Teen dies after taking 'legal' party drug

[Gyrefalcon]

You're taking a risk when you take any drug, largely because you can't really know how your body will react - I knew a girl back in high school who had to be hospitalized after taking marijuana, as it caused some sort of reaction in her lungs that inhibited her breathing.

Seriously kids, just stick with alcohol. It tastes way better, and it's a lot more fun. It's a win win.

Or you could just spread your arms out and spin around in place until you get dizzy and fall to the ground like you did when you were a kid. Cheap, pretty safe, and free.

 

[Heathrow]

Sheesh, this is why we should legalize marijuana. No one over died of OD from good old fashioned weed.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

The fuck is this?
An opinion poll? are you for or against? what?
Radom drug thread is stupid.

Because the internet cares what I have to say

Go away Troll, you're not wanted here, go to 4chan. He is reporting the news, that of which is good for discussion, if you don't like it, go post comments on Youtube.

 

[ace_of_something]

All drugs are not available in all areas all the time. New things are discovered or brought to a region of the world that didn't previously have it all the time. It's not illegal because the gubment is ignorant it's because a given controled substance isn't previlent enough to constitute attention sometimes. At least that's one reason. I swear people are so black and white about drug laws.

Seriously kids, just stick with alcohol. It tastes way better, it makes people a lot more fun, and the worst that'll happen (unless you're a complete dipshit and drink to the point of getting poisoned, in which case you deserved it) is you'll puke. Alcohol is a win win win.

Umm what about losing cognizence and getting raped? That seems to happen a lot.

Are you suggesting that people don't get raped while high? That's some pretty naive thinking.

What's that I hear? Is it a Straw Man on the horizon?

No, my statement is that worse things can happen to someone who is drunk than puking.

Though for the record, I don't drink, never have. I never have done any recreational drugs either. Unless you count caffiene. And I had to smoke cigarettes occasionally for my old job. I hated them so much though.

 

[zauxz]

People die every day, let's try not to make a big deal out of this.

 

[razer17]

Meh, drugs are drugs in the end... legal or not, generally speaking they'll kill you in large quantities.

Tobacco is a good example of this, actually.

To be honest i think tobacco is the worst example of that. I could smoke 20 fags in an hour and not die from it (I wouldn't, cigarettes are horrid.) but i'm sure if i took 20g of cocaine I would probably die. Hell, if i drank a few bottles of vodka I'd probably end up in hospital.

If the teen had been taking illegal drugs she might still be alive!
lots of so-called legal highs are far more dangerous, and more kids are taking them to try and avoid getting busted.
legalise,control,tax and educate... far better than prohibition.

So much this. Ecstasy, the drug Mephedrone is "replacing", doesn't just up and kill someone. If the government legalises it, they can keep the drugs that are legal pure. The impurities are one of the top reasons drug users go to hospital anyway, so with the tax money they get from the drugs, the govdernment wouldn't lose out on money.

Then there's the hypothesis that legalising drugs would lead to a massive increase in their usage. But thing is, ask anyone who doesn't use drug {i]why[/i] they don't, and they are far more likely to cite health reasons than the fact it's illegal.

Not to mention that if they were legalised we could take the drug trade away from terrorists and drug barons, which is clearly a good thing.

Anyway, on topic: People take drugs, they occasionally kill, especially if you go over the top with it. This happens with alcohol too, but I somehow doubt the government will criminalise that. I don't see why this is news, if the papers reported every drug related death their would be nothing else.

 

[SuperUberBob]

lol that is an illegal drug

Seriously if it is banned in your home country, then it is illegal to buy and possess it in said country even if you do get it online.

People are just idiots.

 

[Ben Legend]

These things are getting out of control. Eventually the government will stop:
Gaming
Sex,
Movies
Comics
Newspapers
Television
Alcohol
Drugs

Is there an island somewhere where I can start a new country?

 

[Skobvs]

Meh, drugs are drugs in the end... legal or not, generally speaking they'll kill you in large quantities.

Tobacco is a good example of this, actually.

So true man

 

[lenneth]

Well if it was legal i doubt it will be for much longer

 

[SonicKoala]

You're taking a risk when you take any drug, largely because you can't really know how your body will react - I knew a girl back in high school who had to be hospitalized after taking marijuana, as it caused some sort of reaction in her lungs that inhibited her breathing.

