Who Should Pay for Prescription Drug Disposal?
What do you do with medication that you no longer need or has expired? Many of us simply throw it in the trash, never considering that it will eventually end up in a landfill and expose humans, wildlife and soil to potentially deadly chemical residue. Others may understand this danger and instead flush it down [...]
OxyContin Addiction Being Replaced by More Deadly Mexican Black Tar Heroin
Initially used as a prescription medication to treat severe pain such as that associated with cancer, OxyContin has gotten a bad reputation for misuse. Because it is highly addictive, is relatively easy to obtain, and has a less negative connotation than other street drugs, it has gained in popularity across the U.S. Farmers from Xalisco, [...]
Oxycodone Painkiller Abuse Major Drug Problem in America
Experts who follow drug abuse trends in the United States worry about a prescription painkiller called oxycodone. Over five million people are abusing it, one in twenty high school seniors has tried it, and these numbers are increasing by the day. In Maine, Kentucky, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, there are 300 to 400 oxycodone [...]
Calls for Congress to Take Up Issue of OxyContin Abuse
OxyContin is an opiate-based narcotic that is used to treat moderate to severe pain. While the drug was historically prescribed to treat only the most painful maladies, such as cancer, there has been a trend in recent years to prescribe OxyContin for much less serious issues, such as back pain or fractures, which would have [...]
