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Study: Addicts Turning To Anti-Diarrhea Medication Imodium A-D To Get High
CBS NEW YORK ^
| 04 MAY 2016
| CBS NEW YORK
Posted on 05/09/2016 4:20:10 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some opioid addicts are turning to an over-the-counter alternative to get high.
CBS2’s Elise Finch reported that they’re taking dangerous doses of Imodium A-D, a widely available gastrointestinal medication.
According to a report published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the anti-diarrhea medication has growing appeal with substance abusers because it’s cheap and readily available.
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
05/09/2016 6:25:02 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Aren’t they extremely constipated?
42
posted on
05/09/2016 6:33:38 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: KarlInOhio
And not be able to purchase it because it’s after 8 and the Pharmacist is gone.
43
posted on
05/09/2016 6:37:20 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Good. So let them kill themselves. Problem solved.
44
posted on
05/09/2016 6:55:09 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Great. When I travel I buy a crapload of this. Who wants to bet limits will be imposed?
45
posted on
05/09/2016 6:55:41 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Oh, shit. Now i’s going to be hard for me to get Immodiun when I need it.
To: Dalberg-Acton
If I even SAW a bottle of that stuff, I’d probably never go again.
47
posted on
05/09/2016 7:39:26 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
To: libstripper
“Oh, shit. Now i’s going to be hard for me to get Immodiun when I need it.”
Oh, you will get it but you will have to ask the druggist, who will put your name on a little list.
A few months mater, the cops will bust into your place at 4:00 AM for a... “welfare check”.
48
posted on
05/09/2016 7:41:10 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
To: kennedy
It is an opoid that poorly crosses the blood brain barrier.
You have to take a lot to get a significant dose to the brain.
49
posted on
05/09/2016 7:43:44 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
((this space for rent))
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Maybe its because they are passing cement blocks from the opiates.
50
posted on
05/09/2016 8:20:41 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: real saxophonist
Paregoric, best stuff ever helped get me through college.
51
posted on
05/09/2016 9:57:08 PM PDT
by
redangus
To: VerySadAmerican
Rolling on the floor laughing my as off peeing in my pants.
52
posted on
05/09/2016 11:42:40 PM PDT
by
Jean2
(ox)
To: VerySadAmerican
Touchdown. 80 yards untouched.
53
posted on
05/09/2016 11:45:46 PM PDT
by
SunLakesJeff
(All Mass Has Gravity. Gravity, however, is subject to Judicial Review.)
To: Jean2
It was the PIMP that I couldn’t figure out. But I certainly understand it!
54
posted on
05/10/2016 9:43:36 AM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(Never held a job in the private sector;never met a payroll,never created a job - CRUZ! Conservative!)
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