Im amazed at how so many people would take a random substance off the floor and put it into their bodies, is it an act of desperation? How would one know if its not deliberately cut with some poison and placed there for someone to find? If you found a krispy kreme doughnut on the floor u wouldnt pick it up and eat it would you? Sorry i just dont trust anyone.
i certainly agree with the sentiments of this, and it makes absolute sense, especially in the context of harm minimisation.
having said that, some drugs are absolutely unmistakable, like weed. i found some buds in a bag at a gig in a dingy old pub once.
went home and smoked out my friends with no shame or apprehension.
i think the context of what it (apparently) is, where you found it and what the circumstances are make all the difference.
what's the difference between finding drugs on the floor and buying them through a middleman, really? i mean, we are working with a completely unregulated black market here - sometimes what you buy from a dealer is just as likely to be fake/adulterated/dangerous.
we all take that risk if and when we buy black market drugs. the OP's example, of an identified, pressed pill is a good example. as far as varification goes, there is little difference between a pill found on the floor (hopefully in a baggie!) and one bought through a contact.
very few of us
really know the source of our drugs, unless we know the person that manufactured or cultivated them. there is a lot of trust involved, and there is no denying that it's a risky business. that is why prohibition is fucked.
so...yes, absolutely say "don't take floor drugs kiddies!" but i don't make any hard and fast rules myself. i'd be lying if i said i hadn't done it, and wouldn't do it again under certain circumstances.