Last Friday was a busy day for the local police, with 3 residences being searched and bringing out 8 drug abusers. About 123 grams of marijuana, 68 doses of heroin, 2 doses of Suboxon, 1 stolen laptop, 3 handguns, and one assault rifle. These arrests were made directly in repsonse to numerous drug complaints from concerned citizens. If you see suspicious activity, do your duty and report it to the local police department. If you know of someone who is a drug addict, report it to someone so they can get help, and to cut off the dealers involved. Just hoping they will turn their life around or ignoring them won’t help one bit.
Some information on Suboxon, also called Buprenorphine:
Buprenorphine is also used recreationally, typically by opioid users, often by insufflation. Recreational users of Suboxone who crush the tablet and snort it report a euphoric rush similar to other opioids in addition to a slight “upper”-like effect. Those already using buprenorphine/Suboxone for opioid addiction therapy find that insufflation is only slightly, if any stronger than taking the pill sublingually, although it may have a quicker onset. Those taking it for addiction therapy also report that obtaining euphoria is virtually impossible after the first few doses. Many recreational users also report withdrawal symptoms. Due to the high potency of tablet forms of buprenorphine, only a small amount of the drug need be ingested to achieve the desired effects.
Although some people do use buprenorphine for purely recreational reasons, the majority of its illicit users use it for addiction therapy. Many people report it being effective in preventing withdrawals in-between doses of their opiate of choice. Illicit users who do not want it on record may also obtain it on the street to use as a less-painful method of quitting than “cold-turkey”. Some report needing as little as one 8 mg tab which is broken up into gradually smaller doses which they take in order to effectively wean themselves off the opiate/opioid they’re addicted to. The illegal and potentially dangerous self-dosing of Buprenorphine is deemed by many street users as a less risky alternative to what an addict may do on the streets to obtain money for their addiction, and less dangerous than quitting cold turkey. Furthermore, most U.S. doctors authorized to prescribe Suboxone charge ~$300 for a first visit, plus several hundred more for follow-up visits, which makes going through official channels more expensive than simply maintaining the original opiate addiction, for some users.
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