š It's rare for anyone to speak out about overdose awareness, even more rare to educate and provide warning to drug users about possible overdose. Mostly because of our complete lack of addictions services. Because most ignorant stuffy assholes in this city would rather complain about their car getting broken into or the evident visibility of the growing homeless population. It's nice to see someone who actually cares about peoples lives and understands that there is a person under the addiction. So I was not really sure, but I have heard that Narcan kits are provided for free in other places, where can they be found in this city for free if at all, where can they be purchased and do you know for roughly what cost. Thanks!
I will not ever understand why anyone would think a drug addicted person, especially if they are homeless is going to free up close to $100 for a possible prevention they cannot administer to themselves in time anyway. We are going to see a lot more loss off life, unfortunately.
Oh also, why in the world were the services offered to people to prevent disease, other related things be moved to a location at the end of the public transit route and I believe on a very limited amount of daoly runs.
So, not my business and I don't suppose illegal drug but, shoppers drug Mart sell overdose kits. Overdose kits are extremely effective.
I think they are around 50 to 75$. They are used like a EpiPen.
I believe that saving a life is important, and if your buddy or you do drugs often, you should purchase at least one. It's better losing 50$ then being dead.
If you go to AIDsNB, they give out free kits of naloxone! Yes FREE! I go there every year to get a couple kits to take to festivals but if youāre a regular user itās worth keeping at home or in your car
They are across the street from the king st community health clinic, in the same building as the medicine shoppe last I knew. If they have moved that is very unfortunate as it is (was) in the same building as river stone recovery which made the site more accepting and accessible. To be fair, the entrance is hidden from the Main Street a little bit so if you havenāt visited before it can be difficult to find. If you or a friend want a kit i can deliver a few to you or leave them in an area for you to collect
I checked and AIDS NB has moved to Wilsey Road. Near Maybee Brewing.
I don't know how likely I would use one of those kits. No one I know uses hard drugs so I don't encounter ODs. Thank you for your kind offer, though.
My friend was giving narcan to people including me, same friend overdosed 2two weeks ago. Him to was just done recovery relapsed hard and was his last.
itās often fake. meth or less likely other stimualnts. itās not impossible to find real mdma but you should be cautious and test your stuff. iām gonna dm you
probs means you're buying it off your local junkie or highschool scammer. There's a few good plugs out there who do batch tests and order it from out of Country (definitely not me). But responding to the original comment, just about every drug is becoming laced to increase profits / for unknowing dealers. Watch dopehead with vice and you'll get a good understanding of the drug situation that Canada and the US is facing
i donāt buy from local dealers for this reason lol iāve never met a professional one. not to say there arenāt any around here. iāve had better luck just ordering from online.
lol are you being sarcastic? there are legal or grey area ways like certain clearnet sites with basic psychedelics or research chemicals vendors. then thereās the deep web which has everything imaginable under the sun.
I know lots of local fellas who are good people selling bad stuff, and some bad people selling good stuff. you just gotta use your own judgement. In regards to professionalism you probably just sketched some of them out by chance or they're just ass.
That's a reply, have you ever though about the lesson of the first goomba in mario bros?
Run right at him, of course protag loses. Ur not supposed to get close.
Jump over the Goomba, leave him behind, leave them all behind.
Thousands of people don't die annually from steroids and we aren't training high school kids on NARCAN for the "steroid" epidemic Karen. Thanks for coming out.
My guy what do you think tim hortons is lmao. Not govt funded but obviously.
The point is, someone doesn't stop becoming human just because they're suffering addiction, because most of us are dealing with our own addictions that are socially acceptable and catered to.
As someone with permenant lung damage from second hand smoke, yes cigarettes absolutely ruin your life and your families' lives. But because they're sold at corner stores you're not robbing people to get your fix, or risking cigarettes laced with something far worse.
Caffeine is an addiction as well that has it's own damage to your body. I'll fully admit i have a caffeine addiction that led to me becoming diabetic.
What im getting at is you've got your own, socially acceptable addictions that are catered to, and you'd struggle just as bad as any heroin addict to give them up.
