Opiate injection caused the users to experience a more effective and timely high, which produces an intense feeling of pleasure followed by a sense of well-being and a calm drowsiness.
Percocet use may cause death when consumed in high enough doses, such as when abused, and many deaths have been directly linked to overdoses of the potent pain killer.
Most long-term marijuana users who experience withdrawal from sudden cessation of use begin smoking the drug again again to reduce symptoms.
The American Poison Control Centers reported 15,069 case mentions and 7,528 single exposures, involving 13 deaths, related to oxycodone products, including OxyContin in 2007.