Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania
can you legally shoot up your prescribe pain pills
2 Answers from Attorneys
Pills are compounded to tolerate stomach acid, and be absorbed in the intestines, so it may kill you injecting that into your veins (Darwin's Law at work). I never even heard of trying to shoot up prescription pills, but drug users (at least when using) are idiots. I am not sure if you can be cited for shooting up a prescription pill medication, but you could be cited for drug paraphernalia, and if you are not using a drug as prescribed, that may be an offense. How about this, DON'T SHOOT UP ANYTHING, and you don't have to worry about it.
OK, from a Pennsylvania attorney. Even if it was legal and for reasons given above it probably is not legal why do it. I doubt that's a use that got the drug it's FDA approval. So why would shooting up this or any drug make sense to anyone with a brain?
{John}