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> Actually, in UK you can get actual > opioids (as co-codamol) behind the > counter, without a prescription. > Funny how they don't seem to have a
by peteretep 10y ago
> Actually, in UK you can get actual
> opioids (as co-codamol) behind the
> counter, without a prescription.
> Funny how they don't seem to have a
> disastrous and deadly opioid epidemic
> like the US has.
Cocodamol is 8mg of codeine to 500mg of paracetemol. To get 240mg of codeine -- equivalent to 10mg of oral oxycodone -- you'd need to take 30 cocodamol pills, which is 15g of paracetemol. If you present at a hospital having taken more than 12g, they'll put you on a acetylcysteine IV (and generally assume you were trying to end your life).
- noir_lord 10y agoYou can buy 32x12.8mg codeine/200mg ibuprofen for ~6 quid at boots. While large amounts of ibuprofen aren't great for your stomach they won't kill you as fast as paracetamol. All that assumes you aren't doing a cold water extraction.
- zkms 10y agoOpioid users know about cold-water extraction. It's not rocket science. https://www.vice.com/en_dk/article/uk-codeine-addict-729 https://www.vice.com/en_dk/article/uk-codeine-addict-729
- peteretep 10y agoThey certainly do. And yet people still buy heroin. Keep Googling...