D.Way on Opioids?

[S.]

I don‘t think he is on opioids. From the interview it seems more like he‘s in a depression.

[Mike Oxwelling]

I don‘t think he is on opioids. From the interview it seems more like he‘s in a depression.

Addication and depression.   Of course those two are mutually exclusive

[PuffinMuffin]

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It makes sense considering his history of injuries and surgeries but Danny Way on the 9 Club looks to me like a longterm functional opioid user.

[close]

I'd probably become an opioid addict if I had murdered someone tbh.


Actually I'd probably just fucking kill myself like Danny Way should.

[close]

Can’t think of anything much shittier than trying to spread a rumour that someone is a murderer when you know it’s not true. Fuck is wrong with you? You may not like the dude, but that’s taking it way too far.

For real, how could someone come to this conclusion? All Danny Way ever did was state his immense disgust for gay dudes in every single interview. Somehow a group of homophobic skaters (including Danny Way) just so happen to be involved with the murder of a guy hitting on Danny. What a mysterious coincidence. I for one always shout at other women that I don't want to touch their snatch. "You get that snatch away from me you filthy lezzy!" I say. It's not at all weird when you really think about it, totally normal.

Big Brother Dad's Issue interview with Danny Way:

"My son would not be gay. Obviously, there's something wrong with the picture if a kid grows up and becomes gay."

[Allen.]

Fuck anyone defending Danny Way because he can do cool skateboarding tricks. Not one person has said he’s a bad skater. He’s simply a garbage person.

[thebacker]

who?

[natenola forever]

Back in the day when those big volcano vapes with the bag we’re a thing (early 2000s?) I had a friend that knew some of Danny’s acquaintances and told me that dude smokes so much weed that he had a vape setup installed into his truck. I’m assuming his demeanor is the result of like an ounce of weed that was consumed before hand.

If you wanna see someone fucked up on opioids then peep P-rod’s post surgery nine club interview. Dude admits he’s on pain killers all the while drinking alcohol.

heard from a few friends in the industry that he's a crazy stoner but not on some partying shit, he just lives chronic pain from all of his surgeries and uses weed to cope. He's notorious for going into crazy shit like knee surgeries and only using local anesthetic and asking if he can be awake for it. Even in the Plan B video when he breaks his wrist at EMB you here him tel them no painkillers.

[LegitDude]

I wonder what the no pain killers thing is about

[Idk]

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Back in the day when those big volcano vapes with the bag we’re a thing (early 2000s?) I had a friend that knew some of Danny’s acquaintances and told me that dude smokes so much weed that he had a vape setup installed into his truck. I’m assuming his demeanor is the result of like an ounce of weed that was consumed before hand.

If you wanna see someone fucked up on opioids then peep P-rod’s post surgery nine club interview. Dude admits he’s on pain killers all the while drinking alcohol.

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heard from a few friends in the industry that he's a crazy stoner but not on some partying shit, he just lives chronic pain from all of his surgeries and uses weed to cope. He's notorious for going into crazy shit like knee surgeries and only using local anesthetic and asking if he can be awake for it. Even in the Plan B video when he breaks his wrist at EMB you here him tel them no painkillers.

Weed > Opioids

[Low standards]

The more I listen the more I dislike him…

[MysticalTypeExperience]

Not sure what the rules are around here regarding drug discussion...but if anyone knows someone who's addicted to alcohol or opiates and has an underlying desire to get clean, psychedelics like Ibogaine and Psilocybin can seriously help.

Psilocybin helped me end 5 years of poly drug abuse in 2009. I've been clean for almost 13 years now. This is anecdotal but if you browse Reddit drug-related subreddits like /r/Drugs and /r/Shrooms you'll find plenty of similar stories. And science is now confirming that Psilocybin is highly effective at treating various addictions and possibly even depression/anxiety, and other psychedelics like MDMA are effective at treating conditions like PTSD. Some recent studies:

7-22-21 - Novel Class of Psychedelic Iboga Alkaloids Disrupts Opioid Addiction States - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.22.453441v1

6-29-21 - Real-world effectiveness of repeated ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression during the COVID-19 pandemic - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34246008/
“We conducted a case series analysis of adults with TRD (n = 267) who received four ketamine infusions at an outpatient clinic in Ontario, Canada, during COVID-19 restrictions (from March 2020 - February 2021; n = 107), compared to patients who received treatment in the previous year (March 2019 - February 2020; n = 160). Both groups experienced significant and comparable improvements in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and anxiety with repeated ketamine infusions.”

