The heroin denial epidemic | Tim Ryan | TEDxNaperville

The heroin epidemic has spread into the suburban landscapes of America and has created something just as dangerous as the lives it takes, its complete denial.
Tim Ryan struggled with addiction for 30 years, being incarcerated for 7 years for drug-related convictions, overdosing 7 times, and being announced clinically dead 3 times. He lost his 20 year old son in 2014 to heroin and has attended 96 funerals since then. Painfully aware of the realities of drug addiction, Tim is now a recovering heroin addict and founder of the A Man in Recovery Foundation, working to expose the truth about addiction and work within communities to create solutions to drug addiction and instill the messages of hope and recovery.
Tim has been featured in over 50 publications, from the front page of the Chicago Tribute to Newsweek, The Steve Harvey Show, and Dr. Drew. He has also assisted CNN on a series about heroin in our community airing Fall 2016.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@JJ-xo3er]

one thing I know for Sure is I WILL NOT die an addict. Much love yall! one love, sending blessings to all those struggling

[@A358M]

Dallas Page hope ur doing well. I lost 8 friends,young friend's, within two years to heroin. eight young educated dead people gone to heroin. broken families who most likely will never be the same.

[@tiffanycardot4966]

Dallas Page you proud of yourself? ive lost 15 people in the last fuckin year and youre bragging

[@anthonyhamilton8636]

I was just thinking this looked up & seen this comment. Yu wont Bro 💯👌👌

[@domestique3954]

Well spoken!No,we won’t 🤙

[@johnhill3748]

After a person has been chasing not ghost not a high. Chasing feeling normal 15 teen to 20 years the brain has rewired itself and by this time society has rewired its thinking about u, love makes people want to do better and that being so powerful even love isn't enough.. but it's a he'll of a start!

[@ainslie187]

The maddening thing about life is that some problems have no solution, you can't convince an addict to get clean, they have to want it for themselves, you can't stop the drug problem with prohibition, and you won't stop it with legalization. Education is all you can do to minimize the damage. Having a good family is the biggest help, but that comes down to luck.

[@tiffanyann5198]

finally someone who has something positive to say!!!

[@EveningTV]

Totally agree except that I do think there is a solution, but most everyone ignores it The solution is to address and heal the pain that underlies the addiction. The solution is to realize that substance addictions are no different than the addictions the rest of us have except that they are deadly. How many of us eat too much or people please or look at our phone all day? We all have unmet needs, unhealed wounds, and pain we are running from. Focus on healing that pain will make the addiction unnecessary.

[@bellabear653]

If things are legal it keeps the addict alive long enough to come out the other side. No drug was ever made safer when it's left to criminals to control quality.

[@EveningTV]

This guy is too focused on the supply side of addiction.. The solution is in reducing or eliminating the demand. We need to understand and heal why are we using? What is the addiction doing for the person? This is the reason rehab fails nearly everyone is that they focus on the addiction not the core problem that led to it, and they do not treat trauma despite many available low cost treatment options. My son died of an accidental overdose just a few months before this video was posted. We weren't in denial. He didn't hide it from us. We didn't blame the dealers. Our mistake was believing help was available in treatment. He is wrong about the number of wonderful programs out there. In reality there is one program available in 95% of the treatment centers and most people never hear about anything else. Of course that is most of what he listed off which is all associated with 12 step philosophy originated with AA over 80 years ago, and that program has not changed or been updated at all despite the fact that it fails far more people than it helps. One of the biggest problems with 12 steps and most available treatment is that it ignores trauma. We need to heal the core reason the person started using in the first place. "Don't ask why the addiction, ask why the pain," ~ Dr.Gabor Mate

[@hippietoes456]

I’m 94 days clean today.

[@Dr_Larken]

Still clean? Hope so!

[@bclr6843]

In athletics I have dozens of friends that get injured. There doctor give them usually a 30 day supply of pain meds. He’s the kicker... none of them have a addiction problem. Years later, there lives change and can’t compete or train. But not addicts. The “take a opioid and your a addict!” Line isn’t the truth and doctors aren’t the problem. Did you ever think that because it’s illegal it makes it cool to kids?

