Furious Seasons

January 12, 2010

Ninth Grader Busted For Seroquel Dealing

It seems like hardly a week passes when I don't see news of someone getting popped for dealing Seroquel or illegal Seroquel possession. This time out a ninth grader in upstate New York was the alleged dealer:

"The boy was caught with the pills after another student was brought to the nurse’s office Thursday morning for a reported drug overdose, sheriff’s officials said Monday. The student, who left his classroom unable to walk straight or speak clearly, told school staff and the school resource officer that he had bought the pill from the ninth-grader, who was selling pills for $1 each. The boy was taken to Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston for treatment."

The article actually describes Seroquel as an anti-depressant. Sure it is.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at January 12, 2010 11:29 AM

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If they are selling it , it has to be a good drug right?

Posted by: mark p.s.2 at January 12, 2010 05:36 PM

That's actually really cheap... Seroquel goes for $3 a pill on the street... and it's much cheaper than what insurance pays for it too.

Posted by: kimbriel at January 12, 2010 10:32 PM

Yikes. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though. With it being advertised so much for so many things it's probably readily available in parent's med cabinets. Isn't Seroquel sometimes called baby heroin?

Posted by: Meg at January 13, 2010 05:42 AM

mark p.s.2: Well, it's a tricky one, one the one hand if it's being sold as a recreational drug then that's bad, but on the other hand if it's not, then that's also bad because it means it's so horrible that no-one wants to buy it.

So in other words *all drugs are bad*, phew.

Make a note of my reasoning, I'm sure it will come in handy.

Posted by: Neuroskeptic at January 13, 2010 11:23 AM

This is what happens when kids get prescribed atypicals, which seems to be happening more and more. Some of them sell them on the street (or their friends or sibs get a hold of the bottle and do it).

Posted by: Miranda at January 13, 2010 05:59 PM

Wow...drug dealing/taking preteens must be running out seemingly exciting controlled substances if there's a demand for a pill that doesn't do much other than put you to sleep. I fail to see the appeal - to anyone other than a raving insomniac who hasn't slept in a month.

Posted by: Lindeseig at January 13, 2010 08:50 PM

"If they are selling it, it has to be a good drug right?"

"sarcasm on"
Of course Mark! We all know that 90% of drugs on the market are good and the most expensive are the best.
Seroquel is very expensive so it's a very good drug.
"/sarcasm off"

Posted by: Ana at January 15, 2010 02:48 PM

The appeal? If you have schizophrenia and anxiety...1000mg at night is like a good blunt and you sleep like a baby ;)

Posted by: LuLu at January 17, 2010 12:17 AM

I had to seperate from the only man I ever truly loved because of his behavior on seroquel. It seems to have very much the same effect on people as does alcohol. at first they are sedated but after some time they seem to act aggressively while under its effect. I have observed this behavior pattern exhibited by other friends as well,needless to say they are no longer my friends.When I tried to talk to my boyfriends shrink about it he just says that if he lowers the dosage he will most certainly go back to alcohol. Is this truly the cure when we have so called doctors substituting one drug for another, especially a drug that is known to cause diabetes and weight gain, indeed. is this the cure? I think not.the other frustrating fact is the cost of these wonder drugs,given the fact that disability recepients are expected to survive on less than the cost of just one pschych med,which is picked up by hard working class americans tax dollars. IT is surely such a travesty,one that america is soon no longer going to be able to afford. therealcleopatra7

Posted by: sandra mccune at January 27, 2010 09:03 PM