ihearthemoose
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Opioids Drug Documentaries that scared the shit out of you...
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shroomster
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The worst part about Intervention is watching these people inject in the sloppiest, dirtiest and wretched manner. Is injecting smoothly so rare ?? No, seriously, I think I've seen ONE episode only where the participant didn't dig and poke themselves multiple times only to miss their shot. It's so gross, disturbing and hard to watch. If you're going to resuse your needles like these people do, the least you can do is learn how to hit a vein without digging. Digging is fucking gross.
Definitely second any Intervention suggestion. That documentary about Paul, the heroin addict. 
they are all just plain sad and the most fucked up thing for me is that they make me crave. I can't watch a bit of this stuff anymore. I either sob the whole time or drool over the drugs. It's messed up.
they are all just plain sad and the most fucked up thing for me is that they make me crave. I can't watch a bit of this stuff anymore. I either sob the whole time or drool over the drugs. It's messed up.
ihearthemoose
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Pentagram doc.. last days here.. life of Crack /heroin addict who pulls thru
slortaone
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hey.. i believe all of this doco took place in the tenderloin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XfP58clo1I
The PAWS can get scary sometimes...I'm ODing on High Potency Fish Oils and 5htp right now...seems to do the job to an extent
vajeeh
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As far as your question as to snorting it rather than just taking it orally, certain medications have a better bioavailability through intranasal/snorting the drug, it gets absorbed through your mucus membranes and sinuses, as well as the blood vessels and capillaries.
Oxycodone is one of these drugs. The better the bioavailability, the more of the drug is absorbed by your body and not wasted. People who prefer to inject (myself included), get 100% of the bioavailability since you are absorbing 100% of the medication, right into your bloodstream. (I am not at all trying to advocate or encourage anyone to try this, because it can, and will most likely result in a crippling addiction.)
However if a medication is combined with ibuprofen or acetominophen/tylenol/apap (like percocet, vicodin, etc), then snorting or shooting the medication is no longer an option, since these meds are not water soluble, and snorting or shooting that would be dangerous, and a waste.
Aside from the fact that snorting it would allow the user to feel more of it, the drug kicks in faster than if it were taken orally. More than twice as fast.
Of course there are exceptions to every rule and the facts I mentioned aren't necessarily applicable to every single compound and substance, but it's generally a rule of thumb as far as oral, snorting, shooting.
Oxycodone is one of these drugs. The better the bioavailability, the more of the drug is absorbed by your body and not wasted. People who prefer to inject (myself included), get 100% of the bioavailability since you are absorbing 100% of the medication, right into your bloodstream. (I am not at all trying to advocate or encourage anyone to try this, because it can, and will most likely result in a crippling addiction.)
However if a medication is combined with ibuprofen or acetominophen/tylenol/apap (like percocet, vicodin, etc), then snorting or shooting the medication is no longer an option, since these meds are not water soluble, and snorting or shooting that would be dangerous, and a waste.
Aside from the fact that snorting it would allow the user to feel more of it, the drug kicks in faster than if it were taken orally. More than twice as fast.
Of course there are exceptions to every rule and the facts I mentioned aren't necessarily applicable to every single compound and substance, but it's generally a rule of thumb as far as oral, snorting, shooting.
ThaDudeAbides
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Definitely second any Intervention suggestion. That documentary about Paul, the heroin addict.
Glad you pointed that out. I too find drug docs/tv show/movies whether fiction or non-fiction to be an interesting topic. Be careful OP, these docs could have the opposite effect on you. I get cravings from watching them too.
That's fairly recent actually could be an interesting watch. The one that I was shown I think was more around the nineties. They interviewed quite a few kids stuck in those streets, which is sad seeing at their age. I also remember they had people who were hitting veins in their necks as they blew everything else out. Just all bad
stompin_tom
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dope sick love.
ParappaTheRapper
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lol has anyone mentioned "Midnight Express" yet....?
lol i assume you have never been dopesick or addicted??proper injection technique is usually the last thing on your mind when you are sick and hurting for a fix..u just want it in your bloodstream asap..
AgonyAndEcstasy781
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Seen em all and the most brutal and unflinching is definitely Black Tar Heroin: Dark End of the Street. It follows junkies over the course of several years instead of a few months like Intervention and you really can see the depths to which opiate addiction can take you in the long term. It can be found easily on YouTube.
