Lady Codone
Bluelighter
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I'm NOT downplaying personal responsibility and harm reduction. When it comes down to it, drug users are the only ones who can prevent shit like this from happening. Vendors, street dealers and manufacturers can't be counted on to do it, that's for sure.
All I'm saying is that, in the Oklahoma case, the kid "dealing" it was as much a victim as the friends he sold it to. He too received a tainted product, was deceived, lost money and suffered ill effects from the substance. As for personal responsibility, ALL the victims--including Weddle--should've done their research beforehand and started with a tester dose to prevent OD.
If someone died from using a defective/tainted prescription drug, would you blame the doctor who prescribed it? The drug's manufacturer? Big pharma? The FDA? The U.S. government? I say some of the blame goes to all of the above, with the drug's manufacturer being directly responsible. Same with this story. Blaming someone who already overdosed, lost his friends and is facing prison time and a shit ton of bad press seems a little short-sighted IMO.
In fact, I can think of a lot of other places to lay blame:
*The individuals--for not starting with a low dose/using a testing kit.
*The vendor (online)--for not testing their own product before selling it to hundreds, if not thousands, of people.
*The manufacturer--for mislabeling the drug.
*The education system--for teaching abstinence-only information and neglecting harm reduction altogether.
*The DEA/government--for declaring a War on Some Drugs that makes safer hallucinogens like psilocybin and mescaline illegal, causing people to seek out lesser known alternatives.
I can't help but have sympathy for this 20-year-old kid from middle America, who did not intend to kill his friends and probably just wanted to have some fun, make a little money and look "cool" by introducing a new drug into the scene. That's just my position. It doesn't take away from the fact that his actions were extremely irresponsible. But aren't the vendor's actions even MORE irresponsible, seeing as how they sold to many more people than Weddle? I definitely think he should do time, I just think the vendor should do a lot more time.
~Off soapbox.~
My condolences go out to ALL the victims and their loved ones. Hopefully the deaths will not be in vain and can be used to help spread the word about safer drug use (as opposed to demonizing a chemical substance or the person who sold it).
All I'm saying is that, in the Oklahoma case, the kid "dealing" it was as much a victim as the friends he sold it to. He too received a tainted product, was deceived, lost money and suffered ill effects from the substance. As for personal responsibility, ALL the victims--including Weddle--should've done their research beforehand and started with a tester dose to prevent OD.
If someone died from using a defective/tainted prescription drug, would you blame the doctor who prescribed it? The drug's manufacturer? Big pharma? The FDA? The U.S. government? I say some of the blame goes to all of the above, with the drug's manufacturer being directly responsible. Same with this story. Blaming someone who already overdosed, lost his friends and is facing prison time and a shit ton of bad press seems a little short-sighted IMO.
In fact, I can think of a lot of other places to lay blame:
*The individuals--for not starting with a low dose/using a testing kit.
*The vendor (online)--for not testing their own product before selling it to hundreds, if not thousands, of people.
*The manufacturer--for mislabeling the drug.
*The education system--for teaching abstinence-only information and neglecting harm reduction altogether.
*The DEA/government--for declaring a War on Some Drugs that makes safer hallucinogens like psilocybin and mescaline illegal, causing people to seek out lesser known alternatives.
I can't help but have sympathy for this 20-year-old kid from middle America, who did not intend to kill his friends and probably just wanted to have some fun, make a little money and look "cool" by introducing a new drug into the scene. That's just my position. It doesn't take away from the fact that his actions were extremely irresponsible. But aren't the vendor's actions even MORE irresponsible, seeing as how they sold to many more people than Weddle? I definitely think he should do time, I just think the vendor should do a lot more time.
~Off soapbox.~
My condolences go out to ALL the victims and their loved ones. Hopefully the deaths will not be in vain and can be used to help spread the word about safer drug use (as opposed to demonizing a chemical substance or the person who sold it).
.... about 250mg.... and other than trippin balls for the rest of the night and half the next day... I was fine and normal by 2 days later....
