(MUSIC)
EVEN AT THE AGE OF 15, SAM WOULD
TAKE THE TIME EVERYDAY WHEN I WOULD
COME FROM WORK TO SIT DOWN
AND WE WOULD TALK WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WORK
WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT
SCHOOL. WE HAD A VERY OPEN RELATIONSHIP
AND SAMANTHA JUST LOVED MAKING PEOPLE
HAPPY AND HAVING FUN.
SHE WAS A REALLY GOOD KID.
(PHONE RINGING)
I GOT A PHONE CALL
THAT WOKE ME UP
AND THE NURSE SAID THAT SHE
WAS A NURSE AT SEAWAY HOSPITAL
I NEED TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL
THAT SAMANTHA IS UNRESPONSIVE.
I ASKED HER WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT
SHE COULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING
FURTHER I JUST NEEDED TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL.
(MUSIC)
THEY ARE CALLED CLUB DRUGS
BECAUSE THEY BECAME POPULAR IN THE
CLUB SCENE. THEY ARE CALLED
DESIGNER DRUGS BECAUSE THEY ARE
DESIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC HIGH
THEY ARE CREATED BY UNDERGROUND
CHEMISTS IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE
UNFIT AND UNSANITARY.
THEY ARE SUBSTANCES THAT ARE LISTED
AS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND THEY ARE
THEN ALTERED. THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION
OF THESE DRUGS IS THAT THEY ARE SAFE.
THE FALICY IS THAT THEY ARE SOFT DRUGS
THAT THERE ARE NO RAMIFICATIONS.
BECAUSE IT IS A PILL, IT'S NOT HARMFUL
THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY
LONG TERM EFFECTS.
I CAN REMEMBER ONE KID WALKING UP TO ME
AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH KIDS THAT JUST WANT
TO KISS EACH OTHER AND NOT SHOOT
EACH OTHER. WHERE DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH A NARCOTIC THAT CREATES PEACE
WITHIN A COMMUNITY IF IT FEELS THAT GOOD
AND IT DOES THAT MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY
HOW CAN IT BE THAT BAD
AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU ARE
FIGHTING WITH DESIGNER DRUGS.
(MUSIC)
I GOT INTRODUCED TO ECSTASY
AT A NEW YEARS EVE PARTY
WHEN I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 16 OR 17
YEARS OLD
ECSTASY IS A TYPE OF EMPHEDAMINE
IT'S A TYPE OF SPEED.
THE EFFECT IS A TWO FOLD EFFECT
THE FIRST EFFECT IS THE EMPHEDAMINE EFFECT
WHICH LIKE ANY OTHER SPEED,
DIET PILLS FROM YEARS AGO,
THAT RAPID EYE MOVEMENT,
THE EXCESSIVE ENERGY, THE WANTING
TO CONSTANTLY TALK, CONSTANTLY
BE ACTIVE, THAT'S THE EMPHEDAMINE SIDE.
THAT IS NOT THE HIGH THE USERS ARE AFTER.
THE USERS ARE AFTER THE SECOND HIGH
AND THAT HIGH IS THE SEROTONIN HIGH.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN ABOUT
40-60 MINUTES, YOU ARE GOING TO START
FEELING EUPHOIRCY FEELING.
IT GIVES PEOPLE A SENSE A FALSE SENSE
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
AS DANGEROUS AS WHAT IT SEEMS.
IT LURES YOU IN.
MOST OF THESE CLUB DRUGS THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT EFFECT THE CHEMISTRY
OF THE BRAIN. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE
BRAIN IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS WHERE
WE REMEMBER THINGS, OR THE WAY
WE DO THINGS ARE CHEMICALS WE
RELEASE IN THE BRAIN.
AND THEY ACT ON NERVES THAT INSTRUCT
US ON HOW TO THINK, HOW TO ACT,
HOW TO MOVE MUSCLES.
WHEN YOU EAT, SLEEP, THINK, FEEL TIRED
FEEL SEXUALLY ACTIVE, THESE ARE
DICTATED BY THESE CHEMICALS THAT
COME OUT OF YOUR BRAIN.
TO PUT IT IN A NUTSHELL,
YOU HAVE THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS OF
DEHYDRATION AND HYPERTHERMIA.
BASICALLY YOUR BODY IS OVERHEATING
BECAUSE WHAT ECSTASY DOES IS A FEW
BIOLOGICAL THINGS TO YOUR BODY.