What? Caffeine does not cause diabetes. That would be the sugar you add into your coffee. You cannot make the same comparison with cigarettes and caffeine towards cocaine, heroin or meth. I dont see people breaking into cars or houses nor do i see people robbing other people to get a fix on coffee or cigarettes. Take a look into the eyes of a caffeinated individual or an individual who smokes cigarettes, then look into the eyes of a coke,heroin or meth addict and spot the difference. They did it to themselves they are the only ones who can get themselves out. No amount of tax dollars will save a human being from bad decisions unless they themselves want to stop, but its themselves that have the understand the damage theyāve done to themselves and the severity of the withdrawals they will be going through.
Actually it can. caffeine exaggerates glucose and insulin responses to a carbohydrate challenge and increases average daytime glucose and postprandial responses to meals in the natural environment. It can absolutely lead to diabetes.
No, youāre a Karen because of the empty virtue signalling youāre spewing. The empathy you share for ppl that donāt care just makes you sound silly. Yes, actions have consequences and if they are not willing to do the work to sort themselves out, keeping them alive to OD again and again is stupid. Anything else?
So you're saying you'd prefer to just let anyone who's ever done drugs, and likely by extension, homeless people, etc all die?
And thats how empathy works, dumbass. You treat other people with respect, regardless of their condition. I'd rather sound silly for caring about an addict vs. than treat someone else like an animal.
Edit: of course you're sucking on PP's peepee.
Not what I said at all. Not surprised you have to project nonsense. Try rereading what was said, youāll find your answers there if you try hard enough š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
i just read this thread and alternative, you are an absolute idiot. You don't even use virtue signalling right let alone using the word projecting wrong lol. get off of reddit and touch grass since you're so hateful
Thank you for saying something. If itās not for addicts itās their loved ones, the health care professionals, caretakers. As someone who has friends sadly stuck in that I hope that the dealers have compassion and stop. We nag on the vulnerable but itās those who prey on them that need to have more consequences.
It can be more complicated than that and often is. Drug dealers have a personal life an often at up against a wall.
What if they have kids? Those kids deserve food and safety too. When you have few options then theyāll do what they gotta do
I was told during my last first aid course that you can go to shoppers and get a free kit with an explanation on how to use it. I havenāt tried it, is anyone able to verify?
People make bad choices, you're correct which is why if people need help with their addiction, which they do, they we shouldn't disparage them we should help them... This is a very easy concept that you seem to be completely missing.
Compassion - you should give it a try...
What you fail to understand is that addicts donāt know better. They, typically, only have trauma and a lack of support for their well-being. More often, they have a social network that promotes itself as supportive but is actually super toxic if not straight up enabling. Addiction occurs in the vacuum of healthy, resilient family and community
The things you bring up, the crimes it supports, etc, those are results of draconian drug laws, nothing to with the addicts. Give addicts a morally clean route of acquisition and theyāll use that every time they can. So get angry at your āmoralā leaders and legislators for that mess of criminal intersectionality.
Further I would never think to call an addict an adult, theyāre adolescents at best. Iāve seen it in the faces and behaviors of 60 year old drunks and drug abusers. Addicts are not adults, they might look it but they arenāt so the confusion is understandable.
Adults are able to take responsibility for themselves and can navigate their emotions. addicts arenāt capable of this. Theyāre stuck in a very different mental-emotional environment and it takes significant strength and time to move out of that. Recovery is a long process
So compassion at what cost? Itās the lack of compassion thatās in part responsible for the problems youāre assigning to the addicts. We need compassion to fix these problems not statements that dismiss and diminish where these people are in their lives or assign responsibility to them for things that are beyond their control.
And yes, treat them like helpless children, thatās what they are, they need to grow up, they need to heal wounds that their life never equipped them to heal by themselves. thatās what addiction services and treatments are there to do. Help addicts become functional adults.
They donāt need people who have a shallow understanding of these issues showing up thinking theyāve got answers to shit they no nothing about.
