Hydrocodone: A Dissent

Reader AC has more on turning your vicodin into pure hydrocodone:

Just wanted to tell you that the reader commenting on the ease of abusing hydrocodone-acetaminophen medication is incorrect. What he says about the dissolution in water of both chemicals is correct, but whether or not the acetaminophen is dissolved or not in water you drink is irrelevant – it'll get into yr system either way. To extract the hydrocodone and remove the one must perform what's called a cold water extraction – dissolving the pills in water, then cooling down the water so the acetaminophen crystallises. After filtration the resulting liquid will contain very little acetaminophen but retain the hydrocodone. As this takes less than an hour, it doesn't really change the point yr reader was making, but I thought it was worth pointing out nonetheless.

So be careful.