5-10-21 - MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3
In the active group, 88% of participants had a significant reduction in symptoms, and 67% of participants no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis after the treatments.

5-1-21 - Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33146667/
“Findings suggest that psilocybin with therapy is efficacious in treating MDD, thus extending the results of previous studies of this intervention in patients with cancer and depression and of a nonrandomized study in patients with treatment-resistant depression.”

4-15-21 - Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression (Imperial College of London) - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032994
“A QIDS-SR-16 response occurred in 70% of the patients in the psilocybin group and in 48% of those in the escitalopram group, for a between-group difference of 22 percentage points (95% CI, −3 to 48); QIDS-SR-16 remission occurred in 57% and 28%, respectively, for a between-group difference of 28 percentage points (95% CI, 2 to 54). Other secondary outcomes generally favored psilocybin over escitalopram, but the analyses were not corrected for multiple comparisons.”

3-5-15 - Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25744618/
“A recent large population study of 130,000 adults in the United States failed to find evidence for a link between psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin or mescaline) and mental health problems. Using a new data set consisting of 135,095 randomly selected United States adults, including 19,299 psychedelic users, we examine the associations between psychedelic use and mental health. After adjusting for sociodemographics, other drug use and childhood depression, we found no significant associations between lifetime use of psychedelics and increased likelihood of past year serious psychological distress, mental health treatment, suicidal thoughts, suicidal plans and suicide attempt, depression and anxiety. We failed to find evidence that psychedelic use is an independent risk factor for mental health problems. Psychedelics are not known to harm the brain or other body organs or to cause addiction or compulsive use; serious adverse events involving psychedelics are extremely rare. Overall, it is difficult to see how prohibition of psychedelics can be justified as a public health measure.”

9-11-14 - Pilot study of the 5-HT2AR agonist psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25213996/
“Biomarkers assessing smoking status, and self-report measures of smoking behavior demonstrated that 12 of 15 participants (80%) showed seven-day point prevalence abstinence at 6-month follow-up. The observed smoking cessation rate substantially exceeds rates commonly reported for other behavioral and/or pharmacological therapies (typically <35%).”
7-21-16 - Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27441452/
“At long-term follow-up, nine participants (60%) were confirmed as smoking abstinent. At 12-month follow-up 13 participants (86.7%) rated their psilocybin experiences among the five most personally meaningful and spiritually significant experiences of their lives.”

8-19-13 - Psychedelics and Mental Health: A Population Study - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063972
“21,967 respondents (13.4% weighted) reported lifetime psychedelic use. There were no significant associations between lifetime use of any psychedelics, lifetime use of specific psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, peyote), or past year use of LSD and increased rate of any of the mental health outcomes. Rather, in several cases psychedelic use was associated with lower rate of mental health problems.”




I have an even more expansive collection of research if anyone is interested.

Be safe out there comrades.

[lucascbn]

Not sure what the rules are around here regarding drug discussion...but if anyone knows someone who's addicted to alcohol or opiates and has an underlying desire to get clean, psychedelics like Ibogaine and Psilocybin can seriously help.

Psilocybin helped me end 5 years of poly drug abuse in 2009. I've been clean for almost 13 years now. This is anecdotal but if you browse Reddit drug-related subreddits like /r/Drugs and /r/Shrooms you'll find plenty of similar stories. And science is now confirming that Psilocybin is highly effective at treating various addictions and possibly even depression/anxiety, and other psychedelics like MDMA are effective at treating conditions like PTSD. Some recent studies:

7-22-21 - Novel Class of Psychedelic Iboga Alkaloids Disrupts Opioid Addiction States - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.22.453441v1

6-29-21 - Real-world effectiveness of repeated ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression during the COVID-19 pandemic - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34246008/
“We conducted a case series analysis of adults with TRD (n = 267) who received four ketamine infusions at an outpatient clinic in Ontario, Canada, during COVID-19 restrictions (from March 2020 - February 2021; n = 107), compared to patients who received treatment in the previous year (March 2019 - February 2020; n = 160). Both groups experienced significant and comparable improvements in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and anxiety with repeated ketamine infusions.”

5-10-21 - MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3
In the active group, 88% of participants had a significant reduction in symptoms, and 67% of participants no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis after the treatments.

