Article posted by McShroom said:
High-strength oxycodone can sell on the street for as much as ----- a pill. Users are snorting or smoking it to get high.
That is not proof at all...
There is no source in the newspaper. This kind of statement is called a "Weasel Word". Who are "users"? This could just mean two people have smoked oxycontin, and doesn't even attribute success or not.
Newspapers are not considered reliable sources of information, and more often than not, from what I've seen, newspapers don't know shit about drugs.
Sorry buddy, but that is not proof at all and just an extremely bad article altogether.
NO a pill? That's bullshit lie. Maybe one or two people have paid that much, but that is not the general price of an oxycontin 80, and the article is simply sensationalizing the story. All newspaper articles are opinon and subjective, and always biased - they are not objective or fact based. They are not, at all, any way a reliable source of information.
You have given no evidence to support that large numbers of people smoke Oxycontin. It simply isn't true and you are putting out an extremely biased and incorrect information. Please stop, and come back when you have some scientific or credible evidence. A bullshit article by a bad newspaper does not count.
I know you can smoke oxycodone, but it is not a good way to do it. The vaporization of a salt and the burning point are probably very close, making it more likely you are destroying most of the drug with a lighter rather than vaporizing it - for the same reasons, coke can be smoked, but not effectively.
Bioavailibility of oral oxycodone is upwards of 80%, making it much more stronger and effective, as well as economic. When higher doses are required, people are more inclined to inject oxycodone to reach 95%+ levels of BA.
You could do it, sure, but it's a total waste. A complete and utter waste, and you are destroying more of the drug than using it. You can say all you want how you've gotten high from it, but truth of the matter is that you would reach higher levels of drug-blood concentration from oral and IV administration.
People who smoke oxycodone are wasting money and being stupid. Injection, oral, and even nasal methods of ingestion are far more effective and economic. Because of this, it will never be sometihng more than a few kids do a couple times.
So stop spreading this myth. It's ridiculous. And you yourself should stop, it doesn't make you any cooler and it's a retarded waste of a drug and money. Its not huge at all, and anyone who does this is wasting large amounts of oxycodone.
