Oregon man bought oxycodone at a Mexican pharmacy. He died from fentanyl days later

[@piratesmurf4251]

Only if he could have Easly got the Oxy in the USA 🇺🇸. But America makes it impossible to get pain meds In the USA 🇺🇸

[@imimim1]

​@Threefiddylink?

[@tonks78]

It stinks as those of us with chronic pain who need a small dose of the Norco meds can't get it because it's been abused by many. ☹️

[@jacobcasmus1882]

I'm just saying as a Libertarian, I think all drugs should be legal and safe to use! Yeah ppl don't like that idea but a lot of ppl still use illegal drugs and the Government could make a lot of money from it! Think of FL in the 2000s.... But when ppl buy illegal drugs It funds cartels, gangs and terrorists!

[@praisekek]

its the doctors fault

[@thehollyberry7975]

@@tonks78it’s absolutely ridiculous isn’t it?

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

I'm sorry for the loss, but seriously, people, you've got to be smarter than that, FAR smarter. No drug is worth risking your life for, just look where you were!

[@thehollyberry7975]

The problem is the USA will not let people who have legitimate pain get proper access to pain medications. It’s horrible for them to leave people suffering in pain.

[@CMOR-8]

Suing the cruise line for purchasing drugs without a prescription? Wow, that's a big stretch.

[@edhcb9359]

That’s the American way though. It’s always someone else’s fault.

[@colleenmiller1219]

No sympathy!

[@eckankar7756]

He was a nurse, he knew better. Why did he wait to go to Mexico to get narcotics....because it's easier. He played and he paid. Don't want to pay...don't play. Mom knew he was going to buy the drugs and now blames the cruise line rather than taking accountability herself and for her 22 year old adult son's decisions. If he fell off a rock climbing would it be the ship's responsibility not warning that gravity can kill?

[@raisingcannes]

@@edhcb9359 such a stupid response, of course a family is going to be indignant, their son is dead, maybe suing the cruise line is a bit out of the picture, but they're right to be angry

[@edhcb9359]

@@raisingcannes Of course the family is going to sue the cruise line for something the son did to himself? Where are the values?

[@piratesmurf4251]

America 🇺🇸 is to blame they make it impossible to get pain meds in the USA or Adderall. It’s extremely hard I have a toothache. I can’t get Oxy. Am thinking about going to Mexico. But I see this video. Is the risk worth it.ill think about it.

[@2Good-WatchAgain]

@Threefiddycan you point me in the right direction please? Not quite sure what you are referring too however I am looking to acquire both of those meds

[@E__E-xb9yw]

@@2Good-WatchAgainjust go to any Mexican pharmacy and ask or show them I pic of what you looking for and they got it

[@jackiej8166]

Our great Nation is to blame, they allowed this hell approved by the DEA & when just about 1/2 the nation is addicted including Dr’s, medical staff, judges, priest, soccer moms & Grandparwnts! Now ppl r looking for detox, & rehab but the 🌎wasn’t ready for that! No where to turn when ppl r fighting, suing Perdue & doctors they rip the rug from under, no more Oxy’s all schedule 1&2’s must b monitored! But not in Mexico, y wouldn’t he try his luck in Mexico ??? From what I’ve learned u can walk into the right pharmacy & buy these perc’s or happy pills! It’s the same as trying ur luck wit a dealer!!

[@mindsharpmemorygames]

I honestly think this is to scare Americans from going to Mexico to get meds. There is no proof the pills he got in Mexico were fentanyl. He took a pill in Mexico and he didn't died but he died in while he was back in the US??? Fentanyl kills you instantly. This story is fishy.

[@ciaraj1887]

I’m confused. How do you die from a fentanyl overdose when you have the test strips?

[@sidneyspence7704]

That’s what he was looking for. No one “scared of fentanyl” is using strips to test sees they are fentanyl then takes them anyway. His mom was in denial he lied to his mom and or she was aware he was a full blown addict.

[@LeSwexy]

this isn't a serious question right??? fentanyl is an opioid just like OXY is, fake or not, he was trying to source OPIOIDS. He just got one that was too strong,

[@jackiej8166]

Maybe he didn’t test it, feeling as if they were legit?

[@QueenCityHornets]

He probably started to feel funny and tested a pill before he passed out. It doesn't take long to do at all. Stupid if he did that cuz should have tested before doing the first one.

