Opinions - Benzos vs. Opiates

[TinfoilxTouch]

SWIM might have an idea as to why a 2mg Xanax bar is just as valuable as a good opiate RX...

It's pretty easy to hurt your back, twist an ankle, ect, ect, ect and get a RX for an opiate. It doesn't look strange at all. 95% of people SWIM knows have taken vicodin at some point. If you have longer lasting pain, getting something stronger like Percocet isn't even that unusual. You'll almost always get 5mg hydro pills or more, which alone can be nice.

Try going to your family doctor and explaining you have anxiety. You're going to get .25-.50mg of Ativan or Xanax. Reaching for the recreational dose of 1-2mg pills isn't going to happen without months of effort.

Also, there is a silly notion out there that taking benzos is safer than opiods. In reality, stopping an opiod addiction will be painful and difficult, but stopping a real benzo addiction could cause seizures or worse. People just aren’t educated. They think Xanax is a toy and Norco is a hardcore drug.