The Truth About Drugs in Downtown Nashville: A Dangerous Reality

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024

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  • @fumanpoo4725
    @fumanpoo4725 14 днів тому +21

    The bong remains the same.

    • @sv-yh3mq
      @sv-yh3mq 14 днів тому +3

      @fumanpoo4725- ( I can't help it, but your comment is making me chuckle. )

    • @billyshane3804
      @billyshane3804 14 днів тому +2

      Very Beavis but still juvenile and funny all the same. Well done.

    • @jesusislukeskywalker4294
      @jesusislukeskywalker4294 14 днів тому

      it did change. ​they actually introduced new strains in the early 90's , way more stronger than anything we smoked in the 80's. 🙏 peace be with

  • @daviddigital6887
    @daviddigital6887 14 днів тому +13

    Downtown Nashville is the Devils Workshop. I'm born and raised in Nashville, 60 years. I don't think the drug use is different than any other city but the alcohol use is insane. The city is making big tax dollars off people destroying themselves and I think it's sickening.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +4

      It's not good.

    • @danyavilaoficial
      @danyavilaoficial 14 днів тому +2

      That is exactly what happen to the child of a friend of mine, he’s a pastor for God’s sake!!! …this kid was a wonderful young person. There was this stupid party and he tried it once. Soon after collapsed and gone. Just a hint and “kid no more”. So sad

    • @LAT-qk3vj
      @LAT-qk3vj 14 днів тому +1

      @@danyavilaoficial 🙏😢

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  13 днів тому +1

      That is awful

  • @andrewbowen6875
    @andrewbowen6875 14 днів тому +17

    I was duped into the whole sex drugs and Rock n Roll thing and it ultimately robbed me of my best years and that’s when at least you had an idea what you were taking

    • @seanmurphy26
      @seanmurphy26 14 днів тому +5

      Dude we were all duped. At least the kids these days do not think that drinking is near as cool as we did..

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +7

      man we were duped indeed...

  • @m.hughes2521
    @m.hughes2521 14 днів тому +16

    I'm an old working musician with long hair. I only play classical music now since I'm too old to stay up late in clubs although I do have over a thousand roadhouse dates under my belt. I've lost SIX friends to fentanyl. It's coming across our southern border. Any questions?

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +5

      That is awful.

    • @Buckseed
      @Buckseed 14 днів тому

      It's coming from China and shipped through all ports...but its just another opiate like the last 25+ years that America loves like a lot!

    • @donanders2110
      @donanders2110 14 днів тому

      More fentanyl is brought in by US citizens by other means than the southern border.

    • @dustinmiller2775
      @dustinmiller2775 14 днів тому

      Sorry to hear that. 😟

  • @wrp3621
    @wrp3621 14 днів тому +8

    It was always a risk but it’s so much worse now. I knew a couple of young guys that got the bad batch and died, and what it did to their families just breaks your heart.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      It's just terrible.

  • @ou8124242
    @ou8124242 14 днів тому +5

    Thanks for educating about this! It could save someone's life! Wonderful job!

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @wildbilldurkin1493
    @wildbilldurkin1493 14 днів тому +5

    ANY powder drug sold in Nashville, has a high likelyhood of killing the user. I told this daily, to my rideshare passengers, for years. That's why we have Narcan kits in bars like AEDs for CPR. Scarey

  • @SashaRose-d9l
    @SashaRose-d9l 14 днів тому +4

    I just heard that the step daughter of a VERY famous lead guitarist committed suicide a couple weeks ago. She was 25 years old. He calls her stepdaughter . It’s true about the energy, vibe & environments we are in having either light & positive energy & way of life & health or dark themed depressing, angry, horror obsessed environment… I’m not point fingers just bringing awareness. Both this VERY famous guitarist & his girlfriend of many years, she’s not actually legally officially his wife, anyway, they are obsessed with everything horror themed. Horror movies, cartoon horror porn which is disgusting & they both often posted it on their Instagram accounts. Fans would often say what’s wrong with you, this is disgusting & not actually funny. It’s very sad. What we are around has energy it’s either good or bad. It either lifts us up or brings us way down.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      I agree....bad energy. Not good.