5-1-21 - Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33146667/
“Findings suggest that psilocybin with therapy is efficacious in treating MDD, thus extending the results of previous studies of this intervention in patients with cancer and depression and of a nonrandomized study in patients with treatment-resistant depression.”

4-15-21 - Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression (Imperial College of London) - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032994
“A QIDS-SR-16 response occurred in 70% of the patients in the psilocybin group and in 48% of those in the escitalopram group, for a between-group difference of 22 percentage points (95% CI, −3 to 48); QIDS-SR-16 remission occurred in 57% and 28%, respectively, for a between-group difference of 28 percentage points (95% CI, 2 to 54). Other secondary outcomes generally favored psilocybin over escitalopram, but the analyses were not corrected for multiple comparisons.”

3-5-15 - Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25744618/
“A recent large population study of 130,000 adults in the United States failed to find evidence for a link between psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin or mescaline) and mental health problems. Using a new data set consisting of 135,095 randomly selected United States adults, including 19,299 psychedelic users, we examine the associations between psychedelic use and mental health. After adjusting for sociodemographics, other drug use and childhood depression, we found no significant associations between lifetime use of psychedelics and increased likelihood of past year serious psychological distress, mental health treatment, suicidal thoughts, suicidal plans and suicide attempt, depression and anxiety. We failed to find evidence that psychedelic use is an independent risk factor for mental health problems. Psychedelics are not known to harm the brain or other body organs or to cause addiction or compulsive use; serious adverse events involving psychedelics are extremely rare. Overall, it is difficult to see how prohibition of psychedelics can be justified as a public health measure.”

9-11-14 - Pilot study of the 5-HT2AR agonist psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25213996/
“Biomarkers assessing smoking status, and self-report measures of smoking behavior demonstrated that 12 of 15 participants (80%) showed seven-day point prevalence abstinence at 6-month follow-up. The observed smoking cessation rate substantially exceeds rates commonly reported for other behavioral and/or pharmacological therapies (typically <35%).”
7-21-16 - Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27441452/
“At long-term follow-up, nine participants (60%) were confirmed as smoking abstinent. At 12-month follow-up 13 participants (86.7%) rated their psilocybin experiences among the five most personally meaningful and spiritually significant experiences of their lives.”

8-19-13 - Psychedelics and Mental Health: A Population Study - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063972
“21,967 respondents (13.4% weighted) reported lifetime psychedelic use. There were no significant associations between lifetime use of any psychedelics, lifetime use of specific psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, peyote), or past year use of LSD and increased rate of any of the mental health outcomes. Rather, in several cases psychedelic use was associated with lower rate of mental health problems.”




I have an even more expansive collection of research if anyone is interested.

Be safe out there comrades.

SLAP's own Terence Mckenna

Edit: I forgot that earlier, congrats on being clean for that long dude!

[RichardBarkley]

Fuck anyone defending Danny Way because he can do cool skateboarding tricks. Not one person has said he’s a bad skater. He’s simply a garbage person.

No... You're a "garbage person"

Man you have to be THE WORST poster on here.

Ultra negative vibes 24/7

All you do is jump in at the most sensitive and negative times to pontificate and bring others down to remind them they are "garbage" and you are of course.. the best person.

Get a fucking life and try living in the real world, that has nuance and can't be summed up in some bitter negative comment.

[MysticalTypeExperience]

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Not sure what the rules are around here regarding drug discussion...but if anyone knows someone who's addicted to alcohol or opiates and has an underlying desire to get clean, psychedelics like Ibogaine and Psilocybin can seriously help.

Psilocybin helped me end 5 years of poly drug abuse in 2009. I've been clean for almost 13 years now. This is anecdotal but if you browse Reddit drug-related subreddits like /r/Drugs and /r/Shrooms you'll find plenty of similar stories. And science is now confirming that Psilocybin is highly effective at treating various addictions and possibly even depression/anxiety, and other psychedelics like MDMA are effective at treating conditions like PTSD. Some recent studies:

7-22-21 - Novel Class of Psychedelic Iboga Alkaloids Disrupts Opioid Addiction States - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.22.453441v1

6-29-21 - Real-world effectiveness of repeated ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression during the COVID-19 pandemic - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34246008/
“We conducted a case series analysis of adults with TRD (n = 267) who received four ketamine infusions at an outpatient clinic in Ontario, Canada, during COVID-19 restrictions (from March 2020 - February 2021; n = 107), compared to patients who received treatment in the previous year (March 2019 - February 2020; n = 160). Both groups experienced significant and comparable improvements in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and anxiety with repeated ketamine infusions.”

