Too many people dying young

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Jamie_Lambo wrote: Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:39 pm
phuketrichard wrote: Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:57 pm
2." your face will go numb if it's some good shit" BS
3. very easy to make rocks out of powder
Cocaine is also an anesthetic, which numb the mouth throat and nose, and good stuff can make your whole face feel numb, in the UK dealers will often cut coke with Dentists local anaesthetics in order to trick the customer into its potency when in fact its just cut down, a reason why you shouldnt buy coke thats just in powder form

and true, coke can often get cut down and re-pressed back into rock a couple of times before it hits the consumer, but its time consuming and effort and not something street dealers do, so its often a good sign of knowing its more likely to be better stuff

Cocaine is a waste of money, biggest rip off drug around
My boy had this big ass contraption... heavy as shit and it basically compressed the powder back into rock form. Honestly, I didn't enjoy the breaking it up etc.. so time consuming but suppose it was part of the "process" and you knew once u broke it down the party would start ..lol but you reminded me of that damn thing. It kinda reminded me of a car jack, that you crank up and down to get it back to rock form
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Hi Brooklyn Boy. Why didn't you follow your ketamine-fueled friend into Mexico? Thank you and take care!
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Dumbinic wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:06 am
pczz wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:55 am the prospect of living and having to return home for an old age of abuse in a "care home", or being unable to afford a pint every now and then is more scarey than dying here.
Agreed. I am intending to come to PP soon with the sole intention of ending my life. Why? I have a chronic pain illness that has left me permanently disabled and the happiest times in my life were in se asia on and off between the years of 1996 - 2016. I don't believe in 'the afterlife' but I would like to at least carp it in a place I was once happy rather than the cold grey small town overpriced suburban hell of my current surroundings.

Good times.
You didnt say what your illness is. Have you looked into alternate treatments? For example, some people use marijuana for pain.
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explorer wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:41 am

You didnt say what your illness is. Have you looked into alternate treatments? For example, some people use marijuana for pain.
Thanks for the tip.

I have a severe case Neuropraxia which is a nerve injury to my right shoulder and arm caused by a motorcycle accident in Vietnam. Whilst in many cases recovery is possible in my case the doctor said the pain will lesson over the next two/three years, which might not seem that long but it is an epic amount of time to be in agony and it has already gone on for almost a year. This is made worse as I now live in almost complete isolation from other people miles from anywhere. I also can't work.

The doc also said I am unlikely to regain full movement, I will never play any sport again for example, and I will always be in some type of moderate and sporadically severe pain. Things have got better movement wise, 8 months ago I couldn't open a packet of crisps, and I can now type (just about), but pain wise it remains the same; constant, relentless, agony.

I was prescribed Oral Morphine and Oxycodone for pain management (which docs don't dish out for fun where I come from) but I didn't take either as, to be frank, I am a recovering addict. In fact the bike accident was caused by driving whilst intoxicated. Yes, yes, yes, what a cunt. You play with fire you get burnt etc. I accept that.

I have tried Cannabis Oil but it did nothing. I would be very reluctant to start smoking marijuana as that was something I did alot of in my teens/early twenties and it always made me paranoid as fuck + potential addiction issues.

I also have PTSD due to some unfortunate moments that still linger from my childhood (which do deserve pity but I won't elaborate on) along with a series of utterly idiotic decisions made in adulthood which deserve nothing but opprobrium and schadenfreude.

In a phrase: I am fucked.

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In a phrase: I am fucked.
Sounds that way,

if ur American and live in a dope friendly state visit a dispensary and get some good oil or eatable
or make ur own, follow Rick Simpsons method, https://phoenixtears.ca/
some sites also sell his oil BUT better to make ur own

other than that
addiction vs pain??
i'd take addiction

PS: my mom was on oral morphine when she was dying with cancer an my sister and i used to "share" with her

nice stuff :thumb:
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Dumbinic wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:10 pm
In a phrase: I am fucked.

:hattip:
And you are coming to Cambodia soon ? That should help. :facepalm:
My 2c. If you are in a country where you have free/cheap medical care right now, and you have severe health problems, it might not be the smartest move to come to Cambodia with no money.
Look around the forums on CEO, do a search for foreigners, deported. They are mostly guys who are sick and have run out of money. I'm trying to be helpful and realistic.
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You know about your condition and I dont, but if the pain will lessen you may get to the point where it is not so bad, and life may be OK. You can always hope.
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why would u want to travel to Camboida with little money , no friends, only to die?
fuck, do it at home
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Because he will make so many friends so quickly he will be happy and want to live.

How is the financial situation? Can you afford it?
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For centuries people died very young, about 50% died before the age of 5 and only 20% reached the age of 25.
There are people who cannot imagine that there are other ways of life than their own life. :facepalm:
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