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Samantha Beran My best friend's suicide is what started my addiction to oxycontin. Ironic; since he killed himself to escape the withdrawals he was going through, to escape the dealers he owed money, to escape the insatiable urge to do absolutely anything to feel that warmest blanket on the coldest day. I started snorting them immediately; at first, just a quarter of a 30mg roxy, once a week... before I knew it, I was wrapped up in a 10-pill-a-day habit just to not be dope sick. I built relationships, platonic and romantic, based solely on our mutual sickness. The craving made us all closer. When my (now ex-) boyfriend got arrested and sent to rehab, I decided it was time to get clean as well. I didn't leave my house for a month, and with the support of an incredible family, made it through the first 10 days of absolute hell. I would not wish oxy withdrawals on my worst enemy. The feeling is best described by Burroughs in Naked Lunch: "He stood there in elongated court room shadow, his face torn like a broken film by lusts and hungers of larval organs stirring of the tentative ectoplasmic flesh of junk kick (ten days on ice at time of the First Hearing), flesh that fades at the first silent touch of junk. I saw it happen. Ten pounds lost in ten minutes standing with the syringe in one hand holding his pants up with the other, his abdicated flesh burning in a cold yellow halo..." We've been there, or we've seen it, or we're watching it happen right now. And I can promise you, that the only thing I wanted in the world when I was in the grip of active addiction, was for someone to shake me and say, "I know you're not okay, and I'm willing to do anything to make you yourself again, if you're willing." Don't be afraid to confront the person in your life who is using; you just may save their life. 
Amanda Sarlo RIP Trevor Russell!!! Forever missed and loved!! 
Aaron Makinson My best friend has overdosed and the doctor doesn't think he's going to make it. I'm going to see him in the hospital and do everything I can to try and wake him from his coma. He has so much to live for being 19 and I just can't accept a reality without him.  
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Anonymous I was addicted for 3 and a half years and am currently almost 2 years clean. So many of my friends, if they are still alive, are addicted and what it does to you, if it doesn't kill you, is so sad. It changes you into a completely different person and you care about nothing but getting more to get you through. The sickness it causes when your out is the worst sickness I have ever felt in my life. The muscle aches (causing you to flop around like a fish out of water), cold sweats, yawning, shits, and emotional sadness are unbareable to where you will go to any extent to get more to feel normal, like everyone else. That's when you know your hooked. When you no longer get high, but feel normal. This "medication" needs to be taken off the market so no one else will ever have to go through what I went through. It took rehab and many caring family members and friends to save me. Not everyone has those options though. My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone else who has lost a family member or friend to this terrible addiction. 
Jessica Smith The addiction to OxyContin is ruining families and claiming lives of our young people. 
Kevan Tolley  
Steven Prescott  
Nikki Reynolds Two of my friends have passed away because of this. It is an epidemic that hasn't halted a bit in my area. I don't think I should have to count on more than one hand how many people I know who are using this drug. When I ask how someone I haven't seen in awhile is doing, and other people respond with "oxy user" I already know how they are doing, and it isn't living. It's as if they are slowly dying. I don't want mothers to bury their children.  
Shannon Unrue  
Lori Ann Hoffman My husband just got out of detox for Oxycontin. I consider my husband to be one of the "lucky ones". It was only because I informed his family doctor that he was abusing the Oxycontin, the doctor refused to write him anymore scripts AND I was ready to leave him (because I told him that, while I absolutely adored the person he USE TO BE - he was no longer that person - he was a stranger - I absolutely REFUSED to watch him kill himself and the man that I fell in love with) - that he agreed to get help. This drug consumed him. It was ALL HE THOUGHT ABOUT - IT WAS ALL HE LIVED FOR. This Sunday he will be clean and sober - Oxy and alchohol free 2 WEEKS!!! The man I fell in love with has returned to me!!!  
Roger Hambleton My son is addicted to this drug and I'm afraid I will have to attend his funeral before mine. This drug is as easy to get as cigaretts but much more deadly. 
John Norman Crook  
lauren R this is a horrible poison. 
Cody Nelson  
jessica Nelson  
tracylyn spiller  
Danielle Emiliano  
Shannon Garber  
Anonymous  
Frances Calzaretta  
kathy  
Anonymous  
Melissa Heatwole OxyContin has affected my life in the most destructive ways. I have lost family and friends to its addiction properties. Its substance abuse also stems from its easy avalability processes to obtain illegally.  
David Blondin ocs dont help people its way to easy for people to get them on the streets its time to get rid of them so we can make peoples life better. 
Maureen Henson It is about time something is done. 
amy loulan  
Amber Stegall  
Kate S  
Bonnie DeMoss My brther & sister were addicted to this drug. My brother lost the love of his life to an overdose of it!! So Ban it Plaese!!!!! 
Anonymous  
Anonymous  
gabe  
Brittany Henson OxyContin, RoxyCodone, etc should most definitely be banned.. it ruins lives, I know first hand, as I was addicted to the pills myself.. some people are not so lucky to get out of the addiction alive or at all, I have lost many close friends to this drug as well as a few loved ones die from this drug. <33 RIP - C.A., M.B., C.W.  
Maureen Henson  
Nicole Brogan  
Anonymous I have had friends get addicted.. lose jobs, friends and family memembers due to this drug.. I call it the blue devil. It is horrible.. it is worse than heroine.. it is a syntheric heroine that causes permentant damage... It is amazing to me how many people get these persribed to them. It is horrible. 
Emily Beckstrom I was addicted to Roxycets when I was 17 years old and I wrecked my car, lost my friends, and almost died in the hospital because of them. I have also lost a friend who overdosed on oxycontin.  
Heather I feel that is very important to ban OxyContin and should be taken very seriously. I have watched this drug destroy one of my family members and I wish it was never available to them. I watched him steal from his only family with no thought of anyone else and what he was doing. Also watched him lose his own new family that he started and take no care about his wife and kids. It was an evil evil drug that took over him unfortunanlty and I would hate to see it do that to someone else. He transformed into a total different person that I NEVER seen before. 
Jonathan Ban this drug, its ruining lives and killing thousands of young people! Ban this killer once and for all! 
skyler andrews  
Candace Reyes  
Melanie Higgins  
Jennifer Goodwin Simply ruining lives of young people. 
Tiffany Gonzalez  
Shawn Riddle I have had many people in my life badly affected by OxyContin. 2 of which I tried to get help for. I would take them to the clinic once a week for medication and one I actually made stay with me while he was being rehabilitated. It is a horrible drug. I tried to help these two but they just kept finding it behind my back and as soon as they would take them I knew. I knew because they would become angry for no reason or begin crying out of nowhere. Long conversations going in circles and very repetitive were also a sign. I'm afraid this drug might kill them one day. Either from an overdose or get shot by a drug dealer. Hope this will help to influence someone that can do something about this vile drug. 
Amber Livingston This drug took my best friend of 14 years..and the result of her death was because of this addiction..she was too young to die. Someone needs to put a stop to this..SOON 
Amber Livingston  
Anya Booher one of my dear friends lost her boyfriend do this drup and i believe it should be banned 
VITO CICORIA COME OUT WITH MEDICATION THAT HELPS PEOPLE'S PAIN, WITHOUT MAKING THEM HIGH. GOD BLESS. 
Michelle Christy Have lost too many good friends to such a horrible drug! Please get rid of these things!! 
Ballentyne Murphy  
heather stop killing my geration with these pills. 
ERIC DUBERKE I HAVE LOST TWO CLOSE FRIENDS AND KNOW OF MANY OTHERS DUE TO THIS DEVILS DRUG. ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS OF OF OUR STREETS AND AWAY FROM OUR YOUNG KIDS. 
Andrew C  
Anonymous  
Dana L Flint  
kendall binkley  
Erin Kelley  
Anonymous  
Melissa Bruno  
Christopher Carpenter This drug has killed way to many of my friends and family and has destroyed plenty more peoples lives.  
Anonymous This is A Drug you really don't want ANYONE in your FAMILY to take, It's just going to KILL them, or get them HOOK on this DRUG.... The DOCTORS LOVE TO GIVE THIS OUT FREELY.... I HOPE YOU HEAR ME, I KNOW, Because My SON was on it, and we almort LOST HIM.... 
Alycia Burke  
Juliette Huerta  
Patricia Toney I am fortunate that my son was able to complete a residental treatment program recently and get out from under his addiction to this drug. He had to go out of state to get help. More needs to be done to make this drug less available and to make treatment to addiction more available.  
gary roberts Oxycontin is responsible for taking and ruining too may lives and cons completely outweigh the pros. I myself aquired and abused oxycontin illegally. It has become very easy to obtain dispite the fact it is "only" available by prescription. There are safer alternatives to oxycontin. and suboxin is only a band-aid. Realisticly, it seems as though a way that drug manufacterers can further profit from this epidemic. I support a ban of oxycontin, and would do so publicly. P.S. I have gone sucessfuly 18 months without the use of oxycontin. 
armand savoie jr I was addicted to oxys for a long time 3 months ago i decided to change my life... On July 8, 2010 i lost my girlfriend of more than three years... Pain killers were responsable for her death.... Some people need really need them for pain... I think they should be more controlled... the question is how... idk... but something really needs to be done..... This drug kills and ruins familys...  
Anthony Croce  
Rob Cartwright I have 2 friends that are brothers who are in their second trip into rehab from this stuff. They were stealing LP tanks and weedwackers from their family and neighbors to come up with money for their fix. They lost all their friends. They wrote checks from their girlfriends checkbooks and cashed them. I found one of them sleeping in a bowl of spaghetti when we were supposed to be going out on the lake. This drug is horribly addicting and it has ruined their entire life. They lost all their friends, their family has no respect for them and has pretty much disowned them. Its a sad but true story, and I'm sure that there are people who have seen worse. And I feel for you my friend. I really do! 
Leslie Walker Ban it! People need to be educated about the dangers that exist. Leslie Walker  
David Olson  
NICOLE CICORIA PLEASE LET THIS BE REAL. 
Melissa Hassan  
Nabila Gomez Ban this drug it has ruined many people's lives and lost a good friend due to an overdose. This is drug is not helping people it killing people and destroying many young lives including my closet friends. For the love of God, Please!!! 
Tori Miller  
Devon Plante Ive wasted too many years due to this drug and its ruined too many of my friends lives. Ban this evil drug from pharmacy Hell and find some non heroin related way to kill pain. 
Daphne Shapiro I'm all for the ban of OxyContin! My son was addicted to them, and many of his friends have been as well (and some still are). Though my son has been through withdrawal and is now "clean" I still worry that he can relapse and go back to using. I live in South Florida--the haven for pain clinics which dispense these drugs. Our community and children would be better served by having ALL of these clinics closed and their owners jailed. Ban this drug!! 
John Norman Crook  
Alyssa Abe  
Joshua Owens I was a victim to oxycotin and I am now off them now that I went to a rehab.. 
Brian Nielsen This drug almost took my life and has caused a lot of pain in the lives of my family and friends. My condolonces to the families who have lost someone to OC 
james hensley oxy's, and roxy's are bad mkay. 
Alyson Purdum  
Sharon Kirkman  
michael monroe this drug and any other like it should be banned.. ive lost many friends to death and ddiction to this idiotic pill form of heroin.....if anyone feels the same about their friends and family they should sign thi s too 
Mayumi Togawa  
Kayla Hodgkin  
Antjelina Newman  
Anonymous HEY DR's get a clue. I've seen only ONE Dr. on this and i wonerdered why until i drove down all the beach front homes. To all the docters out there, your sitting pretty in your awesome home while humans are dying... becuase you can't figure out a plan to resolve pain, you just write a script and call it a day...... STOP the prescriptions and start being a true DR. the BAN starts with YOU. With all do respect to the DR's that are not prescribing it. I had a good friend who was a physical fitness instructor, had an injury and turned him into a walking time bome after the prescription. tried getting off and could not. didn't speak to him in mths and one morning he called at 7 am wondering why i left his house with all his pills and repeated the voice mail 52 times ending at noon. That's only a taste of what happened to him, hope he's doing better these days.... : ( STOP THIS DRUG NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Anonymous  
mike pishioneri  
Daniel Dieppa Ban this drug, its ruined many peoples lives and has taken the life of my dear friend Justin Krempasky and has broken his beloved fiancee's heart and has tore his family's heart apart. RIP 4/8/84- 7/2/2010. This is horrible, prescription drugs are supposed to help people not kill people!!! Please, for the Love of God and its children! 
Coogi Knight For my mommy... J33ZY!! 
Randy Sexton For J33ZY!! 
Anonymous  
Matt Day For J33ZY!! 
HOLLY GRAFF Please, for the sake of my daughter 
Jennifer Erramelli  
lanie walker  
lanie  
nikalette weinhofer IT RUINS LIVES. 
Tammy Tesauro  
Christina Secondo  
Danny Roberts Let's do something about this! 
Chrissy This Drug is HORRIBLE!!!!!!It has taken many lives around me please Ban this drug!!!!!!! 
Yesenia Sanin I am 23 yrs old, my fiancee of 7yrs was 26yrs old; he was prescribed Oxycontin for 2 years since the economic crisis started. He was laid off from work and went to a pain clinic for anxiety and back pain. The doctor prescribed him 90 xanax and 150 Oxycontin per month; that is just insane! We were going to get married this year in Vegas and get a place together; he was the perfect most smartest man I ever laid eyes on. He recently passed away due to Oxycontin and witness the love of my life pass away in my arms. I want to see this drug banished; it is lethal and will cause cardiac arrest at any given moment. I will never be the same without him, he was my life! All of these pain clinics must be ban as well; these so called doctors don't care!!  
Peter maat Ban this drug, it does more harm then good!! 
mark Oschmann This drug is doing way more harm than good, it is killing our children. There is no control of it, how many lives and familys need to be ruined for the drug companies to make enough money. Stop it not before more people die Mark Oschamnn 
Reagan Atkins  
veronica shaner  
Reba Kelly  
Grant Temple We have watched a family member fall from grace and it took many years to get her back on her feet. She still has an unsteady gait from this experience and will never truly be free of this addictive and life altering experience. Unfortunately she still requires this drug, though at the lowest dosage possible.  
Jenna Mahramus Epidemic.  
gina powers  
Melissa Napierala How many loved ones will you lose because of this awful drug? I've already lost a few....This drug needs to be pulled off the market. 
Robert Wood For those I know, that need the help. 
Lunden Curns My dad died last year from being year from abusing this medication. I am only 10 years old and I miss his every day, I was robbed of not having my daddy here. Please don't let another kid go through what I went through. I love you daddy. Kyle Anthony Curns 7.9.1977 - 1.24.09 RIP!!! 
Keri Santos In January 2009 my son lost his father because of his addiction to this medication. He abused them and his doctors handed them out like a person giving away candy on Halloween. They must be regulated if not banned, so many people are loosing there lives to this drug. People are loosing there children, parents, sisters and brothers. Stop the abuse of Oxycontin and save lives.  
Anonymous There is no need for pain clinics. It's causing more people to get hooked and do horrible things including die.  
lisa ioannou My best friend Kyle Curns died two years ago January from liver disease due to Oxycontin. He was only 32 years old and had been addicted to the drug for about 10 years. I hate this drug. I also have at least 20 other friends who are addicted. All of them were present at Kyle's funeral and are still addicted regardless. This is in my opinion the most dangerous drug in the world. I have seen people kick heroine habits easier. 
Anonymous Please ban this horrible drug. They gave it to my mother after surgery and she is so afraid of running out. It can take hold of you faster than you realize. 
Anonymous I would like to see it banned.. My brother has developed a problem with prescription drugs due to friends who have obtained illegal and fraudulent prescriptions and sold them!  
dominic  
johnny zaferis  
jeff zaferis  
milton zafeis  
marrion arrington  
christina arrington  
dawn baggs I have had 5 surgeries, none of which i was given opiates for pain-i survived just fine=life hurts sometimes, deal with it. i believe that these herioine type drugs should be limited to terminal patients like they used to be. My family has a large history of cancer and the terminal patients did not get it till the very end when they needed it to have some quality of life left. the dr.s nowadays give it out like candy-i work in a hospital and have seen addicts in real trauma situations suffer needlessly because they had such a tolerance to the pain meds. soooo sad. govmt-do something positive for a change-strictly regulate who can get these drugs-only terminal patients who won't have to detox or rehab later but can die with a little dignity-it might be you or a loved one day suffering needlessly because of abuse. 
Jill Marselle Vargas I wish strength and perseverance,to not only the poor souls addicted to this horrible drug, but to their families as well. 
Steven Michael SykeS I mistakenly took half an oxycontin thinking it was just like a vicodin or percocet. The next day I had a seizure and had to be rushed to the hospital. This drug is no good. 
Anonymous  
Anonymous This prescription drug is becoming an epidemic in USA. Young adults and adults alike are getting hooked, and it's too frightening to ignore. To all the parents who have lost their loved ones to this precription drug, my heart goes out to all of you. Please FDA please hear the crys of American parents.  
E. Brant Ross Prohibition didn't work and neither does any method of trying to 'control' oxycontin. Let's stop making it so nobody can get it and die! 
Debbie Speak-Ross  
Chris Nuzzo I have many friends addicted to this drug and woul love to see it gone from the pharmacy shelves. 
Kaley Mack  
Ariana  
Rossi Holland  
Victoria Rockwell  
Reanna Witt  
Holly LIs It is much easier to take a away this pill....than take away someones life...forever loved! 
Anonymous  
Tracy Cherry I have a very dear friend whose son is battling addiction and I fear the addiction will win and break her heart. This stuff cannot do anyone good...it needs to be banned! 
Janet L Cabascango, LMHC, NCC  
Marcia Rosemeier  
Sandra Finne I have two grandchildren who are addicted to oxycontin and would love to see that drug banished forever. I fear I will lose both of them to this horrible addiction. 
Deborah Cliver There are less addictive ways to deal with pain. This drug should at the very least be so restricted as to be virtually impossible to obtain. 
Lou-Ann W My son is currently 3 months in recovery from Oxycontin. At least 5 of his friends have overdosed/died as a result of Oxycontin. Please help get this drug off of the planet.  
Shawna C  
Lindsey Foulkes For my brother, Billy Foulkes, as he continues to battle his addiction daily. He has made it 3 months and counting! Thank you Open Homes Orlando. In memory of Joshua Burkett. Always in our hearts.  
Anonymous /i was hooked on this stuff since 2003 owed to a car crash and tried twice to get off it. each time the doctor gave me more, i was on dilaudid which chewed up half my pancreas. i have serious issues with my digestion tract that may not be able to be cured. right now even as i write this i am in detox at home on my 3rd day and still fee likee hell. if it doesnt get better i will kill myself by 2 days from now b/c i can not sleep, and have diaherra all the time. thisis one of the wrost drugs i have ever encountered and the makers ofthis med should be shot, or at least tmade to take thisd drug themsleves and see what itis like to detox from it and see how they like it. then maybe they would understand. i lost 54 pounds on this drug and my hair fell out. i am 54 yrs old and if i dont recover from this soon i want to kill myself with a gun in my head. 
Justin Jones Lost a lot of close friends to this dangerous drug, shouldnt even be on the market. 
Amanda Herbert  
keri boyer  
katie sutherland doing this for one of the best people i have ever known.. and for all the other ppl this drug has taken... i love you peanut 
Anonymous  
Lisa Lamb my ex-fiance was addicted to oxycontin, never could get off until he finally went to jail. it was a definite downward spiral in his life. he knew he was addicted but he just couldn't get off the things until it was too late. shame on the medical field for continuing to prescribe to unknowing patients. 
max m. will  
sg Those we have lost can never be replaced, and the minor pain which this drug eases will never be worth the misery it puts in its place.  
Jenna Akins  
Kurt Kirby Just spent a month in rehab because of Oxycontin. Something needs to be down to get this epidemic under control! 
Mary Moran this stuff is killing to many people and destroying to many lives. Needs to be stopped today,before we have an epidemic of drug addicts addicted to this crap. Im amazed the FDA ever approved this crap 
Joanne Hock I just had my best friend pass away from oxycontin we have got to stop this! 
Michael Buckner It's common sense to take OxyContin off the market. 
Tom Blauch  
Larry C.Miller A good friend of mine in Tampa Florida died from this drug(Oxycontin)in April 2010.He was only 38 years old with a young wife and beautiful 9 year old daughter. 