[@Kalikikryst]

Wonder how often this happens in America and we never hear about it.

[@Whitey-LOCO]

Like 130 people a day die of opiates supposedly

[@christianviiperi]

Grief is the price we pay, for those we love unconditionally. May he rest in peace; I am so sorry for your loss.

[@shannonllewellyn9377]

So, let me get this straight. Kid admitted he bought drugs, parents let him do it. Parent wants to sue (where to start?) because said drugs weren't 'as advertised?' Who's REALLY at fault here?

[@Missusri]

parents may not have the experience about buying or using any kind of drug either. I have used oxycodone, my physician prescribed it ; but those who never took may not know and how the drug affects it. What I do not understand is from oxycodone to fentanyl, how?

[@brendacx6100]

Nah it seems they’re putting all the fault on the pharmacies. In denial but I think we know who also is at fault

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

Parents were naive.

[@johnkilty1419]

Everyone involved. Not sure why he got the Oxy. Maybe it was legit. Lacing it with Fentanyl is shady as hell. I was just in Mexico. I was stunned at what you could buy over the counter. 1st thing I thought was. Is that crap possibly laced with fentanyl?

[@LeSwexy]

the fuck?? is this a serious question? the pharmacy sold FAKE OXYCODONE PILLS that were actually FENTANYL?? drug seeking or not, he got sold fake drugs and overdosed because of that.

[@caracoates4834]

Thoughts and prayers go out to the family.

[@bullet2800]

My question is why did he purchase OxyCondone in Mexico? Did he have chronic pain in his body? OxyCondone is considered an opioid drug. And there was fentanyl in that drug?!??

[@eckankar7756]

And he was a nurse and a fireman, he'd know better about narcotics. Years ago the hospital where I worked studied Mexican pharmacy medications for their active ingredients, like antibiotics and blood pressure pills. At best they had 70% of the medication, at worst it was zero. They don't have the checks and balances we do in the USA. Sorry for this guy, he's cute and has a nice family, but if you play you pay. Don't want to pay? Don't play.

[@LeSwexy]

Why??? because Oxycodone feels amazing and is an EXTREMELY common drug of abuse??? Silly question honestly. Fentanyl and Oxycodone are BOTH opioids and produce basically the same effects.

[@bullet2800]

@@LeSwexyand have you done it before? I’m sure you have and two, it wasn’t a silly question, it was an honest question.

[@tonks78]

​@@LeSwexyI was prescribed Oxy for my knee replacement and I was nauseated! It makes me throw up big time. I stuck with Norco and ice.

[@jackiej8166]

He’s from Oregon where their having a horrible fentanyl problem! I’m sure this isn’t his 1st merry-go-round!

[@69sparker]

We just got back from Cancun today, and there were pharmacies everywhere. I was curious and asked at 4 of them about oxys and they were going to sell them to me. The prices were extremely high and told them I'd think about it. A couple pharmacies even had Happy Pills sign above the pain meds lol. Freaking crazy, I just stuck with alcohol during the trip.

[@crwlh6721]

How much is "extremely high" ?

[@69sparker]

@crwlh6721 they were $1 a milligram. A blue 30 is $30 a piece, and at the ones I went to were a minimum purchase of 15

[@crwlh6721]

@@69sparker 😳

[@tonks78]

Why did you want this medication? It's used for chronic pain, and shouldn't be used as recreational. 😢

[@69sparker]

@@tonks78 Curious about how much they are and wanting is 2 different things

[@jadestone8238]

Ppl with ADHD struggle and the meds they prescribe us here in the USA don’t work. Opiates work but the government has everything so locked down ppl resort to this. Not all of us abuse the prescriptions and actually take it as prescribed but when ur trapped in ur own mind u get desperate and just want to feel normal and function normal

[@tonks78]

I concur! I have had chronic pain, been RX Norco 2-3 times a year via my MD. I don't😢 abuse it, just use it for hideous pain.

[@guerovillalbaso2523]

Wym adhd people struggle

[@Yosef-i8z]

Sorry for your loss but the blame is not on Mexico its on YOUR SON

[@RoxyProd]

If you’re gonna use opioids have someone with narcan near by.

