Yeah orally this drug is so weak. I snort everything and when I had a bunch of 2mg dillys first time (was not naive had a tolerance and addiction to opioids already).
I realized right away it wasn't working well, so I took another, and then finally snorted 2 more after, then I finally felt it which wasn't anything better to me at the time than say instant release oxy..I remember getting very itchy and although I was feeling it by now, I still continued to dabble until they were gone in one night.
Smoking it was fun, it drags nicely just like IR roxi or oldschool IR OC's. And I'll admit, I do not smoke my oxy or whatever can be chased everytime. It's rare for me, I usually only do this if I have plenty and have a good high going already..and don't mind to basically waste a pill (chasing dragon off foil to me is a waste), but it is indeed fun and exhaling a decent hit that was held in long and tight, brought a damn good lil head rush and complimented the drip from the dilaudid.
BUT yes any real "junkie" who is into needles (no thanks) will freak out as to them the only way to truly get the best from this drug is from banging it. Main reason is because as you can tell from above comments, it has one of the greatest opi rushes out there when used IV route, which can ruin your shit real quick.
For me its damn near mandatory for me to sniff any good instant release opioid..all because of 30mg oxycodone..and then 40mg opana.. so when I met dilaudid I was very disappointed, 4-8mg snorted is still ok buzz but to me it felt equivalent to snorting like 10mg to 20mg oxycodone., yet dilaudid still has it's own different pleasureable effect type feel as far as talking about the euphoria in my experience..
Now please do not turn around and decide to try different routes of administration,(IV, insullfation, or smoking.) Just stay with oral if you are new to this, it works better in the long run with all pills. But had to talk about it because dilaudid is the only one that seems almost worthless if you have a serious addiction & tolerance, UNLESS you IV. because of its unique rush...since I don't do that, I turn down dilaudid all the time unless it's all there is and I need remedy for my narcotic withdrawal.