June 08, 2009Seroquel As Street Drug Flooding ScotlandLongtime readers know that from time-to-time I've pointed to published articles, academic and journalistic, identifying how widely Seroquel is being used in prisons and elsewhere and that the drug has developed quite the reputation as a street drug, its peaceful, easy feeling when snorted akin to that of heroin. Or so I am told. Now, the UK's Daily Mail reports that Seroquel is flooding the streets of Scotland, in injected and snorted form, and is being used by cocaine addicts to reduce withdrawal symptoms. It goes for a reported 5 Pounds ($10 or so) per pill and I assume that's the 300 mg. size. Quite an interesting drug Seroquel has turned out to be. Posted by Philip Dawdy at June 8, 2009 12:03 AM
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And yet politicians in our country are only concerned about the risks of diverting medical marijuana. As I keep asking people, which presents a greater risk if it's diverted? Two ounces of medical marijuana or a prescription of vicodin or percocet or Xanax or Seroquel? Posted by: Puckett at June 8, 2009 09:56 AMThey"re using it here for ALL--Kids-addicts-ppls in jail-old ppls homes-what a peace of work this drugs turning out too be-Ugly man just ugly- Calling from NZ-ya know addcits here are starting too sell it 2-( Posted by: poodles at June 8, 2009 03:54 PMZyprexa and Seroquel are being used to reduce cocaine addiction. Poodles again from NZ- Adding-Crazy but in NZ they"re giving it out @ methadone clinics-Dead-a few dead but they blame the methadone- Ya know I live in a crazy wee country-that IMHO lives between lst and 3rd world-its a weird strange zone this side of the world ball Posted by: poodles at June 12, 2009 12:39 PMPost a comment
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