[@alexisfaith4680]

Huh. Alcohol leads to more bad drug intake decisions than marijuana

[@denisemeguro6435]

Amazon prime ? This guy needs to get his facts right.

[@carolbenack5960]

I was true back in 2016.

[@johnkelly3000]

Yeah junkies get their dope from amazon prime. he had me until that statement lmao

[@mikelights8106]

John Kelly lmfao

[@guspolinskipolkakingofthem615]

John Kelly the dark web. It comes in several different packages for cheap. You can literally buy birthday cards full of acid.

[@22esnyder]

yeah like wtf??

[@jacobsnowden8181]

"You're children have no privacy" Jesus Christ what's wrong with this man?

[@eddiecongdon8017]

He is overcompensating for the loss of his child and he thinks if he can help one parent then his childs life will not have been lost in vain

[@EveningTV]

He is missing the point.

[@Jodi_225]

@@EveningTV he has more than missed the point. If you only knew... People praise this man and have no idea what he truly is like...

[@shockawha9]

Chronic pain patients who cant get adequate pain care--some would remain opioid dependent like their diagnosis says....for some, dosage doesnt increase if used strickly for pain.....

[@noboilfrog9431]

Managing a symptom without treating the condition that caused it is as productive as rearranging deckchairs aboard the Titanic.

[@stephaniedegange2737]

thank you so much...i have someone i love in denial...God give us the strength to face this sad situation together.............

[@johnjinks1375]

its easier to cop and be well. there are very few addicts that get high. all theyb(we) do is keep from getting sick. feel normal. i know.

[@airilove17]

What goes around comes back around 10 fold.

[@lisajackson1476]

airilove17 , karma....

[@marylester45]

Facts

[@chrisrevord3787]

Tim I would like to tank you for opening America's eyes on opiod abuse. I live in a small community and i see the abuse every day. I am working on my Doctoral in HA/psycology. My dissertation is on the opiod abuse in small communities and the lack of treatment. My goal is to open a program like you have in my community. I would I go about starting such a program. Can you help me.

[@EveningTV]

Please please please offer something other than 12 step treatment. In the U.S. 95% of treatment programs are all the same failed 80 year old technology. Addicts need counseling, compassion, connection, community.

[@crienospmoht]

Since we all know the war on drugs is about money, why don't we stop it? For every arrest police make their budget is bigger. For every conviction, prisons get bigger budgets, judges, and prosecutors get kickbacks. The all mighty dollar keeps us sick, and the largest prison population in the history of the world, by far. So if the drug problem was taken out of law enforcements hands, we'd get better. Ask yourself what you want, huge warehoues for people, with rich owners, sheriffs, and lawyers, or a healthy population?

[@mikelights8106]

80 Percocets for wisdom teeth lmfao this dude is smoking something

[@Isonmommy1]

I didn't know you could go on the deep web and have heroin delivered via Amazon prime bawhaha....a lot was spot on but he still did fear conditioning. We, as parents, needs to be brutally honest about drugs. Not fearful but honest.

[@dth91]

agreed, had some good points but he definitely threw some people with all the tylenol in lock boxes and ordering heroin off amazon prime lol

[@dth91]

Chase Baker you can most certainly get any type of guns, drugs, even people that you want to buy on the dark web, i don't think she's denying that, i think she just means it's not quite as simple as browsing amazon prime like this man made it sound.

[@kamilareeder943]

+Chase Baker yah it is true , but like I think it's a bigger issue than access, like why d'you want heroin is the real question? Cuz let's be honest heroin and acid aren't the same thing.

[@dth91]

*****

[@j.b.9334]

Lauren Ison you can order any drug to your house via mail. Trust.

[@elathiaskade7311]

The dark net is where the hacker known as 4chan lives

[@chapelfaill8266]

Tim that was one hell of a truth exposing speech!

[@sarahyusi5010]

Thank you, Tim. I extend my heart felt condolences regarding the loss of your son to addiction. I can only imagine the pain you bare daily. I also wanted to extend my thanks to you for that talk. It was the best I've heard ever. I so appreciate your words and the strong heartfelt message it sent. You definitely spoke to me and opened my eyes. I have a son who will be 17 on August 17th, 2020 and a daughter who will be 14 on December 26th, 2020. As tears come to my eyes, I am very grateful they are still healthy and succeeding in school despite the pressure from peers to do otherwise. I am going to share this with them and their father, as well as everyone else I know. I appreciate your work. Thank you again.

