Posted by Steve on April 02, 2002 at 15:21:26:
In Reply to: Are we better/worse than average ??? posted by Jimmers on April 01, 2002 at 15:48:05:
> I have been a part of the BAR SCENE around Rural Valley, Ford City
> for years .. there has always been the Pot and Cocain crowds scattered
> around .. but the Heroine/ecstacy crew have been recent newcomers in my
> experiences.
> It used to be .. 5 years ago .. each drug sub-culture would STEP
> OUTSIDE TO FRESHEN UP during the night .. or ADJUST THEIR BUZZ during
> restroom visits .. after the bars closed the potheads went to one
party ..
> the cokeheads to another .. us boozers just headed to Sheetz for some
> Death Dogs .. or Kings or Sandy Kay's for BREAKFAST!!
> I recently stumbled into a party that "HAD IT ALL" in a warped
> sense .. I showed up with my rum expecting to play darts and make fun
of
> TV as always .. but instead, there were 3 groups huddled in the living
> room .. the cokeheads had more than a few lines cut on one end of the
> coffee table .. another group was huddled around heroine and ecstacy at
> the other end of the coffee table .. the potheads were sitting around
the
> room in chairs and sofas passing a few joints and pipes
> I have known LOTS of pot smokers in my day .. never
participated ..
> but never knew someone stoned on JUST WEED to cause problems .. a guy
> drinking 5 shots of whiskey/tequila wants to fight .. a stoner giggles
at
> the ice in his glass for a few hours .. I'd vote to legali
> Bill Cosby best defined the Cokehead crowd when he said "People on
> Coke always say it just INTENSIFIES YOUR PERSONALITY .... what if yer
an
> ASSHOLE to start with ???" .. they rule the world in their own minds
and
> yack for hours about why YOU should agree !!
> This heroine crowd is a different breed tho .. a bunch of Barney
Bad-
> Asses to start with .. they get all goofy and want to DO things ..
climb
> buildings .. race cars .. F&(K people up .. very intense bunch .. I
only
> stayed for 2 drinks and GONE .. was afraid to mention playing darts ..
> might have hung me on wall for target !!
> I just wonder if this new Heroine Culture is RAMPANT in Armstrong
> County .. or if it just a recent trend like any other rural areas .. we
> have never really been a CUTTING EDGE kinda town .. usually
> trends/epidemics start other places and reach us after awhile
> I certainly don't mean to downplay this problem as NOTHING .. I
> really don't want to see heroine become the new IN THING to do here ..
I
> think the town meeting idea IS a good way to get the word out .. maybe
put
> some BIG ads in paper with statistics and things to look for .. being
up
> front with info works better and faster than word of mouth
> I am just curious to see STATISTICS and NUMBERS .. comparing
> population sizes and incidents of OD's .. is Armstrong county REALLY a
> hotbed or just average for the nation ??
jimmers--do darts go with shots of rum? ever been to the jar bar in rv?