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Massachusetts OxyContin Rehabs
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 As is true with most drugs,
OxyContin abuse will take
the user on a dwindling
spiral and will continue
downward until action is
taken. Now is the time to
take action before it is too
late. Quality of life for
the user and for those
around him will continue to
decline. Past failed
attempts to overcome
addiction only further
depresses the individual so
it should come as no
surprise that fear of losing
control further could stop
the individual from reaching
out and allowing others to
help. In the state of
Massachusetts, there is an
increased need for
workable
drug rehabilitation programs.
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DEA Facts
The DEA1
(United States Drug
Enforcement Administration)
reports that Oxycodone
products continue to be
diverted in the state.
Percocet®, Roxicet® and
OxyContin® are readily
available in Massachusetts.
OxyContin® continues to be
the preferred pharmaceutical
drug of abuse and is widely
available. The drug has been
obtained from such areas as
Arizona, Florida and Nevada
for distribution in the
Massachusetts area.
Traffickers continue to
divert OxyContin® via
express mail shipments into
the greater Boston area.
Along with well organized
doctor shopping rings,
forged and/or altered
prescriptions and diversion
from individuals’
prescriptions are the most
commonly found diversion
methods in the state.
Pharmaceutical Diversion:
Current investigations
indicate that diversion of
oxycodone products such as
OxyContin® continues to be a
problem in Massachusetts.
Primary methods of diversion
are via illegal sale and
distribution by health care
professionals and workers,
“doctor shopping” (going to
a number of doctors to
obtain prescriptions for a
controlled pharmaceutical),
forged prescriptions,
employee theft, pharmacy
theft, and the Internet.
Methadone and Vicodin® were
also identified as being
among the most commonly
abused and diverted
pharmaceuticals in
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Published Reports
The Massachusetts OxyContin
and Other Drug Abuse
Commission report stated in
its findings, "The
Commission heard compelling
and troubling stories about
the personal toll that
prescription and other drug
abuse have wrought on
individuals and families in
the Commonwealth. Parents,
spouses, and children in all
parts of the Commonwealth
and in every socio-economic
group have experienced the
extraordinary challenges of
recognizing the signs of
abuse, finding treatment and
maintaining recovery and
support for themselves and
family members. As a result,
the Commission expanded the
scope of its review to
consider public policy
options for all age groups
for the prevention, control
and treatment of drug abuse
in general, not just
prescription drugs. The
problems associated with the
abuse of prescription drugs
are significant. OxyContin
abuse is perhaps the most
troubling because it is
highly addictive and is a
gateway drug for the
use of cheaper, illicit
opiates such as heroin.2
(click here for full
report)
The United States GAO
(General Accounting Office)
states in a published
Prescription Drugs report
entitled, OxyContin Abuse
and Diversion and Efforts to
Address the Problem,
"Among several regulatory
and administrative actions
taken to limit
abusers’access to OxyContin
and controlled substances,
DEA’s Office of Diversion
Control, in collaboration
with the Department of
Justice’s Office of Justice
Programs, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, provides grants
to states for the
establishment of
prescription drug monitoring
programs. The conference
committee report for the
fiscal year 2002
appropriation to the
Department of Justice
directed the Office of
Justice Programs to make a
$2 million grant in support
of the Harold Rogers
Prescription Drug Monitoring
Program, which enhances the
capacity of regulatory and
law enforcement agencies to
collect and analyze
controlled substance
prescription data. The
program provided grants to
establish new monitoring
programs in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
West Virginia. California,
Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Nevada, and Utah also
received grants to enhance
existing monitoring
programs."3
OxyContin Abuse News did a
story in February 2001,
stating "OxyContin
prescription drug intended
as a painkiller for cancer
patients is being especially
abused in areas of the East.
OxyContin abusers are going
taking many measures to feed
their OxyContin addiction.
One of the largest drug
raids in Kentucky history,
authorities arrested 207
people on OxyContin charges
after an 8-month
investigation. Kentucky is
not the only area affected
by OxyContin, as a surge of
OxyContin popularity has
started to infect Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia, Massachusetts, and
Maine, in addition to other
areas. Even medical staff
has been involved in
OxyContin crimes, and during
the Kentucky OxyContin
“roundup” a nurse was
charged with stealing
OxyContin from her hospital,
in addition to other
suspects that worked in a
doctor’s office and that
called in prescriptions of
OxyContin to pharmacies.