FIRST IT KICKS UP YOUR HEARTBEAT UP
TO ABOUT 200 BEATS PER MINUTE
IT KICKS YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE UP
TO 230 OVER A 130.
WHEN YOU'RE DANCING AND YOU'RE JUMPING
AROUND, YOUR BODY GETS REALLY REALLY HOT
SO YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOUR ALMOST
BOILING IN YOUR OWN SKIN.
YOU CAN GET A BODY TEMPURATURE FROM
104 DEGREES ALL THE WAY UP TO 115 DEGREES
YOUR BODY IS BEING CONSUMED BY THE
TEMPURATURE.
IT'S CAUSING A BREAKDOWN OF THE MUSCLES
CAUSING BREAKDOWN OF THE HEART
THE BREAKING DOWN SO
YOUR WHOLE BODY IS BEING DRAINED
BY THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE.
IT'S LIKE DRIVING A CAR WITHOUT
WATER. YOU DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT WATER,
THE ENGINE IS GOING TO SEIZE.
YOU CAN HAVE SEIZURES, YOU CAN
HAVE A STROKE, YOU CAN HAVE BLEEDING
IN YOUR BRAIN. THE ONE SERIOUS SIDE
EFFECT OF LONG TERM USE OF ECSTASY
IS IT CAUSES PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE
MOSTLY EFFECTING THE ABILITY TO RECALL
OR HAVE MEMORY PROBLEMS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE A
BRAIN TUMOR THAT IS UNCURABLE.
I ASKED MY NEUROSURGEON WHEN I GOT
DIAGNOSED WITH THIS, I TOLD HIM ABOUT
ALL THE DRUGS I EVER DID, ABOUT WHAT
KINDS OF DRUGS I EVER DID AND I ASKED
HIM IF THAT COULD HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH IT AND WHAT HE TOLD
ME THAT AT WHAT SIZE THE TUMOR WAS WHEN
THEY DISCOVERED IT, IT WAS PROBABLY
GROWING FOR 5 YEARS AND THAT
HE COULD NOT TELL ME THAT IT WASN'T
CAUSED BY THE DRUGS.
WE DO KNOW, THROUGH TESTS THAT WERE
RUN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
AND JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
THAT LONG TERM ECSTASY USERS OVER A PERIOD
OF 18 MONTHS DEMONSTRATE A SHORT TERM
MEMORY LOSS, ATTENTION SPAN WAS SHOT
AND SHORT TERM NEW LEARNING WAS GONE.
NOW YOU GOT 15 AND 16 YEAR OLD KIDS
THAT HAVE TO TAKE THEIR SATS IN A COUPLE
OF YEARS AND CHOOSE A CAREER AND GO TO
COLLEGE AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE
RETAINING MATERIAL AND ANALYZING
WHERE ARE THEY? THEY ARE IN A WORLD
OF HURT BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO PARTY.
SO THERE IS A LOT MORE DOWN SIDES
TO ECSTASY THEN IS KNOWN TO THE
AVERAGE PERSON.
BECAUSE THEY USE HEROINE AS A CUT
IN THE ECSTASY TAB KNOWN AS A DOPEY,
BECAUSE THEY ARE DEVELOPING,
YOU KNOW KIDS WILL TELL YOU THAT
ECSTASY IS NOT ADDICTIVE, BUT
WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU IS THAT
IF YOU TAKE ENOUGH MDMA, ECSTASY, INTO
YOUR BODY, TO CAUSE WITHDRAWLS,
WHICH IS THE DEFINITION OF ADDICTION,
YOU'LL BE DEAD.
BUT WITH HEROINE, HEROINE IS
VERY ADDICTIVE. SO
CONSEQUENTALLY, DEALERS KNOW THIS
AND THAT'S WHY THEY WILL TRY TO PROMOTE
THE HEROINE LACED PILLS, BECAUSE THEY
DEVELOP A TASTE FOR THE HEROINE
AND THEREFORE HOPEFULLY THE DEALERS
ARE HOPING THEY WILL GET HOOKED ON HEROINE.
IT'S LIKE A CAT TRANQUILIZER.
SO WHEN YOUR LITTLE KITTY GOES INTO THE
VETERINARY FOR SOME SURGERY,
THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL INJECT
INTO THE CAT TO PUT THEM UNDER
SO THEY ARE NOT FEELING ANY PAIN
WHEN THEY'RE IN SURGERY.