Cindy Weinrich My son, Tyler Quigley, would be celebrating his 20th birthday on July 28, 2010. Would be - if it were not for the fact that his uncontrollable addiction to Oxycontin resulted in his death. Local drug dealers gave Tyler the pills for back pain. Once he was addicted - they started charging him $15.00 per pill. He spent all of his savings, lost his job, nearly lost his girlfriend of four years and flunked out of college. He tried desperately to stop the pills, but ultimately decided that he would never beat the addiction, so on December 14, 2009 he took his own life. He had so much to live for - but these killer drugs took away any feelings of hope or happiness he could muster up. The sad thing is - he didn't have to die, nor did the countless others - the production of these drugs and the greedy "pill mill" clinics that dispense them need to be stopped.  
Nancy Everidge Congelio  
Erick Pacheco Used to be addicted to this horrible drug. I wouldn't wish this nightmare upon anyone. It's truly a world changing addiction that will envelop every little thing u do daily. If u know anyone doing it intervene as soon as possible it only gets worse never better. 
Shannon This drug should only be available to those who are in Hospice. 
Addict ...its what needs to be done!  
John Hendricks  
Kellie Martel I was a pharmacy technician, and I was robbed at gunpoint by an oxycontin addict. It was over a year ago, and I still have issues going to ANY store alone. The addict was caught (after he robbed 6 other pharmacies), and has been setenced to 32 years in prison. It's a rough way to overcome an addiction, but by not having access to it in prison, he will. How about we prevent the addiction in the first place and ban this drug?! 
Joe G. these things are soooo good, they're bad.... big problem in florida in the last 10 years 
Anonymous  
Kristine Bland I am a victim of this epidemic and would like to be heard regarding this manner. Please contact me anytime at this number 813-735-3206. 
Matt Harris My county, (Pasco), in FL has one of the highest addiction and fatality rates in this state (Look up OxyContin OD and arrest statistics for Pinellas and Pasco counties). My town of Holiday, FL has a huge drug problem with crack and "blues", (at last count, there are 17 pharmicies within a 5 mile radius of my 'hood!) Because of a lack of people taking a stand against this drug, millions of people across the state are losing thier lives, thier families, and thier freedom to big government drug dealers. The first step to taking back our streets and communities is to become politcally aware and pay attention to anyone in office who can get this drug out of our schools and our homes. God bless all those who have recovered from addiction to this and other opiates. Until the right person comes into office, we will all suffer and Florida will continue to have the "blues".  
anna tucker  
Marion Trimble  
Cynthia O'Donnell My son died of oxycontin overdose on May 31st 2010. I found him in the basement and tried to resitate him but nothing was working. 911 was called and still no response from my son. He was a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph H.S. Honor Student and was going into his second year in college. I had no idea that he was doing this drug. Please Ban this drug before it kills any more children.  
Anonymous I have walked as a parent and know what you have faced. Still after 6 years of losing my son to this nightmare I see it getting worse. Stop this drug 
Daliah Deloria I've lost an uncle && almost my own life to oxy, this stuff is honestly no joke ; anyone addicted needs help before help isn't an option anymore. 
Rachel Logue I lost my cousin a little more than 3 months ago due to a drug overdose, although it wasn't on purpose. Throughout this whole healing process, it kills me inside to know it was over something so stupid. I hate hearing about any types of drugs exspecially now since i lost one of the closest people to me. I don't associciate with anybody that is into the pills. 
rachel ruge  
Susan Glass My bright and beautiful 21 year old daughter is addicted to oxycontin. She has been to rehab twice and has gone straight back to it. She has found ways to still use despite receiving naltrexone opiate blocker shots.This stuff has becoming an epidemic in my area. I have read the typical person starting oxy abuse is a teenage girl. There were many young heroin addicts in rehab that started with oxy and switched to cheaper heroin. My daughter smokes it, her boyfriend has started injecting it.The doctor at rehab said he thought we were going to lose a generation to this stuff. One man there had been ordering his own oxy off the internet. I know of three people who had it prescribed to them (for back injury or cancer)who were selling their excess pills to my daughter. FOR MY DAUGHTER'S AND THIS YOUNG GENRATION'S SAKES PLEASE BAN THIS EVIL STUFF!!! 
Marsha Schorr My son, Aaron Fender, was 24 years old last year when his "friends" Aaron Spiller, Karianne Spiller and Robert Waters gave him oxycodone crushed up - they all snorted it. My son died before morning. He had asthma and the oxycodone depressed his respirations. He was a strong, vibrant, and beautiful person. Now, my life is over; his father's life is over; his sisters mourn for him and his niece and nephews will scarcely even remember him. He was my only son - we have to do something - put people in jail for longer than a couple of days for supplying this poison. Try them for second degree murder!!! We were living in Cape Coral, Florida at the time of my son's death. If you know these three people listed above - stay clear of them or you could lose your life too!! 
Laura Post To all those families that have lost someone to these horroble drugs: I to have lost friends and family members to this drug. I fight everday with coping with an addict in my home to keep him alive and to pray for the best. These pharma companies need to end this now. My pryers are with them that they will never have to live through a death of one of theirs because of this drug and if they do after God save their souls. 
Nicole Burkett I lost my brother, Joshua Burkett on April 9, 2010 to these awful pills. I hope something is done to get rid of them and fast. 
Justin Hensley  
Christopher J Pack Let's clean up the streets....one drug at a time!! 
Anonymous Our family has been devastated by this insidious drug. Two of our three grown children are addicted to "Oxies". They are no longer human beings to us, just simply drug addicts that lie, lie, lie. Our one daughter didn't get her ears pierced until she was 24. She got over her needle phobia instantly with just one shot of liquified Oxie into her hands, which she hid from us for over a year. Now our beautiful green-eyed beach baby has needle scars and lots of tattoos all over her body. We are raising our one and only grandchild, as her mother is not interested in her precious baby girl, or even her own life, for that matter. She was once employed, attending college, fun-loving, funny as all get-out, sweet, and a joy to be around. She is sleepy-eyed high or short-tempered, in a hurry, irritated, and even at times down-right vicious. But most of the time she's just gone, not answering the phone, whereabouts unknown. I've been in the middle of several crazy brawls in this past year. I feel as though our two girls are pod-persons like from the movie, "Invasion of the body snatchers," because they look like our kids, but some evil monster is occupying their body and ruining their lives. It's almost as though we're all in a bad dream we can't wake from. We are trying to keep our family in tact with the day-to-day struggles anyway, but this situation with this horrible drug in unreal. If there is anyone out there that has any suggestions, any support groups, any help would be appreciated, and we don't want any money from anyone. They of course have no insurance (not any hope of ever having a normal job for either of them). We are just working schmucks who don't know the right things to do or say or think. We don't want to enable them to keep this insanity perpetuating. Right now we're just in "save ourselves" mode. We want our children back, but I guess we're resigned to the fact that they're already dead and just still walking around. Five of their friends have died just this past year to Oxie overdoses. One thing that we would suggest is that the pharmacies only take E-mailed prescriptions that are cross-checked against some kind of a national database to see if certain people are doctor shopping or some doctors or clinics are just blindly handing out prescriptions to just anyone for any little reason. Just a thought.  
Anastasia Amatulli  
jamie burckard this year we have lost 6 very special people in 6 months to this drug. All of the people i grew up with are addicted to. watch them get worse abd worse is very sad. my boyfriend is also addicted he is in prison right now half the reason is cause of this drug. please ban this drug so these people can live a normal life and we dont lose any more loved ones. 
christina arrington my bother johnny was a good looking loving man that died at age 21 b/c of oxycontin.he had his hole life to live but it was tooked b/c of a drug that drs think its okay to had out to any one.i have lost three family members this year b/c of oxycontin R.I.P JOHNNY ZAFERIS,MARY MANIS,SANDY ZAFERIS.  
Laura Stephens  
Lynn Foote We miss you, Will Foote! 2 Young 2 Fly Away : ( 
s. koch  
Sienna Koch  
Beth Gorrell  
Casey Govedich  
erin  
Khristina Stackpole ive lost too many people to this drug and my brother is an addict were trying to get him help! this drug is evil and it HAS to stop! 
Anonymous We are losing a generation due to this poison. These pain clinics are about nothing more than making money. Pain clinics should be closely monitored with frequent random undercover checks. In my humble opinion, they should all be closed! Leave the prescribing to also closely monitored individual doctors practices. A dedicated clinic for "pain management" is NOT necessary... The mere existence of this highly addictive and life devastating OxyContin IS NOT NECESSARY. The production needs to be stopped! and the FDA.. OxyContin as well as many many other approved drugs by them have proven to have devastating side effects... including as low on the totem poll as antibiotics. The FDA needs to be regulated and accountable as well.  
Theresa M. Babor THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUGS AVAILABLE. ANY DOCTOR IN MY EYES WHO DISTRIBUTES THIS DRUG TO ANYONE FOR ANY REASON SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEATH OF ANY PERSON HE HAS WRITTEN THE PRESCRIPTION TO.I KNOW OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO THIS DRUG. MY OWN SISTER HAS DEVELOPED HEART DISEASE FROM WATCHING HER SON DESTROY HIS LIFE. 5 OVERDOSES AND ONE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND THE REVOLVING DOOR KEEPS TURNING.THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO ARE ADDICTED THAT THERE IS NO ROOM AT THE INN WHEN YOU NEED A REHAB. A DEAR FRIEND HAS LOST HIS SON SON FROM THIS DRUG. JUST THIS WEEKEND A CUSTOMER'S DAUGHTER {21 YEARS OLD} DROVE HERSELF IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRUCK TO END HER DRUG PROBLEM.UNFORTUNETLY,ONCE HOOKED YOU LOOSE THE ABILITY TO BE HAPPY SO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO USE IT IN ORDER TO FEEL HAPPY AGAIN. YET - EVEN IF YOU WANT TO QUIT IT IS INPOSSIBLE TO DO IT YOURSELF SO IF YOU DON'T BREAK AWAY FROM IT AND DO A REHAB PROGRAM THE NEXT STEP IS USUALLY SUICIDE IF THE DRUG DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST.  
John Nilsson My wife started taking my prescribed Percocet. I was blind to it at the time, She would later get involved in car accident and be prescribed them herself. After some time her doctor would decide her pain level would need stronger medication and gave her Oxycodone it has turned into a nightmare. She is taking 10 to12 if not more per day. I was crushed between two trucks and I'm sure she has pain but this was ridiculous. I will now get away from Percocet so there is no temptation for my wife I have but I will deal with it. By the way I have two children. If I cannot get her off these EVIL drugs it will destroy my family. The pain management quack that is prescribing these meds has lines at his office on any given day. This guy or any other so called doctor prescribing these amounts of this drug should lose their license. I 
Anonymous  
Candis Willis  
Ami Smith My brother in-law is/was addicted to oxycotins for almost 2 years. He is lucky to still be alive. We seriously need to ban them for GOOD 
Shauna Madewell My brother is/was highly addicted to Oxycontin. He is currently undergoing treatment and is doing well so far. This drug is a nasty nasty drug and should be banned from the market, completely! Opiates are a horrible addiction and almost worse then heroin. Oxycontin and Vicodin are only a few of the Opiates that are too easily accessible on the street nowadays and they need to be banned. There are plenty more pain-killers out there... WE NEED TO BAN OXY'S FOR GOOD!  
Anonymous Hate this drug with a passion... GREED is why it EXISTS.... meantime ...KILLING sooo many. LET'S do something NOW. BAN OXYCONTIN  
Danielle Marie  
Todd Lewis Rayno i am a recovering addict and so is my girlfriend. I Know three people who have lost there lives to this drug. All were under 21. Where I live in south florida it almost seems like the pain clinics are above the law. Every ad in the health and wellness section is advertising this drug, even offering discounts or coupons for you to go to them. I was blind to all this before and now that im sober it literally sickens me. Its the culture here. Something has to be done. Im scared for my future children.  
JOHNNY TAIT  
Rebecca Delgado  
Dr. Jason Cleveland  
Richard Alexander My son lost a friend this week. He was 17 years old and died of Oxycodone. This nice kid went to sleep and never woke up. How in the name of God can these people keep selling a drug that addicts and kills so many innocents? Richard Alexander Parker, CO 
Nadya Ben-Jabr This drug is everywhere in my area, I know of 2 deaths, jailed, theft, rehab, relaps, friends still addicted, these are children, including mine!!!! Purdue is the biggest dealer around, what are the concequences??  
Angela K Tishler I have lost a lot of my friends to this drug. Please end all this by banning the drug. 
Ashlea Reilly  
Anonymous hi folks just wanted you to know i live in pigeon forge tn and well not only do we have one of the most visited national park but we have a baddddd drug problem here just like everywhere else in this country so just know that.for example one of my nephews friends died in my sisters home a few years ago over dose. my brother,1 niece 1 nephew and my only 2 children have a big problem my other brother has been robbed a few time and owners have gps on anything not nailed down in you rental cabin. sound like a fun get away then don't contact your congress and become a statistic 
dick rivett on april 28 2010 i lost my 38 yr old son because of oxycontin, i battled with this addiction and pain clinics and pharmacists for 2 yrs or better only to be defeated by these legalized drug pushing doctors and pharmacists, ban oxycontin is my cry as it is no good to anyone dick rivett proud father of dean rivett 
Sandi Reilly This drug has affected my family and also my friends' families. Some have overdosed, and fortunatly it has not at that point with my son yet. 3 years fighting to get him off of this drug... 
Brian Hall please remove this horrible drug from the market. 
Ronald Brown  
Heather Magness I work at a job which has required I meet and speak with hundreds of people from all areas of society. They tell me about their lives, problems, stress, etc. It has really shocked me, the things I've been told about family members and friends who have become addicted to oxycontin. It's disgusting how this drug can control lives. To sell such an addictive substance to people seeking help with pain management and to make such a drug available to others who already have addiction problems is unfair and inhumane. There are other solutions. 
michelle wilson  
Krystal Losinger I have lost 6 friends in 2 years, that is 14 childrens whose lives have been ripped apart. When will it end?? 
Angie Farmer My beautiful 20 yr. old son smokes this poison and I pray to god that it doesn't kill him. I obsess over it constantly. If I am not looking right at him, I am convinced that he is sucking in his last breath, and it is filled with Oxy. I can't sleep, and at this rate may loose my job due to my inability to stop the constant terror I feel. I don't know what to do. 
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Abby Lynne  
Mick Gray Miss you Ben. YNWA 
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karlee squires I am forever a fighter. I am 19 and I lost my 2 best friends to the drug no to mention countless people who have fallen around me from it. I also had to save my father while he was overdosing. This drug is truely the worst thing out there. Its broken my family as well as others, I can't go on with this epidemic. Something needs to be done now, and I mean serious precautions and actions. 
Anonymous  
Richelle Andrews My husband died in April as a result of an accidental overdose of Oxycontin. This drug is too powerful to be in the hands of its users. Please don't let another life be lost. Take this drug off the market NOW! 
christiana As a nurse, I have seen a very high rate of addiction to this medication 
Christian ODonnell  
Lisa Krautheim I lost my husband last year to Oxycontin overdose. I have a very hard time understanding why it is so easy for any and everyone to get. This drug must be stopped!! How many people must die before something is done? 
Anonymous im so tired of my friends and family member's dieing from this damn drugg. the FDA needs to ban this drug before more people die . people die everyday around the world from this drug . its unbelieveable how many people have signed this petition and they still HAVENT banned oxycontin. the storys people have told on here are horriable you would think that the FDA would care enough to ban this drug so we could all feel relived and get on with the mourning of loved ones .. BAN THIS DRUG!!!! 
Leigh Congdon OxyContin is VERY addicting, i know because i went through the addiction. I have had family memeber and friends suffer from this drug, some whom died. Its obvious that this is a very harmful drug and causes many deaths and addiction, even not meaning too. If you take it for pain, not even for the high, and then you try to come off it, you withdrawl just as if you shot up/snorted some herion. Save a life, remove this drug!!!!! 
Danielle Nash This drug is dangerous, look at all the addicts it has, people shooting them up and snorting them, selling them like they are gold all the fights and stealing something needs to be done! 
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Leisa Lynette Moore  
Larry Herrin  
Lyndrel Lathers  
Linda Lathers Jeremy Traylor 
April I have been adicted to pain medications myself, they were prescribed...but it didn't matter. I never messed with Oxy/Roxy, but I knew and know plenty of people who are using them now and have been on them in the past and they are nothing to play with. Bless everyone whos having a hard time coming off them. I know its one of the hardest things in the world to do. and for the ones who has thought about getting help, I hope you find it soon rather than too late. heretohelp.com is where I found help, Maybe it will help someone else. Bless You All. 
Stacie Tindall This is a big problem in my town! Something has to be done. It is now effecting my family and it's not even purscribed! 
Anonymous  
Patricia Ppl who are prescribed oxy for legitamite reasons are also overdosing and dying. Even ppl who aren't trying to get high, they build a tolerence and have to take more and more and they experience the same withdrawl symptoms also. Learn the facts Oxy usage is an epidemic.. There are other pain meds on the market that work just as well without the side effects.I am a nurse and I've taken care of plenty of terminally I'll ppl in pain and I can't remember any of them being on oxy. Orginally oxy was suppose to be for ppl with cancer. Now most everyone is on it for bck pain...get in a car accident, have a herniated disc.,.oxy,roxy..,it's ridiculous and not needed.  
maxim a true drug that has ruined lives, is masked by the doctors and lies spread to the people. very addictive many lost their lives or are in the process of dying because they cant handle the come off effects, which turns innocent people into addicts. and addicts into heroin addicts.  
cindy bonato  
Nancy Pattison I respect everyone who has taken OxyContin. I used to work in a halfway house for women and many of our residents were addicted to OxyContin. 
Toni Zietlow There is no need for these potent drugs to be in homes. In stay hospital if needed or anything else, but these are pain killers as well as brain bleed killers. 
Maryann Maston As a chronic pain sufferer from a back injury, I understand the need for pain medication and the proper prescriptions and use of it. I am not taking narcotic pain medication to get high, to sell or to give away, but to alleviate the pain I have. As a patient, I have been offered this medication - Oxycontin/Roxycontin. I have taken it while hospitalized; however, it did NOT work for me and I asked to be switched to something else. Every person in pain has the right to say NO to a physician and what they prescribe, just like I did in the hospital. I thank God that my physician is a wonderful, caring person who knows and understands and will not prescribe that horrid drug. The addictive quality of Oxy/Roxy is amazing and as I sat and read the stories on this board, said silent prayers for each and every one of you. I agree that Oxy/Roxy should be taken off the market. There are other medications out there that are just as effective, if not more effective for patients who truly do need medication to live their daily lives, not to get high. God Speed my friends, you are all in my prayers. 
Rae Switzer im smack dab in the middle of oxy city, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA. this drug has ruined more lives than i can count on my hands and toes, and everyone i know is somehow affiliated with this drug, wether they like it or now. im an ex addict of oxycontin, and have seen a total of 8 deaths in relation to this drug. ive lost my girlfriend over it as well. shes in jail now. My best friend shane is dead because of mixing this drug with xanax. ALL OF THESE DRUGS NEED TO BE TAKEN AWAY! its just a scheme for the drug companies to keep making money, and someone, ANYONE, EVERYONE needs to stop it, BAN OXYS AND ROXYS FOR LIFE!!! F*** THIS DRUG!!!!!! 
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renee winter  
Kelly Byrne  
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Cyndi Howard My daughter's best friend died from an accidental overdose from Oxycontin. She went to a boy's house, both he and his mother had prescriptions for Oxycontin for their "pain". Instead of taking them, they sold them to others, and now our beloved Ashley is dead. They still get their prescriptions! How many others will lose their lives from this! It is becoming far too prevalent to just do nothing. Please help us stop this epidemic! 
michelle guynn I hope more people sign this petition, people dont realize the effects of this drug and the damage it causes. I alone have known 2 individuals who have died from overdose using this drug, whether it is for prescriptive purposes or party use. I wish the FDA would ban oxycontin. 
Lisa Ruma In loving memory of my beautiful daughter, Ashley Nicole Blount - 5/17/89 - 12/30/08 
Stephanie Drago i lost my best friend to this drug on Dec 30, 2008. Please take this drug off of the market......not only does this drug ruin lives, but it takes lives as well.  
valerie hallmark My sister lost her 19 year old daughter on Dec 30, 2008...a high concentration of OxyContin was found in her system..please take this drug off the market. 
Anonymous THEY NEED TO TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET, IT'S THE DEVIL'S DRUG!! I'VE WATCHED MY FRIENDS LIVES BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THIS DRUG. IT'S HEARTBREAKING THE HOLD IT HAS ON PEOPLE. I HOPE THIS HELPS.  