[@brendar9363]

I am sick to death of this message. Do people really think it's the bum on the corner? After all of the lectures, new reports, documentaries, deaths of people they know. Do they really still not know???

[@karenm5723]

Mr Ryan, we need you to continue your message now in 2021

[@user-hp6pj4sy3k]

Kind of shocking to hear the last line of his speech. As a former addict, I agreed with him for the most part, but kept thinking: "He doesn't have a clue what it's like to actually be on opiates." But apparently I was wrong!

[@user-ij7lf8cj8f]

This is so sad and it was back in 2016 we are in 2023 and it may be worse we as a nation/community need to wake up I'm 160 days clean and so thankful to be here

[@TheMedsPeds]

I love buying my heroin off of Amazon Prime!

[@tiffanycardot4966]

TheMedsPeds its so hard to cop offline yo you need bitcoins and shit

[@lulabell79_31]

markatl84 and then spit my drink thru my nose roflmao!!!

[@grim789]

Yeah that is not true more like USPS first class.

[@bclr6843]

Ya I thought that was nuts too

[@JustinBobby-di9zt]

Yeah maybe not amazon prime

[@user-xc5yo6rt5j]

Whilst I sympathise with this guy's tragedy and respect his passion/drive, many of the things he is saying are wrong. Technology isn't responsible for people taking drugs, very few addicts rely on the dark net for supply and there has and will always be a means of supply. Also, not everybody will get addicted from taking opioid for an extended period of time, most people will not (despite developing physical dependence). To become addicted you typically need some combination of genetic susceptibility, and an underlying mental health issue (such as anxiety or depression). Addiction comes from individuals self medicating not from excessive pleasure seeking. In order to make progress, it is the persons need for these drugs (i.e. the mental health issues) that needs to be addressed.

[@johntaranto29]

Yea and doctors dont prescribe shit anymore, thats what kicked off the epidemic, when doctors adequately treat their patients theres a bit less demand for heroin. Now that the demand is so high prices dropped cause of competition, business is booming.

[@moswiney5295]

James Buckley did you know you can buy Xanax online? Yeah, very easily. It's all the rage on college campuses. You need to get with it. People are buying from the dark web. They buy things like u4770 which was a research chemical. Look it up.

[@valerieashcraft1615]

Actually he did not say that technology was responsible for people taking drug, he also did not say that people rely on the dark net to buy their drugs. He did say that people can find it on the internet. That is very true. Also statistics say that 75% of people who take opioids over an extended period of time will become addicted. Also physical dependence is part of addiction. You do not need to have some genetic history. Physical Dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal are the three things that defines addiction. Many addicts especially opioid addicts start from an injury or illness! Will power has nothing to do with addiction. Addiction changes the pleasure pathways in the brain.

[@chanman1684]

No matter who your GOD is, no matter what color you are, what country you live in, what financial class you are from, no matter what your race is, no matter what your profession is.....when it comes to drugs, follow the money. There is money in the trafficking, money in the distribution, money in privately owned prisons, there is money in the rehabs, and so on....so when you follow the money and find that answer, then there is a good start. Until then, love to all, in every country, every race and religion.

[@ncarmstron]

This guy needs to read a book.

[@JJ-xo3er]

Opiates are one hell of a substance, truly the greatest class of drugs but also means the most addictive.

[@waltercarter6163]

What he will not talk about is that Portugal legalized all drugs and EVERY drug metric went down. He's clueless.

[@kurtilein3]

They de-criminalized all drugs and legalized some, they are still fighting the supply side for some hard drugs. They are just going for only the bigger fish now. He is also arguing for some of that in some ways.

[@Polarbear-zy6vf]

Anybody taking prescription drugs needs to get serious about stopping before Heroin gets you. It seems that once opioids are no longer available people turn to Heroin and then you are doomed.

