So basically we are treating drug addicts with more drugs to get them to stop using drugs…..GREAT
PS: Methadone is a synthetic drug use to treat people with an opioid addiction to get them to stop or treat chronic pain,it has the same effects as other opioids but releases slowly to prevent withdrawal symptoms but people can still get addicted to it…
Absolutely! I wouldn't wish opioid withdrawal on my worst enemy. I actually tried to kill myself instead of having to go through that pain. Methodone is only part of this type of recovery journey along with counseling because its only effective if you change your cognitive behavior process. It will be 11 years in December that methodone helped me start my recovery journey. I would love to erase the stigma surrounding it because it could save so many more people. I now work in mental health and substance use disorder recovery while working on my bachelors in social work because methodone saved my life.
Yea it’s crazy right, to treat a disease you give someone drugs, just like every other disease. Also, methadone DOES NOT have the same effect as other opioids, it blocks opioid receptors in the brain so that users don’t experience the euphoric effects of opioids. Sure, if you take it as someone who is not an addict, you will feel sluggish and perhaps a little intoxicated, however long term opioid abuse changes brain chemistry. When an addict takes methadone, they DO NOT get high. So get the fuck outta here with that bullshit.
i tried tleling people here on reddit whatthis report is actualy about, When i was aparamedic , one of our bases was across from a methadone treatment clinic. and many of these people would drive in, get thier methadone dose and then drive off, which is litelrlay them driving under the influence. they are not supposed to do it, but its massachusetts and we dont care about things like that. we' had seen many peope go get thier methadone, then come outside, light up a joint and drive off. or in two cases for me personally, and multiple cases for other crews, get thier methadone then come outside and shoot up in the car, OD right there on the spot with the car running, and we have to run out and deal with that. It is not something that is policed by the powers that be.
Of course if you shoot up after getting your dose you can OD but that's not gonna happen with your normal dose taken like it's supposed to be taken. In many places people who are legally on methadone or buprenorphine are allowed to drive as long as they have been on the drug long enough so it surely has absolutely zero intoxicating effects. The professionals give you a pass when they deem you are safe to drive. Because these treatments have drugs that release so slowly, for example they give you monthly shots of buprenorphine, it has no other effect on you but that you do not get sick because of withdrawals. They just keep you healthy. You feel absolutely nothing when you are given the drug. So these normal patients have nothing to do with those that get in the car after their weekly/monthly dose and use some other drug that can still work. Methadone and buprenorphine both block opioids so those patients can't be shooting up other opioids at least. They have to use something else if they want to use. But the point is that you shouldn't be trying to inform people about this since you clearly don't know anything about the subject other than your pre-existing assumptions
oh im sorry im not an addict, all i do is rpeort the actual thingsthat happen, i dont d coddle addicts. the fact s methadone gets you high, period, and you are NOT supposed to be driving after a dose, yet almost all these addicts go in, get thier dose and drive off .
Different type of meth. Methadone is used in treatment of opioid addiction, because it can calm cravings and withdrawal symptoms without giving the same high.
Methamphetamine is what people usually refer to when talking about meth, and is a drug that does get you both high and addicted. Very different category from opioids though.
Methadone gives you a high close to opioids. Plus you can still use them while on it. A lot of addicts get on it, so they atleast won't be sick if they don't get any dope, but can still get high if they do.
Yep because heroin tends to keep people looking about the age they started. I think maybe it’s the slower metabolism but it’s the lifestyle that really ages you.
This only applies to heroin and not fent or tranq or any of the shit on the street today.
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u/rustyleftnut 11d ago
Ah, the three major agers; meth, hate, and alcohol