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Well, I am in a bit of a predicament, and am hoping you guys in here could give me some advice with this situation. (By the way, thanks all again for helping with my last question on the forums). Anyways, I go to a university in Colorado, and am in the dorms again for my sophmore year, with the same roommate. He is a real quiet, extremely feminine (possibly gay) guy, who doesn't talk to anyone really and is a recluse. He is given prescriptions by the university for Zoloft and now Ritalin, claiming he has ADHD and a "hard time studying." He takes all pills orally, and although he is a weird individual, i chose him to be my roomie again just because I can trust him with not stealing anything from me, etc. so we have a good relationship. That is, until I walked in on him last week cooking up a white substance in a spoon. Now, I was speechless and my first reaction was that he was cooking up heroin in our room (I am drug free, but with my mother having worked in a drug rehab facility for over 30 years, I understand exactly what's going on).
I confront him about it, and he told me not to worry, it's just his Ritalin. I ask why he is about to shoot it up, and he told me that he just started shooting so that it "bypasses his metabolism and he gets the effect faster." He also told me that he is being prescribed 30mg of it, and is now taking 130mg, 3 times daily. He does not have Diabetes, or any prescription that would allow him to have syringes, and to make matters worse, I walked in last night to a 5% NaCl fluids bag hanging from the bottom of his bed, that's used for IV drip. I know for a fact he lifted the needles and bag(s) off the veterinary hospital he worked at over the summer, because I worked at one in California and we used all those daily. His only prescriptions are Zoloft and Ritalin at this point, he does marijuana occasionally and is now talking about buying Dilaudid as well (illegally of course).
I apologize for the long post, but I wanted to include all facts and information for you to get as much of an idea as you can about what is going on. On to my question, my mother has told me to get out of the dorm and move rooms immediately, and I agree with her 100%, but should I even spend time trying to tell him to stop doing it in the dorm? I know it's just a matter of time before a syringe falls out of his bag or he leaves it somewhere, and our housekeeping or someone of authority walks by and sees it, and we both get questioned. I don't want any part of this, so I am planning on asking to be moved tomorrow, but what are your guys' thoughts or advice on this situation? He doesn't do heroin, I know for a fact; but this could easily escalate to doing that, especially after being told he wants to get his hands on Dilaudid. Thank you for any help you can provide.
I confront him about it, and he told me not to worry, it's just his Ritalin. I ask why he is about to shoot it up, and he told me that he just started shooting so that it "bypasses his metabolism and he gets the effect faster." He also told me that he is being prescribed 30mg of it, and is now taking 130mg, 3 times daily. He does not have Diabetes, or any prescription that would allow him to have syringes, and to make matters worse, I walked in last night to a 5% NaCl fluids bag hanging from the bottom of his bed, that's used for IV drip. I know for a fact he lifted the needles and bag(s) off the veterinary hospital he worked at over the summer, because I worked at one in California and we used all those daily. His only prescriptions are Zoloft and Ritalin at this point, he does marijuana occasionally and is now talking about buying Dilaudid as well (illegally of course).
I apologize for the long post, but I wanted to include all facts and information for you to get as much of an idea as you can about what is going on. On to my question, my mother has told me to get out of the dorm and move rooms immediately, and I agree with her 100%, but should I even spend time trying to tell him to stop doing it in the dorm? I know it's just a matter of time before a syringe falls out of his bag or he leaves it somewhere, and our housekeeping or someone of authority walks by and sees it, and we both get questioned. I don't want any part of this, so I am planning on asking to be moved tomorrow, but what are your guys' thoughts or advice on this situation? He doesn't do heroin, I know for a fact; but this could easily escalate to doing that, especially after being told he wants to get his hands on Dilaudid. Thank you for any help you can provide.
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