Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead with needle in arm: cops

^^ This, and also if you get an especially pure batch (though in this case I'm sure he had good shit to begin with). That's happened in Vancouver a few times. You get a lot of dead junkies when an bunch of high purity hits the streets.
 


EricVonDoobie said:
It's crazy to think you can be rich, famous and highly regarded and still have nothing to do on a Saturday night other than shoot junk in your bathroom.
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If you're a dyed-in-the-wool addict, it doesn't matter who you are or how much you have. Especially if you've had a long period of clean time and you let that bitch out of her cage--she's mad as fuck and she'll devour your sitting duck ass--just like you had never quit. What bothers me is how quickly people still judge addicts in our society--it's still seen by many as a moral deficiency or a poor man's disease. Addicts lead secret lives of deep suffering and shame. Most people will never understand. Ah, well. So you see, when you're an IV opiate addict and your addiction is active, there really is nothing in this world you'd rather do than shoot dope in your bathroom--even though you're a multimillionaire with three great kids and a wonderful life.
 
He probably was high on "marijuana" when he did heroin for the first time.

Gateway drugs kill again.
 
He was fantastic in Almost Famous, and delivered one of my favorite lines in any movie.

"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzY2pWrXB_0]Uncool - Almost Famous - YouTube[/ame]
 
Law enforcement/government positions on "gateway" drugs aren't really bright.
People taking an opposing position "just because" also aren't really bright.
 
Fuck, this sucks. Probably my favorite actor of all and in so many great movies. What a waste of talent...
 
Zaino said:
He probably was high on "marijuana" when he did heroin for the first time.

Gateway drugs kill again.
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At least the true Hoff is still alive. Get hooked on feelings and cheeseburgers bros, not drugs!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8]David Hasselhoff - Hooked on a Feeling - YouTube[/ame]
 
vikingred said:
If you're a dyed-in-the-wool addict, it doesn't matter who you are or how much you have. Especially if you've had a long period of clean time and you let that bitch out of her cage--she's mad as fuck and she'll devour your sitting duck ass--just like you had never quit. What bothers me is how quickly people still judge addicts in our society--it's still seen by many as a moral deficiency or a poor man's disease. Addicts lead secret lives of deep suffering and shame. Most people will never understand. Ah, well. So you see, when you're an IV opiate addict and your addiction is active, there really is nothing in this world you'd rather do than shoot dope in your bathroom--even though you're a multimillionaire with three great kids and a wonderful life.
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This.

People don't choose to become heroin addicts. No one wants to be dependent on a drug, and spend every moment of every day worrying about how they're going to get their next hit.

There are millions of people around the world who are as good as heroin addicts that just don't identify as such too. People that have been taking oxycodone, codeine, tramadol or whatever in increasing doses for years on end. Heroin can often be a natural progression from that when their prescription drug habit gets too expensive/doesn't scratch the itch anymore:

"Last year he checked into a rehabilitation program for about 10 days after a reliance on prescription pills resulted in his briefly turning again to heroin."

Most addicts function in society. Their job funds their habit, or their health cover does. The attributes most people associate addicts as having don't come from the drugs they take, but usually not having access to fund their addiction. Running out of money/losing your job, still needing drugs, stealing for it, getting kicked out onto the streets because you didn't pay your rent (after spending it all on heroin), yada yada. A millionaire can cover up their habit very well.

It's also impossible to say someone has a wonderful life without being inside it. There's all kinds of extremely successful people who fight lifetime battles against depression/bipolar/anxiety/etc. Look at Stephen Fry. It's easy to take a look at someone's life from the outside and say "why would they do it?" but until you've spent a day in their head, it's impossible to say. Mental illness is not escaped by the rich and famous. Many addicts become addicts when they find a drug that self medicates an underlying mental illness they have.

His death is tragic, and I think it's a terrible shame that he's more likely to be remembered as a junkie that died in his bathroom than the terrific actor he was.
 
One of the hardest and most painful things I've ever had to do was fight an opiate addiction. Smoking fentanyl off tin foil level and it all started from 30 count Vicodin prescription I got from some minor dental work. 8 months ago if I passed out on my back instead of my stomach I'd most likely be dead from chocking on my own vomit.

Fucking opiates.
 
RIP

He was great. "Happiness" foreva!


mituozo said:
His death is tragic, and I think it's a terrible shame that he's more likely to be remembered as a junkie that died in his bathroom than the terrific actor he was.
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I hope no. He was too great for that.
 
Andrew Scherer said:
Thanks, I will remember this advice the next time I find myself in the bathroom alone with a bag of H and a couple empty syringes
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Joke will be on you because I will have already hid that vial of Narcan for my own protection in case I OD on your couch while you're taking the world's longest crap.
 
mituozo said:
This.

People don't choose to become heroin addicts. No one wants to be dependent on a drug, and spend every moment of every day worrying about how they're going to get their next hit.

There are millions of people around the world who are as good as heroin addicts that just don't identify as such too. People that have been taking oxycodone, codeine, tramadol or whatever in increasing doses for years on end. Heroin can often be a natural progression from that when their prescription drug habit gets too expensive/doesn't scratch the itch anymore:

"Last year he checked into a rehabilitation program for about 10 days after a reliance on prescription pills resulted in his briefly turning again to heroin."

Most addicts function in society. Their job funds their habit, or their health cover does. The attributes most people associate addicts as having don't come from the drugs they take, but usually not having access to fund their addiction. Running out of money/losing your job, still needing drugs, stealing for it, getting kicked out onto the streets because you didn't pay your rent (after spending it all on heroin), yada yada. A millionaire can cover up their habit very well.

It's also impossible to say someone has a wonderful life without being inside it. There's all kinds of extremely successful people who fight lifetime battles against depression/bipolar/anxiety/etc. Look at Stephen Fry. It's easy to take a look at someone's life from the outside and say "why would they do it?" but until you've spent a day in their head, it's impossible to say. Mental illness is not escaped by the rich and famous. Many addicts become addicts when they find a drug that self medicates an underlying mental illness they have.

His death is tragic, and I think it's a terrible shame that he's more likely to be remembered as a junkie that died in his bathroom than the terrific actor he was.
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Exactly. Most addicts on prescription drugs hit the tipping point where they realize how cheap drugs like H are and and make the switch which heralds the beginning of the end.
 
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