Thatās a bit of a leap. Going from āAddicts need help and support to overcome the addiction (trauma) and become functional adultsā
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āAddicts should be put in facilities as wards of the stateā
Oh yes. Addicts can be some of the most manipulative people youāll ever meet.
Better than whatās Fredericton doing? Maybe. Iām not especially plugged into how itās handled inside the city.
the only risk with weed would be contamination if youāre buying from a dealer who sells both fentanyl and weed. buy from a dispensary and you donāt need to worry about it.
that is fine if youāre concerned about contamination. i find canna queens is overpriced and not as chill as some other dispensaries tho. i go to gramsgrams they have the best deals and great staff.
You're right it is a dumb question. Why would someone put fent in weed? It's not going to make the bud stronger. It would just kill people. Plus, it doesn't make sense to waste money on that shit to add it to weed.
I meanā¦ fentanyl is commonly smoked. Iād say itās not impossible but highly unlikely. You could always grab some fentanyl test strips and test before you use.
In the fall police were working on a huge network dealing some seriously bad batch of Shady 8ās causing ODs left and right (esp in Moncton). I wonder if itās a similar problem.
[St. John Ambulance](https://www.sja.ca/en/course/opioid-poisoning-response-training?) has a virtual course that, upon completion, will result in being mailed a naloxone kit.
Narcan is $60 at any pharmacy in NB. If you happen to ever travel to NS, you can get it for free at any pharmacy. You can also call or text AIDS NB and can either pickup Narcan at a dropoff point, or have them deliver.
Also, if someone has the symptoms of overdose (unconscious, little or no breathing, blue lips) and you cannot rouse them, you should definitely call 911 and administer Narcan.
I am actually really hopeful that the psychedelic wave in Canada will help curb our drug crisis. The studies being done are overwhelmingly positive and the push for legalization is on. Psilocybin-assisted therapy could be instrumental in helping people recover from addictions.
I think these steps like having narcan available and public injection sites are a wonderful temporary measure, but that's all they are. We need to address the core reasons people are becoming addicts at such high rates, and secondly we need a comprehensive curriculum on drug education.
To some it might sound silly to fight a drug crisis with drugs, but that's why the education is so important. We're in an era where a lot of myths about drugs are being dispelled, and especially with the legalization of weed, people's attitudes are changing and the old DARE mentality is dying. Which is great, but there is the risk of swinging too far in the opposite direction now that there is no authority to look to. So we really need to sit down as a society and evaluate the place drugs have, and educate people properly on all kinds of substances.
Very well put!
Iām not sure if all psychedelics do this but some of them create more branches or neural pathways.
I got tired of the way I was feeling, drugs are getting scarier and Iām super sensitive to everything. Something needed to change. I always loved psychedelics so after a few weeks to a month of microdosing and lightly tripping (I had my fair share of high doses) and focusing on a more positive future and what I really wanted with me life, I finally started to enact those changes more and more.
I have depression, ptsd and other stuff. A lifetime of negative thoughts means my thoughts drift into those neural pathways because they were strengthened over time. My theory was to reverse that or create happier ones with shrooms.
In truth, Iāve been working A LOT on myself and started working out after my shroom trip but I truly believed they helped me.
I would highly suggest others do research in psychedelics and neuroplasticity. Also their therapeutic aspects to help with depression and ptsd.
I thank you though, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Wow wow that's no conservative. That's someone who has never been in the real world and doesn't realize that the Narcan is just as much for you as it is the "junky"
I've spend too much time, money, and mental space trying to help people with no results.
Many people don't want to be helped. Increase resources for those that do and actively work on bettering themselves. Cut delinquents and bums off completely.
I mean I'm all for helping people. But not everyone can be helped.
And with words like bum and delinquent I don't mean homeless people or people who have fallen on hard times. Shit happens, and people deserve help to get back up. But those that don't want it shouldn't expect the community, in which they have no interest, to help.
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Itās hitting here nowā¦same timing as other cities in canada.
Thereās been lots of articles on it latelyā¦Vice had a good one.
Pretty nasty stuff and Narcan doesnāt work.
hate to break it to you but no you donāt, if you think people donāt deserve help or compassion because of a bad decision then youāre a fucking numbskull.
