Ran into this hella deep report on the fraud perpetrated by the Prudue corporation concerning their extremely addictive narcotic known as Oxycontin. After reading this, its 0 surprise that many of its users end up junkies. For those who are uninformed on its chemical aspects, Oxycontin is just a semi-reformulated version of the opiate oxycodone, for the purpose of extending its period of pain relief from 6 hours to 12 hours. As it turns out, 12 hours was a complete over-estimation of its potential analgesic effects, leading to doctors prescribing a pain killer to be taken at 12 hour intervals, but only offering 6-8 hours respectively. Thus ending with untold patients begging their doctors for answers and relief, while the pharmaceutical group Prudue covers things up with FDA cooperation.
http://www.latimes.com/projects/oxycontin-part1/
http://www.latimes.com/projects/oxycontin-part1/
