July 24, 2007
Drug Detox and Rehab Can Help OxyContin Addiction and Abuse
The OxyContin hearings made it pretty clear that OxyContin addiction and abuse is a major problem but, if you still have doubts, check out the stories from the public who appeared before the judge in the Purdue case. One such story is from June Saber, who said she has a list on her computer of 100 of her son’s friends who became addicted to OxyContin and then to heroin. That’s 100 people who might well be headed for drug detox and possibly drug rehab, all within the relatively small circle of one middle-class family in Massachusetts.
People from all over the U.S. traveled to Virginia to tell their story to the judge. One woman from Florida had spent 17 months compiling information. Florida has been hit especially hard with prescription drug addiction and abuse. State medical examiners said that five people die every day from illegally obtained prescription drugs, and that OxyContin and oxycodone products are major sources of overdoses and deaths. These lives could be saved with successful drug detox, and, for those who are addicted, drug rehab.
The Purdue hearings have made the public more aware of the problem with OxyContin addiction and abuse, and with other prescription drugs. I would hope that more people will now head for drug detox so they can get off these dangerous drugs.
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