Opiates are less harmful than alcohol. Very well tolerated on the body. Methadone is actually rather dangerous. It's potent but takes hours to "kick in". A some

Opiates are less harmful than alcohol. Very well tolerated on the body. Methadone is actually rather dangerous. It's potent but takes hours to "kick in". A somewhat uneducated user might dose, wait an hour, dose again, then die when it hits. It's used in clinics because it lasts a long time, making single daily doses possible without leaving users sick. Methadone is really cheap[1]. A user on 200mg morphine equivalent dose per day will spend just $0.30 a day, buying from Walgreens. Or "harder": Methamphetamine is legally prescribed in the US for ADHD and obesity. It's available at popular grocery/pharmacy chains. So even "hard drugs" is a bit of a misleading topic sometimes. 1: http://m.goodrx.com/methadone http://m.goodrx.com/methadone