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i don't think this is true. healthcare has a litany of issues in america but i don't think it's common to pull controlled substances from the market because of
by djohnston 8y ago
i don't think this is true. healthcare has a litany of issues in america but i don't think it's common to pull controlled substances from the market because of black market abuse. am i wrong here?
- mawburn 8y agoPart of the reason why Quaaludes were pulled was due to recreational abuse, but there might have been other reasons.
- TylerE 8y agoMuch more dangerous than Ambien (or the other Z-drugs). A dangerous/fatal overdose could be as low as 4-5x the therapeutic dose, especially if mixed with alcohol. The Z-drugs, on the other hand, you can't really overdose on - at least not, as with 'Ludes', in the "stop breathing and die" sense.
- DanBC 8y agoI agree the z drugs are much safer, but there have been deaths by overdose of zopiclone.
- refurb 8y agoThat was pretty much the reason.
- lazyasciiart 8y agoIsn't that what happened to pseudoephedrine? Went from being OTC to very hard to get because of recreational use.
- selectodude 8y ago"hard to get" is overselling it a little. Maybe hard to get in very large quantities. Where I am, I can get up to 7.5 grams per month with zero issues. Not enough to make meth, enough for the maximum dose every day of every month.
- astura 8y agoI dont consider walking up to the counter and saying "I'd like to purchase pseudoephedrine" 'very hard.'