  • @jamesw4895
    @jamesw4895 14 днів тому +8

    This is every city , throughout the world.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Man it's so bad.

    • @jamesw4895
      @jamesw4895 14 днів тому

      @@badbrad love your channel

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  13 днів тому

      Thank you!

  • @donanders2110
    @donanders2110 14 днів тому +3

    Great video Brad!! It is not safe to partake any longer! I think everyone knows someone whose life has been destroyed by fentanyl!! The stuff is deadly in small amounts! We were all young once and felt invincible but this stuff is a different animal!!

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      It is indeed.

  • @MikeHolmes-w3l
    @MikeHolmes-w3l 14 днів тому +9

    Ive lost about 15 or so friends and my nephew to fentanyl poisoning. They all thought fentanyl was just a hoax. My nephew told me i didn't know what l was talking about. It's just sad at this point how destructive these drugs are. Now tranq is a problem. You can't just do the casual line at the club,it may be your last. Also like you l was a pawn broker. I saw a lot of my customers die from fentanyl.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +2

      man it is awful.

  • @moshemorgenstern9636
    @moshemorgenstern9636 14 днів тому +10

    Brad, to be clear the Farm Bill legalizes CBD with less than 0.3% active THC. It has no psychoactive effects whatsoever and is used as an anti inflammatory. You may be referring to Delta 8 THC which mimics the effects of marijuana and is unregulated. No one should use Delta 8.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +3

      Ah ok.

    • @ericwarrington6650
      @ericwarrington6650 14 днів тому +3

      That's absolutely correct

    • @koz1953
      @koz1953 14 днів тому +4

      @@badbradsee my comment, it is not the delta 8 they are selling. It is Thc-a, has an effect same as pot…and super strong like new strains of pot

    • @christophermaxwell5683
      @christophermaxwell5683 14 днів тому +1

      They "Free base" the drugs so when you get it from the bar it's not the same thing, OK....

    • @juanvaldez5422
      @juanvaldez5422 14 днів тому

      @@koz1953naw, it’s a cheap crappy buzz . Doesn’t last very long and tends to give headache after as it is hemp derived . It’s crap . Just plain ole regular flower is best bet . I want even get started about the fake edibles .. totally different convo there as those often are toxic synth substitutes. Read the label on some of those , many of the fake edibles are Chinese and toxic AF

  • @Souldoubtrocks
    @Souldoubtrocks 14 днів тому +4

    Speaking of aging no one told me rigor-mortis sets in while you’re still alive.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Have not heard that one

    • @Souldoubtrocks
      @Souldoubtrocks 14 днів тому +1

      @@badbrad joking. But it sure feels like it next day following a gig.

    • @dustinmiller2775
      @dustinmiller2775 14 днів тому +1

      Dying on the installment plan 🙃

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  13 днів тому +1

      That's how I feel the day after a gig...

  • @ramseyroustom6887
    @ramseyroustom6887 14 днів тому +6

    I had meth pushed on me BY THE BAND! 😂 They were the dealers! That ended my stint on Broadway. And these were not young cats! 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +2

      omg

    • @sv-yh3mq
      @sv-yh3mq 14 днів тому +1

      @ramseyroustom6887- that's definitely another one to not be around, nor the culture of it. Good for you if you turned your back on it, got out, stayed out.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  13 днів тому +1

      It's bad news...

  • @pedroleal7118
    @pedroleal7118 14 днів тому

    BTW, thank you for pointing to Drew Zingg, great guitar player and great sound! Thank you!

