one of the rocks and throws it over his shoulder.Trey is confused.
George says, "That's so when we're crawling around on our hands and knees later, we'll actually find somethin."
Read it on another forum this morning.
Fwiw, most crack I ever smoked never hit the spot.
NSFW:I remember the 1st time I discovered the stuff.
Wanting to purify my cocaine hydrochloride. The 1st step involved making base. I was too keen and took an 1/8th to a local old skool dealer.
I knew if anyone could cook crack it'd be him.
After rocking the 1/8th up I remember not being able to wait until I got some hydrochloric acid so I could follow LeJunks steps from the purification thread on here.
I took the bag and got a hammer to smash the hard rock into a powder. (the next step).
A day went by and I realized how hard it was gonna be to get some hydrochloric acid, so I decided to try a bit to smoke.
I was with a youngish girl at the time (I must of been 24, she was 18 ) and we both thought it'd be fun to smoke some.
I knew it wasn't a different drug or anything. It just burned better than cocaine salt.
After the 1st pipe I felt like I'd discovered the best thing since sliced bread.
It was awesome.
The girl I was with didn't get much of a look in, haha. (I gave her a few hits but smoked the rest myself).
I did pay 175 quid for it, so meh.
As the following years went by I would try cooking crack every time I purchased some blow.
I learned that a serious amount of technique was required to get a proper hit from almost all the base I ever smoked. (unless you were lucky enough to get the stuff that cooked into something resembling rock solid rice cake).
That was the stuff that got me hooked - any fool could get a hit from that stuff.
TL;DR
If 100% freebase was available in boots for 25p, it would probably save me from destroying myself with IV cocaine hcl.