Oxycontin, the scourge of the nation should of been taken of the market years ago but since eli lilly or pfizer or whoever owns the patent is pushing multi million dollars to the right people it will stay on pharmacy shelves until it becomes a generic drug. Then it will be banned. By then an alternative opiate will of taken its place or or the million plus addicts will turn to herion as they are at par in strength. Its all about the money. all my highschool friends are hooked on oxycontin so the bigwigs in washington can get rich. Not even cocaine is as addicting as oxycontin. and weed. sheesh……….it should be alcohols replacement. havent enough car accidents happened, enough fights, domestic abuse…………..