  • @chrispeterson73
    @chrispeterson73 14 днів тому +8

    I hate to say it but, our current administration is doing absolutely nothing about the flood of deadly fentanyl (and everything else) illegally coming into our country each and every day. I pray to God that we're able to regain control over our border again, and put an end to drug and human trafficking once & for all...
    Love the vids badBrad keep 'em coming! (I'm also in Florida)👍

    • @99percentirish64
      @99percentirish64 14 днів тому

      💯. Me too! Jacksonville.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      I will keep on keeping on.

    • @xp50player
      @xp50player 8 днів тому

      Drugs come into this country smuggled back through legal ports of entry by returning US citizens. Don’t use the drug issue to demonize desperate foreign asylum seekers.

  • @andrewbecker3700
    @andrewbecker3700 14 днів тому +2

    The elephant in the room has been awoken. This same situation unfolds in any town anywhere, on any night. I think of the late night club scene as a bad version of the Tarantino film "From Dusk Till Dawn".
    All the monsters will come out to play at the witching hour. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable myself, alone out on the town there? You need to stay with a group, and have designated drivers. If everyone is hammered, who's got your back? People need to wake up.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      They do indeed.

  • @Souldoubtrocks
    @Souldoubtrocks 14 днів тому +2

    Remember the three chiefs fan who died in their buddies backyard during the playoffs? Fentanyl. Crazy.

  • @benallmark9671
    @benallmark9671 14 днів тому +1

    Loved this video Brad. One of my favourites. Thank you Sir.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Very welcome

  • @slowfinger2
    @slowfinger2 14 днів тому +2

    Never get stash from downtown, anywhere. Never mix booze and drugs. A little ditty that we teens in the seventies had: "Roll, roll, roll a joint. Have a sip of wine. Take a toke and hold the smoke, and blow your effn' mind."

  • @jamesstaggs4160
    @jamesstaggs4160 14 днів тому +1

    I'm a native Nashvillian from way back in the 80s and I've buried friends and family due to fatal overdoses. I'd like to also say that I don't recognize this city any longer. It's not even remotely like it was when I was a kid and young adult. Look I know things change but this change was so fast and so drastic. I'm selling my house and getting out of here like basically everyone else I know did ten years ago. The violent crime is out of control, especially where I live. Antioch. Think I'm headed for the hills. Likely Oak Ridge or maybe Chattanooga, although from what I understand it's starting the same change Nashville went through.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Find somewhere safe. Hate that you have to move but I completely understand.

  • @rrrobeltnest7295
    @rrrobeltnest7295 14 днів тому +1

    Great message it’s nice seeing the posters

  • @J.Lee83
    @J.Lee83 14 днів тому +2

    While doctor prescribed (had a lumbar fusion), the fentanyl still makes me nervous. If one of my patches gets damaged while I'm wearing it, I'm in serious trouble. More than a lethal dose in each.
    I've smoked on and off since age 17 and am 40 now, both medical and rec. My personal rule of thumb is that I don't buy ANYTHING from the streets. Certified caregiver or dispensary only.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Be careful bro.

  • @guitardog
    @guitardog 14 днів тому

    Nothing to do with your video topic, but good message. Has to do with the poster behind you. Saw the Struts in Reno on Monday. Great time! Had quick interaction with Adam the guitar player after the show. Very cool cat! 🎸🐶

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Those guys are great.

  • @TheBassPlayer100
    @TheBassPlayer100 14 днів тому +3

    In the old days, you only worried about how much baby powder the coke was cut with. Now, no way I’d touch anything. Buried too many friends and fellow musicians since who never were able to pull themselves out of that scene.

  • @jeffmorris739
    @jeffmorris739 14 днів тому +9

    My wife was shopping at Kroger's in Nashville saw a woman wobbling around and then she went down. My wife was trying to keep her awake while the store manager called 911. Long story short, they hit her with Narcan and she came around. She was doing blow that she thought was good but it was laced with fentanyl. You can't trust anyone, please don't do this if you are visiting Nashville! Thanks Brad, this is important.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Very important message. Thank you.

