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7-OH Users Are Stockpiling and Doing Reddit Detoxes to Prep for Ban

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Manisha Krishnan
7-OH Users Are Stockpiling and Doing Reddit Detoxes to Prep for Ban
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Users of the opioid-like compound 7-OH are stockpiling the substance ahead of a planned DEA ban that will classify it as a Schedule I drug. Many users, including those managing chronic pain, fear the loss of access to a substance they claim is essential for their daily functioning.

The 36-year-old upstate New York resident woke up hospitalized in late September after a month in a coma. “I broke every rib, every vertebrae. My pelvis was completely shattered,” says Cam, who asked to be identified by his first name because he is discussing drug use. He needed a spinal fusion and was unable to return to his job in car parts manufacturing.

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