Accidental or not, still a sad loss

And a total shock.

Pete Dougherty, Amy Winehouse or Britney Spears, I could see. Not Heath Ledger.

If you took them all at once its considered intentional, if it was over time its more likely an accident.

That makes sense. Although I can totally also see suicide being more reasonable after having chugged some Vicodin.

Now I have to wonder what the pain meds were for.

Oxycodone's a Schedule I drug. Anyone that's prescribing that for him should reasonably be on top of all his other prescriptions--I'm not sure if the "narcotics contract" is mandatory, but that can involve the patient committing to only getting meds from the one doc. Which would eliminate/minimize randomly having all that shit on hand.

eta:

if his system only has recommended doses of those medications, then it seems unlikely that he was intending to kill himself.

And it would mean that there would be no recommended doses of all of them at once.

shrift, they have some school closings and floodings, but I think the worst of it hit west of them.

Yeah, I'm looking at the news and I am seeing the same.

I see a chicken stew in your fridge.

Woo! Thanks, Vortex! I know what I'll be making tonight.

I'm not sure if the "narcotics contract" is mandatory, but that can involve the patient committing to only getting meds from the one doc.

But if one is an addict are they going to be following that?

Not saying he was, sitting over here not knowing history or where that distinction is made - just sayin.

Also, if all Drs. followed that schedule1 rule then lots of people would not have the scripts they have.

oooooh Miracleman?

.... any chance there are some phone conference sound effects available??

But if one is an addict are they going to be following that?

That's why I was wondering about degrees of accidental overdoses. An addict overdosing is different from you or I doing it.

Though I'm not sure who (um, but me) would care about said degrees.

seven rungs of work hell (an interactive pastiche):

7. passive-aggressive copy machines that know when your meetings are.
6. decaf, flavored coffee in the group machine.
5. "oh. I thought you were going to take care of that."
4. "Who is supposed to be in this meeting again?"
3. People who feel that saying "we need x to happen" is all it takes.
2. [fill in the blank here]
1. [fill in the blank here]

Also, consider a white chicken chili with cannellini beans.

Heroin is Schedule I. Oxycodone is Schedule II.

I was prescribed something similar to Oxycodone for pain after I had my wisdom teeth removed, and it turns out that Codeine is also Schedule II (I got that, in the nastiest-flavored solution evar, for cough a year ago). I didn't have to sign any narcotics contracts for either of those.

(I'm a little surprised to discover that Valium is only Schedule IV, considering the hoopla you have to go through to get a scrip filled. Can't do it over the phone, oh no; in person only, with paper scrip in hand.)

Mmm, chili. The cafeteria has chili today (and they make a pretty decent pot of it, too), which I think I'll be having with some salad. That'll hit the spot on a cold wintery day like today.