Methadonia is also interesting because it shows you the rut a lot of people get stuck in with opiate maintenance. Was on methadone for years and i can't tell you how many clinic casualties I've seen that just pop benzos and smoke crack.
Methadonia is also interesting because it shows you the rut a lot of people get stuck in with opiate maintenance. Was on methadone for years and i can't tell you how many clinic casualties I've seen that just pop benzos and smoke crack.
Sandbwoy
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this is an awesome topic, i love watching drug docs. i've so far seen all the ones on the VICE website. some of those were pretty crazy but i'm not sure if they scare me. i'm just fascinated really. there was one on scopolamine on VICE which seems like a bizarre drug. damn i'm failing at remembering titles though. worlds scariest drug? maybe that was the title. and on the same site and youtube, the doc about the drug krokodil. that is cringe worthy, for sure. then there's hamilton from VICE (again) who investigates people getting high off of HIV drugs. that was interesting.
i'll have to check out the ones you guys recommended and i'll try thinking of suggestions too.
i watched a doc a while back with the white family, i think it was? anyone know which one i'm talking about?
more suggestions! i need to occupy my mind. been pulling lots of all nighters. tonight being one of them.
edit... just saw that this thread was started by you Lindsay and I hope everything's good!
When I saw the title of this thread, Scopolamine was the first thing that sprung to mind. You're right, the title of the documentary was World's Scariest Drug, link below. For anyone that hasn't seen it, give it a watch, it's crazy stuff. Basically, Scopolamine is one of the alkaloids found in the deliriant plants such as Datura, Deadly Nightshade and Brugmansia. The documentary explains how criminals use Scopolamine to take over the minds of their targets and convince them to give away their belongings. Once the target has inhaled a small amount of Scopolamine they no longer have rational thoughts, and do anything that is suggested to them. Thieves tell them to give them all their money, or belongings from their homes or whatever, and they simply hand it over and even help the thieves empty their houses. Only when the drug has worn off do they realise their mistake. It's a pretty scary thought.
World's Scariest Drug documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ8PWYnu04
AgonyAndEcstasy781
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^ yeah that was an amazing one too, it's a Vice production. Vice has done a whole bunch of really cool short docs on drugs and addiction. Theres a series called Hamilton's pharmacopia that features this guy Hamilton Morris testing out all these exotic drugs. He's a member here and I've seen him post a few times. Definitely worth checking out his shit.
ParappaTheRapper
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Reminds me of "Panic in Needle Park"
BeachBum4u
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I'm not sure it's too applicable. "Midnight Express" is more about smuggling drugs than actually doing them. In fact, the main character in the movie is trying to get hashish through the airport. It's hard to compare this movie to something like "Intervention. For instance, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone suffering W/D's from not having their hash but maybe... For the record, I loved this movie and I thought it was very well done. The intensity is "off the charts" at many points. Really good stuff!!
Screaming_Skull
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Well everyone has already mentioned Dark end of the Street, some of them turned out to be okay! The girl Tracy with the black hair who went to jail kept everybody updated on what happened to some of the people, I think she works in some part of the addiction field and was even on Oprah one time?? The chick with the red hair, Alice turned out okay, and the guy who I thought would die within a few months that had HIV(with the red curly hair) actually ended up doin okay for a while on a Methadone program, even was enrolled in school, then decided to get off methadone(think I gotta feelin' people were encourging him to since he was doing so well) and he ended up relasping and died, which made me very sad... I too felt sooo bad for the girl who was sexually abused, even though she did continue to prostitue to after she got HIV, her story just made me cry, I hope Oreo is okay, he seemed so sweet...
It's not about heroin but there is one called High On Crack Street. It is pretty entertaining, those were some trashy ass people in that documentry though, I just remember the scene where there all smokin crack and ones talking about quitting, and the one girl just rolls her eyes..the fights between the guy named Boo(had a really hairy back) and that girl, christ. But I guese that's crack..
It's not about heroin but there is one called High On Crack Street. It is pretty entertaining, those were some trashy ass people in that documentry though, I just remember the scene where there all smokin crack and ones talking about quitting, and the one girl just rolls her eyes..the fights between the guy named Boo(had a really hairy back) and that girl, christ. But I guese that's crack..