Drugstore Cowboy author arrested over pharmacy robbery - again

Drugstore Cowboy is one of my favorite films, I also came across a copy of the book when I was working at the Strand bookstore. It's very well-written and entertaining. From what I remember the film is very faithful to it though like most films derived from books chunks were left out due to obvious time constraints.
 
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I didn't know that was a true story, very interesting. And as amanitadine said addicts in the penitentiary do talk about drugs and what they did while on them, for them etc. I never met anyone that interesting while locked up. Definitely going to have to check out the book.
 
73 ans robbing a pharmacy, WTF, is the guy crazy? Given the fact that opana has been released, maybe the temptation was to great. Though I don't condone porperty crimes or armed assault, the fact that he would pull this shit at his age given he could probably find a croaker to Rx alot of these drugs at his age he'd have an easier time convincing a pain management Doc. Or maybe because they re-released seconal (Oregon allows euthanasia and I suspect that was the companies' rationale for buying the rights to this drug and retooling their assembly line to produce it. I have a sneaking suspicion Oregon is their #1 client.

At any rate, Drugstore Cowboy is an excellent movie. Or maybe my second favorite period. Perry Ferrels's The Gift, which is an indie film from the early 90s gets my vote as a grity portrayl of the LA stuff scene. Not to be mistaken with the mainstream movie of the same name.

Case you guys were wondering, the blues they talk of in the film arent valium or dilauid pills. They are oxymorphone which was discontinued but recently reintroduced under the trade name Opana. He probaly didn't find a bottle of hydrmorphone powder, but now they have 8 mg dillies as opposed to the mg max pill.

I think the guy might have been addicted to the rush of the crime as much as anything. To bad desperation led him down that path before he could get help/ Now if drugs were legalized?

And I hear from reporta here the tar in Portaland is decent. When I was still using in 07' the stuff I was getting on the streets were better than anything I could find pharmacetically. This was on top of the 40 mg of methadone (which I tapered to from 135 mg at the height.

Opiates- such a seductive drug but such a horrible, natmarish life. I stked today that I don't have to worry about getting my meorning issue (got my ass into recovery.)

But it sounds like this guy had a tragic relapse if I'm not mistaken. Now he might end up dying in jail.:(

I wonder if drugs were legal if he'd still rob the pharmacy for the rush. I'm perplexed what motivated him at his age.
 
That guy is crazy. i love the book, I love the story. I am surprised though that he can't find an old croaker to script him some dillys or opana for something - i mean fuck, he's old. Wish he would have gone that route instead.


"You play a game you can't win... to the Utmost."
 
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73 ans robbing a pharmacy, WTF, is the guy crazy? But it sounds like this guy had a tragic relapse if I'm not mistaken. Now he might end up dying in jail.:(

I wonder if drugs were legal if he'd still rob the pharmacy for the rush. I'm perplexed what motivated him at his age.
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Even at his ripe old age, the addiction &/or rush was still enjoyed, if thats even possible after all those years. But I believe the rush of robbing a pharmacy si there for him also. I love the scene in Drugstore Cowboy where he & the other 2 in his group go into town in the pick-up truck looking to hit a drugstore & he sees the open transient(dont know if I spelled it right) over the door at the drugstore & he climbs in with the help of his friend & finds all those drugs in unlocked drawers.

The town they were in looked like a small town where everyone felt safe, hence the open transient.
 
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