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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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