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If you followed Northeast/New England recruiting you knew Mike Yagmin. Instrumental in a lot of young players lives, including many UConn former and current players. Big UConn fan. Really sad how this went down.

ℯ ℯ on Twitter: "I’ve met tens of thousands people through basketball, but none were quite like Yags. He was loyal, funny, unfiltered, generous, complicated, determined, passionate, calming and curious. He cared deeply about UConn, his cat, baseball and people from all walks of life. Yags lived." / Twitter
 
Sad. Didnt know him personally, but ran in the same circles. I know a lot of people liked him.

It’s was a tough last year for him.
 
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superjohn said:
If you followed Northeast/New England recruiting you knew Mike Yagmin. Instrumental in a lot of young players lives, including many UConn former and current players. Big UConn fan. Really sad how this went down.

ℯ ℯ on Twitter: "I’ve met tens of thousands people through basketball, but none were quite like Yags. He was loyal, funny, unfiltered, generous, complicated, determined, passionate, calming and curious. He cared deeply about UConn, his cat, baseball and people from all walks of life. Yags lived." / Twitter
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How did it go down?
 
How did he get so involved in the New England basketball scene? Was he a former player/coach? What was his actual role - was he a scout? If so what does that actually entail?
 
BPT2Storrs said:
How did he get so involved in the New England basketball scene? Was he a former player/coach? What was his actual role - was he a scout? If so what does that actually entail?
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www.ctinsider.com

Former New Britain fire lieutenant found dead, officials say

Michael Yagmin, a youth basketball mentor and former New Britain Fire Department lieutenant, was found dead inside a Farmington Avenue apartment, official said.
www.ctinsider.com www.ctinsider.com
 
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boog204 said:
Google... Did not know anything about him but it looks like he had a really big impact on a lot of young players. Sad story.
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I tend not to be opaque when I post, particularly about things I wouldn't expect everyone to know. My style in such circumstances is to link to an article like husky8273 did.
 
nomar said:
I tend not to be opaque when I post, particularly about things I wouldn't expect everyone to know. My style in such circumstances is to link to an article like husky8273 did.
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Yeah, but if you did that then you can't act cool, and "in the know"
 
I actually meant to and actually did DM that to boog and inadvertently posted here part of what I DM'd him, but since you want to contribute to the derailment, I assumed it was some inside baseball thing or an illness that you cool insiders knew about and it didn't even enter my mind that he'd be the subject of this type of newspaper article.

RIP.
 
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I knew him fairly well. He was best friends with my godson and he spent many Christmas eves with our family. He was always on the move. Total energizer bunny.
 
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Mr. French said:
Doing some reading indicates he was into some not great stuff.

Sad. He’s a beloved guy in ball circles.
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Fent is no joke man. You don't meet nearly as many people who have recovered from fent addiction compared to coke, meth, etc. because they just...die.
 
husky429 said:
Fent is no joke man. You don't meet nearly as many people who have recovered from fent addiction compared to coke, meth, etc. because they just...die.
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What’s scary to me is people dying of Fentanyl OD who don’t plan on taking fentanyl. Thankfully I’m not a drug guy but those stories haunt me. There was a 5 year old in the news last month who OD’d on fent. Noey had a disturbing anecdote about how cheap and easy it is to make cheap fake pills
 
husky429 said:
Fent is no joke man. You don't meet nearly as many people who have recovered from fent addiction compared to coke, meth, etc. because they just...die.
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He wasn't addicted to fent. NO ONE is addicted to fent. He was addicted to pills, that are now fent on black market. No one buys fentanyl, its always a bait and switch. He thought he was taking a percocet or an oxycontin, or these days even a Xanax. Thank America's drug policy for making fent lucrative as a dummy substitute.
 
runner11 said:
What’s scary to me is people dying of Fentanyl OD who don’t plan on taking fentanyl. Thankfully I’m not a drug guy but those stories haunt me. There was a 5 year old in the news last month who OD’d on fent. Noey had a disturbing anecdote about how cheap and easy it is to make cheap fake pills
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Makes you miss real heroin doesn't it?
 
August_West said:
He wasn't addicted to fent. NO ONE is addicted to fent. He was addicted to pills, that are now fent on black market. No one buys fentanyl, its always a bait and switch. He thought he was taking a percocet or an oxycontin, or these days even a Xanax. Thank America's drug policy for making fent lucrative as a dummy substitute.
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Fortunately my drug days are behind me but this is far and away the scariest part - if you are not absolutely sure of the provenance of something you are ingesting these days you're taking your life in your hands.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Fortunately my drug days are behind me but this is far and away the scariest part - if you are not absolutely sure of the provenance of something you are ingesting these days you're taking your life in your hands.
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August_West said:
He wasn't addicted to fent. NO ONE is addicted to fent. He was addicted to pills, that are now fent on black market. No one buys fentanyl, its always a bait and switch. He thought he was taking a percocet or an oxycontin, or these days even a Xanax. Thank America's drug policy for making fent lucrative as a dummy substitute.
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Test strips are illegal in some states, and the kits they sell at pharmacies in CT don't test for Fent--or at least they didn't last year when I checked. I think 211 provided them for free.

Everyone should carry Narcan of some kind in their car or purse. I saved a stranger's life 2 years ago because I had it. Takes absolutely 0 medical knowledge fo use and nothing goes wrong if you use it when they have some other issue and didn't need the dose.
 
I work in law enforcement for past 10 years for the state. The transition from heroin to fentanyl was rapid. Where I’m located now in New London, we have seen the transition to seeing marijuana and cocaine being laced with fentanyl.

Tranc is emerging down here now which is highly concerning. No way to detox from that.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Fortunately my drug days are behind me but this is far and away the scariest part - if you are not absolutely sure of the provenance of something you are ingesting these days you're taking your life in your hands.
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So , and this started in my environment , as a Molly test site, Im on the board, and it has the the best of everything now (not drugs, testing!), and I post this all the time on other sites, but now it's time to post it here, for everyone, it's non profit, or free in so many cases or minimal charge, but every drug you buy you can test now. This is the forefront of it. Has been , will be. I don't do powders any longer, I gave up when my little brother died in '97, and weed makes me tweak out, I just like a good scotch these days but there ARE tests that are cheap OR free for this stuff, and in the spirit of Yags ( who I met a couple times) I will say, if you're gonna? BE SAFE!


dancesafe.org

Fentanyl | DanceSafe

We unpack the complexities of fentanyl, fentanyl strip testing, and our new DanceSafe branded test strips that we released in late 2022.
dancesafe.org dancesafe.org
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Fortunately my drug days are behind me but this is far and away the scariest part - if you are not absolutely sure of the provenance of something you are ingesting these days you're taking your life in your hands.
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A slippery slope once you start.. Usually a one-way street.. You are absolutely right about provenance if you're indulging.. Abusing pills ..No winners.
 
UConnKev said:
Where I’m located now in New London, we have seen the transition to seeing marijuana and cocaine being laced with fentanyl.
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I can't imagine buying weed on the street these days because of the risk of fent. So glad we legalized it here to minimize that risk.
 
husky429 said:
I can't imagine buying weed on the street these days because of the risk of fent. So glad we legalized it here to minimize that risk.
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Why would you? Its LEGAL!!!!!! go to the store! no one has to worry about weed in CT.
 
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