It seems a lot of people are getting confused with the reasons some people are snorting certain things...
bioavailability, binders/fillers vs active ingredient, and water soluble ingredients... these seem like the logical reasons you would take into account...
but a lot of these people are asking, because they snort other things...
kicking in faster certainly happens with some substances, but there is also placebo effect. I wouldn't underestimate the placebo effect... w/ oxy I know their is a better high with rectal ROA, however the second I feel that slight chemical feeling up in my sinuses, especially the second the taste hits the back of my throat, I instantly feel better - BEFORE the drug actually takes effect.
After snorting so much oxy, I started getting scripts of benzos... xanax, clonazepam, etc... I snorted them all... I actually thought snorting was MUCH better than when I just swallowed them, but that was just A NASAL FIXATION =) well, the clonazepam does have that nice minty chill, but it does in your mouth too.... anyways, now I find it stupid to snort a xanax bar, but a year ago I would have found it stupid not to. I still prefer snorting OC, but I don't snort the benzos with it, I swallow them. I have dexedrine, and I am still deciding which is better, snorting or oral.... I usually do half/half...
Point being, something like temazepam which has an extremely high oral bioavailibility, and would be illogical to snort, is still something many people will ask about snorting or prefer to snort even after KNOWING the facts...
regardless the drug, that 'rush', the drug kicking in faster (if it really does), and the drug kicking in harder (if it really does), usually makes them think they are getting high (which most drugs you won't).... The main rush, again, is that placebo effect.... combine that with being used to snorting in general (drugs that typically ARE insulfated - cocaine, power H, poxder oxy, etc...), results in a NASAL FIXATION... people tend to think anything they snort will be stronger and work faster...
Hence the people snorting vicodin, percs, not realizing how stupid snorting tylenol is, and how much of the high they are actually losing (maybe the placebo actually makes up for all the blockage from the APAP and fillers???).
Even people that snort something like Vyvanse, which is a prodrug and must be digested to remove the protein before it is active.....
they may *think* it kicks in faster, or say in their opinion it is stronger...
or maybe ask about snorting something when they've already been told another method is best...
its usually just being stuck on a nasal fixation, being used to crap goin up your nose.
just my thoughts