drug abuse, please answer Options

[Defgeph]

Just curious if you know anybody that has a problem with drugs

To me, atleast in this area. It seems to be a large majority of people.
by drugs I mean, pot, pills, cocaine, heroin, exc.

You can even mention alcohol abuse.

Just wondering if its this area or others parts or the country/world have this problem.
Please try to keep this as clean as possible, I dont want to have it deleted.

Thanks
DEF

[orvillescelica]

I very good friend of mine had a problem with drugs in college. It came to the point where he would be trying to hit up anyone he knew or who they knew for any left over or excess perscription medications.

I actually stopped hanging out with him because he was getting so lost into the drugs and stuff. I didnt want to be around all that so i basically just stopped calling or going over to hang out.

He had the problem for about 2.5 years. It all came down though when he found out that his old roommate commited suicide by ODing on drugs. A week later he will still pretty shaken by it, and his girlfriend and him were taking something to get thier mind off of it. That night his girlfriend ended up ODing on whatever they were doing. He was so messed up from the stuff, he didnt know or couldnt call for help. She ended up dying while he was there high in the room. He was sent to rehab to get clean. After that he was brought up on charges for manslaughter due to neglegence. I wrote a letter to the judge by request of his lawyer to help try and move the charges from criminal court to drug court. A difference of years in jail or probation and more rehab.

Thankfully it was moved to drug court and he is out of rehab and trying to put his life back together. Its sad because he was one of the most brilliant programmers i knew. Even during his drug problem, he held a 3.75 GPA in CS. But because of the drugs he dropped out. Currently he is working on getting a few microsoft certifications as well as finishing up his degree.

I feel bad that i didnt do anything or intervene when i saw the problem. Basically i just left him and let it all be since i didnt think anything would happen. Of course thats what everyone says in hindsight. But at least i know now what drugs can do since it happen to someone i knew very well.

I know this sounds like an afterschool PSA, but please intervene and say something if someone you know is getting dependent on or using drugs frequently. People die, and others lives are ruined. If you care about them do something!