Greg Lasrado is a heroin addict

[gonzo]

But I see his middle name is wine!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18177829-1248,00.html

[Peaches]

Damn, that's sad :(

[Hell Puppy]

Damn, that's sad :(

Sad, but not surprising....

Some research on the types of personalities drawn to this industry would make a fascinating subject for a thesis for a psychology doctorate.

How many fortunes were made and pissed away? Of those how many were pissed away due to compulsions such as drugs and/or gambling? And if you expand it to look not only at total busts but just those that let businesses kinda die on the vine, I think the numbers become staggering.

[Mike AI]

Sad, but not surprising....

Some research on the types of personalities drawn to this industry would make a fascinating subject for a thesis for a psychology doctorate.

How many fortunes were made and pissed away? Of those how many were pissed away due to compulsions such as drugs and/or gambling? And if you expand it to look not only at total busts but just those that let businesses kinda die on the vine, I think the numbers become staggering.

Definately amazing.

[Peaches]

Sad, but not surprising....

Some research on the types of personalities drawn to this industry would make a fascinating subject for a thesis for a psychology doctorate.

How many fortunes were made and pissed away? Of those how many were pissed away due to compulsions such as drugs and/or gambling? And if you expand it to look not only at total busts but just those that let businesses kinda die on the vine, I think the numbers become staggering.
Thank you Mr. Sunshine!! :blink:

[Hell Puppy]

Thank you Mr. Sunshine!! :blink:

Someone fetch me a paxil...

[Peaches]

Someone fetch me a paxil...
I ordered you $32K worth of heroin - that should keep you happy for a week :)

[gonzo]

I ordered you $32K worth of heroin - that should keep you happy for a week :)

That would last Shiraz just a week!

[Hell Puppy]

I ordered you $32K worth of heroin - that should keep you happy for a week :)

Can you make brownies or something out of it?

I doubt I'll ever be a drug addict cuz I hate needles and I dont place flaming vegetation into my mouth...

[sudden]

Someone fetch me a paxil...

Paxil takes 2 weeks to kick in. What you need is obviously Xanax, and lots of it!!

[Hell Puppy]

Paxil takes 2 weeks to kick in. What you need is obviously Xanax, and lots of it!!

I'm not very good at this drug addict thing.

[sudden]

I'm not very good at this drug addict thing.

Trust me, popping a xanax pill a few times a day isn't really difficult.
I have faith in you, you can do it! :D

[PornoDoggy]

Sumbitch! $3,300 bucks (US) worth of heroin a day?

Dat's a lotta shit, man ...

[Biggy]

i hope he cures himself before he kills himself.

[PornoDoggy]

Death IS the only cure for heroin addiction.

You can stop using, but the chances ain't very good (1 in 35 at best) - but he'll die an addict, whether that is tomorrow or 40 years from now.

[JR]

Sumbitch! $3,300 bucks (US) worth of heroin a day?

Dat's a lotta shit, man ...
ha.. i would agree thats a tad more than "recreational use" :)

[Peaches]

Can you make brownies or something out of it?

I doubt I'll ever be a drug addict cuz I hate needles and I dont place flaming vegetation into my mouth...
Yeah, I realized smoking pot was actually "smoking" pot and I hate smoking :( And even safety pins scare me!!

[grimm]

i too am adicted to heroins. nlothing quite like a female matriarch to get my cockles in a boil :)

[grimm]

Sad, but not surprising....

Some research on the types of personalities drawn to this industry would make a fascinating subject for a thesis for a psychology doctorate.

How many fortunes were made and pissed away? Of those how many were pissed away due to compulsions such as drugs and/or gambling? And if you expand it to look not only at total busts but just those that let businesses kinda die on the vine, I think the numbers become staggering.


it is the highs and lows... the more successfull you get...the highs become an opiod.. the only thing blocks the are opioid inhibitors, from methadone to naproxolene to whatever... the 24/7 lifestyle has to be coubtered,,,take it from someone who knows

[Jace]

there is no possible way he was doing that much heroin each day....it does not matter how much of a tolerance you have built up

either he was supplying all his friends too, or his dealer was SERIOUSLY overcharging him
and when I say overcharging, i mean charging 4x the going rate

[Winetalk.com]

Sad, but not surprising....

Some research on the types of personalities drawn to this industry would make a fascinating subject for a thesis for a psychology doctorate.

How many fortunes were made and pissed away? Of those how many were pissed away due to compulsions such as drugs and/or gambling? And if you expand it to look not only at total busts but just those that let businesses kinda die on the vine, I think the numbers become staggering.

I am so glad that wine addiction is much less taxing...
unless you drink a bottle of aged Domaine Romanee Conti or aged Petrus every day
;)

[Winetalk.com]

Can you make brownies or something out of it?

I doubt I'll ever be a drug addict cuz I hate needles and I dont place flaming vegetation into my mouth...


