No one is invincible to fent! It's a sad day

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/02/health/prince-death-opioid-overdose/index.html

I think this is the biggest name to die to an opioid especially fent. Hopefully this will help bring more awareness to those users of opioids, and maybe even a wake up call for some.

Minneapolis resident so this one hits close to home. Sad day for many.....


Comments


[20 Points] CookyDough:

From a month ago: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555292/Prince-s-former-drug-dealer-reveals-extent-addiction.html

Doctor D revealed the singer would spend up to $40,000 a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches


[9 Points] budsmokersonly710:

He had a few scripts but none for fent. I know he had Percocet but that's all I've been able to find of the 3 LE discovered.

A doctor was at his place tryin to get him into rehab in Cali but prince must've had something he either thought was heroin or wasn't aware how potent fentanyl is and how little is needed to OD. He had a problem with hip pain and used Percs to treat the pain and eventually got hooked. I have no idea whether or not he dabbled in heroin or fentanyl sold as heroin but most ODs are from fent the user assumed was heroin, right?


[5 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

In September prince tried reefer for the very first time

Now he's doing horse, it's June...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhArIDsynPs

time. When a rocket ship explodes, everyone still wants to fly.


[3 Points] None:

[deleted]


[3 Points] None:

[deleted]


[3 Points] spyderonthewall:

Although I do agree that Fentanyl is very serious shit and easy to OD on, I feel obligated to write a comment defending the other end of the spectrum as an occasional Fentanyl user (1-4X/month; no more then that these days; on Methadone). Unfortunate to say but I have gone on Fentanyl binges in the past before this round of Methadone Maintainance treatment began.

On Average, when someone dies from a Fentanyl overdose; it's usually caused by individuals being misinformed or making bad judgment calls. There is usually a reason that isn't to far fetched from many other hard and/or dangerous psychoactive chemicals: -Young individual wants to get high with no knowledge of the strength, potency, force and potential lethalness Fentanyl may and usually does contain. This basically goes for anyone knowingly injesting it without doing any research on the strength/effects, LD50 and other effects of Fentanyl and its Analogues. -Unknowingly taking Fentanyl such as pressed pills. -Individuals ingesting a fake pill (pressed Oxys and Phantom-Fentanyl tablets pressed in clandestine laboratories) that was made from a hotspot within the mixture. When care is not taken by the chemist or pill ingrediant mixers then the intended Fentanyl to Inactives ratio may change in certain areas of mixture causing "HotSpots (Ex: Intend for 1:10 and end up with 2:7 in some areas; Fentanyl:Inactives) 1 or a few pills may get pressed with this strong, or stronger mixture ratio, potentially causing an OD or death. Individuals should always do an allergy/taste test (small amount is licked to check for extra-potency, make sure you're not allergic). -New ROA is attempted with the individuals previously used Top-Dose. For Example: Going from usually taking 1mg Orally to shooting up 1mg Intravenously for the first time. -Intravenously using Fentanyl your first time using the substance. -Misjudging dose of Fentanyl with non-pure powders, extracted gel patches, patches cut into various pieces and of course; black-market pressed pills. The exact dosage may not always being clear, known or exact just by weighing or knowing what is within it the product. -Not weighing any pure Fentanyl or one of its analogues with the proper scale necessary to get a proper dose. One that weighs MCG/UG for pharmaceutical Fentanyl and one that weighs MG for Butyr-Fentanyl, Furanyl-Fentanyl, Acetyl-Fentanyl and other less potent analogues. -Hotspots within powder mixes and mis-labelling bags of pure powders with powders buffed out with In-active ingrediants LEading to using doses of mixes with pure powders. -Using Fentanyl without a large opioid tolerance.

I seriously believe that when Fentanyl is administered with the supervision and guidance of a fully-trained/intelligent proffessional Medical Doc then the benefits for pain managment for patients with extremely severe pain such as cancer patients is immense, sometimes other Opioids just wont breakthrough the pain like Fentanyl will, also it is a great daily pain managment system using patches which may be supplemented with tiny doses of dillaudid IR for high-tolerance individuals.