ECSTASY IS CUT SOMETIMES WITH SPECIAL K.
KETAMINE CAUSES, WHAT IN LOWER DOSES
CAUSES A EUPHORIA, OR AN OUT OF BODY
EXPERIENCE. YOU MAY HALLUCINATE
YOU'RE NOT ACTING NORMAL OR
AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY SOME PEOPLE
TAKE IT, BUT AT A HIGHER DOSE,
IT CAN STOP YOUR BREATHING
AND CERTAINLY WHEN YOU STOP YOUR
BREATHING, YOU'RE GONNA DIE.
BUT THE FIRST TIME I USED IT,
I PASSED OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES,
MOST PEOPLE DO, WHEN THEY USE ON A TONE
LIKE THAT BECAUSE I MEAN
WE ARE NOT DOCTORS, WE DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH WE SHOULD TAKE OR SHOULDN'T.
YOU CAN TAKE TOO MUCH OF IT AND GO INTO
WHAT THEY CALL A K-HOLE.
WHEN YOU GO INTO A K-HOLE,
YOU LITERALLY GO INTO A COMA TYPE SITUATION.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE,
YOU CAN'T THINK COHERENTALLY BECAUSE
YOU'RE SEEING HALLUCINATIONS.
IF YOU WERE IN A K-HOLE RIGHT NOW,
I COULD SLAP YOU,
I COULD PUT ICE CUBES ON YOUR NECK
I COULD JUMP YOU UP AND DOWN
AND YOU WOULD NOT FEEL A THING
UNTIL THAT HIGH WORE OFF
YOU ARE OUT OF THE PICTURE
YOU ARE DOWN FOR THE COUNT.
BEING THAT IT IS ANESTETIC, YOU CAN
ANESTHETIZE YOURSELF TO THE POINT
WHERE YOU MAY NOT WAKE UP AND
YOUR FRIENDS AROUND YOU ARE USING TOO
NOBODY'S GONNA KNOW TO SEND YOU OUT
FOR HELP OR THAT YOU NEED HELP
AND CHANCES ARE NOBODY'S GONNA CALL
FOR AN AMBULANCE OR ANYTHING
BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL
YOU KNOW IT'S VERY EASY TO OVERDOSE,
VERY EASY.
(MUSIC)
ROHYPNOL IS A DRUG THAT IS A TRANQUILIZER
ROOFIES ARE NOT MANUFACTURED IN THE
UNITED STATES, THEY ARE HIGHLY ILLEGAL HERE
BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING USED FOR THE DATE
RAPE
IT IS THE COMMON PERCEPTION THAT OH
IT'S A LEGAL SUBSTANCE,
IT'S JUST LIKE VALIUM.
ONE ROHYPNOL IS LIKE TAKING 10 VALIUMS
IT HAS THE STRENGTH OF 10 VALIUMS
WHEN IT'S ABUSED ON THE STREET
IT IS ANOTHER DATE RAPE DRUG
BECAUSE IT WILL KNOCK YOU OUT
AND KEEP YOU KNOCKED OUT FOR
QUITE ALONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS IT MAKES YOU FORGET
THE EVENTS WHILE YOU ARE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE DRUG IT. CAUSES
AMNESIA.
YOU WILL HAVE NO MEMORY OF WHAT IS
GOING ON.
YOU WILL WAKE UP AND NOT KNOW WHERE
YOU WERE, YOU'LL WAKE UP AND HAVE NO MEMORY
OF ANYTHING THAT TOOK PLACE.
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS,
IT'S EXTREMELY SCARY.
THESE 14, 15 YOU KNOW
LITTLE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, THEY
GO OFF TO THESE PLACES, THESES
ARE VERY SHADY PLACES.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING
TO COME ACROSS, UM
I'VE HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE
NEARLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN THESE
PLACES.
BECAUSE IT'S TASTELESS,
BECAUSE IT'S ODORLESS, BECAUSE IT DISSOLVES
EASILY, NO ONE WILL KNOW.
NEVER SHARE BOTTLES OF WATER
YOU KNOW AT RAVES AND AT PARTIES,
BOTTLES OF WATER ARE CONSTANTLY
PASSED AROUND.
A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS NEVER
ACCEPT A DRINK FROM SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW
OR SOMEONE WHO JUST GIVES YOU A DRINK.