[@as.7080]

It’s sad that her son made the fatal mistake of buying a medication that requires a prescription without a prescription . That was a red flag right there. In America, you can’t just buy those medications without a prescription, why buy them like that in a foreign country? Americans trying to get cheaper medications or services in foreign countries is the problem. There will always be criminals who absolutely don’t care about your life, don’t risk it. She’s been traveling long enough that she knows the risks she’s taking by doing so, she’s a grieving mother who wants to blame someone for her sons death. It’s truly sad for the loss of her child.

[@Rainingdogsandcats]

T didn't used to be like this. It's radical change and people are in shock and grief. Our government is taken over by them. We're just to wait around and hope they all die off? There's just too much commerce and people to control it. It's extreme greed, overcrowding, and multi toxin poisoning. A dying race and clawing each other up on the way down.

[@RyanRuark]

The FDA doesn’t have jurisdiction in Mexico, dipshit. Have some fucking class.

[@brendacx6100]

She’s definitely in denial. May he rest in peace

[@eckankar7756]

And he was a nurse, he knew better. Not a victim but a willing participant in his own demise. He' was a cutie, sorry he's gone, sorry for the family mourning him but he did this himself and mom is blaming the cruise line not warning about drugs.

[@jbtpa895]

THEY KNEW!! He purchased drugs in Mexico,his parents knew and they were ok with that? It's no one's fault but Tristan's and his parents. STOP blaming others.

[@raisingcannes]

well usually people expect to receive what they pay for....

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

So the cartels are doing the right thing by selling counterfeit. The kid with severe adhd is at fault ...

[@raisingcannes]

i'm not excusing him buying drugs that weren't prescribed to him, but it's not like he deserved death

[@gratethayne]

How did you even get those? They aren't supposed to sell them without a prescription in Mexico. I couldn't even get anti-diarrhea medication there without a consultation first.

[@alissonjalil4729]

Don’t know where you were, but in the cruise ports they chase you around and tell you they have Oxy, Xanax, Adderall, etc. but I figured everyone knew that the Cartels control these and they’re laced w/Fentanyl

[@deathrowislegit3187]

Play stupid games win, stupid prices

[@angelasimss1065]

Prizes......stupid

[@knk4ever83]

How did they get this stuff onto the flight home?

[@tonks78]

Maybe in their chonies!(Undies)

[@jackiej8166]

They were on a cruise!! Idk I assume u don’t get checked the same as an airport!

[@phillipjohnson4639]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes

[@matovicmmilan]

I'm sorry for this woman's loss, her son didn't deserve to die - nobody says so, but hadn't she herself allowed him to buy the drugs in the first place? Buying a highly-controlled substance for which a special form of prescription is required, without any at all, is a serious crime and whoever does that could expect anything. I h@te when people refuse to take responsibility and blaim everyone else for their mistakes.

[@ciaraj1887]

I’m sorry for his loss too. This young man was an adult (not a child) and wanted to do what he wanted to do. Unfortunately, there were deadly consequences. I know 22 is considered a “kid” in the grand scheme of things but he’s a legal adult.

[@IAmTheLineChef]

Went to highschool with my good friend tristin. Holy cow did he know how to make anyone crack up. I didnt know he was going through mentle health and i didnt know he did drugs. We must i must change my ways for him.

[@donnam5060]

This is so sad. Fentanyl test strips should be cheap and available over the counter at any pharmacy or store that sells any otc medications.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

No they shouldn't, just don't risk your life on any drug that's made somewhere into pill or powder form.

[@kingbambam]

Narcan is expensive... it's sad, sometimes all someone needs is a opium inhibitor and they would still be here.

[@eckankar7756]

@@kingbambam or not taken the drug in the first place and never need narcan.

[@kingbambam]

@@eckankar7756 some people who have been molested turn to drugs to cope with reality. Study why people use drugs...

[@levibrown3499]

he had test strips, its implied he knew and intentionally bought them.

[@cizfranainedres9028]

1:35 -Mother: "his a young kid" Slap of reality: He is a young adult. 🤣🤣

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Do they know how many pills he took ? I’m sorry it’s very unfortunate the poor family the poor mother

[@gratethayne]

Mexico pharmacies aren't the same a Peruvian pharmacies. Not to say there couldn't be fake oxycodones in both pharmacies (especially the Peruvian ones where you can just get anything you want by asking), but I think there's something wrong with this story. And they just gave him 19 oxycodones without a prescription? I don't think so.

