&gt; That means you can&#x27;t take half the pill and a few hours later the other half which is what some people did to get around the false 12hr relief advertising before the DEA and other government meddlers got involved.<p>can you elaborate on this? I&#x27;m not sure how the mechanism works to prevent splitting the pill in two. (I&#x27;m not sure how the mechanism works at all, really.)<p>I found this article: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.popsci.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;2013-05&#x2F;science-un-crushable-oxycontin" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.popsci.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;2013-05&#x2F;science-un-cru...</a><p>edit:
read through it, splitting should still be possible.