Anonymous Ban This Drug!! 
Ariel Whittington For Jeremy. 
Sirtaz Ranauta  
Anonymous It breaks my heart as I signed this petition about 6 months ago and the number was way below 5000. This petition doesn't even represent the amount of lives and families that this drug has caused harm to and that is sad. I will never get over the loss of my daughter. She was a victim of the drug combined with alcohol.  
Melissa Infantino  
Anonymous  
Sherri McDonald I am losing my beautiful daughter to this drug, and have had to take cutody of my 17 month old grandson. It is the same as any terrorist threat we have encountered, it is killing young, old, male and female. Please stop making this drug. 
Fran  
Talitha Nelson Way too many of us have lost family friends and loved ones to this horrible "disease"!!!!!!!!  
Charles Crawford  
Candice Cross  
Denise Gallagher  
patricia alonso  
Candace God help anyone that is dealing with this horrible addiction!  
Erin McCamey In honor of Jeremy. 
Lucy Johnston Rileys mom, your poem says it perfectly. Thank you for sharing. I wish I had known about this site before April 26, 2010 -that is when my son Ben (20)died from oxycontin. Is there any group in Canada that is petitioning the government? The facts are so clear. Why are we so powerless to do anything.  
Riley Michaels Mom A Poem about the reality of OXY, I destroy homes, I tear families apart, Take your children, and that's just the start. I'm more costly than diamonds, more precious than gold, the sorrow I bring is a sight to behold. If you need me, remember I'm easily found, I live all around you - in schools and in town. I live with the rich; I live with the poor, I live down the street, and maybe next door. If this scares you to death, well it certainly should. I have many street names,… Kicker, OC, Oxy, OX, Blue, Hillybilly Heroin…but “oxycontin” is the one you know best. My power is awesome; try me you'll see, but if you do, you may never break free. Just try me once and I might let you go, but try me twice, and I'll own your soul. When I possess you, you'll steal and you'll lie, you do what you have to -- just to get high. The crimes you'll commit for my narcotic charms will be worth the pleasure you'll feel in your arms, your lungs, and your nose. You'll lie to your mother; you'll steal from your dad, when you see their tears, you should feel sad. But you'll forget your morals and how you were raised, I'll be your conscience, I'll teach you my ways. I take kids from parents, and parents from kids, I turn people from God, and separate friends. I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride, I'll be with you always -- right by your side. You'll give up everything - your family, your home, your friends, your money, then you'll be alone. I'll take and take, till you have nothing more to give. When I'm finished with you, you'll be lucky to live. If you try me be warned - this is no game. If given the chance, I'll drive you insane. I'll ravish your body, I'll control your mind, I'll own you completely, your soul will be mine. The nightmares I'll give you while lying in bed, the voices you'll hear, from inside your head. The sweats, the shakes, the feeling you need, I want you to know, these are all gifts from me. But then it's too late, and you'll know in your heart, that you are mine, and we shall not part. You'll regret that you tried me, they always do, but you came to me - not I to you. You knew this would happen, many times you were told, but you challenged my power, and chose to be bold. You could have said no, and just walked away. If you could live that day over, now what would you say? I'll be your master, you will be my slave, I'll even go with you, when you go to your grave. Now that you have met me, what will you do? Will you try me or not? It's all up to you. I can bring you more misery than words can tell, come take my hand, let me lead you to hell.  
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Dianna Clark  
valerie musto It only took my boyfriend one time of taking oxycontin to get addicted. It is 6 years later and he is still addicted and had to get checked into the methadone clinic. He has been at the clinic for 6 months and finally got out. He relapsed and is using oxys again. Help!!! 
LANCE MOCK I WILL PRAY THAT GOD REMOVES THIS DRUG FROM HIS CHILDERN 
Brianna Mae Soult  
David Hancox  
Cynthia  
Susan Kieffner  
Jessica Vaughan  
Michele Cook  
Luke Smith  
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S. Standen My 22-year-old son is addicted to this medication which I believe is the prescribing physicians fault. He kept increasing the dosage, got him on a high amount, then sent a letter stating he could no longer see him. The doctor made no effort to wean him down off the drug properly. Now he has lost everything and stole anything he can get his hands on (cash, credit cards, checks, jewelry, etc.) in order to buy the drug on the black market. I want justice!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Janice Moen I used oxycontin for two and one half years. I was prescribed this product for severe back pain after 4 surgeries both hips and one knee replacement.I realized I was becoming addicted to oxycontin when my mind was not working as it should and I was needing a stronger presc.every time. I decided to stop taking OxyContin and with my family's help I started withdrawl. It took me four months and a lot of sleepless nites and bad times, but I am now drug free. I realize I am a lot luckier then a lot of other people. Please add my signature to this petition and we will hopefully BAN OXYCONTIN from sale in CANADA and the USA. I am seventy-three years old June 21,2010 
geoff 2 of my best friends who I grew up with and loved and cherished since 7th grade have devolved into drug addicts and it makes me sad as fuck. when i hang out with them all they do is try to get their pills when possible. the cuff of my friend's jeans have blue, red, and green dye all over them from rubbing the codeine off his pills as he prepares it to SMOKE. it tears me up inside to see 2 of the most amazing people I know devolve into nothing more than the people you look at on the street that you know lost their way at one point in life.. i have tried intervening but to no avail.. i pray to God, if that asshole exists, that they do not die from this BULLSHIT NARCOTIC..please sign this petition, dont allow it to become a pandemic. all these pharmacy companies care about is profits, they don't give a god damn about you or your friends lifes! disgusting world we live in 
joan oliveaux My daughter is an addict, it is not a personal issue this is a nation wide issue we have to do something.  
Anonymous I find it incredulous that OxyContin is still on the market and is still prescribed. There is ample evidence of its strong addictive nature and devastation of human lives. Purdue Pharma should do the right and wise thing and take it off the market. If they can afford to pay $634 million in fines, they have more than made their money off this trash. 
Anonymous I just lost my little brother in October 2009 due to an accidental overdose of this drug. It just breaks my heart. He was only 27 years old and had so much life ahead of him. He died alone. Noone, not even the medical examiner will tell me for sure whether he died a painful death or not. I guess I will never know. The idea that he died alone is painful enough to me. It's somewhat comforting to know that others have lost people due the same drug. It just seems so senseless to me. He got hooked on the drug because he was released from the hospital with this prescription in hand after he was hospitalized for month due to a traumatic injury. The drug was supposed to be "as needed for pain". He died 6 months after being released from the hospital. It only took 6 months for that drug to take his life. Now all this pain is left behind because of what that drug has done. I hate it. 
Elena Yobaccio  
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Michael Bianco I know first hand the effects of oxycontin addiction. My beloved son is currently in rehab. for the use of Oxycontin. It has taken it's toll on him and our family. While we attend family meetings with others it is evident that this drug has no barriers. It's easy assesebility to all is a crime. This is no different then the use of heroin and must be stopped. 
DOUGLAS TALBOT AS WE TRAVEL DOWN THIS ROAD, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS A HEAD FOR ALL YOU THAT HAVE LOST SOMEONE I PRAY FOR YOU GOD HAS PLANS AND WILL NEED ALL TO STAND STRONG AND MOVE THIS DRUG OFF THE PLANET ONLY THEM THAT HAVE LOST CXAN ACHIEVED THE IMPOSABLE GOD BE WILL YOU ALL AND AS WE LEARN THE THINGS SOMETIME WITH SO MUCH PAIN THE PASSION OF LIFE IS NEEDED,, TO HELP BUILD A BETTER WORLD,,YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW WE MOVE FORWARD DOING THE NEXT RIGHT THING AND HELPING THE NEXT PERSON IN NEED,OXYCONTIN IS A DRUG THAT KILLS SO MANY AND IS NOT CONTROLED IT HAS BECOME A STREET DRUG EASY TO GET AND EASYTO KILL.. GOD BLESS ALL STAND STRONG AND SIGN THIS PETITION JUST DONT READ A LITTLE, AND SAY WELL DONT HAVE TIME BUT MAYBE TOMORROW TOMORROW IS NOW CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE DIEING AND THROUGH SO MAY LIES OUT THERE THE DRUG IS STILL ON THE MARKET DO IT SIGN AND STAND UP 
Anonymous i am an addict and i need help i am 32 year old mother i dony want my kids to grow up like this i have been searching for hlp for months i take about 20 oxys a day i need hlp anyone know how i can get it please help!!!! 
Krystle Perez Why was my comment deleted? I really need somebody to report my actions to the police, honestly. I am too embarrassed to tell my parents how far it has got, even though I have no clue how they haven't realized I am an addict yet. Anyways, I really need someone to get the police to catch me because it this the only way people will realize that I need the help I do. I don't really blame OxyContin honestly, I do seek it out to abuse it, especially smoke it, but that is really my choice. I heard about OxyContin after using less potent opiates and then went looking for it and now I can't stop! Not only do I not stop abusing OxyContin, I constantly am stealing from friends and strangers and I have no remorse b/c I just want to get high. I lie all the time also, I tell lies about what I do, who I really am, basically about everything to everyone. I think that you should report me to my school also b/c maybe then they can get me the help I need. I go to Front Range Community College in Westminster, Colorado. I also live in Westminster right near the campus around 113th and Sheridan with a roommate that also abuses OxyContin and other opiates with me. I can't report myself because honestly I am scared and also I know that if my dealers find out that I reported my abuse & addiction to the police they would come after me for ratting them out even if I don't say anything about them. And my roommate would be so upset too that I forced her to stop also because I made the report. I also think they may not even believe me if I just call and admit to all the crimes I have committed and all the laws I have broken. They won't even believe that someone would ever call themselves in on sooo many illegal things! I have done so much wrong to so many people and I feel horrible about it, but I know I will just continue to hurt many people with my addiction because I will seriously do anything to get my drugs and get high. I will steal and even from friends and family, con people, bribe people, hurt people, and almost anything when I need to get high. I take all kinds of opiates like percocets, oxys, vicodin, methadone, pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I also take things like xanax too and it makes it even worse. I guess the worst thing is that I get all of those pills from tons of people right around where I live and just buy them illegally on a daily basis. I become such psychotic person when I don't get my pills or I can't find any. I just really need to be stopped and the only way I think that can happen is for the police to arrest me and all of my dealers by watching me make buys and taking down all of us because I know these dealers supply other kids all over the area and I am only 20 too! I can't be responsible for anything really, but especially for calling the police on myself, my friends, and the people who give me access to these drugs. I am experiencing the problem of just opiate addiction like every other oxy user. I know so many so I should know, right? All the people I know that abuse oxys abuse so many other opiate pills also, its just like oxys are a treat when I find them. I find them so often though that oxys are now really my drug of choice but that is just because I am an addict. OxyContin should maybe be regulated and controlled better and they should definitely crack down on people like me and the people who sell this stuff, but I think banning it is not the answer. I know this is coming from an addict, but I have realized that because I use oxys the people that really need them and get real relief from them are having a harder time now because of people like me who constantly buy them illegally and abuse them. I usually get the oxys from older guys that pretty much extorte old people who need these for bad injuries and even cancer and they help them pay for their scripts so they can end up talking the old people into giving them half of their script or something like that. Or they just ask people they know that are on them if they can buy some so they can have money to pay for their next prescription. The worst part about it is that they then sell them for like a dollar a milligram and I am just giving away thousands of dollars to these dealers who get them for like nothing. This is what makes me want to steal and makes me actually do it and also it has been making me think about actually stealing old people's or someone's oxy script myself. I am realizing what I am saying and I know it is sounding crazy but I don't have anywhere else to release my feelings about my addiction and what I do. I have nobody that will stop me or the dealers, not even my family, they would probably help them if anything and that is why I really need someone's help on here. Anyone that understands how bad addiction is and what it makes you do and how many laws you break will you please report me to the police anomymously or something and please have them catch me and my dealers. It will save me and so many other people as well as help these poor old people not being forced into crime. This really needs to stop and I have nowhere else to turn to! My name is Krystle Perez and I live in Westminster, Colorado. I go to Front Range Community College there. I live near 113th and Sheridan in Westminster and so do many of my dealers. My family lives in Aurora near Denver but they don't care to help and I don't even want to go into it. I don't want to give out too much info because I am scared and at least maybe I will have some way to escape somewhat from completey blaming me. If the cops just figure it out from some random person on here, that I really hope will call, that this is going on then nobody will no that I had anything to do with it and I doubt all these people would find this website unless they are looking for oxys. Please report me you will save my life seriously. I am a young 20 year old girl with no options here and I need help so that my family and some other people will know that me and all my friends need help and will realize how big of a problem this has become. Please call my school, the local police or the county police, it can be either the Adams or Jefferson County police because my town is split in both and more importantly the dealers live in both of them too. I don't really care who you call as long as whoever they are will put a complete stop to all of this, force me into rehab or detox by jail and stop all my friends from using and all the dealers from selling this stuff to so many people. The dealers need to go to jail the most, give the cops all the info I put on here and they will find me and see me buying the pills from all these dealers and then they will be able to stop them also. This is the only way I can solve this problem and all of us broke the law and hurt so many people so many times that I really belong in jail and definitely everyone else. Please do the right thing and save some other person's child from dying from OxyContin and other opiate pills and call me in so me and my friends don't end up next. Who knows, with all the dealers I know and all the people they sell stuff to maybe someone else will die too because of all this. This is really a big and very real problem, especially right now. Its only going to get worse too! Please, please do not delete this post......I really need someone to please help me and report me, Krystle Perez, to the police to finally end all of this horrible stuff. Someone has to have the heart out there to help so many of us possibly don't die if this keeps goes on. You can help an addict and stop dealers from selling all these pills totally illegally! Please do this because these dealers will be so mad if I call and they find out. My school needs to know or the police need to catch me and stop me from being there because I am just a bad influence on everyone I come in contact with. I need your help so badly, please put an end to this! Someone has to do it sooner or later, this is effecting so many other people other than me and we all deserve it! Thanks soooo much, this would be the best thing that could ever happen to me! 
Krissi McGee I don't even know where to begin with how Oxycontin has destroyed my families life's. I come from a pretty large family... 4 brothers and 1 sister. With that comes that husbands and wife's of my siblings as well. This pill has affected 5 people out of my family and has almost taken the lives of 3 of those people in my family not to mention almost completely destroyed there lives. To give a little history on my family - we were raised in a great family atmosphere... we were raised with morals, manners, respect and we were all blessed to have such a loving family. One small little pill has come into this middle of the family i once had. We are all still a family yes... but right now a broken one. It began about 3 years again when Oxycontin first came in to my family. My brother got into a car accident and had a few slipped disks and has had continuous back problems ever since. Instead of showing other alternatives to take care of his problems doctors immediately put him on oxy's. We're not talking about a normal dose either... prescribing 220 pills in once month. Think about it, that's roughly 7.5 pills a day. He slowly became addicted. Around the same time it started to become a fun little habit that people would take one here or there cause they hurt and it relaxed them after a long day of work. Soon later my 2 sister in laws, 2 brothers, and brother in law were all addicted. One was able to get away with it by quitting cold turkey but having the worst week of his life, sick on the couch and unable to function.... the remaining 4 aren't so lucky and continue to fight the battle of addiction each day. My closest brother who is only 2 years old then me i think has been hit the hardest. He is 28 years old. He was a honor student who went to school at the Center for Advance Technologies, he always had a GPA of 4.0 or higher, was a motivated go getter determined to accomplish everything in life. He bought a new house, had a great job, and was living the high life. After his accident things slowly started to change. The brother i knew... wasn't there. When you look into his eyes you see this dark emptiness... He just looks like the life is slowly being sucked out of him. Having conversations with him began to become difficult as he couldn't even stay awake during the conversations because he was so doped up he continually nods off. Things became worst and the pills became a problem at his job... he lost his job. From there it spiraled worst... he lost his brand new truck and is now currently at risk of losing his house. He is losing everything that he worked so hard in life for because of this stupid pill oxy. Everyone blames the individual which yes ultimately it was there choice to take it... but this pill is so addictive and so deadly no one thinks about that. In the past 4 months my brother has been pulled over 3 times and received 2 DUI's. He is about to lose his license... which costs again in the job situation. Worst of all about 1 month ago my brother tried to slowly ween himself off of the pill and it had a adverse affect on him. He went into a daze, became dizzy and confused and passed out after getting out of his truck at a store. He went into a seizure for about 7 minutes and nearly bit his tongue off. This was probably one of the scariest days of my life.... The worst part of all is he knows how horrible this pill is... he has seen the affects it has taken on the rest of the family, he wants to quit but needs help. The family supports him but quitting is not so easy. This pill needs banned! Everyday i constantly fear that I'm not going to be so lucky anymore. I'm not going to receive the phone call to bail my brother out of jail, or to come visit him in the hospital. I'm afraid the next call is going to be to visit the morgue and it scares the hell out of me. It hasn't only affected my one brother. My other older brother also has an issue with it. His may not be so severe however he does them. He doesn't realize the affect it has on his 2 younger daughters who see him the way they do. His girlfriend (my sister in law) is a different story though. She has such a bad problem that she took to many one day and passed out and stopped breathing completely. My 3 year old niece (2 1/2 at the time) went into her room and found her non-responsive on the floor. Lucky for her she didn't understand it and simply went into the living room to let her daddy know that her mom was taking a nap on the floor. My brother was able to give her CPR and she was rushed to the hospital and survived but it nearly cost her her life. Child services was brought in and the children were then thrown into an unnecessary few months of turmoil. These pills not only hurt the people who take them but also the people around them. I can say first hand... I have lost a job over my brother because I wanted to be there to bail him out of jail and almost lost another job because i left to rush to the hospital. Last but not least my other brothers girlfriend (sister in law) who also was a very accomplished young lady has been crushed by this addiction as well. She once has a beautiful car, wonderful job, plenty of friends, and was an outgoing spunky girl but now she's been torn apart by this addiction. Once she would spend her whole day shopping for cute clothes or tanning with the girls she now spends her day chasing down pills. This is not a life for anyone. She lost her job, her car, and almost her life. She has been hospitalized 2 times in the past 3 months alone from seizures.... Something needs to be done to ban or control the use of these pills. I mean in my family 5 people alone have been first hand affected and the entire family has suffered the consequences... Imagine how many other similar stories there are out there. People need to understand the adverse affects of this pill. Anyways thanks for taking the time to read my personal experience with such a horrible drug. I hope this can make a difference. 
Jayne M Billion I had this prescription after foot surgery.It left me emotionless.I got so depressed that I quit my job moved out of town made irrational decisions,cashed my pension plan and rrsp`s and scared the hell out of family and friends! 
carol maccormick I have 2 daughters aged 29 and 26 they were prescribes oxycontins for pain,Now 1 1/2 years later they now are on Methadone and still have the oxycotins prescriptions.I see no change in the wanting to come off the drug even the methadone is another addiction. in my opinion this drug needs to be band and used only for the terminally ill. I will sign anything to help get my girls back to the way they were sinmce i can't get answers anywhere about how this could happen. Thank you for starting theis website if there is anything i can do to help promote it please feel free to email me carol maccormick  
Lori-Ann Janess I was in an accident in 2000 and it has caused me to be on pain medication for 10 yrs. Many I have been able to get off of, however there is one that I just cannot even think of getting out of bed without. This makes me feel just as bad as the day I was in the accident....maybe worst now because like others said on the show, your body does get use to it and you need more. I am on 8 a day every day and am still in constant pain and depression because there is no way of getting any kind of relief! I also gave my drivers license up because I know I shouldn't drive with medication in me! I am only 45! I have just started life as a grandmother and I cannot pick them up most days! I didn't ask for this.  
