Watching This After I Lost My Friend To Opioid Use Makes Me Sad!

Some ask, "Why would anyone do anything like this to themselves, if they're not just playing around, and being silly?" I have never done any of this, but I've known several people who have lost their lives playing around with these opioids. What I have witnessed as the one common denominator is plain, and simple: PAIN! People who are in all manner of pain will try anything for relief from that pain. The pain can be physical or emotional, but regardless of the type of pain, it is very real pain. We are all aware of the addict who would have never touched anything remotely close to an opioid, but was injured, and prescribed opioids to better manage the pain. After the doctor cuts them off, they go to the streets or friends to get what they can no longer get legally. Then, someone tells them that heroine cost less than the regular pharmaceutical. That's when the transition from Percocet, and Oxycontin to heroine. Since it's not over seen by the FDA, a user never knows what their going to get: straight or cut or laced with Fentanyl. At a point, the addiction becomes a dependency. Where they once only thought they would die without more, the continued use has made them just as dependent on the opioids as we all must have water, an air to live. Without the opioids, they will begin withdrawals, and it can be fatal. It becomes a vicious circle without end unless, and until there is some type of intervention. Furthermore, the longer it's taken, the more it takes to feel "normal" again. This level of "normal" only last as long as there is more opioids once they come back down. I've witnessed this series of events more than I care to. It's starts with pain, and an attempt to escape it.