[@brendacx6100]

Yeah something isn’t adding up

[@frankiee252]

US hates when they have competition. Make it legal like weed, alcohol, but regulate it were it’s clean and comes from an actual pharmaceutical company. You would cut overdoses in half, cut the cartels out, increase local tax revenues, create a industry also providing jobs, and you have a clean product. Fighting this “war” on drugs for 50yrs to get no where and only making it worse.

[@sidneyspence7704]

They most definitely do you step in the right one you can literally get anything you want as long as it’s in stock. Including cocaine

[@angelasimss1065]

Not cocaine, fool. Pharmaceuticals, yes. Adderall, Xanax, Fentanyl.....it's the cartel.

[@knk4ever83]

Um.. buying oxycodone at a Mexican pharmacy? Not smart.

[@bunta69]

If he was truly scared of fent, he would have got a test kit

[@cherbrown1920]

Yes your son made that choice, but i also remember when i was growing up that we could "experiment" with drugs and that it didn't cost us our lives....this is a very scary world we live in right now and i am so so sorry that your son was a causality in this horrid drug addled world we are in....he didn't deserve to die no matter that he walked into that pharmacy...this fentanyl epidemic nearly cost me the love of my life, the father of my children and companies and countries etc. need to start to be held accountable!!! I have three kids....and the thought of losing them is horrifying to the millionth degree, but because of your son's story, sadly your son's story, i have talked to all my kids and even their friends about Narcan and how to use it and we have a few cannisters in our home....like we are losing our families!!! I am so angry and sad and i am so sorry for your loss which is the understatement of the year, i am so sorry.

[@diegoaviles6663]

The problem is that society has normalized drug use among teens, but it’s actually inexcusable. Nobody should “experiment with drugs” at any age.

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

​​@@diegoaviles6663with that logic: would you also make tobacco and alcohol illegal? Teens can get that easily. Both are poisonous and alcohol is on Rank 1 of the most dangerous drugs. People will experiment anyways, especially if its forbidden.

[@sidneyspence7704]

You can thank China for that they are the ones who flooded and continue to flood the U.S with fentanyl with the help of the cartel

[@ellisrochlin2267]

biggest oxycodone suppliers around early 2000s were a german family named chemist company founded by their family160 odd yrs ago who are based in New Jersey ( head office for tax purposes is Ireland since 2012) . They bought or took over other pharma companies over last 18 yrs. Through them, just in usa they supplied many billions of this painkiller , at one stage early 2000s their supply led to every person of population in USA could have had 70 oxycodone per year each . I am sure through a small group of doctors that they just thought usa needed/demanded their painkiller . I couldnt see such a responsible company massively upping production just for more big bucks , could you ?

[@Nwordscissorhands1738]

If you can’t legit check a pill, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FENTANYL TEST STRIPS

[@benjaminmartz1775]

He must of not loved it that much having to alter his mood all the time with chemicals.

[@Bruno-gj4jj]

Try to be a little bit more understanding and isn't using drugs a part of life not in the sense that everybody does them where opinions differ but in the sense that you can't be high while dead that makes it part of life like everything in our existence but if you mean it in a sense like he was risking his life too much to really love life just look at extreme sports where athletes risk their life but they enjoy it and it makes them appreciate life even more But maybe he was severely depressed and needed a relief

[@darthsigil]

Non accountability

[@JB-tr6nu]

The mother knew, Im old & street smart about drugs I would have said no if it was my child, but regardless it's so so sad ,I feel for the family's that have gone through this I personally know kids that are gone because of Fentanyl...We live in dangerous times...go hug your loved ones tell them you love them ...✌🏾❤️😪

[@jackiej8166]

The mother absolutely knew! I didn’t even watch it to know! Oregon has a law, or what they call decriminalized when it comes to fetty! It’s not legal but u can use it on the streets, have it on ur person & they won’t arrest u!he purposely sought out his happy pills!

[@xlkarma8446]

The only person at fault here is Tristin. Stop trying to place the blame elsewhere. You are just wasting your time.

[@eckankar7756]

He was on a cruise, I've never been on one, and he bee lined it to the pharmacy for narcotics. Cruise ships can't warn people not to sky dive, parasail, snorkel or go buy drugs. Any could kill you, you just have to know some things yourself. She's blaming everyone but her son.

[@shawnmichael6190]

You grow it. You control it. You know what's in it.

