[daniel-cussen]

Yeah that was saying if you crushed n injected it would be addictive. No. It was addictive in literally any form. They knew that too, n it wasn't on the packaging.

You kind of have to be a monster to say something that callous.

[fweimer]

As far as I understand it, crushing/injecting it makes it more likely to induce pronounced euphoria and other side effects that encourage abuse. But it was known from the start that it was addictive (causing a physical dependency) even if used as intended, simply because it is an opioid. Here's an older package insert:

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2009/02...

Among other things, it says “Physical dependence and tolerance are not unusual during chronic opioid therapy.” I'm no expert, but I think that explains why warnings about dependence weren't more pronounced. The drug was supposed to be distributed in a tightly controlled fashion due to these risks, after all.

In retrospect, the warnings at the start, and the information for patients read like recipes for abuse, though.

[KnobbleMcKnees]

Both sides benefit from the average Joe not knowing the facts. This is, in a nutshell, why so much FUD exists about drug addiction.

For dealers, it gets people through the gateway. For the anti drugs crowd, it's the equivalent of preventing teenage sex by not telling them how it's done