[@shockawha9]

Polarbear 123 it doesnt help that pain doctors will fire you for false negatives and false positives and stupid crap like 'rolling your eyes' which is rude behavior even though the nurse practitioner is one/fourth your age and clueless regarding opiates and she continually rolls them at you--when left to fend for ourselves, the cheapest wins and right now thats heroin which btw is great for pain, depression and lethargy from Fibromyalgia

[@ThursdayChild420]

I'm really not making the most of my Amazon Prime membership.

[@mattatk92]

Lmao

[@eddiecongdon8017]

Worddd

[@AwakeningLeela]

It’s not that simple,this guy only talks about the surface.its society,there’s no community. It goes so much deeper It’s about the mind and beliefs........ But,you will only stop if you want it. I am talking from experience.

[@beatrizcelinski3206]

Wow, the guy's talking about how society is in denial about the opioid epidemic that is killing SO many young people every single day, and this comment section just proves exactly his point. How sad!!!!

[@tarawasinger]

Sooo enlightening & inspirational!!!!!

[@UUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHH]

Shame...staying "in the rooms", or "hiding in church" only allows the shame to keep control over a person. Come out and stop being ashamed. What is kept in the dark cannot be healed.

[@clewis408]

I didn't know you needed a gaming pc to get on the dark web lol

[@AwakeningLeela]

Should be asking why do they take it and stay on it in the first place.we need to treat the source not symptoms. Why do people have to take the drugs what’s wrong with our society.people take drugs to block out pain,emotional trauma,feelings. Let’s look at why they do it.....

[@milanimorales2645]

Connecticut is becoming a drug playground. Sadly it is the people/communities you don't expect.

[@eb7446]

What is called "middle class" is often actually working class in the UK. In the UK middle class means affluent - in the US it basically means not in poverty. But generally speaking these ordinary people living in ordinary places turn to drugs due to worsening prospects. Especially the young who likely didn't get prescriptions for pain - but from relatives or dealers for psychological relief. I'd say it was systemic issue in many ways.

[@bclr6843]

This is a great impression of my father. But he’s also correct about a lot. But what do you say to the people who live in chronic pain that can’t get the medications anymore. You all did a great job of making red tape and leaving people in pain. The people your talking about don’t get there drugs from a doctor. All this does is cause red tape for the wrong people. Some people commit suicide from pain.

[@kurtilein3]

The people who need it should get it. Some doctors over-prescibe, while others let pain patients suffer by underprescribing it. The main problem is systemic stupidity in the USA.

[@lulabell79_31]

Powerful presentation. Very true account of what's really going on and I am guilty of not looking thru my teen's phone!! And I know she is smoking pot. To me, that's just the gateway to addiction, unfortunately! In hindsight, I WISH pot was the only drug I'd ever done in my life!!!

[@stoplayin21]

"If they were not lazy and took care of their kids,maybe they would not have time to use illegal drugs."

[@RCButterfly]

When I had wisdom teeth removed or minor surgery, I NEVER had a doctor give me a 30 day supply or a high dose of narcotics. I was given maybe 10 pain pills intended to last 3-4 days after my wisdom teeth were pulled, and after 2 days, I didn't need anymore pain management beyond ibuprofen. That bottle of 6 or so remaining pills stayed in my medicine cabinet for maybe 8 years after that. I don't understand the desire that causes people to seek drugs that are not medically necessary. I've never had the desire to "get high". Unlike many of my peers at 16, I wasn't trying to get access to alcohol or drugs; I was too focused on school and my future to have time for that stuff. It seemed like they were seeking beer and so forth because having access to something they LEGALLY should not have had access to made them cool and because their parents didn't seem to care or know they were doing.

[@ssekatawasherina4864]

Its much more than you think...

[@adamjago2417]

This man is awesome and he mesage is on point. America is in denial and oblivious to what to do and how much Heroin affects all of us. Shame on you America when AIDS hit everyone panicked and billions of dollars was raised to help. These days it's only EX ADDICTS that give a damn spending every second trying to help out their fellow man. I salute Tim and wish we had a million more of him on this planet. #STIGMASTINKS #STEPUPORGETSTEPPEDON

[@funkmasterflexing]

calm down

[@bclr6843]

Finally someone that talks sense.

