Sat, 25 Aug 2007
Hydrocodone
I just read Hydrocodone Abuse on Rise in Appalachia. Some selections:
Dotson has been off drugs since a religious experience in 2001.
Maybe God is just a chemical fiction.
"When I started in this field, the primary client was involved with alcohol," says David Bailey, a community resource specialist with the West Virginia Prevention Resource Center. "I wish it were still alcohol."
Dr. Peter Cohen, medical director of the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration. . . pointed out that while hydrocodone abuse has grown slightly in Maryland since 2002, it is still far less commonly abused than street drugs like heroin.
"You've got three choices," [Dotson] said. "You either die, go to prison or get saved. Mostly, people around here are dying."
Those quotes speak for themselves.
The most commonly prescribed product combines hydrocodone and acetaminophen, which is marketed under brand names like Vicodin and Lortab.
All that Vicodin-selling spam is suddenly so much sadder now.
The DEA is considering moving drugs containing hydrocodone from being classified as so-called Schedule III drugs to being Schedule II drugs.