Steve Flood It is evil. I do not remember who I was or can imagine anything making me happy in life again 
Krystle Perez PLEASE STOP DELETING MY COMMENTS! I am not disagreeing with anyone on here! I AM AN ADDICT and a very bad one! I NEED HELP! I have no family that cares or knows, I can't tell them, my dealers and friends would kill me if they found out I reported myself because they would all get in trouble and be forced to stop also! PLEASE, help me! At least tell me why my comments are being deleted! Why can other addicts post on here and people who have lost addicts, but I can't share my story of addiction to this pill and ask for your help? This pill and almost every opiate has destroyed my life, but oxy is my drug of choice and it causes me to steal from strangers and even from my family and friends! I can't stop myself and this is a huge problem not just for me but for my friends and all the other people my dealers sell to OxyContin also! Please just report me to the police so all these people can be taken down! Also there is no other way I will ever get the help I need unless the police intervene! I am going to end up dead just like all the other stories of addicts on here and none of you seem to care one single bit! I honestly do not get it! I really need to get some help and I need someone's assistance here! My name is Krystal Perez. I live in Westminster, CO and go to front range community college there too. I live right near campus around 113th and Sheridan in Westminster, CO. I am reaching out for some help here and I am just being shunned away by the same people who know how bad an oxy addiction can be! This makes NO sense! Why wouldn't you want to put a stop to any sort of OxyContin abuse along with my habit of criminal acts such as stealing? I thought this was a site to come and share oxy addiction problems and a way to reach out for help! What is going on, for real? I desperately need your help to get the cops to bust me and my dealers! I am doing horrible things. I realize this when I am not high, which is not very often and when I am depressed and don't have oxys I realize that the best thing for me is to get police intervention! Please help me out and please respect my problems as well as everyone else's that they post! There is no valid reason for you people to keep deleting my messages. This is all unfortunately ALL TRUE and I can't get anymore serious and real than this! Please report me, this is huge problem in my area if you care about stopping OxyContin and it it clearly in your hands to help put an end to some of it! PLEASE!  
Chelsea Carmack  
Fran Lemire  
Shelly Sanders  
Anonymous  
Pam Culver I have lost too many family/friends to drugs that are supposedly legal, but the doctors have no clue and don't care cuz all they care about is the money they get from the pharma companies. Lets stop the madness!! 
Sharon Morrow This drug has got to be banned. I know of many kids who have gotten addicted to them and made them do anything! My son is one of them. He is 20 years old and is now a felon. My heart breaks for anyone going through this pain and agony. I am fortunate that my son is not a death statistic. I am also so afraid that he could take just 1 pill and I will lose him for years or even death. Thank you for what you are trying to do!! 
Tiffney almeida  
gaetano denardo oxycontin has ruined more lives in a year that it has ever helped BAN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!1 
Kathryn Moody In memory of my best friend, Blake.  
malaika briles  
melina Finley  
Sarah Meltesen  
Dana Glenn Reaves III and Patricia Smith In loving memory of my daddy Dana Glenn Reaves Jr.8/26/78- 10/24/09 taken from me before I was old enough to know him.  
Adriana DiPietro RIP DGR,Jr. 
Gail  
STACEY MALDONADO  
Joe O'Riordan My son OD'd on Oxys, lucky he was checking into rehab at the time and they knew what to do.  
Patricia I recently lost my boyfriend and father to my 18 month old son to an overdose of oxycontin. I have seen firsthand the pain and suffering this drug causes. Good people are getting hooked and dying. All it takes is one time. Please ban oxycontin! 
Dr. Henry Chapeskie My only son has now been an OxyContin addict for 5 years. He has said that the drug should never have been put on the market! As physicians, we have been grossly misled by Purdue and the doctors they have paid off in the "pain industry". I now do not prescribe narcotics for non-cancer pain. Dr. Henry Chapeskie Thorndale, Ontario, Canada 
ARMANDO ALONSO IN LOVIN MEMORY OF MY SON RYAN MICHAEL ALONSO PLEASE BAN THIS DRUG 
Anonymous i have raised 5 children by myself i work very hard all my life untill i was falling down and still i worked untill i could not walk and now i am 68 and became disabled. the kids well they all have kids.out of all my children i have one son who started this drug it has been a moms worst nightmare,he became someone else,like a zombie the drug was his blood.i have 3 grandchildren on it they are not my sons kids and they have lost who they were. this drug should have never been allowed on the market the only way it was is through lies proven in court. i love you all and i am sooo gratful for every story you keep your heads up and god bless everyone this drug has victimized.if they had to lie to get it on the market dont trust any product from this company and please ban oxycontin and we dont want any new mircle drug from purdue pharma like the new one palladon please fda no more 
Bill Perkins  
cassaundra cann I just cant loss any more of my friends. Im only 18 and I have lost 4 friends this year its time to do something about it.  
Heather A O'Riordan Have buried 5 teenagers (my kids friends)and my 36 year old cousin, her 8 year old son found her dead! 1 of my own kids overdosed and was in a coma, but is alive and back in re-hab! ALL FROM OXYCONTIN!!!!!!!!! They need to be banned, they are killing so many people and ruining so many lives!!!! 
Liz Caine  
Meghan Byrnes  
Anonymous  
Michael Joseph Gagnon their claim is you didnt hafta take them,mine is if given ALL the facts,would you? 10 years now ive been a hopeless opiate addict now on methadone always trying to stop.oxycontin was a better introductory drug to those who dont know what a cadeuceus meant,(like me). (shall we keep you down instead of above? alchemy. i used to always bring my pre-scription, to the health food store and try the equivalent thats why 9 outta 10 times they worked,until i met opiates,i was ALWAYS able to quit something without so much discomfort of withdrawl,opiate are THEE worst drug on earth BAR(exam)NONE. return customers garnisheed. the receptors are called alpha,mu (like empire of MU or MU-sic) and kappa.like the speaker. still dont know why. well,i think like death or birth the worst part is the action and not after like opioids theres a depression and serotonin adjustment as we all know, for 6 to 8 months after withdrawl. i wish everyone the best and GOD bless you,who are suffering with involuntary autonomic,too late decisions or trust issues now,like myself.i wish us all the luck in the universe! maybe 2012? 
Steve Beyer All you need to do is look at the facts. Is the money you receive really worth the pain you cause? I say no - Please wake up! 
Anonymous Ban this synthetic heroin now... too many lives lost..  
Heather Slagle This drug has spread as quickly as poison. 
Anonymous Please FDA PLease take this horrible drug off the market. The addiction to this medication in unbearable and people are dying every day because of it. I have lost a friend physically and many are now just no longer part of my life because this drug has taken over their being. Please Please Stop this! 
Joline Argue This drug took many things away from my brother, it took his friends, his money, his job, his quality of life, his self worth and nearly his family, it all stopped when it took his life at age 28. It has put our family thru hell for over five years! It should NEVER be perscribed to any individual! It is a death sentence, the makers of Oxy may you ROT IN HELL! I hope you have a healthy, happy family! 
Heather Baxter My brother died May 2, 2010 and he was only 29. He overdosed taking oxycotin. This drug and all addictive perscription durgs need to be stopped. I will miss my big brother forever and wish he would have just admitted he was taking drugs and had a problem.  
Diane Perkins People are needlessly dying everyday from this horrific drug. It's time to do something. It is INSANE to allow doctors to prescribe this drug; it is just as insane as if doctors were allowed to prescribe heroin or cocaine! There is NO difference. Death is death. 
Tara Today I lost an in-law to OxyContin abuse. This drug is available so easily, please stop producing it and ban it! 
Margaret White  
Scott Roe  
joe beavers lost 3 friends to oxycontin overdose. on the verge of possible losing a 4th. 
N.Stewart Something must be done a.s.a.p!!! I saw a report on this over the past weekend. I had no idea how dangerous this drug was!!! It's scary to learn the most doctors receive less 'pain relief' education than do vetenarians! The truth must be brought to the light so that EVERY CANADIAN is educated about the dangers of this drug! 
Jennifer scott  
Joanna Lund I am signing this petition because I truly believe that Oxycontin should be taken off the market. I was an addict for 4 years of my life. I will never get those 4 years back. I trusted in the healthcare system and it failed me, immensely. I will now always be an addict. That is something I can never escape.  
Anonymous I'm one whom is taking it for the last 6 years. Even though I used it for chronic pain from surgery which turned into nerve damage, I know it turned into an addiction due to the ways I feel. Example of right now I have the withdrawl symptoms and is trying my hardest not to take any till my next afternoon dose. I have took my first one as soon as I wake up and now it has only been 2 hours and I'm feeling ill. This has ruined my life...nobody wants to date me (can't have a relationship) OR it's the other way around where I know I can't date them cause he will see this and leave. I don't like that hurt/lost feeling in my heart! I go through MANY MANY mood swings NOTICED by a few family members & friends...worst part is, my very own child! I get very angry easily and very impatient, ah, too many to list. This is NOT the real me...I am a person now with an addiction that is not only hurting me but my family & friends around me. I am not socialable anymore-UNLESS I have taken a pill. If the pill is wearing off, I hide in my room. I can't even watch a movie with anyone. If they talk, I get up and leave the room or turn the volume up VERY loud. I guess you can say I am a very ignorant person today. I also can't work the kind of jobs I want to work...along with hiding it from my co-workers. If they had known I am taking this, I wouldn't have a job with the company. I could babble on hours worth but I will end my comment here. I've been taking this since 2003/2004? I would have to look back exactly to see when...but I know it's been at least 5 years.  
Anonymous Was made aware of the extent of the problem when I happened to view the program 16:9 
Judy Moore  
richard rivett ban oxycontin and oxycodone, they killed my 38 yr old son in april of this year richard rivett 
JENNIFER HAWKEY  
Marilyn Roche So glad to hear of this petition. My son was involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident whereby he sustained a back injury. After many treatments of physio, acupuncture etc. He was started on oxycontin. His pharmacy receipts would make you sick to your stomach how Drs can give so many of those horrible pills to one person. He became addicted very quickly to opiates. Our family has lived a world of hell, stress, financially burdened for the past eight yrs. My son unfortunately has passed away recently on January 30, of 2010 at the age of 28 due to overdose. Our family is struggling to heal. 
Sherry Trainer  
M. Beirith I dated a man with an addiction to oxycontin and percocet. He obtained these illegally, however, having them taken off the market completely would assist in reducing availability, prescribed on not. I fully support this movement to ban this drug. 
Andrew Fik I was injured at work in 2004 and I was a prescribed 25mg of oxycocet but over time my dosage was increased up to 1000mg of oxycontin by 2009. I was so addicted to the drug that I lost a good paying job and almost lost my wife and best friend and not realizing it. 
John N. Crook I would also petition Health Canada also to ban OxyContin.  
Pam Erikson I am in BC Canada, and our daughter suffered a serious accident in May 2008. The surgeon gave her oxycontin to help the pain (she had her leg reattached at the knee). For the past two years since the accident, our family doctor has continued to prescribe the oxys - even so far as increasing her dose to 200 mg per day. When questioned why he simply said 'she will always be on it'. That was until one day last month, when our daughter went for her regular visit to him and found herself banned from his clinic. Apparently something in Canada called PharmaNet had called his office questioning the amount of prescriptions she was on (also Flexeril, Cloraxipam and Effexor) so he in turn decided he would not see her as a patient anymore in fear of losing his license. So he sent her away. Since then, she has suffered seizures and is running out of control. She is now 26 years old and is barely on speaking terms with her family due to her overuse of these drugs and her insistence that 'she will get off them herself'. This is a dangerous drug - why are doctors still prescribing it if they know the harmful effects?  
Natasha hedley A very close close family friend's son, has to go to court tomorrow. While under the influence, he beat up an old man to steal his perscription. Please understand, this is not his character. This drug should be banned! 
Jodi Dewar  
Denise Taylor Over three years ago my son became addicted to oxycontin which was initially prescribed to him after an eye accident which required surgery to save it. After the prescription ended, his addiction did not. Without our knowledge that he was addicted, he began buying Oxycontin in the streets. He tried to quit on his own and with the help of a physician, too embarrassed to come to us for help. But after this failed him, he came to us with the shocking news of what he has been going through. We detoxed him for months and placed him in rehab but nothing seemed to be able to break this deadly addiction. He ended up robbing pharmacies to get the drug as he could no longer afford the very high doses he was now taking, and was soon arrested. He now is serving a 2yr sentence in prison. The doctors felt he was on such a high dosage at that point that he should be dead. He is doing the best he can with the circumstances of where this nightmare has led him. But often feels depressed about how it has stolen such an important time in his life, having graduated from high school and finishing an equipment operator course. He was so looking forward to a new chapter in his life, but definitely not the one that has brought him here. He is now 21 and unfortunately been on the ugly inside of our prison system, and believe me...it's bad, but that's another battle. He also feels a lot of guilt with how it's affected our family. (Parents, grandparents & siblings) We are all fighting this with him. Initially not knowing how or where to start this fight I wrote letters to the health minister regarding my hefty concerns with Oxycontin and the drug company Purdue, but was soon dismissed more or less to the effect of it's not our job or problem, try this or try that. This drug should be banned and someone should pay the price of all the young people losing years, a future, and sometimes their lives to this deadly drug. Very committed, concerned mother.  
Anonymous  
Anonymous I have had to take this medication for a couple years now and like I heard on your program I started out on the perks but needed a longer pain releaver and the doctor had been trying to get me to be on these instead and I had never even heard of these before and finally I said yes.It is supposed to be a twelve hour pill but I need to take it three times a day or else I get severe withdrawls.I very much wish that I could find a treatment center that could help me with my cronic pain so that I can get off of this crap for good. I have already gone to detox last year by my own choice (my doctor wasnt to happy)but I didnt have a proper place to go after the initial detox part. I was supposed to have a note by my name on the computer so that the doctor wouldnt be able to give them to me any more and after I tried acupuncture for a short time because of the cost I didnt have much choice in the matter, so I went back to the doctor and within a month or so I was right back to where I was with getting an amount of oxycontin that would probably kill most people because its covered on my dissabillity medical. I find it very frusterating that being on dissabilit that the system wont pay for a clean way of living but have no problem giving me as much of the ocycontin as the doctor gives me.. I could go on for alot more but have taken enough of your time so thanx and I'm glad that someone is doing something about this problem.. Don O'Dell.. P.S. Also I'd like to say that the first thing that I tell a doctor is that I am a recovering addict from my teenage years and was completely clean for close to ten years untill I trusted a doctor.... Thanx again..  
Anonymous BAN OXYCONTIN ITS JUST ANOTHER FORM OF HEROIN IT RUINS LIVES 
sandy loeber my sister lived in the us for the last 18 yrs about 8 yrs ago she got hurt her doctor then started her on oxy coton. she had never drank or taken any drugs before this. her life has spiraled out of control. her husband left her and her two small children. she is now living in canada and hoping that a new drug called suboxin will help her to get off the oxy coton.the problem is that it costs about 500 dollars a month which she or anyone in our family do not have. I truly believe that the company call purdue that distributed oxycoton should have to pay for peoples hospital recovery or what ever it takes to help them to get off of this drug. my sister is 40 yrs old and wants more than anything to get off this drug and be at least somewhat of who she really is. I truly hope that oxycoton is banned so nobody has to go through this horror again. 
Jeanette Moore  
Melanie Rainville This is the best thing that could ever happen. I was prescribed oxycontin by my family dr. I became addicted right away. I couldnt get out of bed or even function if i didnt have a pill. I would get so sick without them, imagine the worst flu times ten. i became an addict. my whole days consisted of serching for the drug or suffer. I could no longer take good care of my daughter so she went to live with my grand mother. I was addicted to oxys for four years! I lost that precious time with my daughter. I wanted to go to rehab but there was a waiting list. Finaly after one year i got in. The detox was the worst most painful thing i have ever been threw. I detoxed for 34 days before i got to the treatment part. and still my brain did not feel right. its hard to explain. now im on methadone a drug to help heroin addicts.who knows how long i have to take this.taking oxycontin was the worst mistake of my life, and i will suffer for the rest of my life fighting to stay away!!! 
Gloria This is frustrating that a drug company can do this and people are dying from using this product. They are being like most companies--greedy and money hungry with no regard to the welfare of the patients. 
Jennifer Warren It took us a year of struggling with in and out of rehab to get my beloved 23 year old cousin off of this drug... When he was finally on a program that worked and "back to himself", his life was taken in an act of senseless violence. OxyContin didn't pull the trigger that killed him, but significantly contributed to a whole lot of decisions that caused a lot of anxiety, stress and ultimately grief in our family. I know if he were still with us he would be signing this petition and so I am signing in his memory. Miss you baby cousin, RIP.  
Susan Sanderson I am President of The Realistic Success Recovery Society. We operate three recovery houses for men in Surrey BC. We understand the need for thie, most if not all our clients use Oxycontin as a substitute for heroin and crack cocainer or a campanion with other drugs. It is well know fact in the recovery community and we experience on a daily basis the use of Oxycontin as currency in the drug trade, buying selling and using oxycontin is one of the main addiction supporting activities on the street. www.therecoverysociety.com  
Carri McMullen I now have a new member in my family. A daughter that I love she was homeless because her Mom is addicted to OxyContin and could no longer care for her children. All landed in foster care after extreme abuse. The Mother of these children is still being perscribed OxyContin and blames the children for not understanding her level of pain.  
Christina Rickey  
Herjot  
Nadine Lagace In my honest opinion, I believe that Oxycontin should be off the streets. I'm from a small town in North Eastern, Ontario, and oxycontin is running rampit. The people here do anything just to get high from it; they have been just injesting them normally, crushing then snorting them, smoking them, and in some cases injecting them. Now, I can understand how the older crowd could get them because people in some cases tend to be in pain as they age, but what I don't understand is how are the children getting them? Last week a twelve year old girl that lives down the street from me passed away due to an OxyContin overdose. A week before that a woman in her mid 30s passed away due to an overdose on oxycontin and a week before that a man in his mid thirtys as well passed away due to a stroke indused by Oxycontin. The biggest funeral I ever seen in this town was whenever a beloved friend of everybody in the whole town passed away due to an overdose. I don't know what you think about that but I believe we need a change. But in no way do I believe we should blame the manufacturers or the pharmacy's for what's been happening. I think that the ratio of people who desperately need them for pain as opposed to the people who are addicted will be greater. When you are perscribed a drug there is a set amount that is only meant to be taken by the recipient. Those people are responsible with their medication, but when that person turns around and sells that perscription to someone, I believe that person who sold the perscription should be held liable for his actions. That is how it gets on the streets. How is a 12 year old going to go into a pharmacy and get Oxycontincs? It wasn't the pharmacy who gave it to them; it wasn't the company that made them either. It was some petty thug on the street looking to make a quick buck. And their so easy to get addicted to that they will keep going back to that person no matter what it takes! In my opinion, I believe that either perscriptions should be regulated better so you have smaller amounts so if any dealing were going on the pharmacy could at least tell if there was physically something wrong with you due to withdrawls or they could see how quickly you go through your perscription or take the medication on site if suspected for selling. That, or they should test people thoroughly when they are perscribed any narcotics/pain killers. Now just for the level for pain but to do a urine test to see they are addicted to any pills and if they are addicted to any perscription drugs then they should go straight to rehab and learn how to regulate their medication. And if I offended anybody it was not intentional I just want you to know I feel your pain very deeply. I have seen to many people go from good respectable peope to down right desperate over these pills and it brings tears to my eyes because they all know what they're doing to themselves; they just can't stop. 
Candace Savard My 73 year old mother was presribed oxycontin approximately 5 years ago for hip pain. Ever since she started taking the medication her quality of life has deteriorated. She is a full blown addict and this has been hell for our family. The withdrawals are unbelievably HELL for her and everyone around her...many trips to the hospital because of overdoses and many trips just because of withdrawals....I pray for that they ban this drug - no one should have to go through this. 
Bonnie Ellis  
Cindi Hunt  
Anonymous  
Jill-Anne Hopkins I have never taken an oxycontin in my life even though i suffer from chronic pain. However, i have lost everything important in my life due to other people close to me being addicted to them, snorting and injecting, whatever. i have had to turn my back on two childhood friends (we are all over 40 now!) and walk away from my husband of eight years who i still love dearly. i had to deprive his son, who loves him dearly, of his daily presence in his life becusae he was so messed up on the pills. i feel that oxycontin is a scourge of the earth and it is so shameful that it is legally pushed upon people looking for a solution to their pain. 634M sounds like a big fine but was likely only a weeks profit from selling oxycontin. This substance should be banned from the face of the earth. 
Lin Steffler  
Rik Chatter After watching 16/9, it was heartfelt and I support the Oxycotin ban Rick 
Ian Clark I have seen firsthand how powerful the addiction properties of this drug is. It should be banned. 
Michele Michael In Loving Memomry of my son Riley. My son is still alive but amoung the countless shallow breathing, walking dead because of this drug. The man he should have become, the children he should have, the education he threw away and the jail time he is hidding from are all circumstances of his addition to this deadly drug. He now lives on the streets begging for money and shuns his brother, mother and father. The pain we feel knowing our LOVE isnt enough and the fear of that call from authorities to identify his lifeless body, haunts us 24/7. To every family living in our shoes or has already lost their loved one...our prayers are with you too. 