[@dogbog99]

BC LR ......Amazon Prime tho...

[@stevenvining3043]

Kinda irked by the beginning of the video when he is standing with that that guy for whatever reason and than is saying that he's going to be going to his funeral soon. Great show of support guy! lol

[@eddiecongdon8017]

Its stats. I bet the kid died

[@donnacacciola1704]

Ibogaine......prevents relapse

[@gregoryivanov9187]

Do not blame Chicago for all the narcotics. Drug dealers live all over the place. I HOPE I will never be Tim Ryan.

[@timbobryan]

Excellent, no B.S. speech. Prayers for anyone struggling with addiction. And prayers for those who may see this and be prompted or moved to seek help. Take it from one who knows. There IS hope. God bless!

[@roryrory20]

2nd this. Great words man

[@charlesovenstone2558]

his intentions are good but his info is out to lunch

[@AsoftDolphinn]

i know more than 5 kids and i know for a fact none of them are doing heroine

[@deborajh0917]

Thank you!! I believe it is at 192 now!!!

[@gaborka1909]

I feel a bit like this dude is trying to compensate his inability to save his kid in time. Well, that might make his campaign even more effective. This opiate epidemic is like the devil itself, so nice words won't help too much.

[@christopherwalker8240]

Anthony Rene Flores yeah so screw him right? Lol

[@dpcsoup04]

Lot of misinformation in this. Helpful but wrong on a couple levels

[@dpcsoup04]

Also saying children have no privacy and to “be into” their technology is ridiculous that wouldn’t have helped me

[@freddiejay2512]

Dude you’re mixing fact and fiction and that’s a bigger disservice to us then that’s se who don’t care- get your facts straight!!

[@Yp3ri0n]

This guy has balls

[@lilchiliflake]

Just lock these druggies up

[@grandbachuss]

The reason why its hard to defeat addiction is because only an addict can talk to an addict. Why do you think AA and NA is basically ran by addicts that have been clean for while. Because they know how it is to be an addict. If an addict vents to a non addict about addiction, the non addict will have no clue how they feel. Therefore, they will not have the correct answer, Or any answer at all. Even if they really genuinely wanted to help. And the problem with addicts speaking to addicts is that everybody has their own way they think they can beat the addiction. Thats the problem in a nutshell. Any solution will be theory, but You have to master self and discipline while and after detox to survive. And get a new set of friends.

[@SungazerDNB]

What Heroin? There's no Heroin in America!

[@7008aspen]

Where can I get tickets to rich kid OD

[@paulcheney4114]

he didn't book learn it for sure

[@JRMcCabe]

Lmao 55% have been provided free dope?! Maybe twice but certainly not enough to maintain addiction. Where did they get that stat?! Also, no one is going to make a trip to the police to give them their pills they didn't take! I know not a single person able to make a deal over the net either. Im moving along. Excuse me.

[@SungazerDNB]

4:39 why does he state "gaming system" and not just "computer". That set off alarm bells, probably a plugged line by the TedX people

[@teddybruscie]

Sungazer That's because you need a decent computer for the Dark Web to work without your computer running like Windows 95 on crack. lol

[@SungazerDNB]

That's bullshit, the dark web requires as much performance as the regular web to access. None. If your PC has the ability to surf to google.com, you can go to the dark web.

[@teddybruscie]

Yea but aint that shit swimming with viruses and Maleware and shit like that?

[@mcole5780]

teddybruscie nope

[@nathanstrom9728]

"The weed today is x100 times stronger if not more" so if the marijuana in the 70s was 3% THC then the marijuana today is 300% THC? yeah no I don't think so.

[@jamespuckett4496]

Nathan Strom not the smartest person are you that 100x doesnt apply to 3 percent that 3 percent is a fraction comparison of dose you dont multiply the 3 percent you measure by actual content not fraction percentage lol

[@eddiecongdon8017]

It's all exponential

[@theurbanwolf298]

Cigarettes are the gateway my brother.

[@atiqrahman7289]

Problem. But what to do. treatments with methadone??

