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My biological mom died from an overdose of a “speedball,” e.g. mixing heroin and cocaine at the same time.
And that was years after she went into the hospital for pancreatitis, and they just blanket prescribed her opioids. From there the doctors kept bumping her prescription up, and then from there she sought pills on the street, and then finally she moved to heroin. I guess if she was alive today fentanyl would have been the next jump.
She was a byproduct of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic
And I blame the pharmaceutical companies like Purdue who profited off it more than anyone else.
Sorry for your loss dude. I also was an opioid addict because of those fuckers and partially because of myself. I wouldn't wish that hell on anyone. I hope you're healing okay.
Hey thanks! It was quite a long time ago, and I've since grown to using that experience to try to help others where possible. No trauma ever fully goes away, but healthily addressing it is key. Wishing you the best, friend, beating an addiction like that is no easy feat, always feel free to shoot me a message if you feel like it
I understand your pov, consider I'm European, we didn't had the opioids wave. In Europe heroin unfortunately became more popular in the last decade but the problem is far away from the Us one.
I've seen, listened and read a lot about the Us crisis and it's absolutely nasty. Maybe I should have thought about that before I dropped my post, but you know, we lives in our bubbles.
A big hug to you mate.
Appreciate it but no apologies necessary. You shared a story, I shared a story. Better done over a beer or coffee, but for now Lemmy can do. Absolutely don’t feel bad about your comment, I just wanted to spread a little awareness of the opioid epidemic in the US and how it was mostly caused by profit-seeking corporations. Cheers from across the pond and wishing you the best
Edit: forgot, totally reciprocating that hug!