British schoolboy dies after snorting heroin

Steak

Daily Mail wrote:

A schoolboy died after snorting heroin which he mistakenly thought was cocaine.


Francis Clapham, 16, bought the drug for £1 from a teenager in a park, an inquest heard.

But after sniffing the heroin with a friend he collapsed and was taken to hospital where he was put on a life-support machine.

The drug caused organ failure resulting in brain damage through oxygen starvation and he died two months later.

The inquest heard that Francis, who did not have a history of drug taking or dealing, was drinking vodka with a friend in a park in Nelson, Lancashire, when he decided to buy the drug.

full story here.

Sherifu

:-(

Francis's brother, Andrew, 19, said: "He thought it was cocaine and said that he and his friend had taken some.

"I only saw him taking a line of it but he might have had some more in his pocket. We had an argument about the drugs and he stormed out.

Nice brother, you think if he saw him taking it he could have stopped him. Maybe not.

kev_s88

fookin idiot

what did he expect to happen from snorting heroin?

keen

kev_s88 wrote: »

fookin idiot

what did he expect to happen from snorting heroin?

He thought it was cocaine not heroin.

DarkJager

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

Dragan

And once again drug "education" continues to cost lives.

Stupid little ****er.

keen

DarkJager wrote: »

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

Indeed, must of drank the bottle of vodka or was colour blind.

TequilaMockingBird

DarkJager wrote: »

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

He was a 16 year old kid! :eek:

User45701

i dont know to me it should have been Teen dies from... school boy makes it sound like 6th class or younger

Mossy Monk

One less idiot wiped from the gene pool.

Max_Damage

And the Darwin award goes too....

Sherifu

Max_Damage wrote: »

And the Darwin award goes too....

to

o/t is that a carmageddon avatar i see?

Max_Damage

o/t is that a carmageddon avatar i see?

Yes.

helimachoptor

If I saw my 19 year old bro with any drugs, he'd be getting a serious ass kicking.

Drugs are for mugs.

Mr. CooL ICE

Not all drugs are good...

...

Affable

kev_s88 wrote: »

fookin idiot

what did he expect to happen from snorting heroin?

~People do stupid things when drunk.

Dave!

I wonder would he have died if he had been given proper education about drugs beyond that they are evil. Same for those goons who were eating cocaine sandwiches (or whatever) a few months ago.

humanji

I doubt it. Stupid people generally end up killing themselves somehow. If they were given proper education about drugs they'd probably have died from chewing on electrical wires or something else they were told not to do.

blaze1

Dragan wrote: »

And once again drug "education" continues to cost lives.

Stupid little ****er.

have to disagree with you there, went to school in the uk and think that (at the time bout 10 years ago!) the drug education was spot on.

Theres no rehab for stupidity however!

Toolbag

He should have watched Pulp Fiction

The kid obviously never seen Pulp Fiction

invincibleirish

Drugs are like the the Daily Mail (which is the link) everyone knows how bad they are, yet both are still widely popular


Yes more popular then you and you're anti drugs ways

Typical AH poster response to drugs:

"i think drugs are terrible, i dont go near them, people who do are stupid"

yet all the drink threads where people go on about their *crazy* drunken antics always fail to amuse me

Does Boards represent the hypocrisy in Irish society of people having a double standard when it comes to Alcohol/Drugs?

Why yes it does.

humanji

You forgot the standar AH pro-drugs post: "but alcohol is legal!" Oh wait, you made that exact point...

Dennis the Stone

He got great value, £1 is cheap as chips

Shield

Tago Mago wrote: »

He got great value, £1 is cheap as chips

Where can you get chips for £1?

slipss

DarkJager wrote: »

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

Heroin can be white. I'd imagine that was the case in this incident.

pyure

buying heroin in the park from a teen for a quid ? what's the world coming to ?
on a side note is anyone else concerned with the fact that he contracted mrsa in hospital and had a reaction to the antibiotics ?

Tha Gopher

DarkJager wrote: »

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

Well seeing as you dont know of the existence of white heroin, meh tbh.

Im wondering how he bought it for a quid.


Pure or near pure heroin can be snorted for effect, its the most common method in the US, however if rapidly loses its affect, causing people to begin injecting it.

The Real B-man

a £1 for Heroin

Bottle_of_Smoke

invincibleirish wrote: »

Drugs are like the the Daily Mail (which is the link) everyone knows how bad they are, yet both are still widely popular


Yes more popular then you and you're anti drugs ways

Typical AH poster response to drugs:

"i think drugs are terrible, i dont go near them, people who do are stupid"

yet all the drink threads where people go on about their *crazy* drunken antics always fail to amuse me

Does Boards represent the hypocrisy in Irish society of people having a double standard when it comes to Alcohol/Drugs?

