What is the solution for oxycontin addiction in Ontario?

It's crap journalism like this that prevents people who actually need pain medication for cancer, terminal illness, or other chronic pain conditions from being able to get the relief they need, or leaves them too damn scared to take the medication if they're lucky enough to have a doctor willing to prescribe these drugs.
By saying that the majority of prescriptions go to people on social security makes it sound like only Welfare bums are taking this drug. Even if this number is correct – which I doubt – you fail to realize that the majority of people with cancer or terminal illness are likely on some sort of disability, or are over 65 and getting old age pensions. Even for those people who are able to work, the cost of medications can be so extraordinary that the Ontario Government's Trillium Drug program will kick in to help cover the cost of medications when prescription cost is over 4% of the person's total yearly income. These are the people that are taking these medications – not some addict sitting at home living off welfare and spending every day taking drugs.
The coroner doesn't keep track of deaths caused by oxycontin – but oxycodone – which is an ingredient in many other medications – such as Percocet, as well as Oxycontin. Oxycontin is a sustained-release drug, which means it only has to be taken every 12 hours, instead of every 4-6 hours, as drugs like Percocet are. This allows people to remain pain-free for longer periods of time without having to take medications every few hours.
When statistics of deaths are actually looked at, they showed that the vast majority (over 96%!) of the people who died while taking oxycodone died with multiple drugs in their system. Only 3% of people died from oxycodone overdose alone. Most died because they took their medications with alcohol, benzodiazepines, or illegal drugs.
So, now you've gone and scared all those people with chronic pain, terminal diseases, and cancer patients from taking Oxycontin. Great job! You'd rather they live in pain than take a medication that could clearly help them feel better – possibly even go to work and be productive members of society. Maybe even play with their children or grandchildren. Wow – good job. I hope you feel really proud of yourself. You've also scared off doctors from prescribing this medication to people who could actually benefit from it. Studies show that only 1% of people who take oxycodone actually become addicted to it. That means that you're preventing 99% of people who could benefit from the drug from getting it, because of the possible 1% of people who might become addicted. For those people who purchase it on the streets to abuse, they'll find something else to abuse anyway – be it Percocet, heroin, MJ, etc… Usually they're not too fussy. For the rest of us, with chronic pain conditions who just want to live our lives out as pain-free as possible – perhaps even holding down a job, paying taxes, joining the PTA – you know, those “normal' things – you've just made it 100x more difficult. Wow – thanks!!!

At least I can back up my statements :
The Journal of Analytical Toxicology study created an oxycodone postmortem database of 1014 complete records which they obtained from the medical examiner and coroner’s offices in 23 states between August 27, 1999 and January 17, 2002. Of these, they determined that 919 of the cases involved drug abuse, and of those 30, or 3.3 percent, were the result of single-entity oxycodone products alone. The report also notes that according to their methods, only 12 of the 30 oxycodone single-entity cases identified OxyContin as the source of the oxycodone, though going by oxycodone product prescriptions, it is likely that all 30 were due to OxyContin. The study found that of the 919 drug abuse cases, 889, or 96.7 percent of the cases were the result of multiple drugs, with oxycodone in combination with benzodiazepines, alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, or antidepressants.

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…I have worked in high stress telemarketing sales for over 4 years.Im in my mid 40's.I can honestly tell yous that sales jobs,especially telemarketing are defenatly the highest stress job that a person can subject themselfs to.I have no choice,as there are *no* other employment oportunaties offering 40 hours + benefits.Talking to rude people over the phone is one thing,those who cure you with foul language(Ive heard it all),to those who blow air hornes into the earpiece,to actually phoning the office in wich your working in because you have hung up on them after they continually swore at you,yes,all these things are an ocurance,all have happened to me,and the sad thing,is the company turnes a blind eye to it,and actually disiplines you if you tell the cx not to cuss at you,or if your tone eventually gets firm because your tired of hearing threats againsed your life,and in several cases,even
my immediate family was cursed by a customer.
Ive seen it all in the workplace,Ive witnessed woman breakdown sobing,Ive seen several employees take stress leave,Ive seen drug use rampant to be able to perform,to be able to tolerate abuse so cruel you cant imagine.Ive personally been using oxy 80s for the last 2 years,at least 2 every 7 days at a cost up to 80.00/tab..Is it worth it?Well keeping employment,and dealing with beligerant rude and argant customers,being happy for hours on end,and able to consume drugs right in front of other staff,
its a nesesaty for survival.Some use alcohol,some smoke marijuana,some use meds.
Look at the real problem of addiction,*NO** its not oxy,it's what the particular individual may be going through for years,that generally leads to abuse of narcotics.