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Posted by Cynthia_Greene on April 26, 2007, at 11:16:35
Just curious, because I've heard of people who have bought and sold them on the streets. My friend who was on Seroquel said that his friends often asked to try his pills.
I asked if it makes you feel good, and he said that it first makes you feel like you're on ecstasy then you pass out.
I just can't believe people would want to illegally abuse antipsychotic meds.
Posted by Phillipa on April 26, 2007, at 12:49:29
In reply to Are atypical antipsychotics controlled substances?, posted by Cynthia_Greene on April 26, 2007, at 11:16:35
Me neither but a lot of people will do anything. The prisoners used to buy the ones who needed the pills pills to zone out. Sad but true. Love Phillipa
Posted by rvanson on April 26, 2007, at 14:00:56
In reply to Are atypical antipsychotics controlled substances?, posted by Cynthia_Greene on April 26, 2007, at 11:16:35
> Just curious, because I've heard of people who have bought and sold them on the streets. My friend who was on Seroquel said that his friends often asked to try his pills.
> I asked if it makes you feel good, and he said that it first makes you feel like you're on ecstasy then you pass out.
> I just can't believe people would want to illegally abuse antipsychotic meds.In a word, no, not in the USA.
But you need to have a script to be perfectly legal.
If you have an accident with injuries and the meds show up in your bloodwork or urine or your have them on you, the prosecution can use that against you to show proof that you were abusing a drug without a Pdocs Rx and therefore are at fualt as you were impaired without any reasonable excuse to be so.
So how do they know you had them in your possession in the first place, you ask?
Simple. The police either ask you, and most people will admit it, therefor the police now have "probable cause" to search you and your car or surroundings, or they find the bottle or a pill in plain sight in your car or on you, and that is the end of the story.
I was on jury duty for exactly this reason, so I know first hand about this case.
Posted by linkadge on April 26, 2007, at 14:57:35
In reply to Re: Are atypical antipsychotics controlled substances?, posted by rvanson on April 26, 2007, at 14:00:56
It has alwasy been beyond me why anybody would want to abuse an antipsychotic.
There was a theory placed out there that many people who "abuse" seroquel are doing so to possably treat an underlying mood disorder.
It can be an effective anxiolytic, and sleep inducing agent, but I cannot, for the life of me, see how anyone would abuse this substance for a high.
Seroquel just brought me down.
Just my expereince though.
Apparently, there is *some* street value, but I think its is probably used more to try and counteract things like stimulants etc.
Linkadge
Posted by crenshaw387 on April 27, 2007, at 20:35:15
In reply to Re: Are atypical antipsychotics controlled substances?, posted by linkadge on April 26, 2007, at 14:57:35
nobody WANTS to abuse drugs... nobody thinks hey ima do heroin so i get hepatitis C... almost all people use drugs to feel good... wether its at the recommendation of a doctor or they like to shoot meth... they do it to feel good... drug abuse is defined as continiuing to use the substance despite adverse effects... have you ever taken more than the prescribed dose of any drug?
Posted by kaleidoscope on May 1, 2007, at 15:46:17
In reply to Are atypical antipsychotics controlled substances?, posted by Cynthia_Greene on April 26, 2007, at 11:16:35
>Are atypical antipsychotics controlled substances?
No
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