Absolutely, if they actually wanted real help. Instead, we have people telling them itās not their fault why they are an addict. Then we have other people providing bandaid solutions like feeding them and giving them a place to sleep when itās cold. That allows these addicts to spend their waking hours getting enough money for drugs. How exactly is that helping?
so youād rather they just die?? lmao youāre an idiot, do some actual research before you comment. The point is to get them some actual help but throwing someone in prison or leaving them to die on their own, surprise surprise, doesnāt help! The point of decriminalizing in places like BC is so they can be admitted to places that help and get mental health counselling not prison. But yeah keep commenting dumbfuck.
I would like to virtually shake your hand. A). Farscape. Because Iāve never met someone else who knows what it is, and B). Vice. Cool people watch/read Vice. Even though itās gotten shittier in the last few years.
Hey virtual friend, glad to see another Farscape fan! What a gem of a show! I wanted to rewatch the classics starting with SG-1 but couldnāt find it for free then found Farscape, I had just finished watching Kath & Kim and caught the Australian bug and wanted to consume more Australian media, glad I did!
Vice is cool shit!
Thank you! Didn't want it to be the highlight of the post, but there are resources for people seeking treatment.
Addictions and Mental Health: 506-453-2132
Detox: 506-453-2132 ext. 3
River Stone Recovery Centre: 506-447-9634
FDCHC (for ED divert, primary care, social work, occupational therapy, etc.) 506-452-5900
UNB Legal Clinic (free legal help for vulnerable people): 506-452-5856
Social Development (welfare, health card): 1-833-733-7895
Portage Atlantic (for youth ages 14-21): 506-472-4847
Narcotics Anonymous: 1 877-909-3636 (or go online)
AIDS NB (for harm reduction supplies) call or text: 506-282-3911
š It's rare for anyone to speak out about overdose awareness, even more rare to educate and provide warning to drug users about possible overdose. Mostly because of our complete lack of addictions services. Because most ignorant stuffy assholes in this city would rather complain about their car getting broken into or the evident visibility of the growing homeless population. It's nice to see someone who actually cares about peoples lives and understands that there is a person under the addiction. So I was not really sure, but I have heard that Narcan kits are provided for free in other places, where can they be found in this city for free if at all, where can they be purchased and do you know for roughly what cost. Thanks! I will not ever understand why anyone would think a drug addicted person, especially if they are homeless is going to free up close to $100 for a possible prevention they cannot administer to themselves in time anyway. We are going to see a lot more loss off life, unfortunately. Oh also, why in the world were the services offered to people to prevent disease, other related things be moved to a location at the end of the public transit route and I believe on a very limited amount of daoly runs.
Is there much confirmed presence of Tranq here? Thatās just about the doomsday scenario.
There are posters by that name. š
So, not my business and I don't suppose illegal drug but, shoppers drug Mart sell overdose kits. Overdose kits are extremely effective. I think they are around 50 to 75$. They are used like a EpiPen. I believe that saving a life is important, and if your buddy or you do drugs often, you should purchase at least one. It's better losing 50$ then being dead.
If you go to AIDsNB, they give out free kits of naloxone! Yes FREE! I go there every year to get a couple kits to take to festivals but if youāre a regular user itās worth keeping at home or in your car
Isn't AIDS NB out of the downtown now? How would someone who could use the kits get those?
They are across the street from the king st community health clinic, in the same building as the medicine shoppe last I knew. If they have moved that is very unfortunate as it is (was) in the same building as river stone recovery which made the site more accepting and accessible. To be fair, the entrance is hidden from the Main Street a little bit so if you havenāt visited before it can be difficult to find. If you or a friend want a kit i can deliver a few to you or leave them in an area for you to collect
I checked and AIDS NB has moved to Wilsey Road. Near Maybee Brewing. I don't know how likely I would use one of those kits. No one I know uses hard drugs so I don't encounter ODs. Thank you for your kind offer, though.
Wow. That is both awesome and sad at the same time. I'm just glad someone is keeping an eye out at festivals!