5-10-21 - MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3
In the active group, 88% of participants had a significant reduction in symptoms, and 67% of participants no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis after the treatments.

5-1-21 - Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33146667/
“Findings suggest that psilocybin with therapy is efficacious in treating MDD, thus extending the results of previous studies of this intervention in patients with cancer and depression and of a nonrandomized study in patients with treatment-resistant depression.”

4-15-21 - Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression (Imperial College of London) - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032994
“A QIDS-SR-16 response occurred in 70% of the patients in the psilocybin group and in 48% of those in the escitalopram group, for a between-group difference of 22 percentage points (95% CI, −3 to 48); QIDS-SR-16 remission occurred in 57% and 28%, respectively, for a between-group difference of 28 percentage points (95% CI, 2 to 54). Other secondary outcomes generally favored psilocybin over escitalopram, but the analyses were not corrected for multiple comparisons.”

3-5-15 - Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25744618/
“A recent large population study of 130,000 adults in the United States failed to find evidence for a link between psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin or mescaline) and mental health problems. Using a new data set consisting of 135,095 randomly selected United States adults, including 19,299 psychedelic users, we examine the associations between psychedelic use and mental health. After adjusting for sociodemographics, other drug use and childhood depression, we found no significant associations between lifetime use of psychedelics and increased likelihood of past year serious psychological distress, mental health treatment, suicidal thoughts, suicidal plans and suicide attempt, depression and anxiety. We failed to find evidence that psychedelic use is an independent risk factor for mental health problems. Psychedelics are not known to harm the brain or other body organs or to cause addiction or compulsive use; serious adverse events involving psychedelics are extremely rare. Overall, it is difficult to see how prohibition of psychedelics can be justified as a public health measure.”

9-11-14 - Pilot study of the 5-HT2AR agonist psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25213996/
“Biomarkers assessing smoking status, and self-report measures of smoking behavior demonstrated that 12 of 15 participants (80%) showed seven-day point prevalence abstinence at 6-month follow-up. The observed smoking cessation rate substantially exceeds rates commonly reported for other behavioral and/or pharmacological therapies (typically <35%).”
7-21-16 - Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27441452/
“At long-term follow-up, nine participants (60%) were confirmed as smoking abstinent. At 12-month follow-up 13 participants (86.7%) rated their psilocybin experiences among the five most personally meaningful and spiritually significant experiences of their lives.”

8-19-13 - Psychedelics and Mental Health: A Population Study - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063972
“21,967 respondents (13.4% weighted) reported lifetime psychedelic use. There were no significant associations between lifetime use of any psychedelics, lifetime use of specific psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, peyote), or past year use of LSD and increased rate of any of the mental health outcomes. Rather, in several cases psychedelic use was associated with lower rate of mental health problems.”




I have an even more expansive collection of research if anyone is interested.

Be safe out there comrades.

[close]

SLAP's own Terence Mckenna

Edit: I forgot that earlier, congrats on being clean for that long dude!

Thanks man. Just trying to spread the good word. It's still bittersweet because I've had to watch nearly 20 friends/classmates die from opiate overdose or suicide in these past 13 years.

[Ric Leonetti]

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Fuck anyone defending Danny Way because he can do cool skateboarding tricks. Not one person has said he’s a bad skater. He’s simply a garbage person.

[close]

No... You're a "garbage person"

Man you have to be THE WORST poster on here.

Ultra negative vibes 24/7

All you do is jump in at the most sensitive and negative times to pontificate and bring others down to remind them they are "garbage" and you are of course.. the best person.

Get a fucking life and try living in the real world, that has nuance and can't be summed up in some bitter negative comment.

Agree..virtue signalling slap champ

[hot take]

My friend did a bunch of coke with him that time he was at bams. He said he was a little sissy bitch the whole time and threw several fits.

[figureitout]

Lizard King once told me D Way had a steady supply of dilaudid lolly pops and he hooked an injury free Lizard up.

[IUTSM]

 y'all talking shit on addicts like it's funny or something and aren't even tuned the most visible tell. dudes got light eyes and his pupils are not pinned.

[Allen.]

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Fuck anyone defending Danny Way because he can do cool skateboarding tricks. Not one person has said he’s a bad skater. He’s simply a garbage person.

[close]

No... You're a "garbage person"

Man you have to be THE WORST poster on here.

