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Why do you say that using oxycodone recreationally is bad?

• rms 15y ago
  It depends on the meaning of the word bad.
• sp332 15y ago
  It's extremely addictive, similar to heroin. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Oxycodone#Recreational_use https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Oxycodone#Rec...
  • burgerbrain 15y ago
    Ethanol is so absurdly addictive that trying to quit can literally kill you. Heroin? You'll just wish you were dead. It's dangerous enough that ethanol related death is the number one cause of death in some modern countries, before even heart disease. Yet most of society would hesitate to label having a beer "bad use". Why? Probably because we're used to it, it's not a boogyman. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Alcohol_withd...
    • derleth 15y ago
      OK, drinking alcohol is bad. I don't. What now?
      • burgerbrain 15y ago
        You misunderstand me. Ethanol is not bad. Very rarely are substances at all actually bad. Addiction is bad. In the case of common substances such as ethanol, society at large is generally pretty good at separating the two concepts, but when the substance becomes somewhat more obscure people freak the shit out for no apparent reason.