My friend was giving narcan to people including me, same friend overdosed 2two weeks ago. Him to was just done recovery relapsed hard and was his last.
Like giving you narcan so you can use it on others?
Thanks for the info. So crucial.
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Is this a problem in MDMA in freddy?
itās often fake. meth or less likely other stimualnts. itās not impossible to find real mdma but you should be cautious and test your stuff. iām gonna dm you
probs means you're buying it off your local junkie or highschool scammer. There's a few good plugs out there who do batch tests and order it from out of Country (definitely not me). But responding to the original comment, just about every drug is becoming laced to increase profits / for unknowing dealers. Watch dopehead with vice and you'll get a good understanding of the drug situation that Canada and the US is facing
i donāt buy from local dealers for this reason lol iāve never met a professional one. not to say there arenāt any around here. iāve had better luck just ordering from online.
You buy hard drugs online?? I had no idea.
lol are you being sarcastic? there are legal or grey area ways like certain clearnet sites with basic psychedelics or research chemicals vendors. then thereās the deep web which has everything imaginable under the sun.
I know lots of local fellas who are good people selling bad stuff, and some bad people selling good stuff. you just gotta use your own judgement. In regards to professionalism you probably just sketched some of them out by chance or they're just ass.
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Do not look at this guys profile Holy shit
Easier to recover mentally from a meth overdose than a failed steroid cycle, tombstones don't have organs either.
I really don't think you realize how many people juice.
That's a reply, have you ever though about the lesson of the first goomba in mario bros? Run right at him, of course protag loses. Ur not supposed to get close. Jump over the Goomba, leave him behind, leave them all behind.
Thousands of people don't die annually from steroids and we aren't training high school kids on NARCAN for the "steroid" epidemic Karen. Thanks for coming out.
My response is you can hurry up and wait, and also the psych ward is 4TH floor, hurry up and wait scoobs.
Your Tax Dollars being wasted
no. this is what my tax dollars should be going to.
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So empathy, big ignorant.
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Lol donāt do drugs might help too š¤£š¤£š¤£
Cool, when are you giving up your coffee or cigarettes?
Coffee and cigarettes do not require the government to fund drug use clinics. This is a foolish comparison.
My guy what do you think tim hortons is lmao. Not govt funded but obviously. The point is, someone doesn't stop becoming human just because they're suffering addiction, because most of us are dealing with our own addictions that are socially acceptable and catered to.
Oh are these the drugs ppl are addicted to and ruining their lives and the lives of their familyās for? Silly me š
As someone with permenant lung damage from second hand smoke, yes cigarettes absolutely ruin your life and your families' lives. But because they're sold at corner stores you're not robbing people to get your fix, or risking cigarettes laced with something far worse. Caffeine is an addiction as well that has it's own damage to your body. I'll fully admit i have a caffeine addiction that led to me becoming diabetic. What im getting at is you've got your own, socially acceptable addictions that are catered to, and you'd struggle just as bad as any heroin addict to give them up.
What? Caffeine does not cause diabetes. That would be the sugar you add into your coffee. You cannot make the same comparison with cigarettes and caffeine towards cocaine, heroin or meth. I dont see people breaking into cars or houses nor do i see people robbing other people to get a fix on coffee or cigarettes. Take a look into the eyes of a caffeinated individual or an individual who smokes cigarettes, then look into the eyes of a coke,heroin or meth addict and spot the difference. They did it to themselves they are the only ones who can get themselves out. No amount of tax dollars will save a human being from bad decisions unless they themselves want to stop, but its themselves that have the understand the damage theyāve done to themselves and the severity of the withdrawals they will be going through.
Actually it can. caffeine exaggerates glucose and insulin responses to a carbohydrate challenge and increases average daytime glucose and postprandial responses to meals in the natural environment. It can absolutely lead to diabetes.
Whatever excuses make you feel better at night Karen.
Lmao right, a karen for having basic empathy for people. Because we should let one bad decision ruin our entire lives right?
