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Backlash on OxyContin
The numerous concerns over abuse of the drug OxyContin may seriously impede how physicians treat pain in legitimate patients, says John Shuster, M.D., director of the UAB Palliative Care Center.
"The backlash against OxyContin has caused physicians to treat pain less aggressively in many cases, to the detriment of their seriously ill patients. The emphasis on managing pain is fairly new, and I fear many patients will suffer needlessly as physicians rethink using any powerful painkillers in the wake of such adverse publicity."
Shuster says banning narcotics like OxyContin would deprive medicine of a potent weapon against pain, while not dealing with the root problem, which is drug abuse and addiction.
Facts
Methamphetamine has been Atlanta’s fastest growing drug problem for the past 5 years. This trend is particularly true in the Atlanta, Dalton, and Gainesville metropolitan areas in Georgia. Street-level amounts of heroin have been seized, which attests to the pervasiveness and the availability of the drug in Georgia. The state of Georgia is a final destination point for drug shipments and a smuggling corridor for drugs transported along the East Coast. Extensive interstate highway, rail, and bus transportation networks, as well as international, regional, and private air and marine ports of entry serve the State of Georgia. The city of Atlanta, Georgia has become an important city for drug-trafficking organizations as it is the largest city in the South. Since 2002, most of the larger methamphetamine seizures in the State of Georgia were the result of stash/distribution site raids or state/local interdiction stops. Georgia is also strategically located on the I-95 corridor between New York City and Miami, the key wholesale-level drug distribution centers on the East Coast and major drug importation hubs. Also, Interstate Highway 20 runs directly into Georgia from drug entry points along the southwest border and Gulf Coast. |
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