Why yes it does.

Alcohol's not a drug, it's a drink!

MySelf56

I am not surprised at all. It is just beginning..

I think teenagers have lack of parental guidance, peer pressure and access to illegal substances are spooling their entire precious childhood.

It is becoming Teengers Vs Society. Society blames their parents. But parents are part Society it is going circles. Shop owners are buying some Ultra sonic devices to repel them. Teens will simply say they got bored. Of course you will get bored if you hang around same shopping mall day after day.

I never understand why they hang around shopping malls with 3 inch make up girls? Boys will wear those white stripe trousers which are meant to wear to go to gym or jogging. By the look of them they never run. If they ever run they might collapse. Why can’t they buy ball/ hurley stick and play around?

There is good article about Teenagers sexual habits and drug hobbits in Sunday times. Coincidently another article by Time magazine about teenagers this month (European Edition)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725547,00.html

It is going to worst thanks to Internet.

sdanseo

I don't care if this is AH, the attitude of some posters' replies here just plain stinks. I'm not naming names, 'nuff said.

RIP.

vote4pedro

DarkJager wrote: »

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

Ha, that's classic You sound like on clued up bloke! And by that I mean "a twat".
Let's look at the facts. He bought what he thinks is cocaine, and it was sold to him at a strange price of £1 from a fellow kid.... there'd have to be at least the possibility that the other kid tried to trick him in to snorting heroin for some sort of hilarious jape. So now we have a 16 year old kid with apparently no history of drug use, snorting a white substance he has been told is cocaine, with no previous experience of cocaine or heroine. Oh and he was pished on vodka at the time.

Well played you twits talking about of Darwin awards and an idiot being wiped from the gene pool. :rolleyes:

Tha Gopher

MySelf56 wrote: »

I am not surprised at all. It is just beginning..

I think teenagers have lack of parental guidance, peer pressure and access to illegal substances are spooling their entire precious childhood.

It is becoming Teengers Vs Society. Society blames their parents. But parents are part Society it is going circles. Shop owners are buying some Ultra sonic devices to repel them. Teens will simply say they got bored. Of course you will get bored if you hang around same shopping mall day after day.

I never understand why they hang around shopping malls with 3 inch make up girls? Boys will wear those white stripe trousers which are meant to wear to go to gym or jogging. By the look of them they never run. If they ever run they might collapse. Why can’t they buy ball/ hurley stick and play around?

There is good article about Teenagers sexual habits and drug hobbits in Sunday times. Coincidently another article by Time magazine about teenagers this month (European Edition)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725547,00.html

It is going to worst thanks to Internet.

I blame tv, the decline of the church, the clousure of the magdalen laundries, tolerating unmarried parents, that swearin "bitch" "bling" and gun music those black lads sing, and the bang bang squeaky voice drug music personally.


Ever notice everyone who dies from drugs apparently never has a history of previous use?

Thank christ I survived my first time, I guess I can do as much as I like now

leninbenjamin

MySelf56 wrote: »

It is going to worst thanks to Internet.

how the f*ck does the internet cause drug abuse? it's not like boards secretly append molecules of heroin to the packets i download is it????

celticwe

Mossy Monk wrote: »

One less idiot wiped from the gene pool.

classy prick

It wasn't me!

MySelf56 wrote: »

drug hobbits

Best idea ever.

Davidius

DarkJager wrote: »

Obviously a very stupid person if he couldn't tell the difference between brown and white?

I'm 16 and have no clue what either looks like. I'd imagine it can be very hard to tell something you've never seen isn't the other thing you've never seen when it comes to that junk.

Anyhow, drugs are bad.

thelordofcheese

leninbenjamin wrote: »

how the f*ck does the internet cause drug abuse? it's not like boards secretly append molecules of heroin to the packets i download is it????

they don't?
awwww

/me stops licking wireless card.

BraziliaNZ

that's shocking man, poor kid, have a bit of respect, there are posters calling him names etc. and stupid. I don't consider myself stupid yet I was taking all sorts when I was his age, luckily I never got any heroin. It's not down to stupidity you just want to try all sorts when you're that age and exposed to these things and of a certain personality. And yes there is white heroin. He was very unfortunate, a small line of H is very unlikely to harm you, it's a pretty safe drug if it's good quality. People can take it all their lives.

speaktofrank

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

a small line of H is very unlikely to harm you, it's a pretty safe drug if it's good quality. People can take it all their lives.

