Toying with the idea of cranking things up a notch at work with a few lines of blow before the open, exploring the affects of Ecstasy on your ability to trade, smoking enough meth to lose your teeth and/or saying fuck it on casual Fridays and rolling in wearing a button down with the sleeves pushed up displaying your track marks for all to see, thereby debunking the stereotype you’re a yuppie asshole? You know we’ll always support you in whatever you do but please strongly consider putting off all of the above until the Fall when you’re less likely to die on the job.
With relentless heat enveloping much of the nation, no one, it seems is spared. That includes a group at especially high risk of harm from high temperatures: drug users, both therapeutic and recreational, particularly those who take stimulants like cocaine, methamphetamine and Ritalin or antidepressants and other psychiatric medications.
One study found that for every week that the temperature exceeds 75 degrees Fahrenheit, New York City will experience two extra cocaine-related deaths. And, as the temperature climbs, the number of deaths leaps proportionally. A week like this with temperatures in the 90′s and possibly 100′s might tally 4-7 extra cocaine deaths in New York City alone. “High doses of stimulants can produce extremely high body temperatures,” says Zheng-Xiong Xi, a researcher at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. And extremely high body temperatures can kill.
We’re telling you this because we care.
truth!nn-guy who almost had a heart attack during a five eight-ball weekend a few days ago
Special K -u00a0 It’s not just for breakfast.u00a0 nn- guy with a very mellow cat
Thank god I went to rehab before it got really hot.
Insert “quit sniffing glue” comment here.
Pussies.u00a0 I’ve snorted coke off of molten lava before.u00a0 I’m still here.nn/Chazzy “Booger Sugar” Gasparingdingnn
I was not aware of that.
Hey Dr X.u00a0 Alternative theory alert.nnNo one likes to showcase their almost-Batman-like abilities to their friends fromu00a0thier 30th flooru00a0balcony when its cold as balls out.nnThis is a simply a story of loose positive corollations.
This is why we recommend water/drug enemas at this time of year in Houston.
Exactly the reason I stick to pure grain alcohol and rainwater. nn-Gen. J. T. Ripper USAF
Not too soon
It’s actually raining shit in Houston right now.u00a0 Total fecal downpour.
Who’s banging 7 gram rocks cause that’s how they roll?
I took an extra Allegra today to combat my seasonal allergies and now I am freaking out.nn-Back Office short tie guy
Take a hit of this Jeffery…it’ll calm you motherfuckers down!nn-Sergio
thats why you are dead and I am on CNBC all the timenn-Gartman
This is exactly why I look forward to winter.nn- Vincent Vega, Choco heroin-loving trader
You can’t play Pool with five eight-balls. It makes no sense.nn- Quant
Thank god you went to rehab before I ran out of glue.u00a0
Shit!u00a0 I should lay off the cat-nip until September.n-Villanova ’10
Fuck you all! I went to rehab four times in three years and Im still here.. Been killing it since you bitches were in a cradle! nn-Larry Kudlowu00a0
In Miami, just burying your face in a massive pile of snow and snorting is the accepted technique to ensure a correct dosage. Pussies.nn– T. Montana
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