Move over meth; make room for OxyContin. Yup. That's right oxycodone and hydrocodone. Spokane and Kootenai Counties have recently seen a surprising number of Pharmacy robberies involving the drug. Read the Spokesman Story here. OxyContin (brand name for oxycodone) is a prescription painkiller. Its somewhat easily obtained, and in theory is "legal." I think what really surprised me was the "users." Sure the typical druggies turn to it, but police have arrested doctors, even lawyers for abusing the prescription drug. A little more about the drug:

OxyContin, a trade name for the drug oxycodone, is an opium-based narcotic that produces a heroin-like high when the time-release capsules are crushed, then injected, snorted or smoked.

Unlike methamphetamine, which has spurred state-enacted legislation to make its key ingredient – pseudoephedrine – difficult to get, oxycodone can’t be manufactured in a home lab. Addicts forge prescriptions, lie about stolen prescriptions, burglarize homes, hospitals and senior centers, and rob pharmacies to get their fix.

So here's my question to all of you: Do you think Oxycodone/hydrocodone could be come "the drug of choice"?

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