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RIP PhreeX

god this has hit me hard. i mod'd OD with him for quite awhile, and we had some amazing AIM convos I wish I had saved. never did a bad thing to me, and I will miss him tremendously. I wish I had not lost touch with the guy...
 
How horrible. I just saw a reference to this and couldnt believe it so I cam to see for myself. RIP Phreex. He was a good guy deep inside...we used to talk for hours on AIM years ago.
 
I had no idea, I have been reading the forums for a while now.. very outdated threads. I just joined, prior to joining I attempted to email him, because I always enjoyed his reading his threads.. Very sad to hear it, I never got a chance to know him.
 
Well I suppose fentanyl (I think it was fent) users have a habit of dropping dead, so it sounds plausible. I hope for his sake it's a joke but somehow I doubt it is. Poor guy.

My friend died of a mysterious cause relatively recently so I know how it feels to lose a friend. It's actually quite annoying as I want to remember my friend but at the same time am desperate to forget him, which causes a lot of guilt. Sorry for me rambling on about my own selfish problems.
 
He used to come into the australian irc channel in the good old days. I remember him telling me about sedation vacation and thinking what a crazy idea it was.

Reading the posts of his sister really drives home how the public persona can somewhat cover a sad story underneath.

RIP. Your contribution to BL wont be forgotten. I hope your family is able to get some closure.
 
Dave was both a friend and a worthy adversary; I'll never forget the many long hours I spent arguing with him whether the marijuana forum was worthwhile or not back in 2001/2002. Immensely talented and immensely frustrating at the same time.

I never got to meet him in person; though I was in the same building he was in (long story, involved flashing blue lights). Many memories, and his knowledge of pharmaceuticals was immense.

RIP brother.
 
He was the first member that I really payed attention to what he had to say. Although he was rather brash in the way he said it sometimes. Knowledgeable in the most entertaining way.

I remember back in 1999/2000 when I was first researching ecstasy. I was immediately drawn to P's posts. And I told a friend of mine that wanted to know about ecstasy, go to this place called bluelight and in their ecstasy forum look for a guy by the name of free x.

What ever happened with the book, maybe 2 if my memory serves me right, he did on getting pharms from emergency rooms and pain doctors?

R.I.P good man
 
^ he had a section in Pills A Go Go if i remember right. i've been working on tracking down some of the FAQs and other stuff he wrote because the information was some of the best, but i'm not having much luck. i do seem to remember him having a book out, and he said he working on volume 2 for years, but i cant remember the name. i'm working on it though. people DO have his stuff saved, but they're either impossible to track down, refuse to share it, or cant access it.

i'm definitely working on it though.
if anybody has any of his FAQs, stuff saved from ODU or phreex.com, or anything like that, please get in touch with me, and i can pass along the information to his sister as well.
 
i remember he was at deaths door years ago and everyone was getting ready like he was dead.. and then a year later i come back and theres tons of posts by him....

i remember him saying weed is the "nastiest drug ever"

RIP, if your really dead this time
 
Tathra: The "Pills" thing you are talkinging about was a single mention about some fantasy Phreex had about robbing an Rx, though Hogshire did excerpt in the book compendium of the zine. In anyone wants I will get somebody to scan it and upload it (Hogshire merely copped off of Alt.).
 
So was it, as someone said, suicide or accidental? I wouldn't be surprised if he actually is dead, as opiate users have a tendency to drop dead like flies. It's a real shame as he sounded very intelligent.
 
RIP, Phreex. I've been a part of this community for a very long time now, although I haven't been active here for a long time. My main moniker was Dr_Rolls_MD[MA] and I was a fellow moderator at the same time as Dave. However, I lost my password and this is my alternative BL account.

Anyways, Wow! I'm shocked by this news! I spent COUNTLESS hours/days/years in this community. Phreex was a major influence to me. I enjoyed and valued his presence to this board. I am once again reminded of the dangerous dance taking substances is, no matter who you are or how educated you are about what you are doing. Sad, indeed!

My condolences to all of his family and friends who were close to him.
 
Artificial Emotion said:
So was it, as someone said, suicide or accidental? I wouldn't be surprised if he actually is dead, as opiate users have a tendency to drop dead like flies. It's a real shame as he sounded very intelligent.
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PhreeX and I exchanged a few PMs back in '05 or '06. He made it pretty clear that his fentanyl OD in '03 that put him in a coma was NOT accidental, as I had assumed it was. PhreeX knew as much as anyone about opioids and how to use them safely. On the other hand, fentanyl certainly causes a lot of accidental overdoses (especially when IVd). I wish I still had those PMs...I deleted them and most posts for privacy reasons years ago. I don't remember much else of what he said, although I think he said something to the extent of kind of wanting to get off opioids but having crippling chronic pain.

PhreeX was an unbelievably intelligent guy, and used his knowledge and experience to provide others with harm reduction methods. He saved people's lives...in an unconventional way, yes, but he saved lives nonetheless.

RIP PhreeX
 
The death of another BL'er (Carsick - EADD) brought me here. I can only apologize for not seeing this three months ago.

Absolutley loved his posts and his style.

RIP Phreex.

<3
 
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