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Heroin addicted elephant clean after rehab

telegraph.co.uk — A former heroin addicted elephant has emerged from rehab clean after a three-year detox programme.

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  • Nekura20x6, on 09/04/2008, -4/+118It's really sad that so many young elephants turn to drugs...
  • inactive, on 09/04/2008, -3/+71That's what happens when you start hanging around that shady circus crowd.
  • rofflecopter, on 09/05/2008, -7/+72thought it was an onion article....
  • johnnr2, on 09/04/2008, -1/+39The people that did that to this majestic beast should be in the room when the elephant detoxes.
  • JoeF8577, on 09/05/2008, -2/+36I was totally expecting this to be another post from the onion.
  • AmyVernon, on 09/04/2008, -3/+36Can you imagine being in the same zip code as this elephant when it first started detoxing? Holy!
  • palehorse864, on 09/05/2008, -0/+28It's a hard road ahead now...

    .. An elephant never forgets.
  • RedMoonGenie, on 09/04/2008, -2/+24From Wiki:
    Heroin withdrawal may cause "sweating, malaise, anxiety, depression, priapism, extra sensitivity of the genitals in females, general feeling of heaviness, cramp-like pains in the limbs, excessive yawning or sneezing, tears, sleep difficulties (insomnia), cold sweats, chills, severe muscle and bone aches; nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, and fever."
    I would have just given the elephant the smack.
  • X9001, on 09/05/2008, -0/+20How much freaking heroin would it take to get the damn thing buzzed?
  • dezweber, on 09/04/2008, -0/+19I can't wait to see that episode of Intervention. "Dumbo had a promising career ahead of him, but the pain of losing his mother forced him to self-medicate. He's been on a downward spiral ever since." I promise to love you, but I won't love you to death...
  • ClosedCaption, on 09/05/2008, -0/+15I thought this was a Rush Limbaugh story..
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -2/+16I was expecting the onion...
  • DangerCollie, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14The good news is he got a few minutes with Lindsey Lohan in the stairwell.
  • tacotomato, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13This is why Keith Richards shouldn't be allowed any pets.
  • sbcea, on 09/04/2008, -0/+11Amen!
  • mrbecker, on 09/04/2008, -2/+12Heroin Bananas are the next roofies.
  • thegrantman, on 09/05/2008, -0/+10You should see him snort coke.
  • blitz718, on 09/05/2008, -2/+11Honestly though this was from theonion
  • JustinRalua, on 09/05/2008, -0/+9That description honestly does not do the effect of withdrawal justice. Imagine the worst flu you have ever had, multiply the painful effects by a hundred, and then to top it off you simply CAN NOT sleep, can't sleep but you also can hardly do anything because you're so tired. You'll lay in bed tossing and turning and stretching and screaming, rubbing the pain in your legs, begging to die, and the whole time you know that it would all go away if you could only get one bag of brown magic stuff... and you can't so it lasts... and gets worse for days. Dont even do it once.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+10They have so much potential... so much ahead of them.

    It's a shame really.
  • jsdratm, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8its the carnies
  • borkran, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8Artie Lange??
  • liquisoft, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8It must feel good for that elephant to get the monkey off his back.
  • rubored, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8Are you kidding me?!?
    Dave Chappelle knew he was on Heroin AGES ago!

    http://www.videovat.com/videos/889/dave-chappelle- ...
  • jcaino, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7Free Jimmy!
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7It's starts as a couple of free peanuts for you and your friend... for fun. Before you know it, your doing tricks for the Ringmaster just to get through the day.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6If this elephant can come clean, then you can too Lindsey Lohan!
  • Foliot, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Yea, what a prick... Bogarting all your smack. For shame, Babar.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Sorry, you just gave the side effect of Viagra.
  • carter1337, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Seriously... I could have gotten high for like 5 years off all that H! ***** elephants.
  • joe8pack, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6you 'd be dead before you hit the ground if you had a vial of this stuff. It's literally so powerful, that a drop can kill a person. Its only real use so far is for extremely large animals and even then it has to carefully measured. Careful what you wish for.
  • sarchosis, on 09/05/2008, -1/+6I though this was an Onion story at first; poor elephant.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5wait...what?
  • dvsbastard, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5This is why I never give elephants spare change... I know they are just going to use the money for drugs...
  • rootsm3, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4He'll be back on the H train next week. They always come back.
  • inactive, on 09/04/2008, -2/+6Did he give up cigarettes and coffee too? Sorry.....couldn't help myself!
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -2/+6Can the euphemisms, so which Republican was it?
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+5***** you. Two of my friends died trying to get addicted to elephant heroin..
  • coldfire201, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4woah... that's intense.
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4They missed the "Why" in this story. Why the hell were they feeding an elephant heroin? Reporting fail. Bury.
  • iPanda, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4it said to keep it under control.

    I guess a stoned elephant is easier to deal with compared to a sober one? (maybe they it gave it to it once as a joke and the elephant detox was SCARY).
  • rowjimmy, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4and it's 50E9999999 worse than even that description might lead you to think it is
  • paulsabo, on 09/05/2008, -2/+5I'm going to say The Onion, just to see what happens.
  • bondfreak05, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3There has been a lack of The Onion articles lately..
  • ServAce85, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3ditto.
  • seltaeb4, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3He must be feeling a lot better with that monkey off his back.
  • techlyc, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3Five years off the stuff for me, as of next month. And that paragraph is a perfect outline of what's kept me away from it.

    One of the best yet hardest lessons I have learned so far. And it's exactly like Justin described. It lasted a bit over ten days for me.

    And I would not wish that experience even on my worst enemies. It's no surprise people have such a hard time stopping that horrific spiral. 99 out of a 100 don't last a year before turning back to the stuff. And that's a year AFTER you've finished withdrawal.

    Dugg for truth, Justin.
  • barryiggins, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3 an elephant on horse with a monkey on his back chasing the dragon... that would make a fantastic circus act, incidentally
  • rubored, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2http://www.videovat.com/videos/889/dave-chappelle- ...
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