“IF YOU just swallow them you will not be getting the full effects.” Instead, the website tells abusers of a common prescription drug to crush the time-release beads and snort them, or swallow the powder in a piece of tissue paper to get a longer-lasting “hit”.
These words could kill. Yet tampering with prescription drugs to amplify their effects is a growing health hazard. A study published this month suggests that droves of people are turning to the internet to search for and swap advice on how to tamper with prescription drugs, for instance, by snorting those prescribed for hyperactivity…
