RIP Tyler Skaggs

[Terry Yake]

You're underestimating addiction and how addictive opioids are.

not to mention the physical pain pro athletes deal with on a daily basis

 

[Canes]

Even if you want to blame the individual for his or her addiction, the Sackler family has inflicted so much pain and suffering onto thousands, if not millions, of families. As far as I'm concerned they should be locked away in prison for the rest of their lives.

 

[MMC]

 

[darko]

You're underestimating addiction and how addictive opioids are.

This.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

This.

It’s like people who spend their days gambling away their lives in Casinos. Blame the individual if you want but it’s a system designed to addict people, bankrupt them and ultimately ruin their lives.

 

[DougieSmash]

It’s like people who spend their days gambling away their lives in Casinos. Blame the individual if you want but it’s a system designed to addict people, bankrupt them and ultimately ruin their lives.

Yep. But Skaggs has wife and kids.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Yep. But Skaggs has wife and kids.

Yeah and no one is debating that he didn’t make wrong choices and bad decisions. Just that addiction is super powerful especially when you’re being enabled and there’s pain management issues going on as well. You can call him a selfish scumbag if you want but that’s not really fair or painting a full picture here

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Yep. But Skaggs has wife and kids.

He was recently married but i'm pretty sure he doens't have any children

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Yeah and no one is debating that he didn’t make wrong choices and bad decisions. Just that addiction is super powerful especially when you’re being enabled and there’s pain management issues going on as well. You can call him a selfish ******* if you want but that’s not really fair or painting a full picture here

There's a reason why this garbage is still legal while those same dinosaurs want to keep Marijuana a schedule 1.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[MS]

Hard not to connect the dots between 'Kay says 5-6 other Angels were known users' and 'authorities have interviewed these 5-6 Angel players'.

 

[Terry Yake]

Hard not to connect the dots between 'Kay says 5-6 other Angels were known users' and 'authorities have interviewed these 5-6 Angel players'.

did it say 5-6 angels players from last season? or just over the years?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[Terry Yake]

i wonder if this is why tim mead suddenly resigned as president of the HOF last month

 

[Filthy Dangles]

 

[Terry Yake]

well kay and mead are f***ed

wonder who else knew about this and did nothing

 

[Vamos Rafa]

f***, this is gonna reach the 1919 White Sox scandal level if it involves big name players.

 

[Dr Pepper]

So Skaggs not only used these drugs, but distributed them as well, to teammates and other players?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I remember Matt Harvey got buried in the minors last year because of this. Did he end up being involved at all?

 

[jcs0218]

There's a reason why this garbage is still legal while those same dinosaurs want to keep Marijuana a schedule 1.

I have no comment over the debate regarding marijuana.

However, some opioids do need to be legal for the purposes of pain management. They need to be monitored though, and patients need to have the discipline to use them as directed and not abuse them.

I once completely herniated two discs in my back, and I was only able to make it through the day for about 2 weeks with the help of oxycodone. It was severely painful. I couldn't get out of bed or sit up without the oxycodone.

I can definitely see how one could abuse the drug, because of how euphoric I felt when taking it. It also felt addictive and I did have withdrawal effects after I went off of it.

This is why the patient needs to be counselled before taking them. They also need to have the discipline to not take more than is prescribed and don't take it before your next scheduled dose. Because this is what can lead to overdose.

 

[The Burdened]

if Skaggs was involved in selling, big oops on hero worshipping a drug dealer

 

[Dr Pepper]

if Skaggs was involved in selling, big oops on hero worshipping a drug dealer

That's what I was thinking....there goes his family's leverage, pointing the finger at everyone else when it very well may have been his own doing.

Imagine the family of Jose Fernandez, suing the Florida Marlins.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

a lot coming out about this, the trial for Eric Kay is going on.







This guys' twitter has a lot of the testimony

https://twitter.com/TJQuinnESPN

 

[Terry Yake]

pittsburgh drug trials 2.0