Ultra negative vibes 24/7

All you do is jump in at the most sensitive and negative times to pontificate and bring others down to remind them they are "garbage" and you are of course.. the best person.

Get a fucking life and try living in the real world, that has nuance and can't be summed up in some bitter negative comment.

I know you are but what am I

[Uncle Jeffrey]

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It makes sense considering his history of injuries and surgeries but Danny Way on the 9 Club looks to me like a longterm functional opioid user.

[close]

I'd probably become an opioid addict if I had murdered someone tbh.


Actually I'd probably just fucking kill myself like Danny Way should.

[close]

Can’t think of anything much shittier than trying to spread a rumour that someone is a murderer when you know it’s not true. Fuck is wrong with you? You may not like the dude, but that’s taking it way too far.

[close]

For real, how could someone come to this conclusion? All Danny Way ever did was state his immense disgust for gay dudes in every single interview. Somehow a group of homophobic skaters (including Danny Way) just so happen to be involved with the murder of a guy hitting on Danny. What a mysterious coincidence. I for one always shout at other women that I don't want to touch their snatch. "You get that snatch away from me you filthy lezzy!" I say. It's not at all weird when you really think about it, totally normal.

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Big Brother Dad's Issue interview with Danny Way:

"My son would not be gay. Obviously, there's something wrong with the picture if a kid grows up and becomes gay."

[close]

Most flattered I've ever been is when gay guys hit on me. Was down in the dumps, drinking away marriage problems alone at a bar like a total cliche a couple years ago. Younger dude comes up to me and asked if there's something wrong with my left eye.... Because I've been looking right all night. Lol. To be honest I was depressed enough and he was a handsome dude... Not saying I'm just saying.

[ndsr]

who?

Respect, also what has he done since 2005? Serious question. Outside of promising a video part

[matty_c]

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I think the Purdue pharma legal drug pushing would have ruined a lot of pros lives.

These guys are risk takers and a lot are drug users - it seems it would be logical that this would have affected many young men. Danny Way hanging with Bam and Gall and shit probably points to him being a user. Hope he recovers. The USA medical system is totally immoral and debased.

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Nah he was loaded on shrooms whole time he was at bams. The dude guy gets surgery without any anesthesia pain probably is his drug of choice at this point.

I dunno bro like if you think what does bam, Freddy and Danny have in common apart from skating, drugs sounds like such a legit answer they were having a good time out there for sure
And that’s ok

[Sila]

The reccomendation of psychedelics to combat issues like addiction and depression always comes with good intentions but keep in mind studies are performed in clinical settings. I work in harm reduction and have spoken to a lot of people that have taken whatever substance they please looking for a miracle cure without appropriate support and it doesn't always end well. As much as psychedelics have also helped me i'm also very wary to suggest them to strangers as an appropriate treatment.

[MysticalTypeExperience]

The reccomendation of psychedelics to combat issues like addiction and depression always comes with good intentions but keep in mind studies are performed in clinical settings. I work in harm reduction and have spoken to a lot of people that have taken whatever substance they please looking for a miracle cure without appropriate support and it doesn't always end well. As much as psychedelics have also helped me i'm also very wary to suggest them to strangers as an appropriate treatment.

This is true, I would recommend trying to get into a clinical trial if you meet the criteria. That's obviously much easier said than done though.

[Lil Ricky]

Fuck anyone defending Danny Way because he can do cool skateboarding tricks. Not one person has said he’s a bad skater. He’s simply a garbage person.

I look at pro skateboarders the same way as circus performers. They get paid to perform tricks for my amusement. If they can do that, they did their job. I don't need or want to know anything else about them.

[radcunt]

no such thing as a long-term functioning opioid user

Yeah it’s called being rich

[Giftedly Hater’d]

The kids call it “Riding for H Street” 

[Letsfilmavideo]

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Not sure what the rules are around here regarding drug discussion...but if anyone knows someone who's addicted to alcohol or opiates and has an underlying desire to get clean, psychedelics like Ibogaine and Psilocybin can seriously help.

