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Can the industry stop "hush-hush"ing that a shit ton of skaters are dying from fentanyl overdoses and actually warn them?
Monk OD'd.
Phelps OD'd.
Grosso OD'd.
Tell people this, that this shit will kill them and their friends that use them.
There are plenty of other opiod deaths such as dave abair and that guy Kurtis that was on world industries. it's insane to think that so many skaters are doing opiods on the downlow because it's really hush hush.
Add Van Wastell to that list. With Fentanyl it's hard to know which are actual opioid dependency deaths and which are accidents from laced cocaine. Not to condone cocaine too much but doing a couple lines of bing isn't the same as being hooked on opioids and the two need to be treated differently. Otherwise you create the effect where kids go in not knowing the difference and once they do one, they do them all.
Pretty sure Grosso wasn't a full time addict and died to an accident.
Grosso has gone on record numerous times as saying he was a (recovering) addict.
That
recovering part in parenthesis is a lifelong occupation, once you set yourself free of the addiction.
No doubt an accident (MOST overdoses are) but that guy was going to be a recovering addict until his last day, regardless of when that was.
Regrettable that he didn’t live to be Grandpa Grosso & regail us with his wonderful stories for another 30 years, but life isn’t always rad.
Check in on your homies.