Jeannette Fraser Though my daughter didn't die of Oxycontin overdose, she did die of a combination of illegally dispensed prescription medication/narcotic (controlled substance)that obviously was NOT controlled and let loose on the street to dealers who than sold, gave or share it with my daughter and she died. It you can't control your "controlled substance's" than get rid of them, or pay to get the dealer's put in prison. People are dying. Stop spending so much money on media advertisement and pharmaceutical reps to sell the drugs and start spending your money on media advertisement and pharmaceutical reps to teach the danger's of them. Go to schools, neighborhoods, streets, parks, rock radio. Start putting up money rewards leading to the arrest of DEALER'S THAT SOLD THE DRUGS THAT KILLED A HUMAN. There's still families that don't supply their own kids with drugs and TRY and warn our kids of the dangers, but we're not multibillion dollars pharmaceutical companies, YOU ARE! 
Amanda McCamey  
clyda carol gonzalez my baby boy who just turned 18 was hooked on this horrible drug i spent many nights sitting on the couch praying and praying that i would not get that phone call that he had overdosed i asked the good lord to do whatever it took to get him help he is now in yddc here in albuquerque,new mexico in the drug treatment program my heart goes out too every mother who is going through this i am praying non stop that when he gets out he does not go back but there is no way to tell until that day i keep every family and every one who is addicted to this poision in my prayers  
wade radzinski fuck oxys... 
Anonymous  
Rachel Salbador In memory of Jeremy Traylor. I love you and miss you! 
Anonymous I am going to a memorial service on Friday June 11th for a 22 year old boy who died from using Oxycontin.  
Anonymous My son died March 1 2010 he was only 23 because of OXY it is worse then Heroin. It is so dangerous because Dr here in Florida give it out like candy and they have no restriction on it here. I hear that other states are all over Fla because of he many overdoes in there state. The prescribing Dr on the bottles of pill mostly are from Fla. Fla WAKE UP you are letting these Dr's kill more of our young people than the war ever could. 
Shelly Wood  
Ben Bloom The Oxy epidemic has hit MD/DC/VA with full force. I've seen too many lives and families ruined by this drug. Easy access to such a highly addictive substance must be stopped! 
Megan Brennan Let's help get this medication off the market! And Pray for those who have lost a loved one to this "drug" and pray for those who are fighting their addiction to this medication. Lets hope they find the help that they need! 
courtney tallman Oxy is huge problem all over America. I work with juveniles and the main problem I see them facing is this drug. Small towns are affected by this as much as urban cities. The jails are filled with people who are there because of this drug. Please stop production of this drug to help our youth. 
Vicki Thurston This has become a terrible epidemic and needs to be stopped NOW! 
Rebecca Brewer  
Dale Gruenwald  
Anonymous  
Anonymous  
Cory Unreal simply unreal that something like this can be so easily obtained and abused. In my town there are several "Pain Managment" clinics, ll of them may as well have revolving doors and stay open 24/7. If the Government really cared about it's people this would have been banned from the start. Hate to break it to you, they don't care about us. This is only one example of thousands. 
Chris Spurgeon A epidemic that has taken over many communities, i am a survivor of the addiction, and can only take it one day at a time. My deepest condolences to the family's of former addicts 
ROSE HANKS R.N.  
Billy Rovzar Oxymorons, the movie. Let's get the message to all kids in the world.  
ryan haines ex user... addicted for months... highly addictive and very easy to get .. 
Annette Ponnock  
Sheila Curr This is the second time signing the petition,the first time I signed Anyonomus as I was "emabarassed" that my smart, beautiful 18yr old son was addicted to Oxycontin. Please do not suffer alone, stand up and fight for your child or loved one. I now wear a Banoxycontin arm band every day and have distributed about 50. My son is currently detoxing, and in a battle for his life. Something that is not talked about is the unrelenting depression addicts face while getting off this demon drug. Many commit suicide, which indicates that if counted the death toll from Oxycontin would be higher than the horrible numbers we are currently seeing. I learned of yet another overdose death in our Fla county today. Please buy an arm band and wear it, write your congressman, post the link on Facebook or tweet about it...do what you have to do so we can get this drug off the market. For all those who have lost loved ones, my prayers are with you and please continue to help us fight this epidemic and stop this madness!!! 
lauren clark  
patricia proulx I have lost my son. He was 3 weeks short of his 23rd birthday. he loved Oxy more than anything in life. His facebook greeting page was: Oxycontin will you marry me? I don't really have to say nothing else about this deadly pain killer. 
Anonymous it's sad to see children suffer from the addictions of their own parents and not being able to get what they need..meaning their own personal needs...we hafta start thinking of our own families..and how we affect them 
donna I see alot of parents using this, and its breaking family homes, and kids are getting neglected. I have a neighbour who sells them and she 3 kids. And the youngest, she did oxy during her preganancy. Now the baby is 4 months old, very colicy. Parents are wasting their money on this, and should be using the money for their kids and househood. 
Hannah Kelcourse Please help us stop this murderous drug! Too many lives have been taken. Yes, people have choices, but addiction is not a choice and many people think they can "beat it" because they're stronger than all those people they hear in stories. Well, they're not and the death toll is clear proof. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop this!!! 
Kyle Green I have watched many of my friends start with abusing oxycodone but, once their habbit became to expensive, they switched to heroin. i think this is something that is often overlooked: oxycontin is a gateway drug to heroin. 
Patrick Troullier Jeremy Traylor 
Denise Trapani  
Erin Funk  
debra green This drug causes a lot of collateral damage; home invasions and even murder. These addicts need serious help and this drug is ridiculously addictive. 
Anonymous My daughter, to my horror, started shooting oxy about a year ago and it has brought nothing but devastation to her and our family. It's like she is not the same person anymore. Nothing positive has come out of this drug, and I, like the others think this drug should be banned. FDA you must do everything possible to remove this drug, period.  
LYNELLE JOHNSON IN MEMORY OF JEREMY TRAYLOR, LOST TO THIS HORRIBLE DRUG  
debbi mcfarland  
debra grimes I have a son and daughter in law addicted to this drug and receiving threw pain management clinics every month there are four children affected by this the last child was born due to an oxycodone over dose she was born at 24 weeks 1# 10oz addicted to drugs our life is a nightmare due to their addiction it has got to stop 
tammy payne I have been addicted to this evil drug myself as a recovering adict i am happy to sign this petition.  
Alexios Panagiotidis I began taking Oxycontin about a year and a half ago. It was my birthday and my girlfriend, at that time, and I went to my friends apartment to celebrate. At that time I did not smoke pot and rarely drank alcohol. My friend asked me to come to his room so he could show me something. Once I got to his room he had an 80 mg Oxy broken up on his desk. He broke me out a 20mg line and I snorted it. From that point on I would fall in love with the drug and ruin my life around me. I took down my whole family. I was stealing, cheating, and lied constantly. I was spending about 1000 dollars a week to keep my habit. I wore the same cloths and did not care about anything. Fortunately, I broke down to my father and told him I really needed help and wanted to do it. Its been two months since I have been clean. This drug Continues to terrorize my good friends. When I lived in Massachusetts where my friends lived I could get it and now that I live in Vermont I can get the drug. It is everywhere and people that get it prescribed are making a fortune sitting on there ass. My friends are still very well addicted and need help. It was easier for me to stop using the drug because I moved to Vermont and don't have friends so I only have my own influence. I will not use this drug ever again. God Bless to all the families that have been plagued by this Modern Heroin. This Drug needs to be banned. If the people that are getting it that are in horrible pain can refrain to use it and sell it then they should not have it even given by these drug dealing doctors. God help us all.  
charles holloway  
Casey Day  
Angela C. Allard Because this is a legally prescribed drug, our youth think it is okay to experiment. They are getting addicted, lying stealing, and dying. Oxycontin is every bit as bad as heroin and should be illegal. 
Andrew Rau This "medicine" has ruined the life of my best friend after a basketball injury. 
J. Ferris A senseless drug , there are much better alternatives to this poison ! These greedy,legal drug dealers are killing innocent victims. And BOO to the FDA !  
Sandy Denton My brother Jimmy died last June 14th due to an overdose of Oxycontin. Please don't make another family go through what I've been through this year... R.I.P. JIMMY BRACEWELL 1/10/1962-6-14-2009 
Corrine Dean Stop this Now 
Lynn Bonilla  
Briana Jade Porter  
Lisa Davis  
Vivian Bielski My 23 year old twin boys have gone to 5 funerals of their teenage friends whom have died from overdoses of opiate drugs. My husband was prescribed Vicodin 3 times a day and became addicted,went looking for more on the streets, and got it easily. He began stealing from our family funds to get more money to buy it. He agreed to go to detox but he only stayed 4 days. He did manage to stay away from the drug for about a year. Then our family doctor/"friend" presribed Vicodin to him again because he was complaining of arthritic pain in his wrists. He was prescribed Vicodin again for 3 times a day. He is now addicted again and looking for it on the streets, getting it, and stealing from our family funds again. The doctor takes no responsibility, but agreed to deny him further prescriptions. I am working on getting him clean once again in order to preserve our family and keep him from dying, but am growing very weary. We live in Florida with no laws to prevent doctor "shopping" and pain management clinics are popping up in record numbers in this state. I have emailed every state senator and representative both at the state and federal level, the governor, and the president about this problem. Please help our nation! Did we not learn from China? 
beth birli This drug is simply making some people rich while destroying the lives of so many others. There are other drugs that can be used. We do not need Oxy. 
Kim E Champlain I'm a Phar Tech, I can honestly tell how many lives were cut short or put thru hell because of this drug and it's only getting worst! 
Chasity Ogle The use & distribution of opiates has nothing but negative effects for not only the people involved but for their families & loved ones as well.From personal experience I can say you loose everything-money, friends, morals,freedom,& eventually your life......  
Andrea Morrow  
Amber Bonilla  
chadbonilla ive been imprisoned by this shit for most of my adult life but finally i woke up from this nightmare after being in jail for about nine months which saved my life. Plus i got my nine month key chain the other day from na it gave me a chubby which is a plus so for any one who reads this there is hope keep your head up .And oh ban this poision!!!! 
Jane Jann  
joann mansfield already posted just wanted to say the reason we have a senthic herion(oxycotin)is because it was long lasting.about the time the government decided they were going have to give this the show of attention.they made the 40's and the 80's have some sort of gelling so that people couldn't snort or shoot them,not even a bandade and then there were roxies 15's and 30's(ir)instant release so if it was made for long term pain relief why were these roxy ir made?now with that being said oxy and roxy sell for 1.00 per milligram on the street.now with roxy(ir)instant release there is no peskey coating to get of the pill so there are much easer to abuse,and the cost on the street is 15 to 30 dollars much less.and it has a much more trendy name roxie ir.great marketing ploy if you or willing to kill our children over a 1.00, 1.00 a milligram 
Theresa Vavrek Although I know people have successfully used OcyContin for pain relief and not suffered any consequence, that is not reason enough to keep it on the market. Although many can argue that THEY were successful therefore the problem lies within the "assumed addict" for the troubles. The problem is this drug CAN make someone into an addict and not just weak, pathetic people, but people who have everything going for them. Putting and keeping this drug on the market is the equivalent to now legalizing heroin, which is essentially what we have done. There are other alternatives for pain. Why take the chance????? 
Bridget Barrett YES! 
Debora Ouzts  
Joe Donavon Please ban this drug. 
Kayla Potts  
Matt Massaro Ban oxycontin immediately, people are dying every day due to it and there are people making money off of death and destruction of family. 
Aaron Stafford This drug is horrible. It stole 4 years of my life and almost killed me many times. Please ban this drug ASAP. 
Anonymous I've already posted my comment, but if you have a Facebook account, please post this link on your page. The more that people know about what's going on, the better shot we have at ending this deadly mess. I posted on my FB page and had good luck. Pass it on!  
Anonymous  
Anonymous  
Victoria Carleton  
Shellie Gipson  
Luis Ortiz This drug has destroyed MY FAMILY ! 
Jessica Hellings I have seen this ruin to many lives and I am one of the blessed ones that it came close to ruing but it didn't. It is an everyday battle but it is well worth and for those that didnt make it know that by the end it wasnt their choice, THEY COULDNT stop no matter how bad they wanted. Every addict is in my prays and for those who lost someone to this crap I am so very truely sorry and may God help you find a way to cope.  
Jeb Ziegler  
allison schmitt  
cory thompson  
Carlton Strawderman  
Maria Howe  
Kathy Brunelle I have not lost my loved one, and I dont want to!! We had a few close calls..... I just dont know what to do or say anymore.. I had no choice but to give my pain in my heart to God because it is starting to make my blood presure elevated very bad. I was hospitalized because my presure was 170/143! Thats insane.. I dont sleep well, because I always think I am going to get that horrible phone call!! There are no words to describe the pain and saddness in my heart........ I pray, love, and try to be there when I am wanted.. When I try to talk to my loved one, I'm just shut out and doesn't want to hear me.. My love is unconditional!!! And yet, thats not enough.. My prayers go out to all the parents who have lost a loved one, or is in my situation. Thank You..  
angela flem Help me not lose any more loved ones. 
Ryan Walstrom fuck oxy 
Kandy Huston My daughter has been addicted to OxiContin for 3 years . She is now in rehab after practically loosing her life. This drug was given to her to " help her feel better " when depressed from the loss of her father. I am terrified it will take her life. This is a terribly addicting drug and she wants to get away but her body craves it. I pray this is taken off the market.  
Patti Lamb  
samantha pacurari  
Cynthia Supan  
Alex R This drug has ruined the lives of SO many of my friends. It is absolutely repulsive. Ban it!!!! 
Anonymous Oxycontin ruins lives, there must be alternative ways to pain management, as the high number of addicts is becoming a national security issue. People of all race, gender, and socioeconomic statuses are falling susceptible to these addicting pills. Regulation isn't an option, it is a necessity. 
joann s mansfield herion should be legal before oxy or roxies atleast its a more natural substance i cannot understand pharmacy companies being allowed to do this you think research wasn't done to make synthetic heroin one of the most addictive drugs.i mean really how often does someone beat nicotine.they gave this drug names like oxy and roxie by accident.are we going to bury one more person made sick on purpose.how could this happen in or country.what is it going to take we use to stand for something in this country.we are all boble headed idiots is there nothing we can do we should joing doing marches do something.this crap is in every state.businesses have sprouted every where to supply them to treat the problem.insurances only pay for a month of treatment usally.the only escape is to just walk into the woods,jail,or death 
Lucia Williams Why is this drug legal...we should not all allow opiates to be prescribed by Dr.'s  
Phylllis Blakely  
Robert Parcher Oxy, along with almost every painkiller is horrible. I'm practically expecting a call any day now telling me that a loved one of mine, severely addicted, is in the hospital for either a overdose or death. 
Ian Collins Miss you everyday Ben 
Catherine Dunn  
Nicholas Malgieri Ban this drug it is dangerous and powerful 
Francisco Domene For my son-in-law's life. 
Maria Domene For my son-in-law. 
Alison Hill  
amber I lost my uncle to OxyContin in december of 2008, not to mention the friends that I have that are addicted to it and affaid I'm going to lose them, I don't believe in it at all and I think it should banned and takin off the market without a doubt!!! 
kevin roy this is killing and ruining the lives of everyone i know. 
jessica gonzalez-harkness ban this awful horrible drug that ruins and breaks up families and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Julia Herman  
Ian Brown This must be put to a stop. We are all losing friends and family to this awful drug. 
kim  
Venus Acosta This drug is the qualude of the times and that drug was taken off the market also. Make it go away, it kills.  
Vicky Bass  
Lacey Cote  
Shauna  
michelle berrier Please, stop this..its ruining lives...My mother has lost her hearing has all types of nervous system issues...My brother has lost a couple friends from overdoses...My own brother puts himself at risk...its a hard addiction to stop..Everyday where I work there is a pain managment company and I see all the people hanging around that are high on pills...I watch the mom sitting on the ground going in and out of passing out while her 4 or 5 yr old little boy runs around without supervision with a butterfly net...its sad...This has to stop 
Alex Fraser  
yuriko chishiki  
Karey Mize  
Nathan Mize  
Ryan Drouin BAN OXYCONTIN!!! PLEASE!!! 
David Maldonado  
Amy Boatwright  
Sean M. Chitwood  
Brianna riani  
Gabriela Domene-Corsa After 6 years with my husband, he kicked me out because he couldn't admit he was still addicted to oxycontin and roxies. After hospitalizations, being so broke we had to eat cheetos for a week although he made almost $2000 every 2 weeks, him stealing money from our parents and from our bank account, his getting me fired on purpose because of my going to his parents for help, his not having a job for over a year because he got fired from the family business, the list is endless this horrible pharmaceutical needs to be banned and taken off the market. Florida is the gateway for many parts of the US because of its lax attitude towards the opening of pain clinics and now they have full-bore epidemic on their hands. Heroin wasn't a good pain killer and was removed from the market, neither is synthetic heroin. I wish all of those still struggling with this addiction to get help and accept the help your loved ones offer, and to those who have lost a loved one, I feel for you tremendously. 
Kim Heller We are losing too many of our young people to this horrible addiction and the ease of which they can get the drug.  
Leah  
robin cesario please I have three adult sons addicted to this 
John D for Ben 
Matthew Gignac  
Anonymous  
Ana I fear I'm going to lose the father of my child. His doctor keeps writing his perscriptions and we lose more and more of him everyday because of it. I don't want to lose my family and will do anything to prevent it. 
Courtney Kelly End it!!!!!!!!! 
Amanda Buckley I hate to see what this has done to so many people I know! Get rid of Oxycontin. 
Kimberly Olsen RIP Matthew Markley... you will be missed. 
Jessica Busch  
Miguel Messina I will also like to add, this drug has been over prescribed by physicians who no longer are prescribing less potent and less addictive narcotics for smaller procedures. But instead chose to prescribe OxyContin for toothaches, small fractures, migraines and many others. These physicians should take some responsibility for their very poor decision making and violation of medical-ethical laws. 
mike mattison  
arlene dombroski  
donna moore  
Aileen Napoles I've seen this suck the life out of my boyfriend and a good childhood friend of mine--this can easily make a non-addictive type person hooked and bring an already addictive personality type person into the 3rd circle of hell 
Michael VanDeMar The insanity must stop. Please ban this drug. 
AMBER RIENDEAU  
Ted Lilley  
Alyssa McCullough Someone needs to find a way to shut down these pain clinics and onsite pharmacys.Florida is the only state that does not monitor doctors prescribing these meds. It is too easy for addicts to get there hands on these pills! These are not doctors these are drug dealers with a degree! Someone needs to put a stop to this epidemic!I cant afford to watch another friend or loved one die from this! 
Anna Lebitsch  
Lori Esquivel  
kyle plz ban oxycontin. it leads to heroin use. it is no good. i live in leechburg pa. it is horrible here with opiate use. all stated cause of oxycontin, we have no pain clinics nearby eather and still have probs. plz ban this shit! 
Anonymous  
susan wilson  
Kelly Fay  
sarah quirk  
Alicia I've lost too many friends to this drug... i cant believe this is actually happening 
Deanna Johnson  
Donna L. Bower This is destroying the future of our country by killing our kids....shame on the quacks and pharmaceutical industry for their greed and the state of Florida for allowing so many pain management clinics to open here. We have people from all over the country driving here because its so easy to obtain and I find that disgusting. 
Samantha Steele  
Donald Onsgard  
Allen recovering addict, it's not easy every day is a strugle. it's the only drug that's everywhere. 
Kate Mahramus This has to come to an end! Im sick of this drug killing my friends, It only takes one time. 
Samantha As a recovering oxy addict, I pray this moves forward. 
matt  
Kelsey Phillips  
Sydey Virgillitti Please ban this horrible epidemic.  
geoffrey campbell  
lisa snyder  
Sherry Murdock I have seen the effects of oxy and roxy first hand. There are too many doctors handing this stuff out to young adult like its tylenol. It is so addictive and it turns the most normal, caring people into full blown drug addicts. Such pain medication should only be distributed to those dying. My younger brother is prescribed oxycontin for back pain.. BACK PAIN! He is anyways on them and I am so fearful he will end up like so many others I have seen addicted to this drug. I had a best friend that was hooked on them, shooting them and she wasn't the same person anymore, she was stealing and doing whatever she could to get the drug. It changes people.  
