Prince dead at 57

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Nyah

Looks like it was Fentanyl.

http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/02/prince...ioid-percocet/

At what point do the doctors start to be held responsible for handing strong opioids like Fentanyl out like candy? Almost 30,000 people a year die from these drugs and nothing is done to drug traffickers. If people are in this much pain and need painkillers this strong they should be under supervised care not popping them at home like gummy bears.

I went to the doctor just last year with a strained shoulder, what's he do? asks me to lift my arm till it hurts and writes me a prescription for percocets. I said my shoulder is sore, I'm not dying, how about some T-3's

Ridiculous.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

Is that a skill you can be endorsed for on LinkedIn?

Yes it is, as a 'Fixer'.

[lambeburger]

Originally Posted by troutman

Friend of a friend in the US worked for a record company - part of her "job" was to get cocaine for the artists that were performing in her town.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

Is that a skill you can be endorsed for on LinkedIn?

Trancendental Pharmaceutical Logistics Coordinator

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Trancendental Pharmaceutical Logistics Coordinator

'Waiting for the man' man.

[Itse]

Powdering assistant.

[ballin]

Originally Posted by T@T

At what point do the doctors start to be held responsible for handing strong opioids like Fentanyl out like candy? Almost 30,000 people a year die from these drugs and nothing is done to drug traffickers. If people are in this much pain and need painkillers this strong they should be under supervised care not popping them at home like gummy bears.

I went to the doctor just last year with a strained shoulder, what's he do? asks me to lift my arm till it hurts and writes me a prescription for percocets. I said my shoulder is sore, I'm not dying, how about some T-3's

Ridiculous.

100% agree.

[troutman]

The Current (Minnesota Public Radio) is counting down the top 58 favorite Prince songs on his birthday:

http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/20...e-prince-songs

[macker]

And KEXP is playing a lot of rare tracks on the afternoon show.

[calculoso]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/...cial-1.3037632

Some of the pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl -- a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, an official close to the investigation said.

The official, who spoke to The Associated Press Sunday on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said nearly two dozen pills found in one Aleve bottle were falsely labeled as "Watson 385." According to Drugs.com, that stamp is used to identify pills containing a mix of acetaminophen and hydrocodone, but the official said at least one of the pills tested positive for fentanyl.
...
Some pills that were analyzed contained fentanyl, lidocaine and U-4770 -- a synthetic drug that is eight times more powerful than morphine.

[Northendzone]

^ I fail to understand how this could be true because shelia e. made a statement that prince was not on drugs.

how could she be wrong - she is the protégé?

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

^ I fail to understand how this could be true because shelia e. made a statement that prince was not on drugs.

how could she be wrong - she is the protégé?

To me, it really depends on what "on drugs" means to a person.

If you take an Advil or a Claritin a day, are you "on drugs"? I'd be willing to bet that the majority would say no. Extrapolate that to most of the rest of prescription drugs (Percocet, Hydromorphone) and it gets a little more grey but still less likely for someone to say yes to being "on drugs" than if they were doing Cocaine (for example).

[calgaryblood]

Yeah, I wouldn't consider being on Watson385 "being on drugs" but really nobody knows why he was taking them. It is a possibility he was abusing them but I just don't see it.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

Yeah, I wouldn't consider being on Watson385 "being on drugs" but really nobody knows why he was taking them. It is a possibility he was abusing them but I just don't see it.

Being on vicodin that was almost assuredly acquired outside of legal means is being on drugs

[FlamesAddiction]

I think people make the distinction a moral one. Being "on drugs" implies poor character or judgement. It's also implies regular use or being addicted.

A lot of people are frequent recreational "drug users" that probably wouldn't be considered "on drugs" by most people who know them, because they are able to moderate and control their use around people.

Is someone who take fen once a week "on drugs", or just a "drug user"?

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I think people make the distinction a moral one. Being "on drugs" implies poor character or judgement. It's also implies regular use or being addicted.

A lot of people are frequent recreational "drug users" that probably wouldn't be considered "on drugs" by most people who know them, because they are able to moderate and control their use around people.

Is someone who take fen once a week "on drugs", or just a "drug user"?

With opiates occasional users usually become regular users in short order

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

^ I fail to understand how this could be true because shelia e. made a statement that prince was not on drugs.

how could she be wrong - she is the protégé?

Is this sarcasm?

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

With opiates occasional users usually become regular users in short order

What is Watson385? Is there any chance that a pharmacy could have "chinese knock off medication"?

I'm seriously asking.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

What is Watson385? Is there any chance that a pharmacy could have "chinese knock off medication"?

I'm seriously asking.

Watson and 385 are the markings on the pill, not what it's called. It's generic vicodin, but they were counterfeit and actually just fentanyl instead

And I highly doubt a pharmacy would seek counterfeit pills. There's very little money to be made that way. It happens, but very rarely. Happens all the time on the streets however

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Is this sarcasm?

Somewhat. I just recall shield e. Stating very strongly that prince would never be on drugs, and at the time I thought that have we not seen enough music stars die related to drugs to know that one should not state something like this categorically