Treating drug addiction with more addictive drugs seems like a logical solution.

The drug combines buprenorphine, an opioid, and naloxone, which counters the effects of an overdose. It’s known as Suboxone.

This OPIOD imbued medication is being used to treat those addicted to other OPIOIDS such as heroin, Vicodin, OxyContin, and hydrocodone.

Over three million Americans with opioid dependence have been treated with Suboxone. Last year about 9 million prescriptions for Suboxone were filled by those who potentially weren't aware they were treating their opioid addiction with another opioid. But many addicts have learned they can use the medication to actually maintain their addiction. Suboxone won’t get them “high” but it will help them smooth out withdrawal symptoms between highs.

Everyone knows the worst thing about drug addiction is withdrawal, right? Well, Suboxone controls the withdrawals so now everyone is free to shoot up as much heroin as they want and not feel any painful, uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms! It’s about time they came out with something to ease the rough period of time between highs. (Sarcasm.)

Of course Suboxone is great in theory when used for its intended purpose, but if all drugs were used for their intended purposes, we wouldn’t have Vicodin and Perc addicts in the first place. Suboxone is basically a maintenance drug. If your dope dealer isn’t around just take some Suboxone to get you through. (More sarcasm.)

Suboxone was first available in a pill, and users were crushing and snorting it and were successfully achieving a high. But, after Suboxone tablets were taken off the U.S. market last year, Suboxone only comes in individually wrapped film strips. Kenny Stearns III, who first took Suboxone to help him kick OxyContin after an overdose, liked to dissolve Suboxone strips in water and shoot the mixture into his veins. Drug addicts are so creative.

Maybe treating drug addiction with other addictive drugs isn’t such a good idea after all. Sigh.