How many of you, with negative attitude towards coke, have used it only intranasal? Yes people will abuse anything that helps one feel better, even chocolate ot McDonalds.
@pill.poppper, well I was perfectly able to 'self-regulate' my opioid use. I even stopped using opioids and opiates for 11 years because I didn't like the fact that I was psychically addicted. But managing my use wasn't an issue for me, as for anyone else with any health awareness (sorry if the term doesn't exist in english, cannot do better atm.), or anyone with moral values.
I am sorry if any of you feel discriminated, or something, but I am under heavy impression that people who make their addiction worse b/c of 'financial restrictions' are huge assholes.
I am now physically addicted for 4 - 5 years, and was heavy psychically addicted for 3-4 years 11 years before my physical addiction, but it never crossed my mind to do a 'bad' thing, like stealing from my parents, wife, friend, or anyone else (except maybe those I would anyway use as personal slaves).
If it appears to you as a contradiction b/c I claimed I was able to manage my opiate use successfully, and now this, well you are wrong. I got addicted because I started using opioids for pain management. That was 100% legal and I was receiving my prescription from local doc. who simply stopped doing it after 2 years. I was in pain for a long time. I have tried to manage it with 'regular' painkillers, and they fucked me quite badly. My immune system started turning it self off (yes I am talking about paracetamol, brufen, diclofenac 'regular' stuff'). My liver wasn't in great shape too. I figured I am probably going to be on pain medication for the rest of my life, so I decided I couldn't, I shouldn't care less about physical addiction. Low toxicity is of much greater importance to me. Nowadays I am not psychically addicted at all. I forget to take my dosage on a regular basis. Either pain, or WD reminds me on it. Actually this was only one of the reasons for my addiction, but I will leave rest out of the story.
That 'drugs are evil brain fuckers' stigma is b/c of people who are 'evil', b/c of those who see a material for psychological projection in these things, so they can 'project' their own failures to something else. Yes it feels much better when one knows or even 'knows' it is not his/her own fault. But in this regard, it is, it was our, your faulf, of your brother, mother, friend... I am sorry.
But people can change! If you were an asshole, and even if you still feel an urge to be one, don't give up!
Also, I really don't consider coke, heroin or whatever, harmless as vegetables or water, I really don't. These stuff should be regulated, but also easier to obtain, because these can also help people. Often better than regular drugs, created to make profit on the first place, and to help on the second. The reason why my liver is fucked up, is because I ate ~30 regular tablets in one day. No I didn't want to kill my self, I was just in pain. These tablets didn't even help.