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To: FJB who wrote (651461)	4/14/2012 1:59:53 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580430

>> Many addicts sought out heroin after first getting hooked on prescription painkillers. I had a severe gallbladder attack a few weeks ago and for the first time took Oxycontin. That drug is NOT that different from heroin and I suspect that in larger doses it is indistinguishable in both its immediate effect and its addictive properties. >> "I think, generally speaking, throughout the medical community, that the physicians that are prescribing these narcotics are being much, much more judicial in their prescribing behaviors," said addiction specialist Dr. Gawtham Gutta. A guy in my son's military unit had a bad accident 18 months ago and is so severely addicted to painkillers he is not able to function. The quantity of painkillers he is getting from his family practice doc would kill a horse. His only pain today is the pain of being hopelessly addicted. Much bigger problem than street drug addiction, all nice and legal.