[@HonestAbe-hb1sd]

Atiq Rahman b

[@karenfox5970]

Powerful and impactful! Thanks for bringing awareness and making a difference. I pray that this speech reaches millions in hopes that it can save lives.

[@matwithonet1984]

His information is a bit questionable and would be curious to where he's getting his statistics from. Like some form of proof of factual data.

[@melissaholmes8933]

Statistics are off sir, older adults are being caught up in it and usually are more addicted.

[@rachelseymour2807]

So what about alcohol!!! Kills too , I take pain meds every day , and I'm not a dealer!!! But they cut the pain meds from people who needs them !!

[@user-fw8rd5ud4q]

His statistics are ridiculously fabricated. His angle is as reckless and lazy as his diet.

[@AwakeningLeela]

Sorry,I am 21 years an addict and it’s much more deep and complicated than,it’s because family and friends give pain killers. It goes deep,addiction is a disconnection . Dr gaurbo mate,check him out

[@wallsttech6881]

You MEAN they get them from "Mom & Dad" ? or Just going in dad's stash...

[@ladyzode7149]

This man is a SAVIOR to so many and has done so much to help addicts!! God bless him. I am grateful recovering addict!!

[@Beiskraft]

To those in the US, is the price for 1g really 100$? That seems a bit too much. Here in EU, depending on what country, a G is usually 25$. I hate this drug and what it did to me. I hate myself more. I just gave my vacuum cleaner for a gram.

[@coolbeansgetyahigh]

I love you my friend. Please love yourself. Please be kind to yourself. Please love and be kind to other manifestations of life. I sincerely hope that you are happy, healthy and leading a fulfilling and prosperous life now. I love you ❤️

[@PyrrhosHans]

"Children have no privacy." - maniac who totally failed as a parent

[@milesspiller6363]

When it comes to their TECHNOLOGY, children have no right to privacy. As regards to Tim, or anyone else being a failed parent, there is only so much one can do as a parent. Sometimes we do our best, and the child still does not turn out. There is a certain element of luck in how a child turns out in addition to upbringing. I have 3 children, and all 3 appear to be on the right track. However, nothing should be taken for granted.

[@tiffanyann5198]

thats kind of harsh to assume isnt it?

[@christopherwalker8240]

A parent who has their child grow up vs the parent who respects his kid's privacy and then one day found out the hard way that the kid was into some bad stuff, but he's dead now.

[@heathermariearmbrust]

This guy is really exaggerating his stats- we have a massive problem but he’s making it a bit worse sounding than what is. It makes him sound a bit self righteous.

[@theblacksun3951]

At around 11:08 he's wrong. Those are called OPIOIDS not opiates. Codeine and Morphine are opiates. Lortab and Methadone are opioids. He's off about a lot of stuff. The use of the f word first statement..?

[@milesspiller6363]

Alcohol is a gateway drug. However, MJ should not be taken lightly. Most people who use marijuana may not go on to use other drugs. However, EVERYONE I have spoke with who has used other drugs has used marijuana. My proof ? Over 20 years in the addiction field, including almost a decade in both male and female correctional facilities. Is the legalization of marijuana a good thing for society? History will have the final vote. History ALWAYS has the final vote!!

[@crooger3594]

If cannabis is a gateway drug for someone, it's becouse of the system that made certain drugs illegal, therefore you are getting in illegal terratory of drugs, starting with cannabis in most countries .... IF ALL DRUGS WERE LEGAL (like they were till 60s), THERE WOLUD BE NO "GATEWAY" DRUG, and much less criminal activity related to drugs, if any. Drugs would be pure and the result of that is less addiction and deaths related to overdoses. That's just my opinion.

[@lsnows]

I think that the problem is even deeper than this. Here in America, we have lost our ideals. It's no small co-incidence that the counties in places like Ohio that overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump were also the counties that had the highest rates of opioid addiction. We don't have an opioid crisis. We have a crisis of faith in ourselves.

[@m.n.8822]

Yes! You have no faith, because you turned your back to God. You cast bombs on other countries and the USA has killed so many innocent people and you as a nation ask yourself why do you have a pandemic ? !!! You have no mercy in the first place for other small nations. Think about this.