[@KellyK387]

Sorry it’s all his fault. He was chasing a high and must’ve been a drug addict and paid

[@4upacfan]

I got a bunch of Muscle relaxers, Valium and addys when I went. Like 1000 of them. Put them in my empty 3 month supply bottle to get them home. They were all good, and super cheap. Shop where the locals shop!

[@bigdollaz]

lol tell me more. Bro that’s crazy how did u get them just walk in a pharmacy over there ?

[@4upacfan]

@bigdollaz yeah, I went to a few and got as many as they would let me buy at each store. I put the Valium in an allergy pill bottle because they looked the same, and the somas inside a bag disguised as candy with gummy bears inside it. Lol they didn't even bat an eye at customs

[@bigdollaz]

@@4upacfan can u get oxys down there ? & question are they the same brands as in the us or just no name brand type of stuff that basically only u know what they are

[@4upacfan]

@bigdollaz what I got was the equivalent of Tylenol 3s, and then some Codein pills, and some knockoff Vicotin without the labels on them. They felt the same as anything in the US but they were like $0.25 each instead of 7 or 8 bucks. The diazapam had stars cut in the middle and they were the same exact blue color as the ones we get, same taste and effect. Muscle relaxer was the same, maybe stronger than what we get. Made me sleepy af lol I didn't find anything stronger but I was happy with the 2 scores I found right off the boat so I didn't go farther in town. When I was farther south in cancun you can buy powder, herb, and 30s right on the beach. Dude had everything I wanted hidden in little trinkets, so I had to buy the trinkets and they had stuff inside lol a little breakable doll had 3 Gs inside, cost 80 bucks, fish scale. Best of my life haha

[@4upacfan]

@bigdollaz the Valium won't have a name on it, but it will have a V on the back and the star cut out. The codein will look like a Tylenol, but they're fatter and shaped like oxys so you can tell it is something important, the relaxers look identical to ours but don't have the teva brand, it had a number instead. Their version of vicotin was identical but had their own number code. It matched the Google search so they were legit. They all come in blister packs like a thing of Sudafed does. They're all packaged as single pills and you buy a whole sleeve or singles. I got the legal limit of everything. About 250 lol

[@williamwinn948]

Personal accountability

[@marmac7619]

It is truly tragic that this young man had to lose his life in this way! Sadly too also, is that mainstream America doesn't seem nearly as concerned about people (like the Homeless) dying from drugs of any kind, until it hits Middle Class white People. I also hope this doesn't end up becoming a maga narrative for blaming our Southern Borders (& need to add to the wall); when it is hardly an issue of desperate Immigrants just dying for a better & oft life threatening need - place to live?!!

[@natyhunt9914]

Thank you for this report I was going to buy percocet in Mexico 🇲🇽 I'll pass

[@AgainstLife1000]

Ma'am he was trying to escape this demonic hell realm dystopian planet that he was birthed into.

[@Travluminatii]

Cancel cartels

[@allexxxmtz]

Not Phardue

[@2Good-WatchAgain]

Are there no places that have Purdue or Mundipharma real ones at one of the border pharmacies?

[@charlesm2437]

Montezuma's Revenge

[@raisingcannes]

someone died and ur making jokes..

[@Rodknock_jay]

LOL

[@lisaethridge666]

I'm afraid I've just lost all sympathy for anyone who uses drugs. We have an epidemic of drug addiction. Society is over run by drug addicts who are ruining our communities and businesses. For Christ's sake how hard is it to just NOT USE DRUGS!

[@Bruno-gj4jj]

Some people think too much nowadays because everything is so easy our survival instinct makes our lifes hard in other ways more mentally than physically And some people want to feel in a way that they can't achieve sober so they turn to drugs especially alcohol or opium derivatives like fentanyl or oxy and many more

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

So drugs are the problem and not society/capitalism/Missing health care? You are having no sympathy for people with PTSD etc who cant handle themselves sober, but how can you have no empathy for them? Are you really that cold that you dont care for reasons why people even take (hard) drugs?

[@jacobdonnelly9243]

Your a 100% dumb ass. Some people probably didn’t have your WONDEROUS upbringing you piece of shit.

[@firstchoiceautonb5400]

@@JazzyFunkaHolic oh stop. Go to Vancouver where there’s free health care and it’s worse than any USA city with better opioids.