YOU GET PEDOPHILES AND REALLY SICK
PEOPLE THAT GO THERE, BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO DRAW
A YOUNG KIDS AND THESE KIDS ARE
GONNA BE SCREWED UP AND ANYTHING
CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW,
IT IS SO DANGEROUS.
YOU COULD WAKE UP AFTER BEING RAPED
AND YOUR CLOTHES ARE ALL BACK ON
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT ON CORRECTLY
AND BY NOW THE DRUG IS LEAVING YOUR SYSTEM
BY THE TIME YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL,
A PHYSICIAN OR THE POLICE, THE DRUG
HAS LEFT YOUR SYSTEM,
YOU HAVE NO MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.
SO YOU DON'T GET TO A RAPE KIT
THE FIRST DAY, IMMEDIATELY,
YOU HAVE NO PROOF THE DRUG WAS USED,
SO IF YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY THE ATTACKER
AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF THE DRUG WAS
USED, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO ARREST?
(MUSIC)
METH IS BECOMING A HUGE PROBLEM.
IT'S BECOMING THE DRUG OF CHOICE
IN A LOT OF AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.
IT STIMULATES IT, HYPES YOU UP AND
WHAT THAT CAN DO IS LEAD TO VIOLENT
BEHAVIORS OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
OR A DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR.
IT BASICALLY PUTS YOU UP LIKE CRACK WOULD.
IT INCREASES ENERGY, IT DECREASES APPETITE.
THE EFFECT OF IT IS TO GET YOU INTO
A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT OR A SERIOUS
TRAUMA OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD
NOT NORMALLY DO
MAYBE JUMP FROM A WINDOW BECAUSE
IT HAS THAT STIMULUS EFFECT.
IT'S ON THE RISE NOW, BECAUSE
IT IS BEING MIXED WITH ECSTASY
YOU MIGHT GET A PILL THAT'S AN
ECSTASY AND METH YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE
TELL YOU IT'S JUST ECSTASY BUT REALLY
IT'S METHAMPHEDAMINE.
IF SOMEONE HAS AN UNDERLYING HEART
PROBLEM, IT COULD SPEED UP THEIR HEART
BECAUSE IT'S ELEVATING YOUR MOOD
IT'S PUTTING THAT ENERGY INTO YOUR
BODY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER THINGS
IT CAN EFFECT IN YOUR BODY AND
IF IT'S MIXED WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES,
THE SAME THING, THERE COULD BE YOU
KNOW SUCH A HIGH DOSE, THAT YOU
JUST CAN'T CALM DOWN.
YOU CAN OVERDOSE ON
METHAMPHEDAMINE, YOU CAN OVERDOSE
ON ALL OF THESE DRUGS
THEY ALL HAVE POTENTIAL SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS
EFFECTING THE HEART, THE EFFECTING THE
BRAIN WITH SEIZURES, SOMETIMES
EFFECTING THE BREATHING PROCESS.
YOU HAVE EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIANS
THAT HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS WRONG
ALL THEY KNOW IS THIS KID IS
TOTALLY DISORIENTED IS EXPERIENCING
ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAVY INTOXICATION
BUT THERE IS NO LIQUOR OR ALCOHOL IN THE
SYSTEM.
WHEN YOU GO TO ONE OF THESE PARTIES
OR SOMEONE SLIPS YOU A DRINK
WITH SOME UNKNOWN DRUG IN IT,
OR SOMEONE GIVES YOU A PILL AND SAYS
TRY THIS
AND YOU COME TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM WITH SERIOUS PROBLEMS
YOU CAN'T BREATHE, YOUR HEART RATE IS SLOW,
YOU'RE SICK, I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW
WHAT'S THE BEST ROUTE
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TAKING
AND IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO ME
TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND SAID THAT
SAMANTHA WAS UNRESPONSIVE.
AGAIN I ASKED WHAT DO YOU MEAN
SHE'S UNRESPONSIVE?
AND THEY SAID YOUR DAUGHTER IS
BRAIN DEAD.
I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, WAS
SHE IN A CAR ACCIDENT? WHICH IS
WHAT CAUSES MOST YOU KNOW
TRAMATIC SITUATIONS FOR KIDS AND
THEY SAID NO, THEY THOUGHT
THAT SHE HAD BEEN SLIPPED GHB
GHB OR GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID
IS A CHEMICAL DRUG THAT PEOPLE
USE AT RAVE PARTIES, THEY ALSO USE IT
IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES TOO.