Have you tried putting it thru your ass?
The content sold would cover your enjoyment
:)

[JR]

there is no possible way he was doing that much heroin each day....it does not matter how much of a tolerance you have built up

either he was supplying all his friends too, or his dealer was SERIOUSLY overcharging him and when I say overcharging, i mean charging 4x the going rate

good to know there are resident heroin users who can answer all our heroin questions :blink:

[PornoDoggy]

good to know there are resident heroin users who can answer all our heroin questions :blink:
'specially one versed in the international exchange rate for heroin prices.

[Jace]

good to know there are resident heroin users who can answer all our heroin questions :blink:

ha, yeah, i use heroin all the time, in fact I am pushing some into my veins right now

I am an ex coke addict man, was doing almost 1-2 ounces a week about 5-6 years ago....when you are that deep into drugs you learn all the prices and shit, plus I tried it a few times (snorting, no needles)

plus, it doesn't take a genious to find out what the street price of drugs is
http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/

[Jace]

'specially one versed in the international exchange rate for heroin prices.

drugs are pretty much the same price no matter where you go

[TheEnforcer]

Sad, but not surprising....

Some research on the types of personalities drawn to this industry would make a fascinating subject for a thesis for a psychology doctorate.

How many fortunes were made and pissed away? Of those how many were pissed away due to compulsions such as drugs and/or gambling? And if you expand it to look not only at total busts but just those that let businesses kinda die on the vine, I think the numbers become staggering.


All sorts of reasons for people's collapses in this biz to be sure. From drugs, booze, and gambling to marriages gone bad and simple bad money management.

[TheEnforcer]

I couldn't use heroin cause I have no compunction to sticking myself with a needle all the time. Can't stand em so if I ever get diabetes it will take some doing to get myself to stick myself all the time.

Now, at $4500 a day that's roughly $1.65 million on heroin alone in a calendar year. That's gotta be a LOT of heroin so I can only imagine if that is accurate, and I doubt it because the "street value" estimates you see from busts are usually way overinflated to make em look even better and they are getting their values from the police which always inflate that kind of crap, I can't see him using that much heroin as he would have to be doing it 24/7 365 I would imagine. Now, if he's got a ton of friends with him maybe it MIGHT be close to that but even that way so I Imagine the $4500 mention is WAY overinflated like Jace says.

[Winetalk.com]

All sorts of reasons for people's collapses in this biz to be sure. From drugs, booze, and gambling to marriages gone bad and simple bad money management.

and I am happy for my friend Brad who have avoided all that.

[Jace]

I couldn't use heroin cause I have no compunction to sticking myself with a needle all the time. Can't stand em so if I ever get diabetes it will take some doing to get myself to stick myself all the time.


just FYI, heroin can be taken in ANY form...swallowed, snorted, smoked, etc....so you also have to think about that when referring to this story

$50 of snorted heroin has a much less effect on the body than $50 of heroin using a needle, you need WAY less to get off with a needle than snorting

ok, i will stop now, i think people are starting to stare...LOL

[el pres]

drugs are pretty much the same price no matter where you go

No they're not..

Hash. coke and heroin are 1/2 the price in Spain as they are in the UK, but speed is twice as expensive. Sinthetics are cheap in Eastern Europe because they are made there, Coke is 70% more expensive in the UK than the US.


$4,500 that's AU$ not US$ so it's about $3,200 Still a crazy amount, but drugs are more expensive in Oz cause it's an island with extremely good border controls.

[Jace]

No they're not..

Hash. coke and heroin are 1/2 the price in Spain as they are in the UK, but speed is twice as expensive. Sinthetics are cheap in Eastern Europe because they are made there, Coke is 70% more expensive in the UK than the US.


$4,500 that's AU$ not US$ so it's about $3,200 Still a crazy amount, but drugs are more expensive in Oz cause it's an island with extremely good border controls.

hehe...i added that in there to see who responded ;)

nothing is the same price anywhere you go...shit even an 8ball of coke is different price in LA and Atlanta...much less outside the US

[LeeNoga]

Welp, it could be a lot worse.

He could be addicted to heroin and American Idol :-)

[Winetalk.com]

Welp, it could be a lot worse.

He could be addicted to heroin and American Idol :-)

Lee...are you back?

[Fred]

This guy made me really, really rich. I feel for him. And Serge, he must have made you a bunch as well even though he turned up at the very sunset of your career. Do your heroin in peace Greg, we'll always have Vegas;)...

[Winetalk.com]

Amazingly, Greg and me haven't done any business. None. Zilch. Nada.
But....he was appreciative bloke, as we spent few hours together at Disney World during convention in Orlando and I shared with him few business philosophies.
He was inviting me to visit Australia ever since and stay at his beach place.

I feel sorry he got into trouble, even though it's a bit karmatic, according to some of the people who worked close with him.