I am sure that the majority of you have no idea what "The 'bupe' fix" is - This hits close to home here in Fairfax as one of our own young men died because of it.
One individual told me who was a friend of the deceased:
"I say let them go through detox and suffer a bit and get the drug off the street!"
The individual that asked me to put this up on the forum told me they thought it would be important to get the article out there about what this drug does and the family of the deceased young man encourages people to learn about it so that is does not happen to others children.
To read about the 'bupe' fix, click on the following link:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.bupe16dec16,0,293167.story (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.bupe16dec16,0,293167.story)
I wasn't sure whether or not to put the name on my forum note, but as I read the article they actually mention the name - Below is the exerpt that identifies him in the article:
"Chad Bessette, a 30-year-old construction worker, was one such person.
Six feet 2 inches tall and 190 pounds, he was an adventurous young man who moved to Colorado shortly after graduating from Fairfax High School in northern Vermont to work on a ranch as a horse roper.
He returned to Vermont and worked construction during the day in Burlington, partying in the city's bars at night and crashing at his father and stepmother's house.
"Chad liked to drink. That was his thing," said his father, Art Bessette. "But when he had to work, he'd get up and go right to work."
But on the morning of April 23, 2006, after a night of heavy drinking at a bachelor party, Bessette didn't wake up.
The medical examiner initially found in Bessette's body a high level of alcohol and a muscle relaxer, cyclobenzaprine, but did not determine a cause of death. After learning from Bessette's family that he had taken someone's buprenorphine pill that night, the examiner ordered a test that detected the substance.
Bessette died from "acute intoxication - combined effects of ethanol, Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) and Buprenorphine," the death certificate reads. The family wants answers from police about how their son got the pill, but state police will say only that the matter is under investigation."
Chad Bessette's obituary with photos was posted on my forum back in April 2006 - Click on the following link to view if you wish:
http://www.vtgrandpa.com/forum/index.php?topic=864.0 (http://www.vtgrandpa.com/forum/index.php?topic=864.0)