American Voices

The OxyContin Epidemic

August 29, 2001 | ISSUE 37•30

OxyContin, a powerful prescription painkiller whose effects have been compared to heroin's, is being abused by a soaring number of drug addicts. What do you think?

  • It's been great getting my drugs at Walgreens. The pharmacists there are so much friendlier than that dickbag Zach I used get my shit from.

    Rob West
    Electrician

  • Whoa, hold on there a minute: You can get high off an acne pad?

    Barry Valtierra
    Bike Messenger

  • You are so lame. They're called Oxys or O.C.'s. No one says 'OxyContin.'

    Dana Schwartz
    Student

  • Didn't we learn anything from that one Little House On The Prairie where Albert gets hooked on morphine?

    Emily Jay
    Homemaker

  • While I am strongly opposed to drug abuse, I must applaud the entrepreneurial spirit exhibited by addicts when it comes to finding new ways to get off.

    Chris Levey
    Auto Salesman

  • This is exactly why I don't want my kids hanging out with white people.

    Raymond Harvey
    Systems Analyst

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