<\/p>\n In the show, Gimo Gomez is interviewed by renowned news anchor Luchi Cruz-Valdez on illegal drugs, addiction, and his take on the recent Close-Up Forever Summer incident where 5 individuals died\u00a0from alleged drug overdose. The show aired its first part yesterday, June 16, at channel 5, at 10:45 pm.<\/p>\n In the 15-minute first episode, Gimo detailed his own experience with drug use and abuse. He talked about how he was introduced to marijuana and methamphetamine (or shabu<\/em>) and how, many years later, an “addiction switch” was turned on in his brain, which led him to compulsively abuse shabu\u00a0<\/em>for many years.<\/p>\n He uses his own experience to exemplify the growing problem of drug abuse in the country, especially with the many types of drugs being “cooked” right at home by would-be “chemists.” Thanks to do-it-yourself recipes found on the internet, these enterprising people are able to concoct their own drugs using household and over-the-counter (or even bootlegged) ingredients. Case in point: the different types of MDMA or Ecstasy tablets that are known to produce different effects. However, these pose a great danger as users don’t know what other chemicals are mixed in with these drugs. On top of this, there’s also the long-term damage to the brain and body, which Gimo explained in the interview.<\/p>\n![\"gimo-gomez-bridges-of-hope\"](\"https:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-0.02.01-300x169.jpg\")
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