American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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KampotBound wrote: For fucks sake, there is no coke on the streets of PP. Never that I've heard of...
Why wouldn't there be cocaine here? It's not common but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There have been quite a few busts of large amounts flying in and out of here too.
Phoketrichard wrote:BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
It's not, it's just a general name for a very pure type usually manufactured in Myanmar. You're probably getting it confused with Double UO globe or something.

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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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Ok, cocaine in PP. Fine. Good for those that want it. I'm outta the game, so I'm outta these discussions.
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KampotBound wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Dope just means an illegal drug, its no singular thing its a collective noun... Dope can mean weed or heroin or even steroids :thumb:
NOT according to Kampotbound :stir:
BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
We don't call it heroin when buying here,
ur a junkie? :popcorn:
Top Bloke :thumb:
I'm an ex-junkie, quit years ago. Still take an opioid blocker so i can't use.

I'm not the authority on what dope refers to, just my experience over the years. Yeah, we used to call weed dope in college. But once you're a junkie, for most - not all in the US - dope is heroin.

Thanks for the laughs - roasted me nicely!

I'll stay out of these conversations. I didn't need to be discussing old habits anyway. My bad.

No i don't and never have dealt. Not that I'm criticizing anyone who has, we all gotta eat. And someone had to sell me my dope back in the day.

China white is "pure" Heroin #4 from Asia, by most all "official" definitions. White, powdered, water soluble. Now it's used to misleadingly refer to fentanyl cut dope in the US, unless you have a high level supplier.

That said - drug terms are regional. One thing here means another thing there. One more reason to be super cautious with substances anywhere, esp., away from home.

Wow is it easy to get people to jump on something not well written on this forum! Makes for some great self-deprecating humor when i read it. I need the kick in the nuts. Glad you guys aren't shy!

Haha you will get used to it, the guys here tend to be more pleasant than on the other forum, they can chew you up and spit you out over there lol this is the internet so dont take it too seriously, anything that involves drugs or violence is always going to cause some friction, some readers might appreciate youre knowledge and warnings though :thumb:
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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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double UO
see eye aye classic from back in the day.
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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
KampotBound wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
NOT according to Kampotbound :stir:
BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
ur a junkie? :popcorn:
Top Bloke :thumb:
I'm an ex-junkie, quit years ago. Still take an opioid blocker so i can't use.

I'm not the authority on what dope refers to, just my experience over the years. Yeah, we used to call weed dope in college. But once you're a junkie, for most - not all in the US - dope is heroin.

Thanks for the laughs - roasted me nicely!

I'll stay out of these conversations. I didn't need to be discussing old habits anyway. My bad.

No i don't and never have dealt. Not that I'm criticizing anyone who has, we all gotta eat. And someone had to sell me my dope back in the day.

China white is "pure" Heroin #4 from Asia, by most all "official" definitions. White, powdered, water soluble. Now it's used to misleadingly refer to fentanyl cut dope in the US, unless you have a high level supplier.

That said - drug terms are regional. One thing here means another thing there. One more reason to be super cautious with substances anywhere, esp., away from home.

Wow is it easy to get people to jump on something not well written on this forum! Makes for some great self-deprecating humor when i read it. I need the kick in the nuts. Glad you guys aren't shy!

Haha you will get used to it, the guys here tend to be more pleasant than on the other forum, they can chew you up and spit you out over there lol this is the internet so dont take it too seriously, anything that involves drugs or violence is always going to cause some friction, some readers might appreciate youre knowledge and warnings though :thumb:
Are you referring to the 440 forum? I stopped by there recently, noticed some usernames from over here. Can't say I was impressed with that board, maybe I need to take another look. Someone posted in another thread here last week about which boards / internet sites folks here use to pass time. I'm going to check out some of those sites others here visit. I'll start with the Kauput FB page. Thanks!

I have a pretty thick skin, so it's all good. If i were easily offended I'd not be a good candidate for expatriation - if that's the best term, maybe "foreign resident" is better! Off topic... Oh, well... Again, many thanks.
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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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i know a guy in Vietnam who overdosed on Viagra he was over 50 ,that can be bad shit if you :OD:
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How about this idea:

A big sign at all the borders and airports ...

PLEASE STICK TO EXTRA EXTRA VERY HAPPY PIZZA AND DO NOT TRY ANY OTHER DRUGS!
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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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i nearly died by accident from opioids early in my travels here.
finding myself with an agonising case of "shagger's back" i got some vicodin 60s and after many drinks found my pain unabated so i got some tramadol

i must have woken up several times that night to take more because when i barely woke up the next day, 6 were gone from the card.
i could not breathe and i was dying.

went for a long walk or i would have done the big sleep, quite a struggle to get my clothes on.
the lovely girls at cali2 in jim's time were most concerned.

if you can still walk when OD you better walk. or call the ambo, or get some narcan into you, maybe epinephrine.
pity stroppychops is not here anymore, he could give pro advice as an ambulance guy about what to do

not all who OD are smackos

some are just drunk and a bit stupid as drunks can be
it can easily happen to anyone, and i think a great deal of tourist deaths here are exactly this kind of scenario

opioid and synthetic narcotic medicines are easily deadly things.

they are a little more serious than aspirin and tylenol- which can also kill

be careful out there friends and colleagues

we are a long time dead and best take your full run
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People in the know get excellent uncut coke here, I know. I have stayed at the Amari a lot lately and its fine, no bed bugs, no car thieves and its cheap. I had nearly forgotten about the matelot's car theft allegation. It always sounded like some sort of paranoia to me, not many people get their car stolen in Phnom Penh.
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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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I asked somebody if he could get me a "blow" when I was in USA once. Blow is a word we use in the uk for hash/weed. I now realise that blow in the USA means coke.

"bob hope' = dope= hash

"harry reed". speed

"norman wisdom tablets". pep pills.

Charlie= coke

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