Seriously kids, just stick with alcohol. It tastes way better, and it's a lot more fun. It's a win win.

Or you could just spread your arms out and spin around in place until you get dizzy and fall to the ground like you did when you were a kid. Cheap, pretty safe, and free.

What's that I hear? Oh yes, it's the completely dull and uninteresting call of the common square. I'm not talking about drinking to the point of passing out, that's stupid. However, having two or three drinks, at least for me, makes me feel almost giddy - I feel a lot more confident, I talk a lot more, I laugh a lot more, and in general have a lot of fun. So don't liken it to spinning around until you get dizzy, because that just makes you sound like some ignorant 12 year old who just attended an anti-drinking seminar.

 

[SonicKoala]

What's that I hear? Is it a Straw Man on the horizon?

No, my statement is that worse things can happen to someone who is drunk than puking.

Though for the record, I don't drink, never have. I never have done any recreational drugs either. Unless you count caffiene. And I had to smoke cigarettes occasionally for my old job. I hated them so much though.

No, I don't count caffiene as a recreational drug. And you HAD to smoke as part of your job? What kind of job was that, provided you don't mind me asking? Unless you're some sort of cigarette model, I can't imagine what job would require you to smoke.

 

[MurderousToaster]

Well, another drug, another day. I don't feel sad for him. If he wasn't afraid of the effects, he wouldn't have taken the drug.

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

In other news: A Boy has RIPPED OFF his own scrotem after hallucinations from taking Methadrone (another legal high)

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

The fuck is this?
An opinion poll? are you for or against? what?
Radom drug thread is stupid.

Because the internet cares what I have to say

Go away Troll, you're not wanted here, go to 4chan. He is reporting the news, that of which is good for discussion, if you don't like it, go post comments on Youtube.

Ergh, sorry, not trolling, just don't get the point. My impatient bitterness meter is riding a bit high. I don't get it, the responses he's likely to get are just 'drugs are bad', or 'anything good the govt. will make illegal'.

More than happy to provide positive imput into good topics....because the internet cares what I have to say.

 

[ace_of_something]

What's that I hear? Is it a Straw Man on the horizon?

No, my statement is that worse things can happen to someone who is drunk than puking.

Though for the record, I don't drink, never have. I never have done any recreational drugs either. Unless you count caffiene. And I had to smoke cigarettes occasionally for my old job. I hated them so much though.

No, I don't count caffiene as a recreational drug. And you HAD to smoke as part of your job? What kind of job was that, provided you don't mind me asking? Unless you're some sort of cigarette model, I can't imagine what job would require you to smoke.

I worked as a(n undercover at times) vice officer. If you're pretending to be a low level dealer and a high level dealer asks you if you wanna smoke. You do. Not smoking is really really suspicious to many of them. So, not wanting to get the shit kicked out of me. I took a smoke or two. Pretending I was trying to quit but just couldn't.
This was until someone else figured out how to make a fake nicotine patch so I could point to it.

 

[KrakFoxx]

Me and my mates just called this a "wimp's drug", mainly because loads of people acted really hard because they took it but i don't think that any of us knew it could do that...

I suppose everyone reacts differently, and the government is definitely going to step in now.

 

[jasoncyrus]

It's amazing how stupid junkies these days are.

It was originally made as a chemical to encourage plant growth...so the are snorting plant food.

Whats next? They start stealing all the miracle grow from garden centres? Hope this shit kills every single person whos stupid enough to take it.

 

[Jamash]

Meh, drugs are drugs in the end... legal or not, generally speaking they'll kill you in large quantities.

Tobacco is a good example of this, actually.

To be honest i think tobacco is the worst example of that. I could smoke 20 fags in an hour and not die from it (I wouldn't, cigarettes are horrid.) but i'm sure if i took 20g of cocaine I would probably die. Hell, if i drank a few bottles of vodka I'd probably end up in hospital.

As a smoker, I can tell you that you would end up in hospital and be very ill indeed from smoking 20 cigarettes in an hour.

Think about it, that's one cigarette every three minutes, and considering it takes roughly about 2-3 minutes to rush a cigarette, you would be chain smoking for an hour straight... and not just normal chain smoking but proper boshing those cigarettes.

I've been smoking for over 10 years and I couldn't smoke more that 3 or 4 cigarettes in a hour without feeling sick, but a non-smoker smoking 1 cigarette every 3 minutes... you'd be so ill that you'd wish you were dead.