  • @ericwarrington6650
    @ericwarrington6650 14 днів тому +2

    16 years sober and 14 clean of everything on top of it brother..cold turkey and it nearly killed me..never looked back..best thing I ever did for myself...I'm far too wild..I just smoke my weed and that's what I use for pain control for multiple chronic conditions..

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Good on you bro. 😎

    • @99percentirish64
      @99percentirish64 14 днів тому

      💯. That's great! I have chronic pain as well, due to 2 car accidents. I take a painkiller, and muscle relaxers. Also physical therapy.

  • @76Draeger
    @76Draeger 14 днів тому +2

    Lost two friends just this past year who liked candy for their sinuses because the person they regularly shopped at wasn't available so they bought at another unknown store and by the end of the night both were dead I'm lucky to have cleaned up years ago but have enough friends that wont that tell them all if they aren't going to stop then never use a source other than the one you've been using for years. Even that's not safe but better than unknown

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Man that hits hard.

    • @76Draeger
      @76Draeger 13 днів тому

      @@badbrad yeah it sucks and both were still in their early thirties. Sucks big time. Just shows how strong addiction can be unfortunately

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  13 днів тому

      Not good...

  • @pedroleal7118
    @pedroleal7118 14 днів тому

    Hello Brad! What's happening in Europe, is that you have more and more, bad type of grass, sprayed with synthetic thc and fentanyl. Here, you see a lot of haschish and used to see some grass, when it was the season, but now, it's all around the year, and it comes from countries from the East. Kids think it's 'only grass', but don't even know how real grass looks like! Take care!

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Wow! Pedro thanks for the info. It is good for people to know.

  • @ShreddingFinn
    @ShreddingFinn 14 днів тому

    I was just at a local overdose memorial they built. It started for me in 2007 with my old buddy Louis. Since then ive seen dozens of kids go for the same reason.

  • @ccthree329
    @ccthree329 14 днів тому +1

    Great point, when we were all teens you had to clean the seeds out of your weed on an album cover and it was dirt weed many times. All drugs are stronger and more deadly now. Late 70s early 80s you could die for sure but the odds were better to get one extra chance to be stupid and learn from it. Today not so much.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Yep not so much now.

  • @koz1953
    @koz1953 14 днів тому +2

    Hi Brad,
    What you are talking about comes from a real marijuana plant. Plants are cultivated and picked when a substance called thc-a which is the precursor to the substance that gets one high, thc 9. When the thca is burned, it turns into thc delta9 which gets a person high.

    • @sup1e
      @sup1e 14 днів тому +1

      Hemp and Cannabis Are the same exact plant--just bred in different directions basically. But ya that's the loophole.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      ok

  • @TheBandIsPlaying
    @TheBandIsPlaying 14 днів тому +1

    I’m sober and work in recovery. There are worse substances out there unfortunately. Some narcan won’t reverse. They are putting it in all substances. It’s sad and will only get worse.

  • @jacklbrt
    @jacklbrt 13 днів тому

    As someone who was involved with the "substance distribution" industry many decades ago, I have a hard time understanding the thought process of dealers or those that supply them anywhere up the distribution chain, providing a product that's going to kill your customers, at least potentially immediately. It doesn't make business sense. If there is something going on that is intentionally designed to kill those that use those drugs, wow, how scary is that?

  • @wallyveniotrocker1000
    @wallyveniotrocker1000 14 днів тому +1

    Two NFL players got into a fight in a NASHVILLE BAR and both big guys got stabbed so many times they died of blood loss.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      When was this?

  • @99percentirish64
    @99percentirish64 14 днів тому +1

    Brad, we were both blessed with hair at our age, lol! Anyway, great video. I never got into drugs, just alcohol. I've been sober for almost 30 years now. Yea, all of that fentanal coming across the border. Bad stuff, man.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Kudos to you bro. You're a wise man.

