1.   But abusers quickly learned that crushing the pill disarmed that feature.

2.   But abusers discovered they can get a powerful heroin-like high by crushing the pill and injecting, swallowing and inhaling the powder.

3.   But drug abusers quickly discovered that crushing the pill immediately released its narcotic.

4.   But if abusers crush the pill, they will release the antagonists, which lock up receptors that oxycodone would otherwise bind to.

5.   Drug abusers circumvent the time-release process by crushing the pills and snorting the powder, like cocaine, or mixing it with water and shooting it, like heroin.

6.   Thousands of parents crush the pills up for consumption by toddlers who seem markedly dreary.

7.   Abusers crush the pills into powder and snort it, or dilute it and inject it into their veins.

8.   Famularo said people have been crushing the pills into powder and snorting it, or injecting it to get a euphoric high similar to that of heroin.