7ca5p, this is a really old thread that's been revived.
with regards to faking a prescription for opiates, well, at least by doing this you know what you're putting in your body. you get a prescription for X opiate and you know when you take two 60mg tablets you're getting 120mg of the drug. when you buy from the street you're getting a gram of an unknown substance that could very easily kill you.
i agree it's not ethically correct so to speak to do so, but in reality people want to get high. and they want to do it safely. i take opiates from time to time because i'm bored or depressed. it's like a person drinking alcohol for the same reason. are the people that do that also awful people?
Oh I didn't notice the date, cheers for pointing it out.
I never said they were awful people!
Essentially, the point I am trying to get across is this -
People that trick the doctors are a huge reason behind why it is so difficult to get a legitimate script for drugs such as DHC - and the reason I suffered (and went through countless alternatives to opiates) for around 9 months. So I don't think your comparison to alcohol is a fair or legitimate one. Alcohol is readily available for all that are above the legal age, and the worst you might get is a bad look from a cashier if you bought a large amount.
Also, for the record, I despise alcohol, and I despise what it does to people. As a bit of context for you, I had a friend who was using it nightly to get to sleep, and I helped them as much as I could to avoid doing so, prompting them to drink less and seek a proper prescription from their doctor. In the end they were very pleased to discover the less addictive and less harmful alternatives such as promethazine which they found to be a lot easier on the body than downing shots of whiskey.
But anyway, the point of my post wasn't to simply vilify people who want to take drugs to get high. 90% of this forum (and myself once upon a time) are here for that - which I am completely okay with if it's done safely.
But it is very selfish to assume that tricking doctors has no repercussions for other patients. Buying some Vodka from Tesco/Walmart is very different in this regard.
If you suffer from depression (as do I) then don't you agree that it would be safer to explore the options of therapy, SSRIs and SNRIs, before leaping straight to opiates?