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What's with junkies drinking Yops all the time?

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    anewme wrote: »
    Theres a lot of strange threads recently wuth brilliant titles.

    Long may they continue. Bit of harmless fun


  • #33
    Dual wheels
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    They always have lovely runners as well.

    With mandatory white socks which they tuck their tracksuit into
    Do junkies get dole or do they just rob old ladies for money to buy drugs?


  • #34
    Autecher
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    Purple Mountain wrote: »
    Probably cheap form of dinner.

    It is that and has been said heroin messes the stomach up so this is kind of like relief to them too. My brother must drink at least 2 litres of milk a day.


  • #35
    Autecher
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    Dual wheels wrote: »
    With mandatory white socks which they tuck their tracksuit into
    Do junkies get dole or do they just rob old ladies for money to buy drugs?

    Both, though the robbing isn’t exclusively of old women they are just the easiest targets.


  • #36
    YFlyer
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    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    You can make your own out of builders stryofoam.

    Are you Steve Prefontaine coach?


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  • #37
    askU
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    FFS. This thread is a load of yop!


  • #38
    Sleeper12
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    corner of hells wrote:
    It's not Yop in those little cartons , it's their methadone. Stops Gardai hassling them.


    Definitely not. Methadone is giving in the clinic in the morning. They drink it in front of the medic & don't get to take any with them. The daily dose is so small it can fit in a shot glass. Even if they managed to steal a bottle they wouldn't be sipping it all day.


  • #39
    Richard Hillman
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    I have historically seen a lot of them drink lucozade. I always thought they were using it to drink alcohol (because of the packaging). Must be the Sugar. Although Lucozade is ruined now.


  • #40
    corner of hells
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    corner of hells wrote:
    It's not Yop in those little cartons , it's their methadone. Stops Gardai hassling them.


    Definitely not. Methadone is giving in the clinic in the morning. They drink it in front of the medic & don't get to take any with them. The daily dose is so small it can fit in a shot glass. Even if they managed to steal a bottle they wouldn't be sipping it all day.

    Erm , I was joking .
    I work now in homeless services and previously in drug services .
    I work more mainly with heroin addicts with a good few being chronic rough sleepers.
    Its possible to get your methadone as a takeaway where you don't have to take it in front of a medic.

    The yop being drank is to allay constipation , opiates block up the bowels.


  • #41
    Sleeper12
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote:
    How people work in the service industry serving these people is beyond me, pure wastes of space on the earth.


    I know some are real scumbags but honestly they are more to be pitied. They bring more misery on themselves and their families than they do to most victims. I'm not excusing them or their crimes but they don't even enjoy the drugs when it gets in on them


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  • #42
    Atlantic Dawn
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    GDY151


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I know some are real scumbags but honestly they are more to be pitied. They bring more misery on themselves and their families than they do to most victims. I'm not excusing them or their crimes but they don't even enjoy the drugs when it gets in on them


    They cost the state a fortune in them being non productive idiots who will amount to nothing for their entire lives, they should have an option to check in by pressing a red button to wipe them out, bury them at sea.


  • #43
    corner of hells
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I know some are real scumbags but honestly they are more to be pitied. They bring more misery on themselves and their families than they do to most victims. I'm not excusing them or their crimes but they don't even enjoy the drugs when it gets in on them


    They cost the state a fortune in them being non productive idiots who will amount to nothing for their entire lives, they should have an option to check in by pressing a red button to wipe them out, bury them at sea.

    Do you mind ?
    They keep me in employment , where else am I going to earn 400000 euros a year.


  • #44
    Sleeper12
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    corner of hells wrote:
    Erm , I was joking . I work now in homeless services and previously in drug services . I work more mainly with heroin addicts with a good few being chronic rough sleepers. Its possible to get your methadone as a takeaway where you don't have to take it in front of a medic.


    I'm autistic & don't always pick up on jokes in comments. My mistake.

    I've never noticed the yops but I see them every morning near Connelly Station with cups of coffee. There is a clinic near there and you'll see them either side of the road after getting their dose. I assume they get a free coffee on the way out of the door. I see another bunch on the quays at the bottom of the hill at Christ Church.


  • #45
    corner of hells
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    corner of hells wrote:
    Erm , I was joking . I work now in homeless services and previously in drug services . I work more mainly with heroin addicts with a good few being chronic rough sleepers. Its possible to get your methadone as a takeaway where you don't have to take it in front of a medic.


    I'm autistic & don't always pick up on jokes in comments. My mistake.

    I've never noticed the yops but I see them every morning near Connelly Station with cups of coffee. There is a clinic near there and you'll see them either side of the road after getting their dose. I assume they get a free coffee on the way out of the door. I see another bunch on the quays at the bottom of the hill at Christ Church.

    Ah no problem, that's Amiens street clinic.


  • #46
    Sleeper12
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote:
    They cost the state a fortune in them being non productive idiots who will amount to nothing for their entire lives, they should have an option to check in by pressing a red button to wipe them out, bury them at sea.


    We have over 730 deaths per year directly from drugs in Ireland. That's around twice the amount of people killed on our roads each year. Very few junkies live long lives.


  • #47
    antix80
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    We have over 730 deaths per year directly from drugs in Ireland. That's around twice the amount of people killed on our roads each year. Very few junkies live long lives.

