Most medications once consumed, the body metabolizes the medication into a “active metabolite”
Soma/Carisoprodol is metabolized in the body to Meprobamate.. which at one time was sold under the brand name Equanil/Miltown
Hydrocodone is metabolized in the body to Dilaudid/Hydromorphone
Codeine is metabolized in the body to Morphine.
Oxycodone is metabolized in the body to Oxymorphone .. which is available commercially as Opana
Heroin is metabolized in the body to MORPHINE
Before the Harrison Narcotic Act 1913 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act Morphine and Heroin were sold OTC.
Like other things that are determined by our politicians, bureaucrats and our judicial system…. decisions, laws, rules and regulations are seemingly developed without applying any scientific facts.
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Apparently it’s legal in the UK, as some friends of mine have been on it as a prescription drug. They were a little shocked to find that it was actually heroin, they did not know it by that name.