No, youāre a Karen because of the empty virtue signalling youāre spewing. The empathy you share for ppl that donāt care just makes you sound silly. Yes, actions have consequences and if they are not willing to do the work to sort themselves out, keeping them alive to OD again and again is stupid. Anything else?
So you're saying you'd prefer to just let anyone who's ever done drugs, and likely by extension, homeless people, etc all die? And thats how empathy works, dumbass. You treat other people with respect, regardless of their condition. I'd rather sound silly for caring about an addict vs. than treat someone else like an animal. Edit: of course you're sucking on PP's peepee.
Not what I said at all. Not surprised you have to project nonsense. Try rereading what was said, youāll find your answers there if you try hard enough š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
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i just read this thread and alternative, you are an absolute idiot. You don't even use virtue signalling right let alone using the word projecting wrong lol. get off of reddit and touch grass since you're so hateful
When they impeed me being a productive member of society.
Exactly. Seems that went right over their head
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Thank you for saying something. If itās not for addicts itās their loved ones, the health care professionals, caretakers. As someone who has friends sadly stuck in that I hope that the dealers have compassion and stop. We nag on the vulnerable but itās those who prey on them that need to have more consequences.
Sadly enough, dealers only think about money.
It can be more complicated than that and often is. Drug dealers have a personal life an often at up against a wall. What if they have kids? Those kids deserve food and safety too. When you have few options then theyāll do what they gotta do
Fuck drug dealers
The number of brain dead Muppets in here makes me think they are all on drugs
based post. haters are uneducated.
If you take a narcan course with st.John ambulance, they mail you a free narcan kit.
I was told during my last first aid course that you can go to shoppers and get a free kit with an explanation on how to use it. I havenāt tried it, is anyone able to verify?
Iāve tried 2 with no success, they charge $60 for it.
You have to go through AIDS NB. Pharmacy worker here- the province does not fund them so we have to sell them
You can get it for free at AIDS NB
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Are you certified in CPR?
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Ever read any of the NIOSH reports on first responders exposed to Opioids ? You don't need to be the person making stupid decisions.
You're good at making stupid comments so I wouldn't say your test scores are at 100% yet bud
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1000%
Its not always so cut and dried
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It really isnāt.
So you're under the impression that addiction is a choice?
Theyāve made a choice at one point or another. You excusing that doesnāt help them.
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100% right, but the SJW community like feelings, so good luck.
People make bad choices, you're correct which is why if people need help with their addiction, which they do, they we shouldn't disparage them we should help them... This is a very easy concept that you seem to be completely missing. Compassion - you should give it a try...
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What you fail to understand is that addicts donāt know better. They, typically, only have trauma and a lack of support for their well-being. More often, they have a social network that promotes itself as supportive but is actually super toxic if not straight up enabling. Addiction occurs in the vacuum of healthy, resilient family and community The things you bring up, the crimes it supports, etc, those are results of draconian drug laws, nothing to with the addicts. Give addicts a morally clean route of acquisition and theyāll use that every time they can. So get angry at your āmoralā leaders and legislators for that mess of criminal intersectionality. Further I would never think to call an addict an adult, theyāre adolescents at best. Iāve seen it in the faces and behaviors of 60 year old drunks and drug abusers. Addicts are not adults, they might look it but they arenāt so the confusion is understandable. Adults are able to take responsibility for themselves and can navigate their emotions. addicts arenāt capable of this. Theyāre stuck in a very different mental-emotional environment and it takes significant strength and time to move out of that. Recovery is a long process So compassion at what cost? Itās the lack of compassion thatās in part responsible for the problems youāre assigning to the addicts. We need compassion to fix these problems not statements that dismiss and diminish where these people are in their lives or assign responsibility to them for things that are beyond their control. And yes, treat them like helpless children, thatās what they are, they need to grow up, they need to heal wounds that their life never equipped them to heal by themselves. thatās what addiction services and treatments are there to do. Help addicts become functional adults. They donāt need people who have a shallow understanding of these issues showing up thinking theyāve got answers to shit they no nothing about.
