Quote Originally Posted by blumpkin blownuts View Post
there's no way around it -- many good medicines have side effects, one of those being obsessive compulsions to misuse the medicine in certain types of patients.

the AMA has many times gotten bad medicine taken off the market, no matter how hard the pushers lobby for it. remember palladone? what about rx heroin?

addicts are addicts before they ever pick up the first drug. it's when that happens that the addiction actively manifests itself, and active addiction is the only way to differentiate between the two. like most side effects, it affects a mniority of patients. in the meantime, millions of non-addicts are able to function without debilitating pain.
heroin sucks dude, its fucking garbage.. they've done blind studies where most addicts preferred morphine over heroin; a sort of pepsi challenge for junkies. But we've all made heroin the "big villain" for some reason
i think its because nobody gives a shit until we're on the verge of a perceived epidemic.
I agree, morphine and company shouldnt be sold at your local corner store, with kids running around with syringes willy nilly and whatever, it should be regulated - But still legal. Classes should be required on the safe use of drugs.
People need to start coming up with real facts and solutions about the drugs they preach about - no more superstition.