Mark42
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A long time friend of mine was recently taken down by a swat team for selling Oxycontin to an under cover agent. The setup was the classic sting, and he fell for it and was taken down hard. Now in custody, I find out that he had become a pain killer junkie over the years due to his involvement and injuries in the adult sports teams in his town.
This is a well educated man who I met when we were both about 22, and are now in our fifties. He has married a wonderful woman who used to be a run-way model for various designers, and you have seen her on countless magazine covers, posed for the love novel cover photos and paintings, and has been in many commercials. She stopped working in her early 30's and had 2 handsome boys with my friend.
Who would have thought that a guy who has a good job in the banking industry, coaches little league, soccer, and football games was having such problems.
He was in a lot of pain over the years. Pill after pill after pill eventually did not ease his pain, and instead, he became addicted. It got so bad, he had to sell the pills to pay for the pills. A real catch-22. Being a smart and resourceful man, he PURELY FABRICATED A NUMBER OF DOCTORS, ALONG WITH THEIR CREDENTIALS. That is a critical part of the story. Thats why its in bold. Anyone can "create" a doctor. All you need is their "number" and a few bits of info from your health care provider and BINGO! When the pharmacy calls to verify that the prescription called in by Dr. soandso is valid, you answer the phone and say "yes".
He also would take the common script from a doctor for a antibiotic, scan it into the PC, the digitally change it to be a narcotic prescription from one of his fabricated doctors. Printed out, they look just like the real thing.
Anyway, my friend is in re-hab, pending serious charges. Will most likely spend at least 2-3 years in jail from what his wife tells me. Will or has lost his job, because you can't be a felon in the banking industry.
A real clue to his drug use was that all his teeth fell out. Not from snorting cocaine or meth, but the drugs he took deplete the calcium in your body. The end result is serious tooth loss, and many surgeries to reattach tendons that break free from the bone. And serious weight loss because his stomach was such a mess from the pills eating holes in his whole digestive tract. He would drink a bottle or two of Riopan every day just to keep the pills down. And when the pills came up, he would fish them out of the sink and eat them again. Thats how bad it gets, you eat what you vomit.
So pay attention to your family and friends. If their teeth are falling out for no good reason, or they have had multiple surgeries over the last few years for "torn tendons" or their stomach is a mess along with the previous items, that is a strong clue that something has gone south in their life.
Severe intervention is the only choice you have to save loved ones in this condition. My friend was my best friend. As you get older you socialize less, maybe 3 or 4 times a year. I had no idea he wore dentures. I had no idea his thin frame was from drug use. He seemed normal to me. Last time I saw him was in May, and we took out the off-road go-karts and went for a drive along with his sons. Everything looked normal to me. And that is the problem.....
Regards,
Mark
This is a well educated man who I met when we were both about 22, and are now in our fifties. He has married a wonderful woman who used to be a run-way model for various designers, and you have seen her on countless magazine covers, posed for the love novel cover photos and paintings, and has been in many commercials. She stopped working in her early 30's and had 2 handsome boys with my friend.
Who would have thought that a guy who has a good job in the banking industry, coaches little league, soccer, and football games was having such problems.
He was in a lot of pain over the years. Pill after pill after pill eventually did not ease his pain, and instead, he became addicted. It got so bad, he had to sell the pills to pay for the pills. A real catch-22. Being a smart and resourceful man, he PURELY FABRICATED A NUMBER OF DOCTORS, ALONG WITH THEIR CREDENTIALS. That is a critical part of the story. Thats why its in bold. Anyone can "create" a doctor. All you need is their "number" and a few bits of info from your health care provider and BINGO! When the pharmacy calls to verify that the prescription called in by Dr. soandso is valid, you answer the phone and say "yes".
He also would take the common script from a doctor for a antibiotic, scan it into the PC, the digitally change it to be a narcotic prescription from one of his fabricated doctors. Printed out, they look just like the real thing.
Anyway, my friend is in re-hab, pending serious charges. Will most likely spend at least 2-3 years in jail from what his wife tells me. Will or has lost his job, because you can't be a felon in the banking industry.
A real clue to his drug use was that all his teeth fell out. Not from snorting cocaine or meth, but the drugs he took deplete the calcium in your body. The end result is serious tooth loss, and many surgeries to reattach tendons that break free from the bone. And serious weight loss because his stomach was such a mess from the pills eating holes in his whole digestive tract. He would drink a bottle or two of Riopan every day just to keep the pills down. And when the pills came up, he would fish them out of the sink and eat them again. Thats how bad it gets, you eat what you vomit.
So pay attention to your family and friends. If their teeth are falling out for no good reason, or they have had multiple surgeries over the last few years for "torn tendons" or their stomach is a mess along with the previous items, that is a strong clue that something has gone south in their life.
Severe intervention is the only choice you have to save loved ones in this condition. My friend was my best friend. As you get older you socialize less, maybe 3 or 4 times a year. I had no idea he wore dentures. I had no idea his thin frame was from drug use. He seemed normal to me. Last time I saw him was in May, and we took out the off-road go-karts and went for a drive along with his sons. Everything looked normal to me. And that is the problem.....
Regards,
Mark