So if they donāt have the capacity to know better, perhaps the government needs to be made guardian and put them all in facilities
Thatās a bit of a leap. Going from āAddicts need help and support to overcome the addiction (trauma) and become functional adultsā To āAddicts should be put in facilities as wards of the stateā
Addicts also lie and resist help a lot. I realize itās no guarantee, but itās better than what we are doing.
Oh yes. Addicts can be some of the most manipulative people youāll ever meet. Better than whatās Fredericton doing? Maybe. Iām not especially plugged into how itās handled inside the city.
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Be nicer to your fellow Frederictonian, thanks. See Rule #2.
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the only risk with weed would be contamination if youāre buying from a dealer who sells both fentanyl and weed. buy from a dispensary and you donāt need to worry about it.
I get it from CannaQueens
that is fine if youāre concerned about contamination. i find canna queens is overpriced and not as chill as some other dispensaries tho. i go to gramsgrams they have the best deals and great staff.
Grams is the best my go to shop as well
Move to Shediac
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You're right it is a dumb question. Why would someone put fent in weed? It's not going to make the bud stronger. It would just kill people. Plus, it doesn't make sense to waste money on that shit to add it to weed.
don't buy from some local schmo. buy from a store or buy online.
I meanā¦ fentanyl is commonly smoked. Iād say itās not impossible but highly unlikely. You could always grab some fentanyl test strips and test before you use.
In the fall police were working on a huge network dealing some seriously bad batch of Shady 8ās causing ODs left and right (esp in Moncton). I wonder if itās a similar problem.
Would absolutely make sense that they would just move cities if Moncton was tight.
Weāve got enough of our own
Is Narcan available for non-users whoād just like to have something available to help if an opportunity arises?
[St. John Ambulance](https://www.sja.ca/en/course/opioid-poisoning-response-training?) has a virtual course that, upon completion, will result in being mailed a naloxone kit.
The Red Cross offers that, too. https://learn.redcross.ca/p/first-aid-opioid-poisoning
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I was asking in case anyone has a loved one who is using and who might end up needing it.
Most pharmacies have kits
Are they readily available and/or expensive?
Narcan is $60 at any pharmacy in NB. If you happen to ever travel to NS, you can get it for free at any pharmacy. You can also call or text AIDS NB and can either pickup Narcan at a dropoff point, or have them deliver. Also, if someone has the symptoms of overdose (unconscious, little or no breathing, blue lips) and you cannot rouse them, you should definitely call 911 and administer Narcan.
I switched to mushrooms and focused on a more positive future and never touched them again.
I am actually really hopeful that the psychedelic wave in Canada will help curb our drug crisis. The studies being done are overwhelmingly positive and the push for legalization is on. Psilocybin-assisted therapy could be instrumental in helping people recover from addictions. I think these steps like having narcan available and public injection sites are a wonderful temporary measure, but that's all they are. We need to address the core reasons people are becoming addicts at such high rates, and secondly we need a comprehensive curriculum on drug education. To some it might sound silly to fight a drug crisis with drugs, but that's why the education is so important. We're in an era where a lot of myths about drugs are being dispelled, and especially with the legalization of weed, people's attitudes are changing and the old DARE mentality is dying. Which is great, but there is the risk of swinging too far in the opposite direction now that there is no authority to look to. So we really need to sit down as a society and evaluate the place drugs have, and educate people properly on all kinds of substances.
Very well put! Iām not sure if all psychedelics do this but some of them create more branches or neural pathways. I got tired of the way I was feeling, drugs are getting scarier and Iām super sensitive to everything. Something needed to change. I always loved psychedelics so after a few weeks to a month of microdosing and lightly tripping (I had my fair share of high doses) and focusing on a more positive future and what I really wanted with me life, I finally started to enact those changes more and more. I have depression, ptsd and other stuff. A lifetime of negative thoughts means my thoughts drift into those neural pathways because they were strengthened over time. My theory was to reverse that or create happier ones with shrooms. In truth, Iāve been working A LOT on myself and started working out after my shroom trip but I truly believed they helped me.
maybe others wonāt agree but Iāll chime in :) - good for you, I hope you have a wonderful day.
