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wre

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Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand
#14572264 - 06/06/11 11:35 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10730633
A father has told of the torment of seeing his son admitted twice to mental health facilities after heavy use of synthetic cannabis.
The man, who does not want to be identified for fear of harming his son's prospects, said the 20-year-old started smoking Kronic in the middle of last year.
The legal drug contains vegetable matter treated with synthetic cannabinoid chemicals to produce effects similar to cannabis when smoked.
The man's son also binged on alcohol and dabbled in other drugs.
But it was soon after he began smoking Kronic that he was admitted to Auckland City Hospital's mental health unit.
After his discharge, his father made sure there was no alcohol in the house, and believed he could stop his son obtaining illegal drugs.
"I didn't even know about the Kronic at that stage."
It was devastating to learn the drug was legal and sold at a dairy not 100m from their North Shore home.
"You feel like going up to the dairy owner and saying, 'I don't care who you sell this to, but if you sell it to my son I'll deal to you."'
His son's continued drug use led to him being admitted to the mental health unit at North Shore Hospital in January. He was discharged a month ago and is drug-free and living in a support house.
The past year had been an ordeal, the man said.
"At the start it was very upsetting, and you're thinking 'where's the pill that we can fix this with?'. But once your mind breaks down, it's really hard work and a long road. I might have this problem now for the rest of my life, dealing with it. I don't know."
He wants products such as Kronic banned. In the meantime, he said parents should consider boycotting their neighbourhood dairy if the synthetic drugs are sold there.
"I'm wondering if we could picket them. Or hand out a leaflet - do you know these guys are selling [synthetic cannabis] gauged to be as strong, if not stronger, than marijuana?
"I think most parents would be horrified if they knew."
Kronic has a strict R18 warning and, under the Smoke-Free Environments Act 1990, can't be sold to minors.
But when the Herald employed a 15-year-old actress to buy Kronic from a Newmarket dairy last week she did so with ease.
Detective Inspector Stuart Mills of the National Drug Intelligence Bureau has said age restrictions are being ignored nationwide: "It's as easy as buying your chewing gum."
Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne said a main point from a recent report from the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs was that products such as Kronic were dangerous and being taken up by minors.
However, he told the Herald he resisted making such products controlled substances because "the evidence wasn't strong enough to go that far".
The Government will soon consider a Law Commission recommendation that synthetic drugs must be proved safe before they can be sold.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#14572287 - 06/06/11 11:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS GETTING HIGH!!!!!!!!!!!! LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH THE FUCKING CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: vandago]
#14572388 - 06/07/11 12:12 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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this shit wouldn't be here if bud was legal. dumbasses. this shits actually bad for u
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: Led Zeppelin]
#14572489 - 06/07/11 12:49 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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a long-time pothead buddy of mine smokes like a gram a day of that shit. not because he can't obtain weed (very easily!) but because it's half the price. i wouldn't necessarily say mental health issues because of that stuff, but goddamn he can be really annoying now.
shit is like weed crack. i prefer the mellow plant buzz of real marijuana and i'll never smoke that shit again. i do like the idea that i can go legally obtain it at the gas station around the block though.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#14572495 - 06/07/11 12:51 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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""At the start it was very upsetting, and you're thinking 'where's the pill that we can fix this with?'."

asld
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Edited by beachedjesus (06/07/11 12:58 AM)
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: screamphilling]
#14572946 - 06/07/11 05:22 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
screamphilling said: a long-time pothead buddy of mine smokes like a gram a day of that shit. goddamn he can be really annoying now.
shit is like weed crack.
Last summer there was a serious drought around here. so I ordered a 1/4lb of some JWH-018 sprayed herbs.
It was like weed crack I loved it. it made me high, speedy. My mother said I was a maniac and threatened to throw me out if I continued to be on the crazy fake weed.
The worst part was it made me speed everywhere and I pulled a groin muscle do to the awkward movements that the speediness influenced.
I finaly gave up on ol JWH-018. But I remember it was fun. Altho I felt like a loser smoking fake pot and spacing out in my room when I had more important things to do.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: downlowfunk]
#14573280 - 06/07/11 08:27 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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"do you know these guys are selling [synthetic cannabis] gauged to be as strong, if not stronger, than marijuana?"
"I think most parents would be horrified if they knew."
^^ Because that's SUCH a horrifying fact.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#14573471 - 06/07/11 09:35 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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wre said: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10730633
'where's the pill that we can fix this with?'. .
Yeah, let's fix drug problems w/.... drugs?
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: Toe_Jam]
#14573625 - 06/07/11 10:11 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is by far the god damn dumbest thing I've read all week.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#14574047 - 06/07/11 11:48 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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"You feel like going up to the dairy owner and saying, 'I don't care who you sell this to, but if you sell it to my son I'll deal to you."'
Wait, so the dads trying to control the drugs his son takes? He wants to move his product to the dairy as long as they sell to his son?
What the fuck?
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: todesengel]
#14574067 - 06/07/11 11:52 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Probably a typo.
I think he meant "will deal with you".
Clearly violence is better than drug use.
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downlowfunk
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: todesengel]
#14574547 - 06/07/11 01:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
todesengel said:
Quote:
"You feel like going up to the dairy owner and saying, 'I don't care who you sell this to, but if you sell it to my son I'll deal to you."'
Wait, so the dads trying to control the drugs his son takes? He wants to move his product to the dairy as long as they sell to his son?
What the fuck?
I think "I'll Deal to you" Means I'm going to punch you.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: downlowfunk]
#14574603 - 06/07/11 01:54 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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i used to that shit all the all time since weed never gave me the high i was looking for. though with chemicals being made illegal the new stuff doesnt make me hallucinate anymore so i stopped doing it. never will forget i saw the time i saw a portal open up in the sky and i could move my vision 360 degrees in it
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: Soluminia]
#14574639 - 06/07/11 02:02 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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More blaming of the drug and not the person. I've smoked pounds of jdub blends both from JHW powders online and the local gas station. Never really had a long term problem. If I did too much I'd start to feel a little bleh, but I'd just stop for a few weeks and go right back to normal.
More people fucking it up for the rest of us.
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Re: Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit - New Zealand [Re: Joolz]
#14575940 - 06/07/11 06:32 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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So why was he admitted to a mental hospital?
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