PSA for Drug Users

This isn’t a post to criticize or shame you- just to make that clear. Regardless of how I feel about using illegal drugs, what’s more important is that people are still going to do them. And if you are going to use illicit substances, it is extremely and critically important that you take the proper precautions. Mitigating safety risks can be potentially life-saving, so please take the time to read and share this.

General Safety Measures:

• Don’t use anything while alone, even if you’re experienced with it.
  
• NEVER share injection equipment of any kind.
• Don’t mix two depressants together. (ex:// Heroin, Opioids, and Alcohol)
• If something goes wrong, get to the hospital or call an ambulance ASAP. In 40 of the 50 states in the US, you cannot be arrested for seeking medical help for a drug overdose. Even if you live elsewhere, getting help and facing the consequences is far better than dying.
• Always have at least one sober person present.
• Do your research before trying a drug.
• If you suspect an overdose, do not eat or drink anything, and do not try to induce vomiting.

Depressants (Heroin, Opioids, Alcohol, Benzodiazepines):

• Do not take anything else with it- especially not more depressants.
  
• ALWAYS carry Naloxone with you, no matter what. This drug can revive someone from an opioid overdose. It is accessible at most pharmacies in the United States for a relatively low cost.

Stimulants (Cocaine, Amphetamines, and MDMA (Ecstasy):

• Do not take depressants with it.
  
• If you mix stimulants, go very slowly with both of them.
• ALWAYS test your drugs before using them. People who think they’re buying something like pure MDMA often are sold a mix of drugs. Test kits can be bought online and used many, many times. They detect the presence of other drugs so you know exactly what you’re taking.

Hallucinogens (LSD, Mushrooms, Ayahuasca):

• Moreso than with other drugs, it is important to always have a “tripsitter”- a sober person who will stay with you during the entire trip and ensure your safety.
  
• Only use in an aesthetically pleasing and comfortable environment.
• If you become anxious, your tripsitter needs to give strong emotional support and reassurance
• If you cannot be calmed with reassurance, your tripsitter needs to give you 10mg of Valium.
• Have your tripsitter occasionally ask how you’re doing and verbally check in.
• After the trip, debrief your experience to someone who will listen and allow yourself to mentally process everything that happened.

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’s a lot of information worth knowing. Certain text is hyperlinked to relevant resources, so if you want to know more, just click the links.

I would appreciate if this gets reblogged and shared; this information needs to be common knowledge.

Real talk? My quality of life increased dramatically after I became a stoner. My grades are better, I have less anxiety, my chronic pain is lessening, I’m getting shit done… like, damn.

Okay but I got high for the first time the other night and I had to put down my computer because I was playing Pokemon Emerald on an emulator and my Rapidash seemed too vividly real and it was freaking me out. There’s no real ending or point to this story, I just thought I’d share.

@ my followers with chronic pain

If you can at all help it, please do NOT take more than the recommended dose of over-the-counter ((OTC)) painkillers. I know that OTC painkillers are not particularly harmful nor addictive, though the a persistent and high dose can be harmful in the long run. Your stomach, liver, and kidneys can be seriously damaged by long-term use of painkillers, even at the recommended dose if it’s too often that you take it. Also, while I said that OTC painkillers aren’t addictive ((which is technically true)), they can create a dependency that will lead to much more severe pain unless the recipient keeps taking more frequent and stronger doses.

It’s a catch-22, really, and sometimes there is no other feasible option. I want to warn you all, though, in case you haven’t gotten to this point yet. I’ve been taking OTC painkillers daily for years now, and it’s at the point where I can’t go to class or leave the house without taking it. The dependency my body has developed causes me to have headaches even worse than the migraines I take painkillers to control in the first place. It’s a shitty position to be in, because I need to keep taking them to be able to function, but the more I take them, the less healthy it is to take them, and so on in the cycle.

TL;DR Please take OTC painkillers seriously. They are not a highly-controlled substance or prescription drug, but like all chemicals and drugs they do come with their effects that you should be aware of.

daecay:

legalizing pot is 100% worthless if we as white people aren’t going to 1. release and forgive the sentences of those thrown in jail for pot, 2. actually allow black people into the legal pot industry w the same ease white people enter it and the same ability to get rich off it, and 3. stop fucking arresting black youth, not allow it to go up by 58 fucking % 

bahnunterwasser:

overlypolitebisexual:

i have so many thin friends who eat shit and don’t exercise ever and are probably rotting inside but no one says shit about their health so let’s stop pretending it’s fat people’s health you’re bothered about you transparent motherfuckers 

when I was a heroin addict I lost a significant amount of weight, one day I took my sweatshirt off around a friend whom I never really liked that much and she just:

*gasp* “You lost so much weight! I’m so jealous, your tummy is so flat! you look so HEALTHY!”

I SHIT YOU NOT SHE SAID I LOOKED HEALTHY

I WAS ADDICTED TO HEROIN

(Source: fuckoffstraightpeople)

coriesella:

My dad just told me that when he was my age he tripped on acid a lot and every time he tripped he found the meaning of life but by the time he was sober he had forgotten it. So, he told himself that the next time he tripped he would write it down. So he tripped again, and went and wrote it down and when he woke up he was so excited to see everything that he wrote so he went and opened the notebook and all it said was “orange juice”.

(Source: callmebyyourelame)

College Chronicles

It’s an extra sleepy day. ;;; I told myself I’d do 15 problems of my calculus homework, but I haven’t even gotten started- I was supposed to start over an hour ago… 

I went to the neurologist today. I stopped the topamax, and got put on a new medication to try and ease the medications. It’s hard to find things I can take because I have so many other prescriptions. xux;;;;; Let’s hope this combo works…. 3348058th time’s the charm… right?

Trying a new combination of meds– again. It’s like a surprise every time. What drug will they give me this time? Which one will get voted off the island?

At least I’m down to six prescriptions since I’m donion rings with the side effects of prescription iron.

offside-goal:

stablefree:

offside-goal:

“Innocent animals”

Are there guilty animals

I wonder if birds sell cocaine

Some are quack dealers

I need a moment that was the most perfect pun I’ve ever seen I love you