Innocent bystander Derrion Albert killed

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by agzg

ETAA: A RAILROAD TIE. SERIOUSLY.

Yea, that's crazy. I really want to know where they found it.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

That's so sad. What's wrong people, today? Seriously. You know things are getting bad when you have to be 18 just to buy a can of spray paint.

Or to buy allergy medicine. Do other areas have problems with the "cheese" epidemic?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Or to buy allergy medicine. Do other areas have problems with the "cheese" epidemic?

Oh, yeah. I totally forgot about over the counter medication. No, what's up with the cheese?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Oh, yeah. I totally forgot about over the counter medication. No, what's up with the cheese?

Allergy medicine laced with heroin. There have been several deaths in the DFW area (where I'm located), so they've been coming down hard on pharmacies. You have to fill out forms to buy meds and you can only buy a certain number of pills within a certain timeframe.

It's inconvenient (I've had bad allergies since I've moved to Texas), but I can understand why they're doing it. I wish our youth had more sense, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_(recreational_drug)

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Allergy medicine laced with heroin. There have been several deaths in the DFW area (where I'm located), so they've been coming down hard on pharmacies. You have to fill out forms to buy meds and you can only buy a certain number of pills within a certain timeframe.

It's inconvenient (I've had bad allergies since I've moved to Texas), but I can understand why they're doing it. I wish our youth had more sense, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_(recreational_drug)

Thanks for the link. Yep, it's easy to see around you. I live about 2 hours away from a really bad city here, and a lot of the schools here are scanning students for weapons at the door. It's so easy to see how bad things are getting, now.

Yeah, I know how you feel, I have allergies too.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Thanks for the link. Yep, it's easy to see around you. I live about 2 hours away from a really bad city here, and a lot of the schools here are scanning students for weapons at the door. It's so easy to see how bad things are getting, now.

Metal detectors are nothing new in DISD and FWISD schools, unfortunately

Thankfully, I went to high school near Austin, and it wasn't nearly this bad. I want to know what the hell happened, though, to make our youth lose their damn minds. I'm not that old (25), but I still feel like I'm worlds away from the kids nowadays. My biggest worry was who I would take to the Spring Dance in the gym. I'm worried for my 13 year old sister now. I don't want her being caught in some bullshit because two dumbasses don't know how to handle their disputes in a more civil manner.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Metal detectors are nothing new in DISD and FWISD schools, unfortunately

Thankfully, I went to high school near Austin, and it wasn't nearly this bad. I want to know what the hell happened, though, to make our youth lose their damn minds. I'm not that old (25), but I still feel like I'm worlds away from the kids nowadays. My biggest worry was who I would take to the Spring Dance in the gym. I'm worried for my 13 year old sister now. I don't want her being caught in some bullshit because two dumbasses don't know how to handle their disputes in a more civil manner.

We never had metal detectors where I'm from, but then again, I'm from a really small town in MN right on the border of Fargo, ND. I dunno why kids are getting so bad now. It seems like the violence with kids increased a lot in the late 80s and early 90s though. You also have to look at the increased availabilty of guns, drugs, etc.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

We never had metal detectors where I'm from, but then again, I'm from a really small town in MN right on the border of Fargo, ND. I dunno why kids are getting so bad now. It seems like the violence with kids increased a lot in the late 80s and early 90s though. You also have to look at the increased availabilty of guns, drugs, etc.

We never had metal detectors either (my HS city was around 100K near Austin, TX), but it was still a shock. I lived in Harford County, Maryland (very affluent) before moving here, and it was like night and day.

The "gun and drugs" culture was nothing new in my day (thanks to Pac, Snoop, Nirvana, etc songs being out), but our parents made sure we knew the difference between art and reality. I was familiar with the culture, but knew that it shouldn't appear in my daily life. I'm truly interested in learning what made the lines blur recently.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Or to buy allergy medicine. Do other areas have problems with the "cheese" epidemic?

Aren't some of the ingredients in allergy medicines reuseable in crystal meth?

When I was at Target we not only had to check IDs, but we had to scan them as well, when we were selling pretty much anything over the counter but aspirin.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by agzg

Aren't some of the ingredients in allergy medicines reuseable in crystal meth?

When I was at Target we not only had to check IDs, but we had to scan them as well, when we were selling pretty much anything over the counter but aspirin.

I'm not sure about the crystal meth thing, but it wouldn't surprise me.

I've had to resort to buying lower-strength meds (since it's so inconvenient to get the real thing), and it's done a number on my allergies.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by agzg

Aren't some of the ingredients in allergy medicines reuseable in crystal meth?

When I was at Target we not only had to check IDs, but we had to scan them as well, when we were selling pretty much anything over the counter but aspirin.

Yup...we had a bad epidemic as people were driving into MD to buy tons of meds to make meth.


But back to the video, my goodness...what is wrong with people today?

When I was a teen, if you got into a fight you got into a fight, you either kicked ass or got it kicked. Nobody ended up dead because of it.

[DrPhil]

"Gang" fights and unruly, rioting crowds have always ended up in people getting killed either intentionally or unintentionally. Always.