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with pot . I felt like I had to be talking , but I could not formulate words . I wanted to get out of B ’ s place , and just walk around . My friend M was remarking on how stoned he was and how great the pot was , rather unusual for him .
Things began to get worse . E was escaping into the bathroom periodically , bringing the tray of pot with her , to do lines of what I assumed to be meth or coke , bringing B with her a lot of the time . About twenty minutes later , My friend L comes over , doesn ’ t smoke any of the pot , and talks to E a lot . E is really upset , talking a lot about nothing , and won ’ t stop moving . She seems glad to have someone to talk to . Five minutes after this , my friends C and J come over and smoke 3 bongs of marijuana with me . This was pot they had brought they did not smoke anything out of the tray .
E started freaking out over the presence of J , apparently they don ’ t get along very well . So we decided to leave . I ’ m not feeling anxious about the situation at the time I ’ m actually relieved to be outside and in the company of my non-tweaking friends ( not on meth or coke ). Then something hit me . It felt like cocaine but much cruder and less euphoric . I couldn ’ t stop moving for the life of me . That was when L told me that E said she ‘ laced the weed with tweak ( meth ).’
I was to ride in L ’ s car while everyone else rode with M to J ’ s house . I rode with L to give her directions and because she was prescribed Xanax ( alprazolam ) for anxiety , I thought we could drive to her house and get it because my muscles were clenching and I felt really bad . Not to say there wasn ’ t a euphoria I just had no idea how much meth I had ingested and was extremely worried . All during the car ride I was talking and stroking L ’ s hair and face , my hands were sweating a lot .
Finally she gets it and gave me one of her alprazolam for the anxiety I was feeling due to the meth , I chewed it up ( very hard , my mouth was extremely dry ) 2.1 mg tablets and drive half an hour to J ’ s house . By the time we got there I felt just a bit out of it . Xanax taints my memory , so I don ’ t remember many details after that . We just talked for about 3 hours in J ’ s house smoking cigarettes non stop .
M was not as affected as I was but he did not smoke as much . However , he told me he stayed up until 3 am completely wired due to the meth . We both remarked on how we wanted to go jogging for no reason at all , obviously we are not runners due to how much we smoke . I think that was another side effect of the drugs .
Dear readers this story has been edited and names have been changed for privacy .
The moral and point of this story is you never know what you think you are taking when it comes to street drugs . This story could have ended in a tragedy .
Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant that raises the body temperature to dangerous levels , which can lead to a rise in heart and respiratory rates , as well as organ failure and brain damage . Combined with marijuana a downer could put an individual in cardiac arrest .
ABUSE Magazine wanted to share this story from a teenagers point of view and how irresponsible this teen was with the dangerous situation at hand . There were so many other factors to way in on that were not even comprehensible by these teens who were completely under the influence . Such as operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of any drug , they very well could be the kids in your neighborhood and hit any other vehicle or pedestrian while trying to get to their next location to “ hang out ”.
Remember when offered drugs , just say NO ! When I read that this teen was a frequent smoker of marijuana and then stated he did not like “ tweaker ’ s ”, it really did show how the effects of marijuana had
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