Narconon of Georgia  

Though this article was written a few years ago, it remains just as true today as the day it was written.  In fact, the number of persons arriving for drug treatment for Oxycontin has steadily increased over the last few years at Narconon of Georgia.   Oxycontin, though more expensive, is often easier to buy than other opiates because there is no national data base regarding prescriptions given out.  An Oxycontin abuser can simply doctor shop and legally obtain as much as they like.

However, giving an Oxycontin addict reign to continue to buy without fear of repercussions is often a death sentence. 

The voice of families and their “special interest” in safety needs to be louder than the voice of the special interests that are keeping this drug so readily available.

Anyone affected by this drug should notify their law makers and let them know that prescriptions of this drug should be tracked on a national computer base.

Anyone who is addicted should find effective drug treatment.  Narconon is such an effective program where not only is Oxycontin addiction overcome, the addict learns that a new life is available.

Narconon New Life Program  877-413-3073

Here is the article:

“Doctors and social workers in New York City have seen an increase in the number of white-collar professionals using OxyContin to get high, the New York Post reported Feb. 16.

"For the white-collar people that I take care of, OxyContin is an attractive option," said Dr. Brealyn Sellers, director of rehabilitative services at Bellevue's methadone-treatment clinic in New York City. "I definitely have seen more of it."

In New York's metropolitan area, emergency-room visits related to oxycodone, the active drug in OxyContin, Percodan, and Percocet, have increased nearly 300 percent since 1995.

Compared to other drugs, OxyContin is expensive, costing between $25 and $80 a pill. But the "high" achieved from the drug can last 12 hours, and price is no object for wealthier users. Heroin, on the other hand, costs about $10 a dose, but the "high" lasts for just about an hour.

"The patients that I'm seeing are doing some doctor shopping," said Dr. Clifford Gevirtz, medical director of the Addiction Recovery Institute in Westchester. "I don't need to go to the corner bodega to get my drugs -- I can go to the doctor's office."

OxyContin is also preferred by upscale users because it's difficult for local law enforcement to track.

"There is no national database to determine how many prescriptions are given out," said Robert Strang, head of an investigative and security company and a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent.””

‘http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2004/oxycontin-use-growing-among.html