FIRST LET'S UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN GHB
THERE ARE 3 PRECURSORS:
THE FIRST ONE IS GBL WHICH IS
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE WHICH
IS THE STUFF IN PAINT STRIPPER
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU OPEN A CAN
OF PAINT STRIPPER, THAT SMELL THAT HITS
YOU, THAT GBL.
THEN ETHYNOL WHICH IS BASICALLY ALCOHOL
AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE WHICH IS TOXIC
ACID IT'S DRAIN CLEANER.
THINK ABOUT USING DRANO
IN YOUR KITCHEN SINK, WELL
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING INTO YOUR BODY
WHEN YOU USE SOMEHTING LIKE GHB.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT AT HIGHER DOSES,
GHB CAN BE DEADLY
BECAUSE NOW IT CREATES A COMATOSE
SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS STATE
WHICH LASTS FOR 2-7 HOURS
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS IT'S NAME
THE DATE RAPE DRUG.
JUST A LITTLE BIT
IS ALL YOU NEED TO UM
PUT INTO SOMEONE'S DRINK
IF THEY HAVE A REACTION TO IT
IT CAN CAUSE DEATH.
IT'S COLORLESS, IT'S ODORLESS
AND ALMOST TASTELESS,
IT HAS A SLIGHT BITTER TASTE,
IT DISSOLVES INSTANTLY INTO
A LIQUID, WHICH DOESN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE LIQUOR
YOU CAN HAVE IT IN WATER
OR IN SAMANTHA REED'S CASE
SHE'D SIMPLY DRANK SOME IN MT.DEW
SHE WAS OVER WATCHING VIDEOS
WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LOT OF FUN
TO GET THE GIRLS, IN THEIR OWN WORDS,
A LITTLE MORE FRISKY, SO THEY FED THEM GHB.
MELANIE HAD ASKED FOR A SCREWDRIVER
SAMANTHA HAD SAID THEY WOULD HAVE A
MOUNTAIN DEW, SO NICK, DAN, AND JOSH
WENT INTO THE KITCHEN AND POURED THE
GIRLS A DRINK.
THEY TOOK THE DRINKS INTO THE LIVING ROOM
AND GAVE THEM TO THE GIRLS
AND SAMANTHA TOOK A SIP OF HER MT DEW
AND SAID THIS DOESN'T TASTE LIKE MT DEW
IT TASTES A LITTLE BIT FUNNY.
WELL MELANIE HAD TAKEN A SIP OF
WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A SCREWDRIVER
AND SAID UM, I HAVE A SCREWDRIVER
AND SO SAMANTHA SAID WELL TASTE MINE.
IT DOESN'T TASTE LIKE MT DEW, SO
MELANIE TOOK A DRINK OF SAMANTHA'S AND
SO WELL, I THINK THAT'S VODKA IN THERE.
SO SAMANTHA WENT AHEAD AND DRANK
THE MT DEW, WHICH WHAT SHE THOUGHT NOW
HAD VODKA IN IT. UM
AFTER DRINKING THE DRINK, MELANIE SAID
THAT SAMANTHA LOOKED LIKE SHE LAID ON THE
COUCH AND WENT TO SLEEP.
JOSH HAD SAID THAT HE HAD POURED
A LITTLE BIT INTO THE ORANGE JUICE,
HE HAD POURED A LITTLE BIT OF GHB
INTO ONE OF THE MT DEWS, AND HE
WENT TO POUR SOME A LITTLE BIT INTO
THE OTHER MT DEW AND IT KINDA SLIPPED
AND HE POURED MORE THAN HE SHOULD HAVE
INTO THE SECOND MT DEW
BUT THEY JUST WENT AHEAD AND SERVED
THE DRINKS TO THE GIRLS
ANYWAY.
SO IT WAS A 50-50 CHANCE AND
SAMANTHA GOT THE MT DEW THAT UM
HAD ENOUGH GHB IN IT TO KILL
8 GROWN MEN.
IT'S A VERY VERY DANGEROUS
UNDER REPORTED DRUG.
MUSIC....
WHEN SOMEONE IS ON LSD
THEY WILL THINK THAT THEY ARE HEARING CARS
AND SEEING SOUND, SO IT REVERSES EVERYTHING
THAT GOES ON IN YOUR BRAIN.
