One of my buddy's told me that a lot of the cocaine dealers will lace one baggy with some sort of poisonous chemical and it will likely kill the person who uses it. Supposedly they do this because all of the feens will want what they're selling because it will be viewed as "strong and potent" AKA the good stuff.
Yeah, it's really too bad. These people don't need to go to prison. They are clearly in a very dark time in their life and not everybody has the same mindset when they don't see a way out. I highly doubt this kid was trying to kill himself. Most likely just trying to get high to forget about all the negative shit in his life. Not something I'd turn to, but like I said, everybody is different. Prison barely ever helps anyone I think, especially kids or young adults.