How Oxycontin is Used

                                                           

                            

 

Properly or as prescribed?

-  The pill is swallowed

Illicitly (bypassing the time release mechanism)

- Crushed; swallowed

- Crushed; snorted/inhaled

- Crushed; dissolved in water and ingested

- Crushed (usually dissolved in water) and injected

- Crushed; dissolved in alcohol and ingested

- Crushed; Smoked

 

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