by newera_212 » Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:27 pm
AntComello wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:50 am
Tonyd621 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:07 am
Are all those guns necessary? Like wtf...
Got to get off the opiates, man! They are no good! It's hard to take a guy seriously like that
Will they give guys like this suboxone after they get locked up? Cuz if not he looks like he’s in for one hell of a ride withdrawing for the next 3-4 weeks lol
I'm not from MA but I would imagine they will. They do in NY jails , and I feel like NY and MA mirror one another in regards to the programs they have for people and the things they do.
I know a jailer at Rikers AMKC and they move people who need maintenance meds there after intake. I'm not sure if they do a rapid taper and get the people down to little-to-nothing, but that would make sense. If you get locked up they ask you if you're actively using and if you say yes, they wait for you to get sick and get you on meds.
Even if they did get something while they were locked up waiting for arraignment, they probably had to wait a while. Maybe the arresting officers were nice enough to let them get one more dose in at the house, after kicking their door down. Getting dragged out of bed in cuffs early in the morning dealing with all that, knowing you're going to be sick at any moment, has to be extremely rough. But still, fuck these guys...
The older kid is going into a rehab and if he gets put on maintenance meds there, that'll carry over to when he is in lockup. If the younger kid was held without bail and was going to be in Hampden County Jail indefinitely while fighting his case, I'd bet money he'd be able to get on Suboxone there. Article didn't say much about the younger kid being a heavy user or anything - if he was and he's getting released to home monitoring, I wouldn't be surprised if he OD'ed while he was out...
Personal story time since a few others have shared their experiences...I was on Suboxone from late 06 until the beginning of 2010. It took me a few years to taper down from 4mg / day to basically dust (this was before strips) and when I fully hopped off I felt no w/d . Did a slow taper for years. Glad I went on it, and am even more glad I got off of it. There were only a handful of doctors in the state that could prescribe it back then and I had to go on a waitlist for a little while until one of them was taking on new patients. If I had to do it all over again I'd probably rather go on a low dose of methadone. If it weren't such a pain to get. Suboxone has some not-so-great side effects for me, I always suspected the naloxone was blocking 'natural' endorphins and had my energy levels, general disposition, etc. all very low and sluggish. That could be bro science though.
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[quote=Tonyd621 post_id=271536 time=1701943657 user_id=6287]
Are all those guns necessary? Like wtf...
Got to get off the opiates, man! They are no good! It's hard to take a guy seriously like that
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Will they give guys like this suboxone after they get locked up? Cuz if not he looks like he’s in for one hell of a ride withdrawing for the next 3-4 weeks lol
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I'm not from MA but I would imagine they will. They do in NY jails , and I feel like NY and MA mirror one another in regards to the programs they have for people and the things they do.
I know a jailer at Rikers AMKC and they move people who need maintenance meds there after intake. I'm not sure if they do a rapid taper and get the people down to little-to-nothing, but that would make sense. If you get locked up they ask you if you're actively using and if you say yes, they wait for you to get sick and get you on meds.
Even if they did get something while they were locked up waiting for arraignment, they probably had to wait a while. Maybe the arresting officers were nice enough to let them get one more dose in at the house, after kicking their door down. Getting dragged out of bed in cuffs early in the morning dealing with all that, knowing you're going to be sick at any moment, has to be extremely rough. But still, fuck these guys...
The older kid is going into a rehab and if he gets put on maintenance meds there, that'll carry over to when he is in lockup. If the younger kid was held without bail and was going to be in Hampden County Jail indefinitely while fighting his case, I'd bet money he'd be able to get on Suboxone there. Article didn't say much about the younger kid being a heavy user or anything - if he was and he's getting released to home monitoring, I wouldn't be surprised if he OD'ed while he was out...
Personal story time since a few others have shared their experiences...I was on Suboxone from late 06 until the beginning of 2010. It took me a few years to taper down from 4mg / day to basically dust (this was before strips) and when I fully hopped off I felt no w/d . Did a slow taper for years. Glad I went on it, and am even more glad I got off of it. There were only a handful of doctors in the state that could prescribe it back then and I had to go on a waitlist for a little while until one of them was taking on new patients. If I had to do it all over again I'd probably rather go on a low dose of methadone. If it weren't such a pain to get. Suboxone has some not-so-great side effects for me, I always suspected the naloxone was blocking 'natural' endorphins and had my energy levels, general disposition, etc. all very low and sluggish. That could be bro science though.