  • @rayprevailer8454
    @rayprevailer8454 14 днів тому

    Like 20 years ago my uncle came to visit me. Old hippy guy. He got something from a head shop on his way to visit. I think it was like a gram package of this stuff. Some fake weed thing that was legal at the time as it takes years to pass laws on desinger drugs. I think the package said SPITZ. I tried it. 2 puffs....OMG...That was it for me. My experimental days ended with those 2 puffs. I almost died. I could not stand or breath for half an hour.... I rarely drink tea or coffee anymore. Caffeine gives me a mild panic attack and stomach acid sometimes. I feel bad for kids now. The crap that is out there is unbelievable. Here in New Mexico there was a drug going around a few years ago that kids called coffin pills. The reason is in the name.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      Man that is awful never heard of these ⚰️

  • @nickcaruso4275
    @nickcaruso4275 14 днів тому +2

    Sad that Prince died of a fentanyl overdose …. It’s not over here in the UK but drugs took hold of Amy Winehouse and just like Michael Jackson , Whitney and Prince …. It doesn’t matter how famous you are.

  • @tacmason
    @tacmason 14 днів тому +1

    Good on you Brother - for telling truth to the hopeful innocents, Plus - keep rocking' that Hair for as long as you can !. when you reach my age, the only option I have is to shave every couple of days, which is the best I can look at sixty - five ! the rich, and the powerful never seem to have trouble with their "supply system", just the rest of us !

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Whew I hear you.

  • @bobcatstillwell4844
    @bobcatstillwell4844 14 днів тому

    Brad your hair rocks bro! I'm still rockin mine at age 60! Hey it's okay if we are both sportin the class of 1981! They just jealous! 😎👍🎸

  • @jamesday5636
    @jamesday5636 12 днів тому

    Working in an ER and PT music
    Fentynal is a killer and all it takes is a tiny pile as big as this: ---------- To OD .

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  12 днів тому

      It’s just awful

  • @aaronlarsen7447
    @aaronlarsen7447 14 днів тому +7

    The Chinese started Fentynol. It's a weapon.

    • @neilstern7108
      @neilstern7108 14 днів тому

      So was covid and the guns they sell . Gangs from other countries selling and raking over.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      not good...

    • @aaronlarsen7447
      @aaronlarsen7447 14 днів тому

      @badbrad We have China floating spy baloons, infiltrating our Southern border. Producing drugs that effect the military age group, buying up property near military bases, and Chinese nationals were caught producing Covid in S.Cal. Meanwhile, people want to poke a fight with Russia, who hasn't done shit to us. Ukrain is no Democracy. Its an excuse to launder our money. We do business with China as if they don't lock up trouble makers, sell their livers, and put their family in a camp.

    • @donanders2110
      @donanders2110 14 днів тому

      That is not true! Fentanyl was developed by Dr Paul Janssen from Belgium in 1959. His company merged with Johnson & Johnson in 1962. It is used in medicine all over the world daily. It may be manufactured in China in large quantities but make no mistake they did not invent it.

    • @daviddigital6887
      @daviddigital6887 14 днів тому

      They didn't start it or develop it, they are just supplying it in bulk to the cartels.

  • @jaredcrenshaw7665
    @jaredcrenshaw7665 9 днів тому

    I live just off downtown and take walks every morning.
    Lots of sketchy folks for sure.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  9 днів тому

      But morning may be the only quiet time you get...be careful

  • @chrisalexander1661
    @chrisalexander1661 14 днів тому +2

    When I lived there, the Dean of my school told us that Dickerson Rd was nothing but trouble. One day around 4 pm my roommate and I were heading to work. We took Dickerson as a short cut. A hooker tried to climb through the window. She also said she had every drug we could want. I pushed here back and we took off. I have never seen anything like that.