Deborah Matera  
Carrie L. Sexton My son died as direct result of this drug. It ruined not only his life, but everyone around him. I do not want another mother to have to bury her son and another family torn apart because of this drug. STOP IT NOW!!! How about a class action Lawsuit against the makers of this drug  
natalie  
natalie  
Nicholas Macyshyn Pills are not the answer ! 
sheena thomas stop the use! 
Dylan Colina  
jessica thibodeau  
Tonya Bowman I know a couple of people who are on this and are going no where but down hill and its easier for the Doctors to prescribe this medication because they are already addicted rather than deal with the problem. Ban it!!!! 
Ashley Davis F**K YEAH!!! 
Matthew Terry  
Angela Coley  
jerimiah ringland  
andrew williams  
CHARLIE E MEINHARDT  
Allison Gunderman  
Heather Winder  
Ana Matera As someone with a history with the drug, I know how easy it is to get sucked into it's addiction. Also how hard and even scary it is trying to get off it. I'm glad something is finally being done to get rid of OxyContin. It's more accessible than necessary. Awareness is key with this drug.  
genvieve correia  
Anonymous Please stop this for all the children who've lost parents for all the parents who've lost their children, and for all the children who've been neglected and abused by people taking this poison.  
Charles Boyle I remember sitting on a beach in Rhode Island in the summer of 97' reading an article in the NYTimes magazine about oxycontin and how the drug company touted it as the new miracle pain reliever that couldn't be abused because of it's time release properties, the article went on to state that it didn't take long for people to figure out that crushing the pills into powder and snorting it by-passed the time release. Fast forward a decade and the oxycontin issue has become personal as my nephew, recently returned from his second trip to rehab, begins life anew. It's become all too obvious that the drug companies, whose refusal to take responsibility for all the lives that have been laid to waste by this product, main priority was profit. 
William Walker I have watched this drug turn people that would never have done drugs into raging herion addicts. Alot of people that end up addicted to this drug, start taking it because it is "legal" and prescribed by a doctor. I hope that this petition can actually make a difference. Something needs to be done, because at this point, it is out of control.  
dave roest The stuff is a KILLER it's got to be stopped!! 
Anonymous  
Anonymous very sad what this does to people 
STORMY TRAIN BAN IT! 
Shawn Rigney  
Matt McGee  
Kristina McGee  
Lisa Morales  
Anonymous The amount of inappropriate Oxycontin prescriptions in the Bronx is unbelievable. Some unscrupulous doctors are writing 80mg Oxycontin (90 pills per month) to patients with no evidence of pain for 5+ years. They have no trace of Oxycodone or metabolites in their usine, i.e. these pills are not taken by the patient. Oxycontin sells for 1 dollar per milligam so these cheaters are getting 270 dollars a day TAX free for the last 5 + years. This is funded by yoru tax dollar and I don't know how many people have died from this already. I suggest catching these drug dealing doctors and their cheating patients because I think they are all organized crime. Oxycontin must be banned or else this will not stop!!!! 
Sandy  
Jennifer Curkendall I was addicted to OxyCodone for a couple years and it took me getting arrested to finally get the help I needed to get off this horrible LEGAL drug. I agree that I do not understand how something so addicting can be legal. I know I was in the wrong for doing this, but doctors also need to start getting punished! They are prescribing patients 240/month, PLUS Xanax, Valium, and a bunch of other drugs. I ended up in the hospital and a detox center after I was released from jail because my withdraw symptoms were so bad! I am grateful my addiction didn't lead to death, and horribly sorry to those who lost loved ones due to this horrible pain killer. 
Michelle Epperson  
Anonymous I was addicted to oxy's after I was in a car accident. I took the pills for 6 years before I finally got clean. In ONE YEAR I lost 12 friends between the ages of 16-25. Last month I found out yet another friend of mine was found dead because of an oxy overdose. This drug needs to be taken off the market, it's killing more people then it's helping! 
debbie mcgiffin  
Douglas Marken THIS DRUG SUCKS U IN,THEN WONT LET U GO.TILL DEATH DO U PART 
karen groves  
Gina I know all too well about all of this, I lost someone very close to me after a battle with it for many years. it needs to end. 
Brandi Stafford We miss you Jeremy! You will always have a special place in our hearts!  
Julie Rinderle I never thought I would be affected by the pill scene. I have always been open about my objections to chemically altering your mind, body and spirit. I have read plenty of stories about other people and other people’s friends and how they were affected by pills and the abuse of pills. It wasn’t until a little over a year ago when a close friend and co-worker of mine died of an overdose that it really hit home for me. He was young, responsible, newly engaged…..he had his whole life ahead of him. He was performing with his band that evening and took the following day off from work so no one thought twice about the fact that he wasn’t at the office the next morning…….Then we got the call……………. The tox screen showed that the dosages of substances found was minimal…he was not popping pills all night, he was not drinking heavily nor was he doing any of the “hard stuff”. He was simply out for a fun evening with his friends…Took a pill that his friend gave him and washed it down with his beer…. Later that evening he felt tired so he went to bed……………………..he never woke up. 
Robert Turnbull These prescription drugs have done extensive amounts of damage to my immediate family and loved ones. I have lost several friends to overdosing and seen first hand what affects and damage it can do. Not just to the people who abuse these prescription drugs but the ones who care about the safety of that human being.  
Stephanie Ehrhardt This drug has effected so many people in my life and it needs to be stopped. I have lost 4 friends to this evil drug and from the looks of things there will be a few more. The worst part is that it is LEGAL, are we all crazy. We are putting a deadly drug in the hands of unaware people. I have never seen someone take Oxycontin and not become addicted. We need to stop this epidemic now.  
Margaret Workman I am signing this because I have seen the damage of this drug. It must be illegalized. We have to take a stand together. We can't lose any more people to this drug. We have already been paying the price, and if we do not stop it now, it will become a rampant cause of death in the United States. We will lose our friends, our family, our children. Anyone can become a victim. Take this off the market. 
Coartney Roe  
robin  
Linda Bushfield  
Allison R.I.P. JT<3 We all miss you, keep looking down on us with that beautiful smile that touched our hearts. 
Carol Meere  
Dawn Giambarberee Someone I am very very close to has a problem with ROXYS. A mothers worst nightmare. They are to easy to get. They are everywhere. How many of our young people have to die before this is stopped???  
Heidi Nairn In loving memory of my 20 year old nephew Ben. Please help get this drug banned - forward the link to all your friends and family to rally support. 
Wendy Meere  
Kelly Potter  
Sandra Ciarochi My niece is hooked on this it is so bad. The lies stealing hanging out at seedy motels pawn shops and she does not care about anyone or anything. Get the crap off the market it is awful.I will not allow her back into my life for a very long time if ever. 
teri malone i have lost 4 friends.. and my brother is an addict.. my parents enable him.. something needs to be done to put a halt to ease of getting these drugs.. it is an epidemic! 
Anonymous  
Sharon Nugent  
Taylor Butler  
shauna  
Adrian Curran  
Ahmad Al-habash This substance is addictive, I almost lost a friend of mine for it. He got so addicted that he couldn't see anything but that damn bottle. Ban this shit, give health to youths instead of taking it away of them in the supposed best days of their lives. 
Debra Harshbarger My son Chris is addicted to this pill and 5 of his friends have died in the last two months from this pill. We have all got to take a stand and try to make this pill illegal. I am so so glad that you are doing this and I will do anything you want to make this illegal in America. Thank you. 
Jenna Taylor I've lost people to it and other synthetic forms of the drug. Alot of pain killers are being overly prescribed misused and sold on the streets like dope. It's ridiculous! The govt. isnt concerned about the wellfare of it's citizens, just how they can make money off of them and the addictions they start- it's baring a striking resemblance to the METH outbreak of the 60's 70's and 80's. If this does pass I'll be greatly suprised, but I highly doubt it. I've lost faith in the system. There is no truth.  
Lynne James My heart breaks for all those who have lost loved ones to this evil drug. It must be stopped. Please post this site on facebook, we can spread the petition and the word like wild fire there.  
Kimberly Sutfin  
Anonymous  
Laura Gainey My sons father is a walking zombie because of these drugs and the crooked doctors who write his prescriptions. He is on probation for selling them to an undercover police but somehow his probation officer allows him to have 3 different prescriptions from doctors, no job, live in a homeless shelter off my hard earned tax money while he can't work because of the "pain" and the drugs and can't pay anything to support his child. There are other ways to deal with pain, the first starts with a mental health evaluation and addiction therapy!! Now my son has no father. BAN THESE UNNECESSARY DEATH PILLS!!! 
Anonymous  
Jacquelynn Smith I am a Grandmother who is raising my two year old grandson who lost both his parents last year to the abuse of this awful drug. His father died in September 2009 and my daughter, his mother in December 2009. Our family has suffered such a great loss of two young lives and now my grandson will grow up NEVER know either of his parents. They were 19 and 20 years old. I WANT THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET! 
susan morgan  
Bianca  
Teri Dulcie  
James Bennett  
Nicole Roe-Acebo A close family friend fought for years with an addiciton to OxyContin, he got clean and sober for 50+ days but unfortunately the crave for this drug was too great. He died at the age of 26, this is heartbreaking in and of itself. But what broke my heart was to watch my 6 year old and 4 year old grieve for their Uncole who they never get to see again. I can never take away their pain and the pain of his family as well as ours but I hope we can all take a stand and save someone else from losing their child, father, mother, sister,brother, aunt,uncle or friend. Let's end the pain this pain reliever is causing. In loving memory of Josef M Feguer II, you did not die in vain! 
Janis Claunch  
tami childers not only oxycontin but oxycodone as well!!these 2 drugs should be restricted to be prescibed by oncologest only for patients with cancer---this should be law an should go into affect NOW.no more lives should be lost before action is taken!!!!! 
Larry Claunch  
meghan kellaway Oxy's are the worst thing to be hooked on.. I took them for 6 years, now i am clean for 5 months, and life has never been better.. everything im feeling is real. i have real happiness again, and im only clean 5 months.. i cant imagine the rewards to come the longer i stay sober.. i wish people would know, that after the HORRIBLE PAINFUL DETOX,, comes health and life. there is a way past withdraw, which i never thought. i didnt believe that feeling would ever go away. now it has and nothing in my life could be better 
Kathy Schneider  
Brenda Brown  
Disa Prudden My son passed away this April from complication of oxy use. 
Mary Bell  
billie hasenwinkle  
Irona Carr  
Cindy Fraser  
Irona Carr  
Sylvia Watson  
Jamie Kulp  
Cindy Harrold  
Joseph M. Correia I am a drug and alcohol counselor, and I have seen the effects of this drug and it is no joke please help our kids. 
Kathleen O'Horo horrible drug R.I.P Daniel Duarte Flanery <3 
Gloria Hundley  
Karen Qualls  
Connie Harris  
Judith Qualls My son was addicted for almost 8 years, it was destroying our family, let alone what it was doing to his personal being.. Killing him slowly is my point.. He went to rehab in So. California for 3+ months and has been oxy free for 6 months, and let me tell you it has been the best 6 months in many years.. I personally thought when I started researching the drug, why, why, why did this even make it on the market.. Sad and very bad decision was made by the FDA or whomever allowed it, so believe me my heart goes out to the people who have lost loved ones because of this stupid drug.. We have a personal friend who lost his son 2 years ago to this and he has never been the same.. I almost feel bad when I am around him because my son made it through Alive..  
amanda taft Praying for my cousin!!! 
Kelsey Lentz This drug does way more harm than good. It has and is negatively infecting my life. 
Dan Throne Oxycontin has been devastating to our family. Please stop this deadly virus.  
Aron Taylor  
Clarene Allgaier My beautiful niece became addicted to this horrible drug while trying to battle the pain of sclerederma and arthritis. It was prescribed by her doctors. She only took what was prescribed by the doctors...now, she is in the fight of her life, trying to battle this horrible addiction! 
Robin Majlak Due to the OxyContin outbreak in our town, countless numbers of our children have died or became addicts. My son, thank God, was one of the lucky ones and ONLY wasted 9 years of his life combating a disease (addiction) caused by this killer drug. When introduced to this drug, he was in the top of his class at Notre Dame High School and could have been anything in life he chose. But now, he fights everyday to stay clean and will continue to do so for the REST OF HIS LIFE. Perdue Pharma ... Enjoy your perks for the fab business you've drummed up...there is a special place in hell for you all. From one heart broken mother and all the families that suffer everyday because of this drug!  
Jason Warner To all that have lost there loved ones I am truly sorry. I currently work with a young individual who is completely addicted to Oxycontin. He does not ingest them as prescribed. He gets them illegally and smokes (2 80mg) of the drug daily to induce the high. Being a recovering alcoholic I have tried repeatedly to try to help this certain individual with no luck whatsoever. I feel as if he is either gonna OD and die or get caught and go to prison. I urge the FDA to demand that Purdue Pharma change the chemical compound in the drug where if smoked the person becomes violently ill, or if combined with alcohol the same ill effects will happen. The only way to combat this epidemic is to properly change its chemical compound.  
TRACY PAINTER  
Terry Valentine  
Trisha Morris  
Pamela Morris  
Anonymous  
martin and justyna  
Anonymous  
Anonymous I have severe rheumatoid arthritis & was started on oxycontin 3 years ago. Suddenly, my health provider decided to stop dispensing oxycontin because it was being abused in the community. I had no choice but to stop cold-turkey. The first night was hell - I had the shakes so bad. But that went away the very next day. What took over was the depression. Paralyzing, debilitating, unending depression. I have been off oxycontin for about a month & my doctor put me on prozac & wellbutrin but I don't know when its going to start workinng. I have panic attacks, I'm terrified of being alone by myself & feel like I have nothing to live for. Because of my arthritis, I had to retire at age 40. I am now 51 & have nothing to do all day but think. Oxycontin should NEVER be prescribed to anyone for any reason. It's like coming off of pure grade heroin! It's an EVIL drug! Please ban the use of this crap everywhere! 
Kate Caramanica  
Erica Tackett  
Thomas Needham  
Rachel Nelson  
Brittney Crawford  
Brandi James  
Danielle James  
Hannah  
Amy M Wright-Wood  
Bill Kish  
Cara Laracuente I used to be addicted and I got clean on my own with no rehab....people CAN get off of them!! This is a horrible drug that needs to be banned....I have lost 3 friends in the last month due to oxycontin overdoses....this is a HUGE problem and these pills just need to stop being made!!!! 
Suni Sommers There are other drugs on the market that reduce pain, so i do think that it could be banned. However, I am concerned that another drug would just take it's place for abuse. I hope that would not be the case.  
Anonymous My son is withdrawing from oxycotin. He had to go detox, and is now doing an outpatient program. He is volatile, can't sleep, etcl. It almost killed him. It effects ALL family members that have to deal with him. 
kayla Sardo  
Lynne Zaklin My nephew who i love dearly nearly lost his life to this drug. Every time the phone would ring I was sure he was gone. Its put my family through so much that no amount of money could make this experience (nightmare) better. Please stop this. 
Yolanda Vanveen Have lost a few friends and losing one now...so addicted and pain so bad, won't talk to me is killing himself...heartbroken can't help... 
KIMBERLY COOKSEY I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO SUFFER FROM CHRONIC PAIN. HOWEVER, OXYCONTIN APPEARS TO BE HURTING MANY, MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN IT IS HELPING. MY SON WENT TO REHAB TO GET OFF OF OXYCONTIN. I AM ONE OF THE TRULY BLESSED AND LUCKY MOTHER'S WHO STILL HAS HER CHILD. NOT ALL MOTHER'S ARE SO FORTUNATE. THIS IS A DEVASTATING DRUG THAT IS TOO EASILY PUT INTO THE WRONG HANDS....THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEEDLESSLY LOST LOVED ONES BECAUSE OF A DRUG THAT IS ENTIRELY TOO MISPRESCRIBED, TOO AVAILABLE, AND MUCH, MUCH TOO ADDICTIVE. NOT ONLY IS IT KILLING AND CAUSING OUR CHILDREN TO BECOME ADDICTS, IT IS FORCING THEM TO BECOME DRUG DEALERS AS WELL, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD/SUPPORT THEIR HABIT. WHEN IS ENOUGH GOING TO BE ENOUGH? MAYBE WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TOP THREE PURDUE PHARMA EXECUTIVES LOSE SOMEONE IRREPLACEABLE TO THEM OVER THIS EVIL AND DEBAUCHEROUS DRUG??? GOD HAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO VALUE THE BOTTOM-LINE, ($$$$$)..OVER HUMAN LIVES....ESPECIALLY VUNERABLE CHILDREN'S LIVES. GOD HELP YOU PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE AND PROFIT FROM THIS DRUG.  
Taylor Gamble We miss you Jeremy! 
jeannine mouton I am so angry over what the country has allowed. I knew someone personally who got addicted to this from having a chronic illness and the doctor dosing them up to such a toxic level that they would have died!! Of course the blame game is always the victim.. How in the world can pain management drs. be allowed to create such a heinous crime to their patients. The signature of each doctor who signs the Hippa law, "FIRST DO NO HARM" paper, need to obey and respect the honor. This is not a money making business!! The role of blame needs to be reversed by all means. The drug traffic is out of control, also!! Where is the discipline in regards to getting these dangerous drug dealers off the streets and behind bars, some for life. I give my full support to this cause. One more life ruined or taken is, and should not be an option!!!!!!! 
Londyn Guillory My addiction to Oxycontin started at a young age when I was given it after having a surgery related to a complication of Open Heart Surgery. The doctor never told me how bad I would feel when I was getting off of this medicine, how depressed I would be, and how much pain my family and friends would go through because of it. It has become a "street drug" of sorts where I am from, which is Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I have put four friends in the ground because they went to crooked doctors who would give them prescriptions of whatever they wanted for cash. This always included Oxycontin. I am also now always in fear every night I go to sleep because of the fact that my own Grandmother who is now 65 is taking two 80MG Oxycontin pills a day. They didn't even try to do physical rehabilitation, they just hand out these pills as if they don't ruin people's lives. This could kill her respiratory system any day. I am sick of living in fear for my friends who are addicted, and for people who have to take it. 
Annette DeHart My son is now going to prison for theft because he was addicted to Oxycontin. This drug destroys families. My son tried two treatment programs that failed. I know several of his friends that have had the same problems. We know many other parents that have young adults that struggle with the addition of this drug. I hope this drug is no longer available when my son gets out of prison so it will help him stay away from this and other drugs. Please take if off the market now. Banning this drug will also cut down on crime and save lives. 
Sam Sparacino The town I live in has been over-run by OxyContin addicts. Its sad...watching these people be destroyed.  
Cindy Supan  
Anonymous The face of a herion addict has changed. It is our children in middle schools and high schools. Addiction knows no boundries and does not discriminate. My 23 year old daughter is a herion addict. OxyContin lead to my daughter's herion addiction. Once addicted to Oxy, it became very costly and difficult to get. Herion was alot cheaper and easier to get on the streets. At 17 years of age, my daughter became an intravenous herion addict. She was an honor student, tennis player, an award winning artist; now as I write this, she is an inpatient at a rehab, again. She relapsed after 4 years clean and by the grace of God did not overdose and die, as many young people have. My daughter will struggle with this for the rest of her life.This addiction affects the whole family. After walking in on my daughter with a needle in her arm 6 years ago, we have never been the same. My husband and I have gone into major debt, remoraged our home, trying to give her the help she needs to keep her alive! The fact of herion addiction is this: 30% recovery rate. One either works every day of their life trying to stay clean, go to jail or die. I know this as fact. I buried my brother alittle over a year ago. My daughter made a profound statement; "Because of Oxy, there will be an epidemic of herion addicts in the future". This was 6 years ago. How true and how sad. I PLEAD with the FDA to ban the distribution of OxyCotin, for our childrens sake. 
JILLIAN MAJLAK  
Nancy J Tozier This should be banned. 
