Lomotil Tablets A Drug Of Abuse In Indian Prison

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TibuneIndia.com

08/03/2009

Chandigarh, August 3
It was never a secret that inmates in Punjab jails have access to liquor, mobile phones and drugs. But now a report by Bathinda SSP, placed before the Punjab & Haryana High Court today, has confirmed what was suspected all along.

An anonymous complaint that reached Justice Ajai Lamba, had prompted the High Court to order a discreet inquiry.

The SSP in his report confirmed that as many as 100 to 150 undertrials in Bathinda jail were using mobile phones ‘arranged’ by two head constables. Lomotil tablets worth Rs 25,000, the report adds, were recovered from two undertrials but Jail officials hushed up the matter after taking a bribe of Rs 25,000.

The report also says that a packet of 100 Lomotil tablets, available in the market for Rs 20 to Rs 30, was being sold in the jail for Rs 250 to Rs 300.

The report names the constables who carry out the task of supplying drugs and tablets. Constables also have been collecting opium and drugs from visitors and delivering them to undertrials in the cells for a fees. The fee for supplying drugs and liquor at the jail is Rs. 500, says the report.

Five inmates have been enjoying B-class facilities even after the facilities had been withdrawn on paper. Some others were allotted a TB cell for Rs 25,000.

The report was today placed before the high court Division Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, which issued notice of motion for August 6. The SSP has been asked to remain present.
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090804/main5.htm
 
They are getting high on diphenoxylate, the opioid in Lomotil.

I've posted about it before, 25mg of oral diphenoxylate felt like 0.5mg of sublingual buprenorphine. That odd partial agonist feel, might be recreational for those with no tolerance. I think its more likely inmates who are addicted are using it to maintain or prevent full WD.

Side note but WTF is with these stories that paint a picture of the RX drug situation in India as draconian as all get out? I recall another one with drug agents proudly showing they seized a bottle of codeine cough syrup.8)
But then you have all these internet pharmacies operating out of India and even suppliers of raw pharmaceutical powders like pure oxycodone.

So while the drug laws are so lax packages of thousands of benzos are being shipped worldwide daily the cops are chasing Lomotil addicts, whut?!
 
Never heard of lomotil, its ridiculous when you see the markup people pay for drugs in prison, you have to wonder where the inmates get the money from.
 
monstanoodle said:
Having a large dose of these can't be too great, with the Atropine included.
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The Atropine is very easy to filter out. It was added mainly to prevent IV abuse of Diphenoxylate. I suppose because the Atropine will become pharmalogically active sooner (in smaller doses) than if it were taken orally?

A step up compared to the drugs abused in US prisons. Clonidine, Bupropion, Diphenhydramine, Seroquel.

Side note but WTF is with these stories that paint a picture of the RX drug situation in India as draconian as all get out? I recall another one with drug agents proudly showing they seized a bottle of codeine cough syrup.
But then you have all these internet pharmacies operating out of India and even suppliers of raw pharmaceutical powders like pure oxycodone.
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Definitely. India has always been the primary source of global Opiates; for both recreational/black market uses and for use in Rx formulations worldwide. I suppose the culture of anti-Opioids going back 100 years makes the Indian establishment much more concerned about any quantity of any opioid vs all other drugs.

A Codeine tablet will land you in jail as a junkie; but European children with binkies and pink hair can buy gallons of Ketamine solution over the counter :)
 
monstanoodle said:
Having a large dose of these can't be too great, with the Atropine included.
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Each tablet has 0.045mg of atropine or something similar, atropine has a low oral BA to begin with and on top of that you'd have to take 45 tablets to get 1mg of atropine which is a usual theraputic dose.

I've taken ten lomotil tablets and noticed no effects from the atropine at all, other people have mentioned taking twenty and not noticing the atropine.
But then I have seen people claim to get dry mouth and other effects from the atropine from even a single tablet taken for diarrhea, so individuals seem to vary in their sensitivity to atropine.

You can also do what is basically a backwards CWE to get rid of the atropine, diphenoxylate is not very soluble in water while atropine is very soluble. So you dissolve the tablets in water and then discard the water and save the sediment and consume that.
 
Ah I see. Cheers for the info Tchort and garuda :)
On the dry mouth note, I've been taking Hyoscine-N-Butylbromide for withdrawal related stomach cramps and taking that, along with Dosulepin, makes for a horribly dry mouth in the morning.
It seems actually that I don't gain any tolerance to the Anticholinergic effects of such meds actually.
 
Tchort said:
A Codeine tablet will land you in jail as a junkie; but European children with binkies and pink hair can buy gallons of Ketamine solution over the counter :)
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No, they can't... unfortunately. Having said that, my hair wasn't pink! ;)
 
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