[@dogbog99]

via Amazon Prime... no not at all. That’s not true.

[@toddlavigne6441]

You choose to do drugs. The addiction is a medical problem. But we cannot, and should not blame the drug. The user is responsible. This problem needs to be fought on all fronts. Customs, internet, police, doctors and most importantly the idiots that use it. This coming from someone who knows.

[@pearleve9105]

#togetherwecan

[@jamaalbey1766]

Pearl Eve why should the aboriginal people come together to help you with the opioids plague when y’all put crack in our neighborhoods

[@anconamariah808]

You are so focused about overdosing and sbstance abuse treatment would but the people like me who are in pain and we have to suffer now because you wanna make a war on Pain med you want to wage war against sick people

[@PyrrhosHans]

dat dark intrwebz 2spooky4me......

[@TinaCBeana]

some of the stuff this dude says is SO far off...not only did my little brother die from a heroin overdose but I've seen many others die and/or lose everything due to it so I'm at least a little knowledgeable on the subject. I don't know who decided this guy is qualified to give a talk on heroin but he's definitely not.

[@TaliaGoodness]

Tina BeanAH I don't plan on watching the whole video, but I do know that what this man is saying is from heart. He's from my town, Naperville, and he started off being the 3rd highest paid man in his company. He had a beautiful house, a wife, and three sons. He ended up pulling one of his sons into addiction, and unfortunately, his son died. I don't know, maybe through his public speaking, he's trying to compensate for not being able to save his son, but I do know that he helps people DAILY. I personally think he's very qualified, if you ask me.

[@TinaCBeana]

I wish I remembered what brought me to the conclusion that he wasn't qualified so I could explain myself but I completely forget...that's a shame he lost his son, the only thing I can imagine would be worse than losing my brother is losing one of my children, even losing a parent wasn't as painful as losing my little brother. I will have to rewatch it so I can at least explain where I was coming from, I should have done so in the first place

[@steph-dl7ye]

he also came to my school to speak and he is a guy who fell into addictiction had a good life got out of but he fell back in about 2-4 more times, he overdosed a couple of times but hes one of the lucky ones. To this day he is 3 years free from drugs and 3 years out of jail. And the 97 funerals he visited went up way higher today. In prison he got lucky to be in one of the 2 prisons in illinois with a drug addiction program.

[@sethd7185]

Lot of false information here...don’t even know where to start.

[@luvmyboxers72]

Great video except for the BS about weed leading to opiate use.Totally untrue.

[@warrenjackson2583]

This is your baby

[@fuzzymcclellan2556]

the dark net .... haha really? gtfo maybe .ooo1%

[@moswiney5295]

Fuzzy McClellan I’m afraid the guy knows what he is talking about but you don’t. You need to do some research

[@thatsmrstaylor]

Well there was Silk Road

[@globe255]

A terrible voice, I can't endure listening to it.

[@38NDY]

This man is simply exploiting and enabling a crisis.

[@altosmusiclab2248]

Wrong Timmy, I quit with WEED. I get LEGAL medical weed in AZ, so I don't have to lurk around to get it. YOUR argument that we have to lurk with jerks to get weed goes away in California - the 5th largest economy in the world. So take your Anti-weed attitude and stuff it; I quit Oxy with WEED. :)

[@coolbeansgetyahigh]

I love you brother. Congratulations on ceasing your intake of opioids. I sincerely wish that you’re living a fulfilling life filled with love, peace, happiness and prosperity. ❤️

[@memphitetheology396]

If the Caucasian race can dodge karma... then the architect of the universe should resurrect every nation and people he has judged and destroyed before and beg their forgiveness.

[@erichonesty5068]

damn

[@roryrory20]

Think of "white people" as "the old system" and karma as "what we want now" Im white. Im young. I dont want anyone to suffer

[@charliewhitesky5491]

Sure opioid addiction is lethal. We all know that. What most people are ignorant to is cannabis is a solution to a lethal drug habit. Tim Ryan you need to wake up

[@dawnanderson611]

My grandma had hip surgery and had morphine prescribed to her 8 a day for 3 months....weened herself and was fine...get a grip dude delusional. If hes so smart how come he lost his kid