ACID TAKES EVERY REALITY THAT YOU HAVE AND
TOTALLY DISTORTS IT. LSD IS USUALLY ON
BLOTTER PAPER, A CERTAIN TYPE OF PAPER,
AND PUT IT UNDER THEIR TONGUE TO BE ABSORBED.
AFTER YOU TRIP ON ACID ONE TIME, YOU QUESTION
EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT
IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU ARE MIXING LSD WITH
METHAMPHETAMINE OR ECSTASY, IT CAN INCREASE
YOUR HEART TOO MUCH WHERE YOU HEART CAN
JUST NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.YOU CAN HAVE WHAT
IS
CALLED A BAD TRIP. I'VE TALKED PEOPLE OUT
OF KILLING
THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH THEMSELVES. OXYCONTIN IS A VERY
WIDELY ABUSED DRUG ON THE STREET.
THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE DRUG ITSELF IS OXYCODON.
IT IS IN A LOT OF PRODUCTS SUCH AS PERCOCET
AND
OTHER PAIN REDUCING FORMULAS WHICH ARE PRESCRIPTIONS.
IF YOU ARE TAKING SAY A 40 MG OXY, WHICH IS
WHAT
IT IS CALLED ON THE STREETS, IT IS LIKE TAKING
8
PERCOCETS IN ONE SHOT, AND AGAIN, I MEAN
UNLESS YOU KNOW YOU WERE AN OXYCONTIN USER
AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOU CAN AND
CANT TAKE, IF YOU ARE A YOUNG KID AND YOU'RE
SAYING 'HEY, THIS MAKES ME FEEL GOOD' HOW
EASY
IS IT TO TAKE TOO MUCH.
ALSO IT CREATES AN ADDICTION UH WHICH AGAIN
I SAID PEOPLE WILL START TAKING IT FOR PAIN
RELIEF, BECOME ADDICTED TO IT. THE DOCTORS
WILL
REALIZE THIS, SHUT OFF THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS
AND
NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE TURNING TO HEROIN OR.
METHADONE.
WE SHOW PICTURES TO THE KIDS OF WHERE THIS
STUFF
IS MADE AND I MEAN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
DIRTY SHEDS, UNPROTECTED, NO GLOVES.
CHEMICALS THROWN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I'VE BEEN IN UNDERGROUND LABS. I'VE BEEN IN
STREET LABS.
BASICALLY IT IS MIXED UP IN SINKS AND BATHTUBS
AND BY WHO?? YOU DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, YOU GO
IN THESE PLACES, THERE'S BUGS AND RATS AND
DIRT
AND FILTH EVERYWHERE AND YOU SEE THE STUFF
WITH THE SKULL AND CROSSBONES ON THE LABEL.
THAT'S THE STUFF THEY ARE FILLING IN AND USING
IN THESE PILLS.
YOU CAN BE GETTING A PILL THAT'S 50% HEROIN.
YOU
COULD BE GETTING A PILL THAT CONTAINS SIX
SUBSTANCES IN IT, INCLUDING DXM, CAFFEINE
UM LSD.
YOU NEVER KNOW...
THERE IS NO IMPRINT THAT SAY 'OH THIS IS A
CERTAIN
MG OR CERTAIN STRENGHT' IT IS REALLY WHAT'S
CONCOCTED IN THE KITCHEN, HOW MUCH IS MIXED
IN
HOW MUCH IS PUT TOGETHER, WHAT IMPURITIES,
WHAT TOXIC OTHER MEDICATIONS OR DRUGS ARE
IN
THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN YOUR BODY?
YOU DON'T KNOW, THE GUY WHO SOLD IT TO YOU
DOESN'T KNOW. THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS IS THE
LOONEY TUNES THAT MADE IT OVER IN THE NETHERLANDS
AND YOU BETTER HOPE HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD
THAT DAY
THIS INFORMATION ON THE WEB CAN BE A REAL
DANGER BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED, IT LOOKS GOOD,
IT SOUNDS GOOD, IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS MEDICAL
AUTHORITY OR MEDICAL RESEARCH ON IT.
THESE WEB SITES LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF, YOU
KNOW
BIG CORPORATION PUT ON THERE.
IT IS ALL WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO TAKE DRUGS.