Psilocybin helped me end 5 years of poly drug abuse in 2009. I've been clean for almost 13 years now. This is anecdotal but if you browse Reddit drug-related subreddits like /r/Drugs and /r/Shrooms you'll find plenty of similar stories. And science is now confirming that Psilocybin is highly effective at treating various addictions and possibly even depression/anxiety, and other psychedelics like MDMA are effective at treating conditions like PTSD. Some recent studies:

7-22-21 - Novel Class of Psychedelic Iboga Alkaloids Disrupts Opioid Addiction States - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.22.453441v1

6-29-21 - Real-world effectiveness of repeated ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression during the COVID-19 pandemic - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34246008/
“We conducted a case series analysis of adults with TRD (n = 267) who received four ketamine infusions at an outpatient clinic in Ontario, Canada, during COVID-19 restrictions (from March 2020 - February 2021; n = 107), compared to patients who received treatment in the previous year (March 2019 - February 2020; n = 160). Both groups experienced significant and comparable improvements in depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and anxiety with repeated ketamine infusions.”

5-10-21 - MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3
In the active group, 88% of participants had a significant reduction in symptoms, and 67% of participants no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis after the treatments.

5-1-21 - Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33146667/
“Findings suggest that psilocybin with therapy is efficacious in treating MDD, thus extending the results of previous studies of this intervention in patients with cancer and depression and of a nonrandomized study in patients with treatment-resistant depression.”

4-15-21 - Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression (Imperial College of London) - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032994
“A QIDS-SR-16 response occurred in 70% of the patients in the psilocybin group and in 48% of those in the escitalopram group, for a between-group difference of 22 percentage points (95% CI, −3 to 48); QIDS-SR-16 remission occurred in 57% and 28%, respectively, for a between-group difference of 28 percentage points (95% CI, 2 to 54). Other secondary outcomes generally favored psilocybin over escitalopram, but the analyses were not corrected for multiple comparisons.”

3-5-15 - Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25744618/
“A recent large population study of 130,000 adults in the United States failed to find evidence for a link between psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin or mescaline) and mental health problems. Using a new data set consisting of 135,095 randomly selected United States adults, including 19,299 psychedelic users, we examine the associations between psychedelic use and mental health. After adjusting for sociodemographics, other drug use and childhood depression, we found no significant associations between lifetime use of psychedelics and increased likelihood of past year serious psychological distress, mental health treatment, suicidal thoughts, suicidal plans and suicide attempt, depression and anxiety. We failed to find evidence that psychedelic use is an independent risk factor for mental health problems. Psychedelics are not known to harm the brain or other body organs or to cause addiction or compulsive use; serious adverse events involving psychedelics are extremely rare. Overall, it is difficult to see how prohibition of psychedelics can be justified as a public health measure.”

9-11-14 - Pilot study of the 5-HT2AR agonist psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25213996/
“Biomarkers assessing smoking status, and self-report measures of smoking behavior demonstrated that 12 of 15 participants (80%) showed seven-day point prevalence abstinence at 6-month follow-up. The observed smoking cessation rate substantially exceeds rates commonly reported for other behavioral and/or pharmacological therapies (typically <35%).”
7-21-16 - Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27441452/
“At long-term follow-up, nine participants (60%) were confirmed as smoking abstinent. At 12-month follow-up 13 participants (86.7%) rated their psilocybin experiences among the five most personally meaningful and spiritually significant experiences of their lives.”

8-19-13 - Psychedelics and Mental Health: A Population Study - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063972
“21,967 respondents (13.4% weighted) reported lifetime psychedelic use. There were no significant associations between lifetime use of any psychedelics, lifetime use of specific psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, peyote), or past year use of LSD and increased rate of any of the mental health outcomes. Rather, in several cases psychedelic use was associated with lower rate of mental health problems.”




I have an even more expansive collection of research if anyone is interested.

Be safe out there comrades.

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SLAP's own Terence Mckenna

Edit: I forgot that earlier, congrats on being clean for that long dude!

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Thanks man. Just trying to spread the good word. It's still bittersweet because I've had to watch nearly 20 friends/classmates die from opiate overdose or suicide in these past 13 years.

Loosing friends to drugs sucks I’m sorry for your loss. I hope you have good people to surround yourself with in your current days

[Lou Strux]

The kids call it “Riding for H Street”

!!!

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If you are holding onto a rumor that has constantly and consistently been debunked, all you are is pathetic. Choke yourself out permanently with some Cariuma laces. Night night.

Wait what's been debunked? Danny way helped beat up a dude who later died. That happened.

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If you are holding onto a rumor that has constantly and consistently been debunked, all you are is pathetic. Choke yourself out permanently with some Cariuma laces. Night night.

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Wait what's been debunked? Danny way helped beat up a dude who later died. That happened.

Yeah tk is doing time for that