What an idiotic thing to say, you obviously don't have a clue what you are on about. Take a look at Ricey's thread in PI, and then come back and tell me that it's a safe drug or you can take it all your life. :rolleyes:

BraziliaNZ

People take it in moderation their whole lives, not everyone gets completely strung out.

Mossy Monk

celticwe wrote: »

classy prick

Why thank you. Remember now, drugs are bad for you.

monkeyfudge

leninbenjamin wrote: »

how the f*ck does the internet cause drug abuse?

I don't know... sometimes reading After Hours makes feel like turning to seek solace in crack cocaine....

MySelf56

Originally Posted by leninbenjamin
how the f*ck does the internet cause drug abuse?

I meant internet make impact in overall behavior (happy slapping is best example i took see the post).

It such pity and shame few people advocates and encourage pathetic ideas such its ok take few times in OK not OK to consume daily. It depends on Quality and quantity. It depends on you addictive personality. Blah Blah..
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

DarkJager

vote4pedro wrote: »

Ha, that's classic You sound like on clued up bloke! And by that I mean "a twat".
Let's look at the facts. He bought what he thinks is cocaine, and it was sold to him at a strange price of £1 from a fellow kid.... there'd have to be at least the possibility that the other kid tried to trick him in to snorting heroin for some sort of hilarious jape. So now we have a 16 year old kid with apparently no history of drug use, snorting a white substance he has been told is cocaine, with no previous experience of cocaine or heroine. Oh and he was pished on vodka at the time.

Well played you twits talking about of Darwin awards and an idiot being wiped from the gene pool. :rolleyes:

Resorting to name calling is quite immature don't you think?? Kids these days...


Lets look at the situation shall we?? So this guy goes to the park gets pissed and for no apparent reason, decides to be a badass and do some coke. The number one rule of drugs is that you DO NOT try them until you have checked out the possible effects and side effects of each. People using his age as an excuse need to remember he was 16. Thats 2 years off 18 years old , and by that stage, he should at least have had some idea about what drugs are. Would a price tag of £1 for a line of coke not start bells ringing?? In any of the group??? At the end of the day, he's dead and the fault rests solely with him for being so idiotic in the first place.

Requiem4adream

DarkJager wrote: »

Resorting to name calling is quite immature don't you think?? Kids these days...


Lets look at the situation shall we?? So this guy goes to the park gets pissed and for no apparent reason, decides to be a badass and do some coke. The number one rule of drugs is that you DO NOT try them until you have checked out the possible effects and side effects of each. People using his age as an excuse need to remember he was 16. Thats 2 years off 18 years old , and by that stage, he should at least have had some idea about what drugs are. Would a price tag of £1 for a line of coke not start bells ringing?? In any of the group??? At the end of the day, he's dead and the fault rests solely with him for being so idiotic in the first place.

No offence but what the **** is wrong with you and the rest of them in here? He was 16 and made a drink-induced mistake and you're talking about idiocy and stupidity and side-effects of drugs? stfu. Check the side effects of the drugs? are you taking the piss? you want him to go home and google "side effects of cocaine/heroin" before doing a line? These drugs when mixed with alcohol cause different reactions and it's a very subjective, individualistic thing that google can not predict.

Seriously some of you in here make me want to puke with your bullsh1t insensitivity. Would ye go around saying the same if your brother or sister made a similar mistake that cost them their life?

invincibleirish

Plenty people have managed to use Heroin all their lives without becoming junkies, Look at Miles Davis! his sound was borne of Heroin! off topic but the usual boards moral indignation makes me chuckle. if this kid had received better drugs education then he would not have snorted it. but righteous types would **** themselves silly if they found out a 16yr old was being instructed on how to differentiate between types of drugs.

typical Daily Mail Headline:

Kids Being Thought In Our Schools To Use Drugs!

Sir Gallagher

Requiem4adream wrote: »

No offence but what the **** is wrong with you and the rest of them in here? He was 16 and made a drink-induced mistake and you're talking about idiocy and stupidity and side-effects of drugs? stfu. Check the side effects of the drugs? are you taking the piss? you want him to go home and google "side effects of cocaine/heroin" before doing a line? These drugs when mixed with alcohol cause different reactions and it's a very subjective, individualistic thing that google can not predict.

Seriously some of you in here make me want to puke with your bullsh1t insensitivity. Would ye go around saying the same if your brother or sister made a similar mistake that cost them their life?

Spot on, some bad attitudes in here, different people have different views on drugs fair enough but sometimes the anti-drugs folks act like complete ignorant pr1cks therefore ruining any chance they have of putting their point across.