Prisoner (32) died after ingesting methadone-laced vomit

[Hellsbells]

An inmate who died inside a men’s prison in Maple Ridge last month may have consumed a lethal dose of methadone.

A man incarcerated at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre said the deceased inmate drank methadone that had been vomited up by another prisoner, a practice called “diversion” by B.C. Corrections.

“He died from drinking barf,” said the inmate, who claims the regurgitated methadone can sell for as much as $20, depending on the millilitres consumed.

Methadone is a synthetic narcotic used to help wean addicts off heroin and other opioids. It’s stored in powder form, but diluted with juice or Kool-Aid for addicts to drink.

The inmate, who requested anonymity, said men on the program will drink a large amount of water before receiving their dose of methadone, then puke it up to sell to other inmates. Those inmates strain the vomit, mix it with tang and drink it.

“They just want to get rocked,” said the inmate. “They are that desperate.”

Ridge Meadows RCMP were called to the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre around 7 p.m. on Oct. 19 after a 32-year-old man passed away from a suspected drug overdose.

A full autopsy has been conducted on the man, but final results of toxicology tests are still pending.

A cause of death will not be determined until those results are received.

B.C. Corrections is also conducting an internal review into circumstances surrounding the man’s death and will not comment on how he may have died.

http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/107067508.html

[TwiztidAngel]

ewww... now that's what i call a serious addiction....eating vomitted up methadone???

[Jaded]

I can not imagine wanting a fix so bad that I would stoop to ingesting another person's vomit...Tang or no Tang.

[MC30]

yuck. thats all i got.

[nurseronda]

I can not imagine wanting a fix so bad that I would stoop to ingesting another person's vomit...Tang or no Tang.

That does it, no more Tang for this Nurse!!!

[gee]

Oh Man I was eating oatmeal when I read this and I just about hurled.... this is beyound even what I can comprehend. I deal with addicts on a daily basis. I can say even in the worst of my disease before I got sober, I could never have done something like that. I've listened to some peoples worst bottoms and this has never come up. (pardon the Pun)

[Bulletproof]

Now THAT is some sick shit! I guess it shouldn't surprise us when we already know 98% of the drugs inmates ingest while incarcerated came out of somones ass or vag anyway... still, for some reason the gross out factor on this one is still higher. Maybe its the image I'm gettin of Joe Prisoner STRAINING the puke chunks out, then mixing in a lil Tang for flavor.... Eww I just grossed myself out

[Nell]

You just never know what you will do. No joke when i was hooked on pills i would sometimes barf them up because of the sheer number of pills i had to take to get high, and i would purposely puke in the sink so i could snag the pills and re-swallow them. They are that expensive and addiction sucks that hard.

[Obsolete]

Someone I love was once addicted to heroin. When she stopped using she stopped cold turkey, no Methadone or anything. She was in the worst kind of pain imaginable. I think at the height of that pain, if someone has handed her a vomity cure she would have swallowed it without flinching.

[TwiztidAngel]

i must say...i love...i mean i LOVE my percocets and xanax....but i seriously doubt i would eat it out of puke!

[Nell]

You get yours for pain and you take them as prescribed. You have no idea what you would do if you were addicted to them to the tune of 20 to 30 a day, or around $600 a month. No idea.

[TwiztidAngel]

You get yours for pain and you take them as prescribed. You have no idea what you would do if you were addicted to them to the tune of 20 to 30 a day, or around $600 a month. No idea.

i do have an idea, nell....when i didnt have med insurance i spent ALOT of money on them...just because i was prescribed them doesnt mean i didnt get addicted to them...it's the ones that do have the scripts that are in the most danger of becoming addicted to them...just haveing the simple mentality that 'i'm ok, my dr gives them to me' is not enough to keep you from getting addicted to them...i know this now and have come to terms with what i went thru to get my meds...

[Gidget]

Some prescription meds are VERY addictive.

I had to take oxycontin for 7 days following a very painful reconstructive surgery on my knee. The first day after I stopped taking it, by the afternoon, I noticed that I didn't feel well at all. I was sweating, but I was cold. I had a headache, dizzy spells, and nausea. Then I realized, I had become addicted to the meds and was having discontinuation symptoms. I had taken those pills exactly as prescribed, for only one week. That was some scary shit.

[beautiful_tormentx]

any kind of narcotic pain killers are addictive that is why they are class 2 and 3. As well as benzos like xanax and ativan etc.. You become addicted to them if you are on them long term even if you take them exactly as prescribed.

I want to be like thats what this dude gets for eating puke, but I understand addiction and I think it's actually pretty sad and gross of course.

[VXIII]

I dont even understand why he would want someones puked up methadone, you dont even get high off it, if you are not an addict with a tolerance it will kill you by making you fall asleep then you stop breathing. Guy just heard the stories about Methadone being a legal high (which it is NOT) and was an idiot. Wonder if the puker is being charged with murder or anything. Wow, I learn new shit daily here... You guys are giving me a PH. degree in lowlife...

[malq]

And That's why I want to avoid prison. The shit that goes on in there, pales in comparison to drinking someones vomit to get high.

Regarding a posters opinion on you cant get high off methadone....True if you are already a junkie. But if you are clean,
here are a few opinions on the subject. I was curious myself. I have heard it both ways and actually seen some one go blue on methadone. Sounds like the bottom line is don't mess with it. Its not like heroin. Hard to tell how much it will take to give you bluelips.

yes you can get high from methadone, its used to treat other opiod addictions because of it's long lasting effect, a person should only need to take a dose every 15 - 20 hours rather then for example smoke/inject/sniff a point of heroin as often as possible or as soon as the nods wear off, methadone is more stable, you do not get a big rush from it, that is why its used, However, if you have no tolerance and you took say.. 30mg of methadone you would certainly get high, probably vomit and feel most of the effects that people are after when taking these drugs, if you have a higher tolerance you may need up to 60+ mg's but BE careful, fine line between nodding off and death
-past abuser









Yes, getting "high" off of methadone is definitely possible. What makes it potentially dangerous is that it is such a potent, long acting synthetic opioid that there is a high dose sensitivity aspect. 10 mg [of methadone] for somebody who takes 4 Vicodin tablets will make them feel like they have taken about 15 [Vicodin's], at 5/500 strength There will be no "rush", and the full effects peak at around 3.5 hours after oral ingestion. Unlike other synthetic opioids like oxycodone or hydrocodone, methadone doesn't give that energetic feeling that the other opioid compounds sometimes produce. It's more like tranquility and relaxation, with a serious "nodding" It definitely dulls any pain, and has a half life of 28-36 hrs. Therefore, the metabolites can be detected in your system for up to 2 weeks.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_ge...from_methadone

It will get you realy high the first time. Subsequent doses will hardly
be felt as compared to the first one. They are great as a one time
thing or once a month or so. The stuff is realy addictive and it will
not get you high unless there is a significant period of time (weeks or
more) between dose

http://www.pharmer.org/forum/discuss...recreationally

[DSC]

Yuck.... that's nauseating just to think about.

@Nell, at least it was your own barfed up pills and not some random person you're in jail w/.

[Dneilz]

Methadone is some crazy crazy shit. It is pretty common place around here and we have had many deaths as a result of "black market" use. My nephews friend died from it. Apparently there is a fine line between therapeutic and dead as a door nail after foaming at the mouth. i think I will stick to a joint or something if I want to get high. At least marijuana isn't going to kill you....