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Please sign Ban OxyContin Petition
OxyContin or oxy, as it's known on the street, is the only opiate that can be swallowed, snorted or injected, Dr. Charles Shaw said. "It's just like heroin in pill form. It is worse than heroin."
This epidemic is no longer silent... Deaths from Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrockets...Over 8,500 deaths nationwide involved prescription pain relievers in 2005.
National Prescription Drug Threat Assessment- DEA April 2009
My first-born son, Patrick Stewart died on July 9, 2004 at 24 years of age after ingesting just one OxyContin.
This website is a consolidation of information about prescription drugs, addiction and recovery. My purpose is to give addicts and their families hope, to educate everyone involved, and to help put a recovery plan together.
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