    That's probably kind. Why prolong the misery? Fairly certain being a junkie changes their DNA.


  • #48
    rob316
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    theteal wrote: »
    Lovely? :eek:

    Expensive alright but there's a reason nobody I know has bought a pair of airbubbled runners since they were 12 years old. Junktastic!

    I have many pairs of air Max 90s can't stop wearing them. The best trainer in my eyes that Nike has made.
    Look more retro these days than skanger.


  • #49
    punisher5112
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    Nike smell like cat pee, junkies smell like pee, wonder is it the runners.....

    Yop is just a cover for whiskey or vodka.....


  • #50
    Atlantic Dawn
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    GDY151


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    We have over 730 deaths per year directly from drugs in Ireland. That's around twice the amount of people killed on our roads each year. Very few junkies live long lives.


    Self imposed death, like people choosing to continue to smoke after 1980 when detailed warnings appeared on the packs and then complaining they got lung cancer.


  • #51
    skooterblue2
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    GarIT wrote: »
    I assumed methadone would be injected too, you drink it?

    Nope, it can either come in liquid or tablet form. Liquid is better as they cant sell it on afterwards say the dispensing technicians or pharmacist. Crazy shet they have to put up with!!!!


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  • #52
    corner of hells
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    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    GarIT wrote: »
    I assumed methadone would be injected too, you drink it?

    Nope, it can either come in liquid or tablet form. Liquid is better as they cant sell it on afterwards say the dispensing technicians or pharmacist. Crazy shet they have to put up with!!!!

    Rarely hear of methadone in tablet form for addicts, you can be prescribed subutex , I think mainly privately.


  • #53
    skooterblue2
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    Rarely hear of methadone in tablet form for addicts, you can be prescribed subutex , I think mainly privately.

    My friend was a pharmacist in the states, the single cause of stress in her pharmacy was .... junkies getting methadone. Yeah the liquid form is better because you get them to swallow it and feck off. They are just messy fuppers to deal with.


  • #54
    skooterblue2
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    My missus is in a shop selling "Yahoo" (sugary premixed milkshake), same thing as Yop! before I got my street smart education from her. I bought a bottle of it to see what it was like. The shop assistant was looking at me "WTF do you want THAT for?". I often question why my missus stocks it in her shop if all it does is bring in trouble?

    Opiods/Heroin is horrible shet and leeches minerals and vitamins from the body and generally screws with your digestive system. Taking Yahoo/Yop is the equivalent of throwing a kid a bar of chocolate rather than giving them a proper dinner as it ties them over.


  • #55
    corner of hells
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    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    corner of hells wrote: »
    Rarely hear of methadone in tablet form for addicts, you can be prescribed subutex , I think mainly privately.

    My friend was a pharmacist in the states, the single cause of stress in her pharmacy was .... junkies getting methadone. Yeah the liquid form is better because you get them to swallow it and feck off. They are just messy fuppers to deal with.

    Both Amiens St and Pearse St here are both full on experiences particularly with those collecting on a daily basis .
    Theres a lot on takeaways who are stable and just get on with their lives .


  • #56
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    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    They always have lovely runners as well.

    I don't know about the runners so much, but what about the haircuts?

    I always wonder why men in such desparate crises can be so determined to keep their hair nice and short. In the US, people in similar positions seem to abandon care for their hair length altogether. They just let it grow and grow.

    This isn't a mocking post, you'd have to be some dick to mock someone with an addiction - I'm genuinely curious.


  • #57
    corner of hells
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    They always have lovely runners as well.

    I don't know about the runners so much, but what about the haircuts?

    I always wonder why men in such desparate crises can be so determined to keep their hair nice and short. In the US, people in similar positions seem to abandon care for their hair length altogether. They just let it grow and grow.

    This isn't a mocking post, you'd have to be some dick to mock someone with an addiction - I'm genuinely curious.

    I know from working with addicts that there are barbers and hairdressers in Dublin who give their services for free to homeless service users.


  • #58
    skooterblue2
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    Dual wheels wrote: »
    With mandatory white socks which they tuck their tracksuit into

    You really want to know?
    When junkies miss a hit then the digestive system starts up, its like the old adage of wearing bicycle clips when you got the trots....Keeps it all in the one place. :eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Seriously I dont know. I am guessing it is the style in the Tracksuit Brigade, so they can spot their own kinds as opposed to the guy in the canterbury tracksuit from D4.


  • #59
    skooterblue2
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    antix80 wrote: »
    That's probably kind. Why prolong the misery? Fairly certain being a junkie changes their DNA.

    Addiction can genetic that you have a predisposition towards it but it is easy to see have someone could go from a social drinker to progressive alcoholic over time. Where Heroin addicts know they are crossing lines when they are taking illegal drugs and there are stages.


  • #60
    skooterblue2
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    I know from working with addicts that.............

    Buddy I volunteered with SIMON community about for 6 months 15 years ago. It would break your heart dealing with the homeless and more so with Addicts.
    You Sir are a living saint and I have no idea what motivates you, because I was worn out after 6 months


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  • #61
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    I know from working with addicts that there are barbers and hairdressers in Dublin who give their services for free to homeless service users.

    Oh, that's extremely decent of them.

    Some homeless person told me recently that there's a fast food outlet (he didn't know which one), which goes around putting down hot foot beside homeless people after they close. Just because. I hope for the sake of those people that there is a heaven.


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