Evelyn Ortiz  
Melissa  
nicole pelosi  
stephen and londyn fugarino This is a wonderful thing to see!!! This epidemic seems to have been hitting the surrounding areas of were I live in the past 4-5 years, and actually had me extremely sick after a local doctor chose to prescribe to me 450mgs "A DAY" of this stuff for my M.S and Lymes disease. This was enough to easily put me into a comma or easily kill me. Thank God I had my mother there to stop this from continuing. As young as I was, I didn't know the extent in which this doctor had me on ( I was just following the dosage on the prescriptions), and was in such a fog at all times, I didn't know what I was doing halk the time, embarrased myself, and put me into a terrible seizure and come downs after this doctor finally had to drop me due to getting his license revoked. I pray every single night that kids/adults will one day open up there eyes or have someone do it for them, to not only see what they are doing to themselves, but also doing to there loved ones by becoming a victim to this horrific drug!!! Thank you to everyone on this site, and God Bless! Stephen, 
Stacey Herring  
Felicia Young I have a family friend whom I helped to partially raise who took oxycontin and now has Grand Mal seizures . He now has Epilepsy because of the oxycontin . Irreversable damage !!! He turned 20 years old last December 2009 so he will be 21 years old later this year . How many other young kids are out there misusing such a dangerous medication. How many of our kids have to die because of this pharmaceutical drug that is being proven to be dangerous ? 
Anonymous  
Jessica Kay I have lost many friends to this drug, in death and in addiction. I have seen many people get sucked into this black hole and there has to be a stop put on this. The people who are on the drug should be their last resort. It's sad that anyone can walk into a pain clinic especially in Florida, the state I live in with an MRI and 250 dollars and get 180 Oxycontin. STOP THE DISEASE! 
Dorsay Fischer Finally, the appropriate attention is starting to be given to this epidemic. It's unfortunate that the politicians who are supposed to protect the public have not risen to the occasion. As someone who is experiencing this awful addiction with more than one loved one, the ban of oxycontin cannot come too soon! Many thanks to those who have started this movement to ban it. Let's hope this time the FDA does the right thing. 
alivia sommers I am so against roxies because they are taking over all of my close friends lives. If they make it so you have to buy cold medicine from the pharmacy maybe they should put a bit more restrictions on prescribing roxies. 
Ashley i have lost over 5 of my friends to this addictive drug..please take this off the market! 
yaditza taylor It is getting out of control in Florida!!! 
Anna Seigel  
Sarah White There are other non-narcotic ways to deal with pain! This legal heroin in wreaking havoc on our communities and families!! 
larry flanery I lost my 22yr old to Oxycontin TERRIBLE STUFF IT NEEDS TO GO!!! 
Kyle Lozano I lost a good friend to this and many other aquaitences. What the hell? Sincerely, Kyle Lozano R.I.P. Daniel Duarte Flanery; you'll always be missed brother. I love you. 
Matthew Koehler RIP DFLAN 
Katarina Mitrovic Doctors who prescribe this drug are doing nothing but taking the easy way out. Take time to look and listen to your patients to see what they really need instead of handing out pain-killers like candy. We don't need "doctors" like these practicing medicine. This drug does not help people, it KILLS them. FIND AN ALTERNATIVE. 
Anonymous  
Anonymous Lost a 22 year old nephew to OxyContin. Way too easy to get the stuff... 
Ann Fuchs  
reanna tocco PLEASE STOP PRESCRIBING THESE PAIN KILLERS, PEOPLE ARE DIEING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Mauriah Tocco PLEASE STOP MAKING THIS AWFUL DRUG, IT IS KILLING OUR KID'S AND RUINING LIVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Bob Walton This drug is more than a virus, it is a plague upon humanity as a whole. My area is suffering from this plague's affects as much as any place else. I cannot express how important removing this drug from the medical world is, and I'm positive many families with members addicted to this will agree with me wholeheartedly.  
sarah tocco oxy roxys are the devil. They have taken over my life. I'm clean now but once you do them for 3 days in a row your stuck after that you won't be able to go a day with out one. Waking up sick, can't even get out of bed until you do a line of one or just eat one it's sad. Also how these Dirty Doctors are prescribing young kids them when they don't even need them. It's the Governments Fault cause they allow this to go on for so long when ALL there doing is Ruining Families, and Lifes. They Need to Stop Making these Damn things. Dont you see how Many Kids are ODing over PILLS. Have many more Lifes have to be taken before you Finally Listen !!!!! STOP MAKING OXYS N ROXYS NOW OR JUST MORE LIFES ARE GONNA BE TAKE ...... PLEASE STOP CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISTRUCTION OF LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!  
Chris This is corporate genocide. The CEO's get rich, while the population is thinned out. Maybe the CEO's children will be hooked on this drug, an it will hit close to home. Then maybe they will realise how incredibly HORRIBLE this drug is.  
Chris  
Joseph Tocco PLEASE GET RID OF THIS HORRIBLE KILLER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Beverly Laundy  
maria tocco My son was addicted to this awful drug, and I had to Marchman Act him back in June of 2009. He struggles with this every day of his life, and so do I. Someone needs to stop making this deadly product before all our children are addicted or dead. PLEASE LISTEN !!!!!!! 
Ryan Flanery I lost my brother to Oxycontin. I hope it is one day exposed for the lethal substance it truly is. Nobody's pain physical pain is worse than the emotional pain myself and my family has suffered. Take this drug off the market. 
STEPHANIE LACERRA pLEASE BAN OXYCONTIN ITS JUST DOCTORS BECOMING MORE RICH ON THE STREET THEY R JUST LEGAL DRUG DEALERS AND R KILLING MORE THEN HALF OF THIS GENERATION EVERYDAY 3 LIFES ARE LOST DU TO OVERDOSE ADDICTION ETC. I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND WANT NOTHING MORE FOR THIS DRUG TO BE BAN FROM THE STREETS PHARMACIES AND ETC. BAN OXYS LESS CRIME 
Anonymous  
Anonymous  
Christopher Flanery My brother died july 1, 2006 from an oxycontin overdose. At the young age of 22, he did not need to leave his family that loved him dearly. This drug is crazy, and so readily available that if one dealer gets arrested, another will pop up. The only solution is to remove the drug from the market completely. This has to end. 
Brigette Vinet I was a victim of an oxy cotin addiction. It took my life down a spiral turn. It was a living hell. I also lost a friend today exactly a year ago from an addiction that took his life. His name was Jeremy Trailor. We went to school together and it kills me today know that there was a higher power that could have saved him from this depth of darkness. That one is God and may anyone in this epedimic find him now. Today I make six months sober and I will continue to grow each and everyday with the horrible memories of myself that keep me sober today. I prey that this will soon have a stop and I will sign this with PRIDE!!  
Robert Molloy  
Melody Molloy  
Kimberly Ann Jaguars This drug is killing people...someone needs to do something. I know several people who are hooked on these pills and it is ruining their lives. 
brad crossan  
bekah stone i was addicted for 2 years and kicked it by outpatient rehab and moving far the fuck away from ft. lauderdale. i'm 20 months clean now :D. my nightmare is over. 
Kenneth Watson Jeremy Traylor 
Bryan Timothy Bates I demand this product be removed from the States immediate. Coming from an addict who was heavy into this drug, almost killing me and now I am being charged for poss. of this substance due to my addiction I believe it is time for it to be removed to prevent many thousands more to have to deal with this addict, and legal issues as well, if not worse... death. 3-9 a day dying from overdose, wake up people... 
Melissa Landry I can't believe it has been a year since you have past Jeremy, I love and miss you so much!! Keep watching over us up there, Love you. 
Shelby Brown Jeremy Traylor 
Cyndi Coleman  
donna stewart This has gotten into the hands of too many people that don't need it. It's even dangerous for the people who do need it. My stepmother was on Oxycontin when she was dying from cancer. We were told that we still had to be careful of how we gave it to her. 
Dru Harp  
denise-helene adam n.d. Im from Montreal québec Canada and it is the same here bye  
Emanda Doscher My family has been torn by the addiction my brother Erich has from OxyContin and Xanax. Doctor's write him scripts with no medical need for them. My brother was perfectly healthy 3 years ago before his addiction to Oxy. He was in the Gym everyday focused on his health and fitness and now you can't get him off the couch unless he is going to a "Doctor's appointment" or to fill a script or get pills from someone else. This is a sad, sad sickness that is killing our brothers and sisters, moms and dads and tearing families apart! This legalized drug dealing that is allowed by these pain clinics must stop!!!  
Jennifer Campbell First of all my sympathy and heart felt prayers go out to anyone who has lost a loved on from use of this drug. I know people have pain and back problems, I understand that the pain can be unbearable at times. I have a friend that committed suicide by cop, because of his pain. But this drug is unbelievably addictive and unstable in the side effect alone. It should have never passed FDA approval. 
Maria This drug is ruining our society. Let's start with regulating the prescribing physicians who are nothing more than "legalized drug dealers" and put pressure on the pharmaceutical companies who are manufacturing this poison! 
Lauren Young RIP Jeremy Traylor! 
Candy Allen  
Jena Weed  
Anonymous RIP JT!! Love and miss you!! 
Anonymous Lost my cousin a year ago because of this drug. 
Lisa Bingham  
Peggy Henman I have seen the addiction, abuse, death and distruction of Oxycontin in my family and small community. I could name atleast 20-25 kids between age 18-25 addicted to, abusing or dead from the use. I have also seen kids break laws in other ways in order to afford this drug. Where do they get it, from someone who gets it from someone else who has the prescription and doesn't really need it so they sell it to make cash money. I hope this drug is taken off the market forever!!  
David Macca  
Frankie Hall My nephew now deceased to to a drug overdose and 2 of my close friends who are still fighting the fight are addicted to this drug.. Please stop selling this drug. Frankie Hall 
Carol Carter Every where you look people are addicted to these pills. Something needs to be done before we lose more loved ones. 
Cynthia-Lynn Wallace-Crossan My heart goes out to everyone, in all capacities, effected by this horribly addicting drug, OxyContin. The loss of quality of lives and even deaths, how this addiction is tearing apart families and marriages, must STOP!!! PLEASE BAN OXYCONTIN! 
Candace Picagli  
Theresa Collins  
Lucas f*** this drug, is what i think everyday but i still fight with my addiction to it. The hardest thing i have ever had to do was try to kick oxycontin. I've put my family through enough and just want it all to end. I just hope that it doesn't get to the point of ending my life to end my addiction. There has been times i have given it thought which scares me. It sucks to think that i have lost friends over this and have many friends doing it still. I have taken myself away from those people that still do it and am trying to turn my life around for the better. I'm 19 years old and am in my first year of college at UNLV. I have been struggling with drug addictions for a few years now and doing what i can to stay sober. Please pray for me and anyone with an addiction so that they to can get clean. Miss and love you guys, Kenyon Magner and Larry Newble. RIP 
Candace DeVries I signed this a few weeks ago. I lost my son a year ago due to Oxycontin.  
cJ crane These drugs are dangerous and they must be banned now before any more lives are destroyed 
Tamara Craine I have fallen into the deadly world of oxy addiction. My husband and me have been on Methadone for almost 3 years due to our oxy addiction. While I feel I've traded one addiction for another at least methadone is legal and cheaper. It is a nice feeling to wake up and not feel sick. To go to sleep and not worry how long my stash of oxy's well last and how and where I'll get more. If I would of known what I was playing around with I never ever would of started. I've seen so many peoples lives destroyed by these stupid little green pills. Our modern day version of the apple in the garden of Eden. 
Alexandra M. Benton My daughter is 21 years old and is addicted, she overdosed and almost died. I am a single parent and am fighting a loosing battel in helping her beat her addiction because everywhere I turn she is able to get 'one more pill'. What happened to adults mentoring a troubled youth instead of selling them a death drug? A middel aged adult women with two children of her own, inject my 20 yr old daughter with a dose so large that she was "dropped off" at the local ER unresponsive and not breathing, the Dr. told me because they did not know how long she was not breathing she may have brain damage. Six months later my daughter is still buying the same drugs from the same women. This women gets her RX from a pain managment clinic! Please help me to save my daughter and and put a stop to this drug and the clinics. 
Toni Rachelle Bush In my opinion, Oxycontin addiction has become an epidemic in my hometown of Manatee County, Fl. I have two sons addicted and I know countless other young people currently using oxycontin. Many of my sons friends have already died as a result. While losing a loved one to this addiction is the most devestating, I can tell you that living with an active addict is an absolute nightmare! There is absolutely no reason for oxycontin to be so widely carelessly prescribed. I believe Doctors, Pharmacists, and Pharmaceutical companies must be held accountable.  
Debbie Durrance I have lost a cousin last year to this terrible drug. My youngest brother is a addict to this drug and I thought maybe seeing what our family went through last year he would get help, he wants help but where do you turn to when you don't have a job and has literally lost everything and hit rock bottom the family can only help as much as we can. It is unbelievable how much this drug is out there and available. 
Wanda Baker My daughter and several of her friends were hooked on this pill and it lead to Heroin. She was a straight A student. This drug needs to get off of our streets. Something needs to be done now, before another child dies. Doesn't any one see what is going on with the system. All kids of all ages are hooked on Oxycontin. How does someone get across this to the legislation? This country is going down fast. 
Jeni Morris  
Daniel Markovich  
Cindy Cole  
Rachel Enix Just seen to many peoples live destroyed by this drug and I think its about time we do something about it!! 
Anonymous FDA should remove oxycontin its very addicting (personal experience) i feel people are getting hurt / killed because the govt and the company making it, insurance companys, pharmacy's, state/govt run rehabs are just making alot of money and not stopping the epidemic. i talk to random people everyday and they know someone or have had a problem them self. It all started from a motorcycle accident and I was given vicodin after surgery but after that was done I was on the streets buying oxycontin. WAKE UP people this stuff is bad and will ruin your life. im lucky enough to have a good family and people willing to support me through getting off this addiction. I couln't go a day without doing it. I would wakeup and thats the first thing I would think of doing getting my fix so i dont feel the pain of withdrawl. this needs to stop!  
David J. Agnolucci I have owned and operated a 30 bed rehab facility for almost a decade. These are the facts of our treatment facility. We recieve approx. 75 to 100 calls per day from individuals from all over the country, either looking for a detox facility or a rehab or both. I personally answer at times 50 to 100% of all the calls on any given day. 75 to 80% of all calls are directly or indirectly realated to Oxycontin addiction in one for or another. Whether it be a famiy member looking for help for a loved one, or a person who has come to suffer the terrible addiction to this drug themselves. This is an epidemic and it is very alive and well. The detoxification from Oxycotin is horrible, I have witnessed this particular drug methodically destroy the lives of thousands. The good news is, that there is something that we can do to fight this God awful epidemic that has ravaged, and ended the lives of so many of our youth, and loved ones. Please help fight this disease that is growing every day by signing this petition to help BAN OXYCONTIN forever. Thank you. David J. Agnolucci C.E.O. www.choicesrehab.com  
APRIL LYNN HAGERMAN( IN MEMORY OF MY MOM) I'm signing this petition to help stop OXYCONTIN from taking someone elses loved one. My Mother Jennifer Lisa Sendmeyer was prescribed this horrible drug for severe dibilitating back pain, she took the OXYCONTIN just once and I lost not only my best friend but my mother,along with my other two sisters and one brother whom she will never get the chance to see grow up and my sister just had a little girl who my mom would of been so proud of. Our Mother was only 40 when she was taken from us there is so many thing's I would of loved to have shared with my mother but now a piece of mw is ripped apart and I will never feel whole again. PLEASE HELP MY FAMILY AND OTHERS WHO'S LOST A LOVE ONE TO THIS DRUG END OXYCONTIN FOR GOOD! This drug my have taken my Mother but I will fight for My Mother till something is done! 
Andrew Antrobus  
kenji ruiz hey oxycontin ruined my life my freindships with family and freinds im only 19 half my freinds are under 23 doing oxycontin  
marlene jones i have teenagers, that scares me when their out in public wit their friends, they mite get a hold of drugs!!! i would do anything 2 get all the drugs off the streets, so my kids r safe!!! 
Sue C. Please let me start by expressing my heart filled condolences to everyone who has lost someone to this killer drug. I know first hand how addictive this drug truly is. Almost two years ago I almost died from taking oxycontin. By the grace of God and people who cared, I was one of the lucky ones who survived. I totally agree that this drug should be banned. I also feel that it is not just the drug manufacturers who are to blame here. Something needs to be done to stop the ever increasing amount of so called pain clinics. These clinics make it incredibly easy to get these drugs. You don't have to have any medical problems at all...As long as you walk into these clinics with cash in hand, you will walk out with a prescription for oxycontin and more than likely will also get prescriptions for oxycodone (Roxycodone), Xanax, sleep meds, etc. All one has to do is ask. In most cases, these clinics usually have their own pharmacy & staff in the same building. If not in the same building, it is usually close by. So, yes this drug is extremely dangerous and addictive and if you are lucky enough like I was to get help and get off the drug, it is and always will be a life-long struggle to stay off. I look at this situation as though the drug is a deadly bullet but it is these clinics and their affilliates that pull the trigger. This is an extremely dangerous situation and must be stopped.  
Crystal Pool God Bless Everyone going threw the addiction of loved ones!Keep your head up and be very patience!Believe and talk to God,he is the only hope when peoples addiction control's thier mind!!!  
Jessica glennon  
Joyce Anderson This highly addictive drug should be banned. 
Marlin Anderson Please ban this addictive drug. 
Dorothy Dill  
robert spina I have now lost 3 friends to this horrible drug and it seems like none of my friends have learned. This drug should be removed from the market because it has now turned into an epidemic way worse then heroin. Nobody wants to go thru the hurt anymore of losing loved ones because of this nasty drug. 
Andria Sardo Today is May 16th 2010.My name is Andria and I lost my baby sister Lauren Usher at 23years old due to an overdose to oxycontin on May 8th 2010.My life will never be the same and want this drug off the streets.Nothing will bring my sister back but, I saw how easy it was for her to get.Local drug dealers get motel rooms for $39. a night and sell to the kids for $10. a pill, while they make a couple thousand off one bottle.I dont want to see my young children go through this or anyone elses. 
Lynda Mayotte  
Timothy M Lomas Ban this terrible drug... 
Lisa Speegle I am terrified that my 24 year old daughter is going to kill herself with these pills.  
Kyle L DuBois  
Meagan Griffin Its so sad that this world has came to this. The sad thing is the people that are addicted to this pill and other drugs have a bigger problem deep inside them and we are wraped up in our own lives to see and help these people. Drugs are killing our loved ones and nothing is being done!! Come on people lets do something about it. Do I think we can get it totally of the streets and out of peoples hands NO and if we did they would find something else to get messed up on, but I do believe we can do something!! Im so sorry for everyone who has lost someone die to this. LETS DO SOMETHING AND START SAVING PEOPLES LIVES THE BEST WAY WE CAN! 
lisa jones Each states Att. General needs to begin filing suit against the manufacturer as the FDA still hasn't done so. This is an awful narcotic that's addictive abilities were lied about to get approval and is resulting in becoming one of the leading most abused RX medications in the US. 
Sharon Hartlove  
kortney  
jessica fantasia  
Mark and Nicol Harris We have 11 children our 20 year old son who lived in Fl killed himself because of this horrible drug our family is forever changed this drug needs to be banned We love and miss you Johnathon 10-25-89 died on April 28 2010 you are forever in our hearts  
Jim Maher  
Cade Vaughn ocxcontin is good for what is made to do however people have used it for the wrong reasons causing it to need to be banned i have personally seen too many people suffering or even worse lose their life over something that is made to make life better i do believe oxycontin should be recalled and a new formula should be created in order to prevent these types of events in the future if not banned all together, thanks 
colin sharp my uncle is hooked and lasted 5 days in rehab now in denial that he is still on it as no one rely knows as he fled to arazona from seattle rip hope someday he sees the light and comes clean  
donna Harmatuk  
michelle starr  
Matthew Kingsley  
Melinda Jackson this is ridiculous its obvious why the FDA is not doing anything about this because it is a multi- billion dollar industry and it finances government.... Shame on the people who make money off the deaths of Oxycontin. Just remember God sees all and judges the motives of your actions. You have a moral obligation to get this off the market immediately.  
TC Sherwood Everywhere I go I hear horror stories about Oxycontin and I am not the one bringing the topic up. My family has suffered needlessly in the careless hands of psychiatry and the drugs pushed on them. I want to see OxyContin banned. TC Sherwood 
Amy Jo Elfers  
Rachel Gerlaugh  
Brianna Unger  
Anonymous  
Mick Gray  
Ruth Knight  
Justin nairn We will miss u ben. Ban oxy for good 
Connie Hewitt  
Anonymous Ban it. There are better alternatives to this drug.  
