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What conditions pushes a drug addict to overdose? Do they all reach that point at some point or what? Is this illegal drugs or regulated ones?

by highCs 11y ago

redblacktree 11y ago
Often overdoses happen when a former addict relapses. They'll take their old dose, not realizing that they have lost some of their tolerance.
bdavisx 11y ago
Both, but for different reasons: The "overdoses" from prescription opiates are often acetaminophen vs. the opiate (no direct sources w/ numbers, but example: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820039 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820039). Whereas with illegal opiates it's often from a difference in purity from one purchase to the next. This is where a regulated drug market would alleviate that issue 100%.
joesmo 11y ago
Varying potency. Dealers putting in fentanyl or stronger opiates to intentionally cause an overdose as marketing hype for their product (very common). Misjudging the dose of a known product. Tolerance. Using too much after some time stopped. Mixing opiates with other substances. I'm sure there are many more. If you're using street opiates, it's going to happen at some point, guaranteed. I've yet to meet an opiate addict who has never overdosed and I doubt I ever will. Sticking to prescription opiates helps, but even then people overdose often.
- JBReefer 11y ago
  For those looking for more information, the practice is in particular making one very strong bag with a lot of fentanyl, so that a single user overdoses or dies. The idea is other users will then buy your product, thinking it's better quality. It's called a "hotshot."
- buttcoinslol 11y ago
  I never overdosed in a year of heroin use, then again I wasn't an IV user.
  - highCs 11y ago
    Can I ask why you use heroin?
    - buttcoinslol 11y ago
      I don't use heroin any more.
fineIllregister 11y ago
* Dangerous combinations, like alcohol, can be a contributing factor. * Black market drugs can have widely varying contents and potencies (rat poison and fentanyl). * Tolerance changes have already been mentioned. * Taking drugs in a consistent place and/or circumstances causes the body to prepare for consumption (like Pavlov's dogs salivating at the bell). Unfamiliar situations can catch the body off guard.

What conditions pushes a drug addict to overdose? Do they all reach that point at some point or what? Is this illegal drugs or regulated ones?

by highCs 11y ago

What conditions pushes a drug addict to overdose? Do they all reach that point at some point or what? Is this illegal drugs or regulated ones?

redblacktree 11y ago

Often overdoses happen when a former addict relapses. They'll take their old dose, not realizing that they have lost some of their tolerance.

bdavisx 11y ago

Both, but for different reasons: The "overdoses" from prescription opiates are often acetaminophen vs. the opiate (no direct sources w/ numbers, but example: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820039 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820039). Whereas with illegal opiates it's often from a difference in purity from one purchase to the next. This is where a regulated drug market would alleviate that issue 100%.

joesmo 11y ago

Varying potency. Dealers putting in fentanyl or stronger opiates to intentionally cause an overdose as marketing hype for their product (very common). Misjudging the dose of a known product. Tolerance. Using too much after some time stopped. Mixing opiates with other substances. I'm sure there are many more. If you're using street opiates, it's going to happen at some point, guaranteed. I've yet to meet an opiate addict who has never overdosed and I doubt I ever will. Sticking to prescription opiates helps, but even then people overdose often.

JBReefer 11y ago
For those looking for more information, the practice is in particular making one very strong bag with a lot of fentanyl, so that a single user overdoses or dies. The idea is other users will then buy your product, thinking it's better quality. It's called a "hotshot."
buttcoinslol 11y ago
I never overdosed in a year of heroin use, then again I wasn't an IV user.
- highCs 11y ago
  Can I ask why you use heroin?
  - buttcoinslol 11y ago
    I don't use heroin any more.

fineIllregister 11y ago

* Dangerous combinations, like alcohol, can be a contributing factor. * Black market drugs can have widely varying contents and potencies (rat poison and fentanyl). * Tolerance changes have already been mentioned. * Taking drugs in a consistent place and/or circumstances causes the body to prepare for consumption (like Pavlov's dogs salivating at the bell). Unfamiliar situations can catch the body off guard.