  • @leonziglar3583
    @leonziglar3583 14 днів тому +1

    To paraphrase the AC/DC song, "For those who still have hair, We salute You" 64 and going bald. Wear it loud and proud.

  • @bayougtr
    @bayougtr 14 днів тому

    Delta9 gives me a brutal migraine headache the next day.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      That’s not good.

  • @JessseStJohn
    @JessseStJohn 14 днів тому

    man thats sad

  • @jameswinfield1721
    @jameswinfield1721 14 днів тому

    The trolls are just jealous of the hair and killer licks ! Keep rocking Brad !

  • @richevans609
    @richevans609 14 днів тому

    The Fun is Long Gone...

  • @thefloridapicker
    @thefloridapicker 14 днів тому

    Our value system as a whole sure has changed over the last 40 years. I'm totally out of that scene now, but when I was younger you only had to worry about getting something that was bunk but never something that would kill you. And Yes, I have heard of fentanyl being laced in "trees" now. Why would you want to kill your customer. I don't think you are off-base with the "grand conspiracy" thinking at all...

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому

      It’s crazy.

  • @DanaDeerwester
    @DanaDeerwester 14 днів тому +1

    Fentanyl killed Tom Petty! Ain't no drugs worth doing!! Get High off music!!!!

  • @bpabustan
    @bpabustan 14 днів тому

    I thank The Good Lord that for the 30 years I have been a professional musician, I never touched any illegal drugs. It is easy to get it here too but I am spared.

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      Good on you

  • @shawnbell6392
    @shawnbell6392 14 днів тому

    I talked to a guy in a guitar shop in my area who was our/your age and had hair like yours mainly due to his Lebanese ancestry. The interwebs are full of cheap shot projections onto others so don't sweat "the comments." In my area guys are largely beard clones. I choose to stay clean shaven, although I refuse to go grey. But that is purely my business. As for alcohol and other things, a waste of time and money and a destroyer of lives. A former colleague of mine asked why I thought there were fewer noticeable addicts on the streets in our city this year, I answered that probably enough have died that its a noticeable difference.

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM 14 днів тому

    Isn’t the whole point of the bars we play in to sell alcohol? 😂

  • @koz1953
    @koz1953 14 днів тому

    Delta 9 is limited to a small percentage in Nashville as regular 0:07 pot is illegal

  • @jesusislukeskywalker4294
    @jesusislukeskywalker4294 14 днів тому

    thumbs up 👍 number 146 , America looks like its in a lot of trouble with those people in philly on hosrse tranquilliser or whatever it is , walking like zombies 🙏 along with , or on top of all the coke, crack, heroin and meth problems..

  • @ulknatmelknatu
    @ulknatmelknatu 13 днів тому +1

    Why whisper?

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  13 днів тому +1

      Early AM

    • @joshuaray2657
      @joshuaray2657 10 днів тому

      ​@@badbradI find it relaxing like asmr stories. Keep it diverse 👍

  • @Network23AndMore
    @Network23AndMore 14 днів тому

    Play with fire, you might get burned.....

  • @DanaDeerwester
    @DanaDeerwester 14 днів тому

    😿😿❤️🤍💜💙

  • @dean828
    @dean828 14 днів тому

    💊❄️💉🥃🍺=☠️⚰️🪦

    • @badbrad
      @badbrad  14 днів тому +1

      it does indeed...

  • @chrispeterson73
    @chrispeterson73 14 днів тому +1

    Seems like it would be a great idea to just grow your own smoke if they would make it legal.💡
    But that would be too easy and they (our government) wouldn't be able to tax it and control you then. 🤷‍♂️💩

    • @prd004.2
      @prd004.2 14 днів тому +1

      Some states already have

    • @sup1e
      @sup1e 14 днів тому +1

      We've already been doing that for many years lol The South likes holding on to bad ideas for dear life. There were holdouts on the alcohol thing into the 60s(and dry counties are still a thing). And let's face it alcohol is far worse in pretty much every way.