THEY CAN GET INFORMATION ON WHAT PILLS ARE
RATED THE STRONGEST. THEY HAVE LIKE THESE
POLLS
THAT KIDS LOG ON THESE WEBSITES AND SAY 'OH
THESE
PILLS ARE THE BEST' OR 'THESE PILLS ARE THE
BEST'
BUT THESE ARE WEB SITES THAT ARE SOMETIMES
PUT
TOGETHER BY PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SELL THE
DRUGS OR WANT TO GIVE MIS INFORMATION
ABOUT THEM.
THEY ARE NOT MEDICALLY TESTED TO SEE IF THE
INFORMATION IS RELIABLE.
IT IS A WHOLE GROUP, A WHOLE NEW CLIQUE
THEY FEEL IT IS LEGITIMATE AND THAT THEY DON'T
FEEL LIKE IT IS SO ILLEGAL AND THEY FEEL LIKE
IT IS
OK BECAUSE IT IS ACCEPTED AMONG EACH OTHER.
I WAS AT A PARTY AND FOUR KIDS DIED AT THIS
PARTY
THE RAVE SCENE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HOST A LOT
OF THESE CLUB DRUGS.
50 PEOPLE CRAMMED ON ONE LITTLE COUCH.
EVERYBODY IS RUBBING EACH OTHERS HAIR
AND SCRATCHING EACH OTHER. I MEAN, IT IS
REALLY A SIGHT. IN THE RAVE CULTURE THERE
IS A
WORD CALLED 'PLUR' WHICH MEANS PEACE, LOVE,
UNITY, RESPECT. AND THIS IS THE CULTURE WHICH
THEY FEEL IS ABOUT THE MUSIC, IT'S ABOUT THEM
EVERYBODY IS A PART OF IT
BUT OF ALL THE RAVES I HAVE BEEN TO, AND I
HAVE
BEEN TO A TON OF THEM. I WOULD GUARANTEE YOU
AT ANY GIVEN TIME, 60-80% OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT
ARE IN THAT RAVE, ARE ROLLIN' OR ARE STONED.
THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT THE RAVES ARE
THE ONLY PLACES THAT THESE DESIGNER DRUGS
ARE
BEING USED AND THAT SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
YOU ARE GONNA FIND THEM ANYPLACE. YOU CAN
FIND THEM AT YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL, YOU CAN FIND
THEM IN YOUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU ASK MOST
TEENAGERS WHO HAVE EXPERIMENTED OR USED
THESE TYPES OF SUBSTANCES YOU CAN PRETTY
MUCH GET IT ANYWHERE, HOWEVER IT IS IMPORTANT
TO KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN POSSESSION
OR USING THESE SUBSTANCES, YOU WILL GET THE
SAME PENALTIES AS A CLASS ONE, SCHEDULE ONE
NARCOTIC. THAT IS A FELONY, IT IS ILLEGAL.
IT IS
ZERO TOLERANCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THAT FELONY CHARGE, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER
CAN CARRY ANYWHERE FROM 3-5 YEARS IN JAIL.
THESE CHARGES ARE GONNA CARRY WITH YOU FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. WHERE EVER YOU GO,
THAT FELONY CHARGE WILL BE THERE.
(METAL SLAM)
I SEE KIDS COME IN WITH OVERDOSES AFTER TAKING
THESE DRUGS, THEY ARE VERY ILL.
SOME OF THEM MANAGE TO LIVE AND TELL ABOUT
IT
AND SOMETIMES REALIZE HOW SERIOUS THEIR
PROBLEM WAS. SOME DON'T.
YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT WHO ELSE YOU ARE
HURTING, NOT JUST YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AT HOME WHO MIGHT NOT
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE OUT
WITH YOU AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED
TO YOU.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND HE ASKED ME TO GO
SEE HER. HE SAYS YOU NEED TO GO SEE HER RIGHT
NOW.
SAMANTHA HAD BEEN HOOKED TO A LIFE SUPPORT
MACHINE. SHE HAD A TUBE DOWN HER THROAT. (MUSIC)
AND HER HAIR WAS A BIG MESS AND SHE HAD A
BIG
BUMP ON HER HEAD FROM WHERE THEY DROPPED HER
AND TRIED TO CARRY OUT OF THE HOUSE. SHE WAS
STIFF AND SHE WAS COLD. HER HAIR CLIP WAS
STILL
IN HER HAIR. SO I TOOK HER HAIR CLIP OUT AND
I COMBED HER HAIR. AND I TOLD HER SHE WOULD
BE
OK, SHE A STRONG LITTLE GIRL. SHE WILL MAKE
IT
THROUGH. AND I KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK AND
I
COVERED HER UP. HER LITTLE FEET WERE STICKING
OUT SO I COVERED THEM UP. AND THAT MACHINE,
JUST PUMPING AWAY, KEEPING HER LUNGS GOING.
