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"OxyContin, a highly addictive narcotic that doctors prescribe to treat chronic pain, has hooked the "Just Say No" generation. Across the country, it has become a party drug favored by young, often middle-class people, and the trend is exploding in Northern California."
OxyContin is Becoming Drug of Choice for Northern California Teens
Seeded on Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:48 AM EDT
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"We didn't teach them about prescription medications like OxyContin. They think it's OK because a doctor can prescribe it. Then they become addicts."
I love how this guy implies the "Just Say No" campaign somehow guided these kids away from heroin, but they slipped up and forgot to include pills. These kids don't give a flying crap what some talking head tells them. Purdue Pharmaceuticals could not be happier!
#2 - Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:12 AM EDTThis would seem to be very old news. Painkillers were the gateway drug for thousands of heroin addicts now living in our communities.
#3 - Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:14 AM EDTPill-poppers are everywhere, I first noticed when living in a dormitory in '01 - '04; Xanax seemed to be the pill of choice.
I'm sure it is worse now...
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