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