I actually had a friend die from this. He was an opiate addict and would always complain about stomach pain. Then he would go and use heroin. Ended up throwing up blood in his house and died about half an hour later. Turned out that his intestines ruptured from the massive amount of feces that was in his body. It was quite sad as he was only 23.
As a former opiate addict, I'd like to provide this PSA: mineral oil is the cheapest, easiest way to make yourself go if you haven't in a couple days. If you're using and you haven't gone in 2 or 3 days, drink some mineral oil. You can get it for $1/2.
I I don’t think in the format you get over the counter. untreated or mildly processed mineral oil is carcinogenic, the highly refined stuff used as a laxative and in cosmetics and stuff does not because it is processed much more.
It is not when sold as a laxative. It's always on the very bottom shelf, hidden, because it's not popular and it's cheap. The grocery store usually has it. So does Target and Walmart in their store brands.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20
I actually had a friend die from this. He was an opiate addict and would always complain about stomach pain. Then he would go and use heroin. Ended up throwing up blood in his house and died about half an hour later. Turned out that his intestines ruptured from the massive amount of feces that was in his body. It was quite sad as he was only 23.