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Re:Crushing up pain pills and spitting out lives in West Vir... by bcook on Thursday October 15, 2015 @07:30PM (#10396642)
Relapse is common, regardless of the drug.

Opiate addicts can be rehabilitated.

Suboxone is much, much less euphoric than Oxycodone. Suboxone is abused much less.

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Re:Crushing up pain pills and spitting out lives in West Vir... by oofabz on Thursday October 15, 2015 @10:15PM (#10397119)
People do abuse Suboxone though, and while it is not as bad as heroin, it can still ruin lives. I once watched this sad documentary, Reindeerspotting, about a Suboxone addict:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584813/

I don't think drugs need to be very euphoric to have potential for abuse. Consider nicotine - it is not particularly pleasurable and yet people become very dependent on it.

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Re:Crushing up pain pills and spitting out lives in West Vir... by bcook on Thursday October 15, 2015 @10:40PM (#10397174)
Overeating can ruin lives. Is food inherently dangerous? People can misuse anything.

The question is not "Is Suboxone dangerous/addictive?", it is "Is Suboxone LESS dangerous/addictive?”.

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