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Letter: Oxycontin hurts everyone...
I would like to applaud Mr. Blodgett of the Essex District Attorney's office for his new attempt at educating the youth against the dangers of Oxycontin. The "Choose to Refuse" program will do much to help with those who choose to follow the program. It's somewhat like the programs of the 1980s started by Nancy Regan, "Just say 'no.'"
But it takes many years for this type of program to take grasp, and somehow the youth seem to be in much more danger in the meantime. With Oxycontin being so easily available and widespread, it appears to me that a faster fix is needed. As with the "just say 'no'" programs of the '80s, it does not help much when our youth are confronted with the temptations from their friends and peers. And the scary thing is that this drug is so very addictive and often leads to drugs like heroin.
I think it would be in the best interest of everyone if the drug were reclassified and if the money on education were spent on the doctors who either over-prescribe or have been told falsely of its use. Purdue Pharma spent millions on over-marketing this drug. They went to great lengths to tell doctors that it was not addictive to all who used it. They promoted its use for conditions that did not warrant such an aggressive therapy.
Purdue has been cited for the aggressive marketing techniques they used, but still refuse to back off. Purdue used their large reserve of money to pay for officials to be on their payroll, leading to little being done to stop it. They have put high-profile officials on their payroll, slowing the need to reclassify its use. They have shown little interest in reformulating its time-release delivery, making it less attractive to abusers.
They have blamed the addicts or those who unknowingly became addicted for the abuse or worse, when someone dies, blame poly-drug use. They have taken no responsibility for this enormous epidemic that they alone have started.
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