Shirley Michels We lost our 20 year grandson, on 26 April 2010, to an accidental overdose of Oxycontin. The agony, for all of us, will never end. If you're on it - get help. BAN OXYCONTIN !!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Sylvia Busch A group of concerned citizens from my community are attempting to educate our communities about the dangers of this drug - kudos to you for your good work! Communities Against (Illegal) Narcotic Drug Use (CANDU) Ontario, Canada 
Debi Thompson  
JANYCE ALVES I have 2 children who were addicted to oxycontin. My daughter went on to herion. It took 6 or 7 years to finally get sober. My son still is struggling with oxycontin. The worst drug ever made. Everyone I know has a family member or friend that has a loved one addicted to oxycontin. I don't believe for a minute that the drug company believes that oxycontin is being used for the right reason. They are making a fortune off of all the young people with addictions. It must all be about money with them. The quantity they sell must tell them that it is being abused and they just don't care. 
Melody L JT!!!!!!  
Adam Young Dear Petitioners I would really want to thank all of you for your sad and horrible stories . I am an abuser of oxycontin not for pain rather for pleasure i run a successful business so getting them is not the problem although friends found me very different but couldn't understand why i would get upset very quickly with my wife and kids I MUST TELL YOU LAST WEEK I CAME UPON THIS BOARD AND AFTER SEEING ALL OF YOU PEOPLE IN PAIN FROM THIS PATHETIC DRUG I WAS SO TOUCHED BY PARENTS LOOSING THIER KIDS AND SISTERS LOOSING THIER BROTHERS I IMMEDIATELY STOP COLD TURKEY TODAY I AM ON DAY NUMBER 5 IT IS EXTREMELY HELL MOSTLY PHYSICALLY BUT IM GOING TO TAKE THIS BITCH OVER HARDCORE WITH OUT A F....... DOUBT I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAD TO LOOSE YOUR LOVED ONES FOR NO REASON AT ALL WE WERE BORN HEALTHY THANK GOD AND YET WE RUIN OUR BRILLIANTLY FUNCTIONED BODIES AND THE WORST IS YOU TAKE EVERYONE ELSE DOWN WITH YOU LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME FOR ANYONE WHO LOSSED A LOVED ONE GOD FORBID IF ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN TO MY SONS LIFE WOULD BE OVER FOR ME NOT THAT I WOULD END MY LIFE BUT THE MEANING AND JOY OF LIFE WOULD BE STRIPED AWAY FROM ME AND EVERY TIME I GET AN URGE TO TAKE A PILL TO MAKE THIS PAIN GO AWAY I READ YOUR MESSAGE BOARD WHICH IS ON MY BOOKMARK BAR AND I IMMEDIATELY GET FULL OF HATRED AND I GET MAD AT THIS DRUG I AM SORRY ABOUT ALL THE SPELLING MISTAKES I AM A MALE IN MY MID 30S THATS CRYING LIKE A BABY RIGHT NOW WRITING THIS I WANTED TO WRITE THIS SOONER BUT I LACKED THE ENERGY TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY I GOT DRESSED AND WENT OUT TO WORK FOR A BIT I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH PAIN AND YES IT STARTED OUT FROM A CAR ACCIDENT THAT INTRODUCED ME TO THIS DEMON>>>>>>> SO FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO LOST A LOVED ONE TO THIS BEAST OR TO ANY DRUG MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO YOU PLEASE BE STRONG FOR ALL OF US YOU ARE ALL BRAVE SOLDIERS AND I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR ALL OF YOU AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SAVING A HUSBAND SAVING A FATHER AND SAVING MY LIFE THANK YOU THANK GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND UNFORTUNATELY I DONT THINK THIS DRUG WILL EVER GO AWAY THERE IS TOO MUCH MONY INVOLVED AND WE KNOW HOW EVIL MONEY CAN BE BUT I THINK WHAT KIDS ARE MISSING THESE DAYS ARE VALUES, RELIGION (WHICHEVER RELIGION IT MAY BE ) AND JUST A MEANING IN LIFE TO KEEP THEM HAPPY BUT THE BATTLE GOES ON PEACE AND LOVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED WITH THE BEST THAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER SINCE ITS WHAT YOU DESERVE AMAN THANK YOU AND KEEP STRONG!!! 
Anonymous please ban oxycontin...the love of my life is hooked........please stop.....please stop.......please stop......please.......I beg you 
Brian Michels no dice. never seeen anything good come from these pills nor anyone voluntarily quit.  
Cindi Hobbs  
Julie Ray My nephew took his life over this effin drug, Feb. 15, 2010. Get it the hell off the streets 
Tyler Larson End the abuse. 
Jessica Gies Oxycontin took the life of the greatest person I have ever known. He was only 19. I will do anything I can to help ban it. No one should have to lose a child, friend, or loved one to this opioid. 
Brandon Sullenberger  
Ben Greer I'm writing because on Oct. 21st 2008, my younger brother Clinton Ray "Scrappy" Greer died from an accidental overdose of a cocktail of prescription drugs including OxyContin, Xanax, and Soma, just 8 days before his 33rd birthday. He left behind 3 beautiful daughters and many family members that for years, struggled to help him in any way that we could to become clean. After much reflection we have come to realize that we didn’t fail him, the medical system as a whole did. From the law making Big "Pharma" companies that are driven solely by profit to the multiply doctors that prescribed this "Poison" like it was nothing down to the E.R.s' and pharmacies that have no check and balance system in place to monitor and control the handing out of this drug. I understand that there are people who legitimately need this type of pain relief but at the same time I know that the big profit driven "Pharma" companies have the technology to manufacture something that is not this addicting and deadly. I hope to see this drug go by the way side so that other families out there do not have to go thru what mine and so many other families have had to. 
tina smorey  
tracy sullenberger we really need to get this drug off the streets and everywhere too many people are loosing their loved ones from this, its unbelievable how easy it is to get from drs... I lost my nephew from this drug and it needs to be banned before more people loose their loved ones. RIP Josh I love u!!! 
Herb DiNardi to a friend who is overcoming. and to any and all that have lost their lives. 
JulieLopez  
Jason Knutson RIP Micha Casey I am a recovering addict started on oxy and ended up on heroin. I am still strugeling with this addiction and would love to see the makers of this drug behind bars. I know it was a personal choice to take this drug but I lost everything to this drug and would to see the drug executives behind bars.  
Brooke Humphrey  
Morgan Humphrey  
Lisa Krickbaum  
Petra Fiel My 20 year old son is addicted to Oxycontin and is struggling to overcome his addiction. 
Lucy Johnston Just over 2 weeks ago, my son Ben at the age of 20 died from an 'accidental' overdose of non prescribed oxycontin and dilaudid. This stuff is just too easy to get because of overprescribing. How many more deaths do we have to suffer? 
Ragan LeBlanc (Jeremy Traylor) I lost a good friend, Jeremy Traylor, to this drug. I was close with him before he got involved with it and he was a wonderful and caring person. He always made me laugh and we always had a great time together. It has almost been one year since he has been taken from his friends and family and it never gets any easier. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family as this day approaches and hope they find the strength to get through it. Banning this drug will prevent things like this tragic loss from happening to other families. RIP JT, I miss you!  
Jennifer Jonas This drug is so dangerous. Just because a doctor presribes it, people think it's OK. I was one of those people. I became dangerously addicted to this and now am watching several close family members, including my mom, struggling w/ this addiction. She takes up to 80 mgs a day! To me that's crazy. There are plenty of other options for pain relief than oxycontin. We need to get this off of the market NOW! 
Lisa ban it please 
Betty S. I do not understand how this is still being made, it is the news on a daily basis of how bad a problem in the Us we have with this drug. I have a nephew in treatment now and he is only 21 and good boy lead down the wrong path.  
Stacey Morehouse Not sure why the FDA has not pulled this drug yet? they pulled Metabolife after only a few deaths. Maybe because they make money off of Oxycotin and not Metabolife? 
Darlene Brosious I have lost a son to this Demon Drug and almost lost another son , thank God he is still alive. I know there are people who are in real pain, but there has to be another way to help them . I also blame the manufacture for not letting people know How Addicting this drug was. And of course the money the doctors , pill mills and the government is making they don't want to stop the sale of this deadly drug. I pray that someone will do something to stop these pills and save our children.  
Virginia Smith My nephew is a OxyContin addict. Please ban this very addictive drug. 
Samantha Reynolds  
Debra L Snyder My 22 year old son is presently in a drug rehab for OxyContin addiction. 
Laura Rushford I think my daughter is addicted to OxyContin but she will not admit it. I don't know what to do. Do I confront her? She will just deny it. She is not the same person, she has changed so much. 
Devin Galloway  
Anonymous I was looking through the signatures on this page and my dear friend Todd Penney who had signed this petition passed away from an overdose on March 8th of the very same drug that he was fighting to have banned. Its amazing how this drugs consumes you. Please help keep this drug from damaging anymore families and wrecking anymore lives!! 
Olivia monroe My sister is currently addicted to oxycontin and me and my family have been hit incredibly hard by it. It's sick that at 18, she can't even make it out of bed every day.  
Brian Fitzgibbons  
Mark Yates All opiates should banned,exept for terminal illness. I know for a fact drugs ruin lives. 
Carly Eisenson  
Kristen Ann Sims I am a substance abuse counselor. Every week I have a different client that knows of a death from someone overdosing on Oxycontin. Some of these are eighteen year old children. I attended a funeral a few months ago of a child who passed away from drinking alcohol and taking only one of these pills. This drug must be banned. There are alternative pain medications that are not as deadly. 
Victoria Rich  
Brandon King An epidemic that must be erased.  
Scott Browning  
Sharan Pierson Oxycontin must be removed from the market. This is a highly addictive drug. I have seen elderly people being prescribed this drug and turning around and selling it to teenagers, who are hooked very quickly. Someone must take action to remove all opiate drugs off the market or make stricter guidelines. 
sharon travis my daughter spent her 21 birthday in jail. stealing, forging checks, loss of work, los of friends, unhealthy, addictive mindset, breaking into home, crashing car, being threatened by dealers, etc... my daughter is not my daughter while doing oxy! or wanting it! 
Candace DeVries Andrew D. Alesio..born 8-9-1982. Died 4-27-2009 at age 26. Andrew is my son. Sadly enough, just today,someone else we know died from oxycontin. We need to get this drug OFF the market.  
Stelio Karouta I know way too many people addicted to this drug. I think its just a matter of time before I lose a friend due to Oxycontin abuse. 
Anonymous I lost my brother 1 year ago to a drug addiction with OxyContin. I've known several others as well who have lost friends and family members to this drug. I'd like to see OxyContin banned, as too many people (young and old) have access to it and have become addicted or have died because of this drug. My brother would have been 28 this year. My thoughts and prayers to all those who have lost a loved one because of an addiction to OxyContin. C.A.  
Diane Wathen  
Anonymous My son's father is addicted to this drug and had forgotten about his children because of it. He lives by going to the Pain Management which he is NOT in pain and gets the MRI which shows a little something in his back and they give him a script. He sells half to make money and takes the rest. He is homeless and owes about $30,000 in child support. The only thing he cares about is getting high............... 
charles frey jr. my fiance is addicted to oxy right now and i'm having a hard time getting her off them 
Leah Wheeley  
danielle francia I sign this petition with great anger for how it has destroyed a loved one and turned my world upside down! 
Rebecca Harlan My son, Michael 28yrs, passed away March 25,2010. He was given oxycontin and many other addictive drugs after a car accident. I guess his addiction grew and he began snorting something called roxycete. He was a bright, beautiful, loving young man. We miss him dearly. Rebecca 
Bre akaka this is such a terrible DRUG my brother-inlaw RYAN MICHAEL ALONSO suffered from this drugs for years and just this past april 18 2010 he past away only 28 leaving behind his wife my sister and his son only 6 years old.i know now he is at peace no longer struggling with this terrible drug although we miss him every day.  
lisa pellechio Why is this drug still on the market? It is doing more harm than good. Please DO SOMETHING!!! How many more people have to die? 
Allison Fee  
Gladys Corrales  
Diana Pepe Ban the drug and have the doctors suffer consequences for prescribing it in the first place. 
Jaclyn Carcione  
Alexandra Galluccio My deepest sympathy to those who have lost loved ones to Oxycontin.  
Greg cloutier I have lost to meny friends to oxy/roxi, I myself was on them at one point, and i think when people go to doctors the doctor should look into the medical past more instaed of just writing scripts. Then u have doctors who could care less. It drives my crazy 
Danielle Dear Representative, Please make sure H.R. 4956 - STOP OXY ABUSE ACT of 2010 - is discussed in the Energy and Commerce Committee soon. I have been personally affected by the irresponsible actions of the FDA. It is long overdue for Congress to begin taking seriously the damage OxyContin is doing to our country with little direction or caring from the FDA. 
Rose Custer My son has been free of all drugs now for 23 years. One of the drugs he was addicted to was oxycontin. It was a hard time for him to get off this drug but he has made it. I hope this drug will be banned and soon. 
Timothy Butler  
Torrey Atchley The withdrawls from this medication caused my little brother to take his own life at the young age of "26". He had a wonderful job, loving family, girlfriend, and friends, a college education, and good financial standing. The only reason that this tragedy occured was do to the mind twisting effects of this drug. As a nurse, I see the over prescription of this med cause horrible effects on patients and their families on a daily basis. Often times patients don't realize the addictive nature of this drug when its prescribed to them. At the very least, there should be limitations and warnings on the prescription of this drug. It is only supposed to be used in terminally ill patients. Yet doctors prescribe this drug to unknowing patients with only minor injuries. 
CAROL GUGEL My son, Michael was prescribed OxyContin to help the severe pain he had in his lower back. He took it for months with higher dosages and taking more & more pills. He became addicted to this medication and would do anything to get it. The doctor kept giving him more & more scripts. OxyContin pulled the trigger when he took his life on July 21, 2009. This drug should be banned to the public because I am sitting here knowing I will never hold, hug, kiss or talk to my son again.  
Mona Roberts  
elizabeth mccollum  
Rebecca Wiley My sister is on it, I scared for her.My love & prayers are with them. I understand. 
Bobbie J Dunn God Bless all of the addicts and their families. 
Anonymous My brother died from an overdose of oxycontin. 
Jeri I lost my only biological son, Steven, to an accidental drug od. He was 29. Steven had a back condition he'd suffered from since childhood. His job aggravated the condition and a doctor prescribed Lortab for him and Xanax to help him sleep. Even though we called his doctor several times to report his abuse of these drugs, and our fears for his life, the doctor decided to prescribe Oxecodone for him early last year. He was dead by August. My heart is broken. What can we do? 
Linda Hankins Lost some friends to this horrible legal drug...it is time to get rid of it for once and for all.....lost a friend today ! 
Darlene Saltsman I lost my brother due to this drug and others being prescribed by so called doctors like candy. They took an oath to save lives not destroy them. 
Kaylie Andrews I Was Addicted To Oxycontin For 4 Years. If I Hadn't Gotten Pregnant With My Son I Wouldn't Be Clean Today. He's My Little Angle Baby. I Was 4 Months Pregnant When I Found Out I Was Pregnant, And I Didn't Get Clean Until I Was About 6 Months. I Thank God Everyday That My Baby Wasn't Born Addicted To Drugs. And I Hope Oxycontin Gets Banned So My Son. And Other Young Kids Don't Have To Experience, And Go Threw The Same Pain And Suffering I Went Threw And Put My Family Threw. Oxycontin Is No Joke.  
james prewitt  
danny jones Seen alot of people die from this drug...lost another one today ! 
Anonymous  
Cecilia Carr I know the dangers of oxycontin all too well. I'm a recovering addict who was once at the point of considering the idea of selling myself to feed my addiction. Fortunately, after pawning almost all of my video games and my collection of extremely rare coins, my fiancé intervened. He gave me an ultimatum. I was told I had to quit or he would call CPS and take our beautiful son away. That's when I realized I was badly addicted to oxy. From that day forward, I never took another pill again. I also stopped talking to all my friends because they were all druggies. The withdrawals were awful but once I got through it, I still wanted to do Oxys. I kept myself locked up at home for 2 months before I could start thinking about something other than doing drugs. I have been sober for almost 4 years today and it is still a struggle. I still get an urge here and there but when I do, I think of how I now have 2 wonderful baby boys who love me. Everyone out there who is trying to recover from this horrible addiction should know you can rise above it. It won't be easy, but it's so worth it! Life is worth living! Hope this helps!  
Barry lecount  
Therese Flannery  
Lynda McCartney  
Ken Farley  
Anonymous  
Margaret Scholan We need to shut this epidemic down. It's killing our children. 
Gregory Norkis Please ban this trash, I personaly know of several deaths due to the addictive substance. I am speaking of quality people; no longer here due to the OxyContin. 
Susie Echeverria  
Jan Cooper  
Nikki McDermott For Jeremy Traylor and all others who have lost the battle with drug addiction.  
Lindsay Carlson  
Anonymous  
Shaun Chapman This drug has ruined my brothers life and killed many people in my high school. The time has come to ban this drug. 
debra jean kerr my sister is a heroin addict and often cannot find it. oxycontin is easily available and is an opiate, so she still gets her fix.  
Anonymous I have lost too many close friends due to the addiction of Oxycontin. I lost my boyfriend of 2 years back in 2008 from a overdose of oxycontin. I think it would be the best thing the FDA has ever done to ban the drug from the market. There are other ways to go about getting rid of your pain. 
Lorraine Martin Since the loss of my 18 year old grandson I have become more aware of the devastating situation concerning prescription drugs . Please help ban Oxycontin and other drugs that are plagueing our young people. The loss of their lives is unacceptable and must be stopped. 
Ashley Mathias Rest in peace Rosco. You are missed so incredibly much. 
John F. Allen  
Anonymous Please get behind this petition a friend of mine was very harmed by this drug. 
Ashley Odendahl I have many friends in baton rouge that do oxycotin and struggle with it everyday. My past boyfriend is only 20 years old and has been to rehab 4 times and has even traveled to california for help along with his brother! The use of OC's in baton rouge rises daily and it destroys more and more of our youth by the second! What is America coming too? I would love to see this horrible drug banned and to see all the young lives that haven't been destroyed/taken to be restored!  
Brittny Odendahl  
Robert D White  
robyn smith Horrible, horrible drug. My son's drug of choice....just overdosed last week, thank God, I was here and got to him in time. I beg you to please take this drug off the market. They crush this and snort it and are getting highly addicted. My sons life was spared, his best friends was not. 
Susan L. Herzog  
Ashley Smith For Jeremy Traylor. 
Mary Brennan I haven't lost anyone personally from oxycontin, but I know people who have. I work for a doctor and find it disgusting that doctors in which we are to trust in would write scripts on false documents. They take the Hypocratical Oath and all they care about is money. 
Anonymous My loved son so missed by a huge family and his five year old son. Because Oxycontin took his life. We miss you son. 
KELLEY CARTER I have a brother and sister who have come to injecting these pills. They have lost their homes, jobs, children, and their dignity. Plese ban these nasty pills. 
LeeAnn Tinsley  
Gina Cheselka They ruined my life period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Samuel Jenkins I cannot tell you enough how much I appreciate this petition. Something must be done, and done now, about this horrible, horrible drug that is ruining the lives of families everywhere. BAN OXYCONTIN! 
George Willett  
Christina Boyd  
cherie moenoa wow jus learned about the effects. 
Matt Harmon  
Beau Stegall This ban needs to happen sooner than leter!! 
Gretchen Shiplet  
Monique Frech  
Elise David Please ban this drug 
Darla Johnson  
shawnnell uilani akaka alonso oxycontin destroyed my life it took my husband and took away time with family and friends.It caused so many lies and split me and my husband from each other at one time.And in the end took my husband away from me and my son who is alone 6yrs old.My husband was only 28 yrs old!He promised me we would grow old together and oxy contin took that promise away...I will never love another as I do my husband my soul mate Ryan Micheal Alonso aka Dadi aka Honey Bear. I love you Dadi 
Geneca Runge  
Adam Cassidy Get this garbage out of circulation. 
Aaron Swift Oxycontin has ruined my brothers life. he has been clean for about a month or so, but he cant seem to get his shit together. Now all he dose is smoke weed and bitch about how the world is so unfair, this drug is stupid and it makes no sense why its legal please ban it and do us all a favor. Also, I had a friend who died from Oxycontin overdose it was very very sad and effected a lot of people his best friend almost took his life over this incident this drug is horrible, and should definitely be banned.  
virginia allen  
isaiah akaka  
Dora Aio-Leamons On the recent passing of my Grandson-inlaw, Ryan Alonso I feel that the Medical Field and as well as the Phamecitical Companies should make more Public the usage of OxyContin. It is just sad that we don't more about this drug. 
sydney The jump from oxy to heroin is a stumble..... This is an epidemic! