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jsr

(7,712 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2014, 11:38 PM Mar 2014

CDC: Most people who abuse prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives

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Mar 3, 5:47 PM EST
Friends common source of abused prescription meds
By LINDSEY TANNER

CHICAGO (AP) -- Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, while drug dealers are a relatively uncommon source for those at highest risk for deadly overdoses, a government study found.

People who abuse the most frequently often doctor-shop; more than 1 in 4 who used these drugs almost daily said they had been prescribed by one or more physicians. Almost as many said they got them for free from friends or relatives; only 15 percent of the most frequent abusers said they bought the drugs from dealers or other strangers.

Those abusers "are probably using at much greater volumes and simply asking a friend for a pill now and then is not going to be sufficient," said Dr. Leonard Paulozzi, a researcher at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to the study, two-thirds of abusers said they used the drugs infrequently and well over half of these users said they got them free from friends or relatives.

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CDC: Most people who abuse prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives (Original Post) jsr Mar 2014 OP

don't treat those high powered opiates lightly kiddies... dionysus Mar 2014 #1

2/3rds of "abusers" used the drugs infrequently. Yikes! Be afraid of infrequent drug users! Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #2

Bullshit. JNelson6563 Mar 2014 #3

dionysus

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1. don't treat those high powered opiates lightly kiddies...

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 11:45 PM

Mar 2014

Luminous Animal

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2. 2/3rds of "abusers" used the drugs infrequently. Yikes! Be afraid of infrequent drug users!

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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:08 AM

Mar 2014

JNelson6563

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3. Bullshit.

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Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:28 AM

Mar 2014

This may apply to the occasional, recreational "abuser" but it sure doesn't apply to those who are addicted. Many people get 'scripts for opiates and sell them. They pay their $10 co-pay for 30 day supply and then turn around and sell their pills for as much as they can get. It's a black market like many wouldn't believe.

And I know this because I know a recovering hard-core addict. He and his network of addicts know countless people who sell their 'scripts. Anything can be had easily, bring cash money.

Julie

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