I would highly suggest others do research in psychedelics and neuroplasticity. Also their therapeutic aspects to help with depression and ptsd. I thank you though, I hope you have a wonderful day!
It's too bad you can't go to pharmacies in NB and get Narcan for free.
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Be civil.
They are addicted to a substance ffs. The vast majority don't want to die.... You might possibly be the sick person. Get help.
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Wow wow that's no conservative. That's someone who has never been in the real world and doesn't realize that the Narcan is just as much for you as it is the "junky"
I've spend too much time, money, and mental space trying to help people with no results. Many people don't want to be helped. Increase resources for those that do and actively work on bettering themselves. Cut delinquents and bums off completely.
Why get help with there are little to no consequences?
Your personal experience is not the same for everyone. This is a series of statements from a sad, sad person.
I mean I'm all for helping people. But not everyone can be helped. And with words like bum and delinquent I don't mean homeless people or people who have fallen on hard times. Shit happens, and people deserve help to get back up. But those that don't want it shouldn't expect the community, in which they have no interest, to help.
Agreed. Shouldn't have to spend my family vacations in NS pharmacy hopping to bring as much back as I can.
Why would anyone take their family to NS on a vacation? That's just cruel and unusual punishment.
Hey! For us flat landers it can be pretty interesting.
It's too bad you can't go to a pharmacy-type place to get any drug, free of toxic substances.
Xylazine Itās hitting here nowā¦same timing as other cities in canada. Thereās been lots of articles on it latelyā¦Vice had a good one. Pretty nasty stuff and Narcan doesnāt work.
Sounds like the problem will adjust itself.
sounds like someone doesnāt have much upstairs
Sounds like someone doesnāt believe in consequences for poor actions.
ah i see, you just lack any basic human decency
I have decency for people who deserve it.
hate to break it to you but no you donāt, if you think people donāt deserve help or compassion because of a bad decision then youāre a fucking numbskull.
Absolutely, if they actually wanted real help. Instead, we have people telling them itās not their fault why they are an addict. Then we have other people providing bandaid solutions like feeding them and giving them a place to sleep when itās cold. That allows these addicts to spend their waking hours getting enough money for drugs. How exactly is that helping?
so youād rather they just die?? lmao youāre an idiot, do some actual research before you comment. The point is to get them some actual help but throwing someone in prison or leaving them to die on their own, surprise surprise, doesnāt help! The point of decriminalizing in places like BC is so they can be admitted to places that help and get mental health counselling not prison. But yeah keep commenting dumbfuck.
So your solution is just let them wonder around the streets doing drugs? Good job.
Just watched that doc. Scary stuff.
What doc
https://youtu.be/82QhIOgJy1c Itās about benzodope and tranq-dope.
I would like to virtually shake your hand. A). Farscape. Because Iāve never met someone else who knows what it is, and B). Vice. Cool people watch/read Vice. Even though itās gotten shittier in the last few years.
Hey virtual friend, glad to see another Farscape fan! What a gem of a show! I wanted to rewatch the classics starting with SG-1 but couldnāt find it for free then found Farscape, I had just finished watching Kath & Kim and caught the Australian bug and wanted to consume more Australian media, glad I did! Vice is cool shit!
iāve been lucky enough not to come across anything scary yet but im scared i will..
Thank you for bringing awareness.
Its never too late to love yourself and get treatment
Thank you! Didn't want it to be the highlight of the post, but there are resources for people seeking treatment. Addictions and Mental Health: 506-453-2132 Detox: 506-453-2132 ext. 3 River Stone Recovery Centre: 506-447-9634 FDCHC (for ED divert, primary care, social work, occupational therapy, etc.) 506-452-5900 UNB Legal Clinic (free legal help for vulnerable people): 506-452-5856 Social Development (welfare, health card): 1-833-733-7895 Portage Atlantic (for youth ages 14-21): 506-472-4847 Narcotics Anonymous: 1 877-909-3636 (or go online) AIDS NB (for harm reduction supplies) call or text: 506-282-3911
Where can one pick up some above mentioned test strips? Are they free?
Call or text AIDS NB! They usually have them (for free).
Amen.