 Crisis looming for First Nations due to OxyContin First Nations leaders say a health crisis is about to be unleashed on northern Ontario reserves because thousands of residents addicted to OxyContin will soon be cut off from the prescription opiate.Commentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Whelp, guess we will have to set up a few detox centers.
Methadone Clinics
And whatever, I'm all for FN's success, but if you chose to take oxycotin in the first place too fucking bad.
And if 2000 people are addicted and they all take 1 pill a day isn't someone missing 14,000 pills a week of oxycotin? Where does all this come from? Who's prescribing this stuff? If a pill is $100 a pop and they're collectively taking 14,000 a week that is a half a billion dollars a year. Something doesn't seem to add up here. Where do these addicts come up with half a billion a year to feed their habit?
I'd say the problem is probably overblown and the street price has been skewed by someone who paid $200 once for one pill and the media claims that is the street price all the time.
The bad news is these people are going to do anything to get a fix so chances are some innocent persons or their property will suffer.
Whelp, guess we will have to set up a few detox centers.
And then they'll fall into disrepair and it'll be our fault.
How do they get the money at "hundreds of dollars a pill"?
And whatever, I'm all for FN's success, but if you chose to take oxycotin in the first place too fucking bad.
And if 2000 people are addicted and they all take 1 pill a day isn't someone missing 14,000 pills a week of oxycotin? Where does all this come from? Who's prescribing this stuff? If a pill is $100 a pop and they're collectively taking 14,000 a week that is a half a billion dollars a year. Something doesn't seem to add up here. Where do these addicts come up with half a billion a year to feed their habit?
I'd say the problem is probably overblown and the street price has been skewed by someone who paid $200 once for one pill and the media claims that is the street price all the time.
The bad news is these people are going to do anything to get a fix so chances are some innocent persons or their property will suffer.
Doctors prescribe them........we pay for it. The street prices mentioned are the going rate on the street in most cities.
Whelp, guess we will have to set up a few detox centers.
And then they'll fall into disrepair and it'll be our fault.
Then we get to pay for their methadone program.
"These people will be very, very sick," said Benedikt Fischer, director of the Centre for Applied Mental Health and Addictions at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Without treatment to help deal with the addiction, a public health catastrophe is imminent, Fischer predicted Thursday.
"It is time for both levels of government to respond with programs and services that are urgently required to implement emergency strategies," he said.
Health Canada does have support available for those experiencing withdrawal, Sinclair said. The NIHB program provides coverage for methadone and suboxone, drugs used for the treatment of opioid withdrawal.
is supposed to hurt!
I'd say the community that has 80% on oxy created the crisis. But again FN's won't take accountability for their own community's problems. If it wasn't oxy it would be glue/gas or some other intoxicant. They need to stop blaming everyone else and take concrete steps towards taking charge of their lives.
It's not all our fault.
Kinda wondering why there was no crisis when they had access and were taking the drug?
Yeah, no kidding.
How do they get the money at "hundreds of dollars a pill"?
And whatever, I'm all for FN's success, but if you chose to take oxycotin in the first place too fucking bad.
And if 2000 people are addicted and they all take 1 pill a day isn't someone missing 14,000 pills a week of oxycotin? Where does all this come from? Who's prescribing this stuff? If a pill is $100 a pop and they're collectively taking 14,000 a week that is a half a billion dollars a year. Something doesn't seem to add up here. Where do these addicts come up with half a billion a year to feed their habit?
I'd say the problem is probably overblown and the street price has been skewed by someone who paid $200 once for one pill and the media claims that is the street price all the time.
The bad news is these people are going to do anything to get a fix so chances are some innocent persons or their property will suffer.
Doctors prescribe them........we pay for it. The street prices mentioned are the going rate on the street in most cities.
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I think they should track the drugs from the manufacturer to the user...there are 100 prescriptions and 2000 people taking the drug. Assuming all 100 are illegitimate that is 20 pills per day per patient to supply 2000 people.
Simple solution � put chemical markers in each set of pills. When you find them being illegally used, track them back to the doctor or the pharmacy that they come from. If you�re getting tons of illegal usage from certain docs and pharmacists, take the appropriate action.
I have no sympathy for the addicted, it�s too bad but life sucks.