# A, o, way to go Ohio (and New Jersey), you're bunch of morons

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**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-way-to-go-ohio-and-new-jersey-youre-bunch-of-morons/783387 "2017-03-30T23:22:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-o-way-to-go-ohio-and-new-jersey-youre-bunch-of-morons/783387/61 "2017-04-26T06:24:14Z")

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> [@Baal\_Houtham](#):
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> Heroin gets taken various ways. It’s widely available in capsule form, that can be used like prescription pills… and is usually cheaper than prescription pills.

With all due respect, that’s not true. Unlike most of the opiates/opioids (but similar to cocaine once it’s extracted from coca leaves), heroin is unsuitable for oral use; it is so poorly absorbed by the digestive system that all of its effects (analgesia, euphoria, and sedation), are drastically diminished if a dose is swallowed. This is why one rarely if ever hears of “heroin pills”\*, and one of the reasons that this particular narcotic is strictly Schedule 1, unlawful to prescribe under any circumstances.

\*When MDMA was at its peak popularity, there was a widespread misapprehension among some users that some Ecstasy pills were adulterated with heroin; however, no such pills were ever confirmed to be found. So-called “smacky e’s” were proven to actually consist of either a great big dose of some kind of benzo, or dextromethorpham, or some other psychoactive synthetic altogether.

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