Have you ever thought “I ate so much, I couldn’t eat another bite!”? Or have you felt bad for eating the last cookie? Sometimes a person with an addiction is so stuck in the mindset of more, more, more—that the idea of stopping can seem impossible, and stealing can become just another one of the hurtful things that an opiate addiction. If you drink alcohol or take other central nervous system depressants when you snort OxyContin, the chances of a deadly overdose increase exponentially. Helping Someone Who’s Addicted to Oxycodone If someone you love is snorting oxycodone, you may feel helpless, frustrated and scared. Bio: “The Dangers of Snorting Oxycodone” was written by Abilene Behavioral Health clinical team member Erica Smith, M.A., NCC. Erica has several years of experience working in the treatment field as a clinical therapist and has her Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from the American School of Professional Psychology. Snorting gets the drug into your system faster and gives you more of a rush or high , this rush is where the danger can become more prevalent for drugs that are designed …to be Extended. There are some drugs that are stronger if you crush and snort, but oxycodone is not one of them. If it's really got to be taken in some other route than swallowing (and I'd have a talk with the dentist of they did something to your throat that prevents you from swallowing. I get up snort 30mgs and snort 15mgs every 3 hours until i go to bed. Read More I have a family member that is highly addicted to pain killers, Vicodin, Percocet, Oxycodone , Oxycontin, etc. snorting all of these, crushed and pressed to smooth in order to snort. When people do certain drugs, they snort them. Why do humans snort things? Read More: Drugs: The Real Facts . Oxycodone is a widely abused drug, and abusers often crush pills containing oxycodone and then snort the powder in order to achieve a faster onset of action and an initial euphoric rush. The dangers of snorting oxycodone are many, ranging from long term problems to those that are immediately life threatening.