paul_601 asked:


Having been there, there are alot of drugs in prisons and it doesn’t help anybody. People who are addicted can get worse and some people get into hard drugs in there.

As far as I saw drugs came in in all sort of ways but I stayed pretty much clear of anything hard. Without stopping visits or stuff like that what do you think could be done to keep drugs out?

Itstartshere27 asked:


Seriously? The same people that support drug prohibition usually have no problem picking up an alcoholic beverage. A drug is a drug, alcohol is a drug. To me, you can not use any substance and then have the nerve and turn around and tell people that they can not use another substance because you don’t agree with it. Alcohol has one of the, if not the worse withdrawal for people who are addicted. It’s sad really, because the intoxication level for alcohol is higher than most illegal drugs. If you don’t believe me, you can look it up yourself.

j_o_e_y_6_9 asked:


When a cop makes an arrest and legally searches someones car with consent, and finds drugs what do they do with the drugs? Do they take it to the lab for testing? Do they burn it or throw it away or something? Or do they keep it for evidence later on then burn it?

M H asked:


throught charging high prices for drugs.Consider what would happen to prices,quantities,and discovery of new drugd in the absence of patent rights.

Nick Jinn asked:


Which approach makes more sense to you? Should drug companies make drugs that are highly toxic if abused (shot up, ect) to discourage their abuse, or should they make drugs that are safer even if abused, not because you want them to be abused but because you believe in harm reduction? If making the pills more toxic turns out to not dissuade everyone from abusing these drugs, it is ethical to be increasing the harm these people experience when that harm could be reduced?

Many binders and time release formulations are dangerous to people who shoot up. They shouldnt be shooting up anyway, but if we are further endangering their lives are we doing the right thing?

Another thing is additives like tylenol in Vocodin and Percocet. Despite what they tell you, the tyenol does not add significantly to the pain relief. Tylenol is good for minor aches and pains and it worthless for moderate to severe pain. It doesnt make enough of a difference. Its put in there however to make people sick if they take too much of the opiate. Too much tylenol will destroy your liver and is more toxic than the hydrocodone. Hydrocodone is dangerous if you take more than you have a tolerance for but is comparably non toxic if you use the right dosage. If you increase your dose of hydrocodone to tolerance, you will eventually destroy your liver with the tylenol rather than from the opiates. Many doctors are now switching to norco instead of vicodin because it contains less of the harmful tylenol which should never ever be shot…but it happens and people die.

So, should we err on the side of preventing drug abuse by making it scary by adding stuff that can kill you, or should we err on the side of compassion and harm reduction even when these people are breaking the law by abusing their medication?
“How about we manufacture drugs that do the optimum good for the patient and let the docs do what they do best”

That would be nice. However, the DEA breaths down the neck of doctors and drug companies in the name of trying to prevent drug abuse, and because of this many doctors are afraid to do their job and end up letter legitimate pain patients suffer. Drug companies are also pressured to cater to the DEAs wishes rather than just focus on making the best medications for pain they can make.

Roman K asked:


Over the last ten years over 80% of all drugs seems to be headed for a lawsuit, I was just curious what the real number was? Do you think if I come up with a drug called Cyadienide that it would sell if I mentioned it may cause vomiting, heart flutter, and may lead to eventual death? But don’t worry it will cure anything!

Sammy asked:


We keep blaming the drug smugglers and not the users of drugs. This is like blaming the fast food places for selling unhealthy greasy food. Nobody is forcing the people to overeat, or eat unhealthy food.