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If you get a prescription for heroin that would probably lead to addiction right? Under what circumstances do you think doctors would be prescribing heroin? Be
by grzm 10y ago
If you get a prescription for heroin that would probably lead to addiction right?
Under what circumstances do you think doctors would be prescribing heroin? Because a person wants to give it a try? For recreational use? Doctors already prescribe (under heavy regulation) narcotics for pain relief. If they were to prescribe heroin, I can't imagine it would be cavalierly prescribed for anything, other to address existing addiction, not unlike methadone treatments today.
- drvdevd 10y ago> (under heavy regulation) ... and this is where most Heroin addicts start, actually, through prescription opiate use. Once a physical addiction is formed, heroin can be a cheaper or more accessible alternative to a prescription for say, Oxycontin. I thought John Oliver had a good segment on it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pdPrQFjo2o https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pdPrQFjo2o
- aianus 10y ago> Once a physical addiction is formed, heroin can be a cheaper or more accessible alternative to a prescription for say, Oxycontin. Something is wrong with the system for prescribing Oxycontin if black market heroin is ever cheaper or more accessible.
- girvo 10y agoThe crackdown on "pill mills" meant that the cost of oxycodone shot up on the streets over the last 5 years. Demand remains the same, supply is lessened.
- loeg 10y agoWhy? Black market heroin can be produced without quality control standards, intellectual property licensing, in a country with cheap labor, and imported without paying tariffs. The distribution network is a little inefficient, sure, but you can pay a lot of mid-level dealers' markup for the cost of a 30 minute doctor's appointment.