Inventive but unbelievable

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Well, what would you expect ^_^ When are they gunna realize that they won't be able to formulate an unbreakable matrix, ever. Such a waste of money and time.
 
Just think of the good these amature chemists could do if they applied their skils to employment!

There is no such thing as an unabusable opioid, just chemical deterrants put in.
 
I'm actually shocked that people do this and inject it. We spend so much time and energy in medicine to make sure things are safe and look at what these people do; use a non-sterile cigarette filter to clean out the large particles or plastic prior to injecting after mixing it with non-sterile tap water 😕 I guess that explains why drug addicts have some of the cardiac / infectious problems that we expect in that population. Sad really, throwing away ones life without a good cause.
 
I'm actually shocked that people do this and inject it. We spend so much time and energy in medicine to make sure things are safe and look at what these people do; use a non-sterile cigarette filter to clean out the large particles or plastic prior to injecting after mixing it with non-sterile tap water 😕 I guess that explains why drug addicts have some of the cardiac / infectious problems that we expect in that population. Sad really, throwing away ones life without a good cause.

Addiction is that powerful - it overrides all rational thought and enables justification of any means to obtaining and using one's drug. To an actively using addict, even the knowledge that what they are doing will (not might, will) kill them does not stop the behaviors. They can only decide on their own that they want to stop.

You, the physician, are just another means to an end. Never take it personally, just professionally. And CYA.
 
Not every addict will have the skill or patience to accomplish what was described in that disturbing link. Hopefully, and I believe it is mostly likely true, that the obstacles to defeat the controlled release mechnisms could very well prevent many otherwise at risk individuals from attempting to circumvent the barriers in the first place. It is progress.
 
Not every addict will have the skill or patience to accomplish what was described in that disturbing link. Hopefully, and I believe it is mostly likely true, that the obstacles to defeat the controlled release mechnisms could very well prevent many otherwise at risk individuals from attempting to circumvent the barriers in the first place. It is progress.


I agree. Why do this when heroin is pretty simple to obtain and cheaper? Doesn't make much sense. I am just suprised by how much trouble they will go through to do this. How do they know this? Trial and error?
 
I agree. Why do this when heroin is pretty simple to obtain and cheaper? Doesn't make much sense. I am just suprised by how much trouble they will go through to do this. How do they know this? Trial and error?

Because pills are considered "safe". When you buy heroin, you don't truly know what you are getting until you use it - injected, smoked, snorted. You roll the dice every time you buy it. How pure is it? How adulterated is it? Most addicts know this, but put the use of the drug ahead of their own personal safety.

Pills are easy to identify. Every OxyContin addict knows what a 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80 mg pill looks like. They know if the are buying the real thing, and they know it's not adulterated.

Many pill addicts become amateur chemists. Some are real chemists. They do a lot of trial and error. They refine their techniques. They are their own test subjects.
 
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