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submitted 10 months ago by livus@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

Front-line workers say methamphetamine pills are being sold for as little as $0.25 each.

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[-] thanevim@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

This makes me feel like Jeremy Clarkson was on to something in the Top Gear Burma special (if just slightly off)

[-] livus@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

@thanevim I didn't see it but that was made in the partial democracy period. So, probably just "golden triangle" stuff?

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Can you take meth in pill form? I assumed it would need to be crushed an snorted/melted and injected?

[-] aubertlone@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Meth is perfectly bioavailable when take orally.

People crush/snort/inject it because it hits faster.

It seems you're thinking about heroin. You do need to snort or inject heroin for it to be bioavailable.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Well kinda, you could eat and your body would just cleave it into morphine. A bit of a waste, depending on form... but it's an option.

[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

@TheMightyCanuck it works just fine. Meth pills have been around for a long time.

The early diet pills were mostly methamphetamine, e.g Obetrol. If you ever watch Requiem for a Dream that's why the mother gets so addicted to diet pills.

[-] wryan@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Man, she was so disturbingly good in that. Her scenes unnerved me significantly more than the ones of Leto and Connelly—and they were on freaking heroin!

[-] livus@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

@wryan me too. She was so innocent and she had a nightmare outcome.

[-] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Huge news for $Gooning , to the moon I say

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