Everything and Nothing

Well, as far as I can see. the “RETRO” thing, is ‘all pervasive’. I’m watching the local news this evening and I gathered, “Pharm-Parties”, are in The propaganda machine’s “Frighten the Public” cross hairs tonight, an apparently new(sic) phenomenon with middle to High school age, kids (coming to a neighborhood near YOU…SOON!!). I’m thinking, ‘these must be some wealthy kids’, if they can afford to “pass bowls of prescription drugs around” at these ‘alleged’ parties. Granted, this (story) started with 15 kids being caught (in school) with, the incredibly dangerous drug ; SOMA, carisoprodol, a fairly mild (non-addictive I.E. you don’t go into withdrawal if you stop taking it suddenly) muscle relaxant, at least it’s never done much beyond make me tingly for 20 minutes, then just plain old ‘tired’, IF I didn’t get a skull crushing headache first. Apparently, the drug was bought by one of the teens, in Mexico over spring break (further proving my point, that teens in the 21st century may very well BE abusing prescription drugs, but it’s nothing NEW) trust me, I did all the same shit, all the way through junior, and ‘HIGH’ school.

SOMA?? That’s a laugh. OK, I’ll break this down the easy way, to make it a little bit clearer, for those too young  to remember, that this has been going on for YEARS, since the 60s in fact! The most likely scenario I picture is, the kid got hold of some of the stuff at home, when mom or dad had a backache, it was leftover in the medicine cabinet, it gave em a decent buzz, so when they went down to Mexico, and knowing it was available OTC there, bought some. Now, HERE’S MY point, there are things MUCH stronger than SOMA available OTC in Mexico. IF you have the slightest clue what you’re looking for (although Rohypnal “the date rape drug” comes to mind, Mexican pharmacies are MOSTLY reluctant to give the STRONG stuff up(except to locals). But, go to enough pharmacies, and you can find it. If you know the generic name for just about ANY…say; benzodiazepine, if they stock it, you can go home with a tidy little supply of…Lorazepam(Ativan), Diazepam(Valium), Alprazolam(Xanax), Chlordiazepoxide(Librium), Chlorazepate(Tranxene), Butalbital compound (Fioricet, Fiorinal) ALL of the preceding, are available OTC in Mex. all are WAY more dangerous than SOMA, and all are addictive. All benzos, with the exception of Butalbital, which contains a barbiturate, and is usually prescribed for migraines. I would say that the vast majority of todays ‘parents’ are, either actively using drugs (marijuana, coke, meth), or did when they were teens, if not excessively, then at least recreationally. Yet the Media talks about the situation as though we have “Ward and June Cleaver” suddenly completely befuddled, by “The Beav’s “ errant behavior. No, I think todays parents, rather than being ‘enlightened’, by the media, are seeing a recurrence of their own behavior, and it scares the hell out of them, on the one hand, you have THE MEDIA, and on the other, their own knowledge of what drugs were like when they were in High school. Well parents, I can tell you THIS, you can, for the most part, relax. MOST of the dangerous stuff we did as teenagers, (at least the pharmaceuticals , Quaaluude, reds, yellows, x-mas trees, black beauties (the REAL ones), black n whites”bi-phetamine” etc) have all but been taken out of the loop, for the most part, in fact, no-one even MAKES Quaaluude anymore (except in Cuba), and the barbiturates, nembutal, seconal, tuinal, are only prescribed under the most dire circumstances. It’s not like the 60’s, 70’s & 80s, when DRs were handing the stuff out like candy. So, with the exception of OxyContin, (hillbilly heroin) there are very few prescription drugs left, that one could ‘easily’ OD on. I remember having a pocket full of reds (even after being told “Take your dose, and put them away, because you’ll forget that you took 2, and you’ll take more and etc…..”) they were right, and sure enough, I OD’d, luckily for ME, I had an extremely high tolerance for those types of drugs. Hence, I’m ALIVE to tell the tale, the REALLY dangerous stuff, the barbiturates and such, are no longer available, or if they ARE, they’re REALLY hard to get your hands on (yep, I’ve tried). The ironic thing, is that all of MY friends used to give ME a hard time about taking prescription drugs, while at the same time they’d do a couple hits of acid, or PCP (‘T’ as it used to be known), or smoke some angel dust, and yet I was the ‘druggie’ *laughs*, and THEY’RE doing junk mixed in a bathtub, by 2nd yr. Chem students LMAO, yeah right!!!!! Anyhow, back to the SOMA I would argue that, although it’s probably not a good idea to pop a few, and get behind the wheel, I’ve taken LOADS of them, for long periods of time, for back pain, I NEVER experienced any withdrawal symptoms, after taking them daily for as long as 6 months, and stopping ‘treatment’, without tapering off of them, I’d call that NON- addictive. Mentally addictive? Sure, you WANT some more of it, but your BODY doesn’t NEED it, i.e. you don’t get “sick” when you stop taking it THAT’S the difference.
The only conclusion I can draw from the fact that the kid didn’t bring back anything more dangerous than SOMA, is simple ignorance. Which in this case is a GOOD thing, he/she didn’t know about the cornucopia you can bring back legally. But if the media has its way, they’ll ALL know, before this essay is finished, there’s more available, ever vigilant souls that they are, you know, they really do have the “best interests”of the public at heart, when “warning” us all of new threats to our increasingly threatened ‘well being’, will make sure of that!

For instance, in the space of one month I learned ; at LEAST 5 new ways to get high with household chemicals, how to break into houses with nothing more than a .50 key, filed in the correct manner (they even showed me HOW to make one), same with cars, apparently, all one needs is a key that can easily be acquired on the net. Or if you can’t find one ready to order, no problem, you can find instructions, to make your own Is it ME, or does the saying, “ignorance is bliss” apply here? Mind you, they’re quick to BLAME the net for this, but let me ask you one thing, Who’s looking this stuff up, and WHY? Just to let us all know it’s there? One has to wonder…