Hope this kid looks at himself and decides to shape up.

I hope he gets into a good rehab.

I've had friends die of herion and it's not something you just "kick".

various complications due to a lifetime of using, kicking, using, kicking, etc. Mostly liver failure.

Don't think methadone is the answer either, that stuff is harder on your liver than heroin.

I'd say that less than 10% of the people who get strung out are ever able to live drug free again. So many overdose and don't make it 5 years into their habit without overdosing or getting killed in a deal that went bad.

You get strung out on that crap, and you have sold your soul to the devil.

if you have such experience, why that comment? it's clear from your experiences, that one does not just "shape up" from heroin.

I do have a lot of experience being around junkies in my early 20s, but was never a user. Lost a lot of friends to heroin, long before they died.

Cheers!

Not even once...

It's from the boulder daily camera.

That won't stop Republicans from calling for Udall's head, though.

I wish the Udall family luck in helping Jed get treatment and throwing off this monkey. The odds aren't good...

Another Issa in the making. Who knows, he could turn GOP, and then he's in.

I wish there was a way to make people stop being addicts.

Harm reduction works. Treatment does not.

to be honest. I speak from firsthand experience here - I'm still on buprenorphine, but otherwise clean.

one where they can have a decent job
one where politicians aren't bought by big money who don't care how many of us they kill as long as they are allowed to push their product on us. GM food, bad drugs, poison in our water, etc
one where there is not a two tiered court system that allows those with money to go free while those without do not.

A lot of people feel just hopeless these days and in their depression turn to drugs.

right. must be good stuff.

So sorry for Udall...I like him. I hope that doesn't effect his campaign. When kids get hooked on Heroin there's not much parents can do anymore.

Rampaging use among suburbanite kids and young professional types.

Yes, oxy abuse often seems to lead to it. I think Afghanistan supply is flooding the market.

Vermont governor spent entire annual address on it.

I hope he gets successful treatment.