@Requiem 599756 wrote:
Beware of what you seem to be doing. Opiates are very dangerous drugs if not treated properly.
It is unfortunately way too easy to subsitute one addiction with another, especially with alcohol, benzos and opiates. These (in various quantities) have finished off my Dad, two grandfathers and two uncles long before their mid 60s; although they all smoked cigarettes as well and had other health problems (which the drugs were also used to help combat the symptoms) it is a worryingly large number of relatives to go down for the same reasons…
For some reason this can be worse (healthwise) with anyone who has Asian ancestry; I do wonder though if its only because Asians do not always obviously stand out as being full with drugs even when they often are so addictions are not as quickly noticed.
It may be more of an issue amongst those who have professional occupations and therefore cannot afford to draw attention to themselves whilst at the same time taking “medicine” against a variety of medical problems (some of them very much real) is still culturally accepted and if they do get addicted or just unwell its noticed much more than someone from a lower social class who just ends up in prison or compulsory rehab (at least outside ID the death penalty is near enough gone)
This also explains the paradox of why “street drugs/hard drugs” are seen as bad and strongly punished whilst pharmacies are able to sell all sorts of similar drugs over the counter with less control…