Other states have had
instances of doctors and
medical staff being arrested
in connection with OxyContin
fraud."4
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Oxycontin's Damage to Society
 The
National Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia
University shows in a recent report
that state governments spend, on
average, over 15 percent of their
entire budgets on substance abuse
and addiction and its consequences.
Unfortunately, for every dollar
states spend on this problem, 94
cents goes to handle the
consequences in public programs such
as health care, criminal justice,
education, child welfare and mental
health -- and only about 2 pennies
go to prevention, treatment and
research programs to reduce this
burden. This upside-down public
policy wastes billions in taxpayer
dollars at a time when resources are
scarce. The state of Massachusetts is no
exception. It quickly becomes
self-evident there is a real need
for a
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Choosing a Drug Rehab and
Addiction Treatment Program
People should know what the
goal should be of a drug
rehab center? Clean and
sober for 30 days? While
that might be a good
short-term goal, many
treatment centers and 12
step programs still leave
the drug addict fighting a
continuing battle with
addiction. "Once an addict
always an addict"; or it's a
mental disorder they can do
nothing about. When choosing
a drug rehab center for
yourself or a loved one from
Massachusetts, it is important to
become educated on the
different types of drug
rehabs and what their end
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Should an
Oxycontin
drug abuser
attend a
treatment
program
close to
home?
 Addiction is
not just
drug and
alcohol use,
it revolves
around
people and
things in
their
immediate
environment
which help
to trigger
that
addictive
behavior.
The abuser's
location and
routines of
drug use
further
trigger drug
use. It is
the constant
and
seemingly
unstoppable
use of drugs
and the
hopelessness
of day to
day
existence
which
perpetuates
the problem
and inhibits
the native
desire to
stop ruining
their life
through the
use of self
medicating.
The above
factor
should not
be over
looked when
considering
a drug rehab
treatment
center
location.
The first
two weeks of
treatment
are always
the most
difficult.
There many
factors at
work which
make this
so. In
addition to
what has
been covered
above, a
more basic
factor is
this -
people are
creatures of
habit. Even
overwhelmingly
positive and
beneficial
changes in
life, such
as the birth
of a child
or a new job
do not
guarantee
the
individual
will have no
thoughts of
missing past
negative
activities
such as drug
or alcohol
use, their
drug buddies
and other
associated
activities.
Factually
this is the
normal
reactive
auto
response of
most human
beings - to
do what they
are familiar
with - good
or bad. It
is not
really that
they yearn
for these
things, but
it is all
that they
have known
for some
time. If the
abuser is
close to
home when
the
overwhelming
feelings
manifest
themselves,
there is a
good chance
they will
leave and
get back to
what they
know, drug
addiction.
Due to these
factors,
attending a
drug rehab
close to
home is
seldom the
correct
treatment
option for
chronic drug
abusers. It
is extremely
therapeutic
to be
distanced
from their
former
association
with the
medicine
cabinet,
bars, the
cigar box
where their
staff was
stored, etc.
All these
triggers
make the
task of
sobriety
seem
insurmountable
to the
chronic user
as these
triggers
continuously
stimulate a
reminder of
their past
addictive
behaviors.
For individuals with a severe drug or
alcohol addiction problem, choosing a
long-term inpatient treatment program is
another key to a successful outcome.
For
individuals
with a
severe drug
or alcohol
addiction
problem,
choosing a
long-term
inpatient
treatment
program is
another key
to a
successful
outcome. By
providing a
new, safe
trigger free
environment,
distanced
from past
negative
associations
and
surroundings
for an
extended
period of
time, the
chance for
success
increases
dramatically.
Our
drug rehab
treatment
program
provides
people with
positive
circumstances
to increase
their
chances for
a successful
recovery.
The vast
majority of
students
entering our
program,
around
(80%), are
from out of
state or
from other
countries. |
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Healing Addicted Lives
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Healing Addicted Lives
written by Gary W. Smith,
Certified Chemical
Dependency Counselor and
Director of Narconon
Arrowhead Drug and Alcohol
Rehabilitation and Education
Center.
Call anytime to speak with
one of our counselors about
our program. We will take
the time to answer your
questions whether it be for
yourself or a loved one. It
is possible to replace the
loss and pain of alcohol or
drug addiction with a
productive, enjoyable life.
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1United States
Drug Enforcement
Administration website
2The
Massachusetts OxyContin and
Other Drug Abuse Commission
report
3GAO
report
4OxyContin Abuse
News
story link
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