Also when someone uses it very carefully and follows absolutely all safety procedures when dealing with pure powders, an individual may safely dose these products and get the effect theuy desire without any negative consequences. However, most people dont know what to do with pure powders. Example: I am on MMT and take 110mg/day methadone, 2-3X a month I like to get high for a day and skip my methadone and do Fentanyl, with pure Furanyl-Fentanyl I may weigh up my desired dose with my MG scale which has been recently calibrated and properly taken care of (weigh twice), prevent breathing in any way possible (more of a concern with stronger Fentanyl like Regular Fent) then do a quick taste test with 1/10 of dose, if all is well re-add the 1/10 to dose, re-weigh, then ingest in a way that is not unfirmiliar or hasn't been done, use less then small personal doses for a new ROA and work my way up. I personally inject, so what I do is use more water then needed to fill the rig, slowly push in the plunger, stop halfway, wait for the rush to begin so I know im safe, then slowly push the rest in. I do not ever re-dose extra then my tried and true re-dose schedule during sessions. and don't ever binge anymore. I did a few times back before treatment and I got lucky nothing bad ever happened. I am not 100% clean and not ready to be 100% clean yet, I am working towards it, but when I feel like using (which isnt that often) Fentanyl is the only substance that will break through my Methadone, not even high doses of strong Heroin do the trick (gives me abuzz/rush but hardly anything), judge me if you want, but I would rather keep it to yourself, this is just my opinion.

Things to never do with Fentanyl: -Don't ever Eyeball doses. -Try high doses without starting low and working up to them. -Don't take pressed pills unproffessionally produced. -Know your supplier/chemist. -Don't use mixes unbless you're 100% positive chemist mixed properly. -Do not take Fentanyl with a small or non-existant Opioid Tolerance. -Do not cut and take large portions of patches, do not extract patches to use unknown amounts, don't ever attempt to inject solutions made from patches. Quantities along patches are not evenly distributed.

Things to do with Fentanyl: -Always keep a Narcan injection close by and ready while using Fentanyl -Preferable to use with someone else around to keep an eye on you in case your breathing slows to much during a nod. -Use proper MG or MCG scale for dosing/weighing. -Make your own Mixture, use proper techniques, Volumetric Mixing is preferred without evaporation, if powder is necessary then Volumetric with evaporation is your best bet. -Research, research, research always. Do not ever guess any aspect of using Fentanyl, know for sure. -Use something else if you can.

All in all, I truly believe all deaths are caused by poor decision making by the user, non-care and preventable mistakes by chemists/others creating mass-mixtures and/or pills for distribution, with individuals judging doses by past mixtures or non knowing its Fentanyl and unproffessional mal-practice by doctors. I have lost a few to Fentanyl but I have also lost a few to Oxt-Codone, heroin and other Opioids as well as non-Opioid hard drugs, all drugs come with side-effects and many come with lethal risks, there is no reason to single out Fentanyl because the main reason people die is because scrupulous clandestine black-market labs and chemists produce dangerous products and then distribute which is where most of the deaths come from, if this did not happen then less would die.

Pure Fent products, clearly stamped as Fentanyl and pharmacueticulk Fentanyl should only be availble but shady fucks are mixing heroin with Fentanyl which causes so many street deaths. When people know they're using fentanyl and seek it out with an arsenal of precautions and research I am positive death rarely occurs with these folks. Ive use Ferntanyl 100s if not well over 1000 times, all types, I be very careful and have precautions to prevent others mistakes from harming me, if I ever Die from Fentanyl it will only be because someone mnixed it into a bag of Heroin and I did to much heroin thinking thats all it was.


[2 Points] nerpss:

This has become a problem where I am locally. Lost 3 friends/acquaintances that I went to school with just this year alone.


[1 Points] dlayover123:

I like how he was found with opioids on his body when discovered yet they can't find a valid prescription for anything yet. They said it was 'self-administered' so I'm assuming he was shooting up the fent? Damn, that's just sealing your own coffin. Sad.


[1 Points] -gimmebrains-:

Sad indeed. Not to quibble though, but technically we just haven't found the right mutant yet.

Health experts can't explain how Ozzy's still alive (or if they did I've forgotten), we should loop him in for a test.


[1 Points] None:

Then the poor bastard is killed by his doctors dopey kid son.


[1 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

The 63" tall singer probably used too many fentanyl patches for his bodyweight, because an opioid addiction specialist was trying to force him onto another plane.


[1 Points] maxturbator:

Rest In Prince


[1 Points] None:

NO THIS WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE> FUCK THIS SO HARD


[0 Points] stilldogman:

This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, and harassment.

If you would also like to protect yourself, add the Chrome extension TamperMonkey, or the Firefox extension GreaseMonkey and add this open source script.

Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possibe (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.

Also, please consider using Voat.co as an alternative to Reddit as Voat does not censor political content.


[-2 Points] identiifiication:

I've heard his tribute before. I always thought he died decades ago and the tribute was nothing more than a short and sweet obituary to his life.


[-3 Points] hillarys_yoni:

Good riddance to bad music.