AND UM SAMANTHA DIDN'T MAKE IT. SHE DIED
EIGHTEEN HOURS AFTER BEING HOOKED UP TO THIS
MACHINE.
(MUSIC)
OH SURE, YEAH, I, I, I WAS NEVER GONNA DO
IT EITHER.
YA KNOW, I WAS JUST GONNA DO IT AND TRY IT
ONE
TIME JUST FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF IT AND FROM
TRYING IT ONE TIME, IT'S OK FOR ME TO DO THIS
ONCE A WEEK AND THEN FROM DOING IT ONCE A
WEEK
ITS OK TO DO IT TWICE A WEEK AND THEN FROM
TWICE A WEEK YOU FIND YOURSELF SITTING IN
YOUR
APARTMENT BLOCKADING YOUR WINDOWS AND YOUR
DOORS, NOT ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE. HELL JUST
TURN THE THING OFF. JUST EAT PILLS ALL DAY.
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOURSELF IN THE
MIRROR. YA KNOW THAT JUST NO WAY TO LIVE LIFE.
THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IF ANYONE IS
CONSIDERING OR THINKING ABOUT USING THESE
DRUGS
IS REALLY SIT AND THINK IT THROUGH. DON'T
SIT
THERE AND TAKE IT BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING
SUCKED INTO BECAUSE YOUR FRIENDS ARE.
WATCH WHO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH AH IF YOU KNOW
THAT KID IS A BAD APPLE, YOU KNOW HE DEALS
WITH
CLUB DRUGS OR ANY TYPE OF DESIGNER DRUGS,
WATCH OUT FOR HIM. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SAY NO
THE PROBLEM IS THAT TOO MANY EDUCATORS TALK
DOWN TO KIDS. YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THE KIDS.
YOU HAVE TO SAY HERE'S THE REAL DEAL.
THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. IF IN YOUR MIND
YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE
THE
CHANCE OF WINDING UP LIKE THIS KID ON THE
VIDEO
THEN YOU HAVE TO EXPRESS YOURSELF. YOU ARE
AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU ARE YOU. NO ONE ELSE IS
YOU
AND THAT IS WHAT WE TRY TO GET ACROSS TO THE
KIDS. HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY, WE'LL REACH SOME
OF
THEM THAT JUST WON'T GO WITH THE FLOW AND
GO
WITH WHAT THE CREW DOES. HOPEFULLY SOME WILL
THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND THOSE ARE THE KIDS
WE WANT TO TALK TO
I FEEL VERY BLESSED, I FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT
I
CAME OUT OF THIS AND ALL I HAVE IS A BRAIN
TUMOR
THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO IT
BECAUSE IT COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE. YA KNOW
I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING SO MUCH
WORSE THAN I AM RIGHT NOW. LIKE DEAD!
YA KNOW. TOO MANY KIDS...TO MANY
SAMANTHA WROTE A LOT OF POETRY AND SHE
WROTE A POEM ABOUT DYING BEFORE YOUR TIME
CALLED 'WHAT IF'. I MISS HER DEARLY AND WHEN
I
JUST NEED TO BE ALONE, I GO OUT TO THE
CEMETERY AND AH I RUB MY HAND ON THE
HEADSTONE AND I READ HER POEM THAT IS OUT
THERE. "I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WHEN IT CAME
I'D BE READY FOR THE END. BY THAT TIME I WOULD
BE RESIGNED AND TAME. DEATH WOULD
APPEAR A WELCOME FRIEND. BUT WHAT IF I STILL
WANTTO LIVE, STILL WANT TO LEARN AND GROW.
WHAT IF I STILL HAVE GIFTS TO GIVE AND I AM
NOT
READY TO GO. WHAT IF I AM TOO YOUNG STILL,
NOT OLD ENOUGH TO DIE. WHAT IF I WANT TO
WAIT UNTIL I'VE EXPERIENCED LIFE BEFORE I
SAY
GOODBY"
