Noddy Boy
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This is unsound reasoning - It is ubiquitous in pill manufacture to have multiple layers in the pills with different concentrations. For an extreme example, see concerta. Even with non-time-release pills, it's not uncommon for them to have a (usually thin) outer layer with very little of the drug (and better mechanical characteristics).
These of course would be fine to break as long as the break is along the axis of the pill, but people slicing oxy's up probably aren't being too careful what angle they cut it at >.>
My point, really, was that using weight gives a false sense of certainty about dosage. It's better than eyeballing, but it could be deceptive, especially if using lots of little pieces (it also provides a chance for a dealer, who knows what parts are "better" to rip you off, by giving you bits and pieces of the less-concentrated part of the pill, billing as the fraction of a pill by weight - keeping the good part for themselves.
From reading your post I will assume you do not have extended first hand knowledge regarding the pills in question. I have been around them for well over 10 years (only started actually using them excessively the last year or so), and can tell you that they are not layered, but uniform throughout the entire pill, if there were any doubts that one piece may be layered or more concentrated, then crush it all into powder, mix it evenly then weigh your piece lol.
That is the first time I have heard of OC80 being 20mg IR and 60mg CR, if you could site that, I would be very interested in reading more about it. If this is the case, it may be due to the larger surface area of the pill that is exposed at the beginning of digestion, as the pill gets smaller, less and less surface area is available, rather than "layers" maybe that's it but I can only speculate.Also if an OC80 is supposed to be 20mg instant release 60mg timed release, you'd very likely have layers to achieve that.
-Noddy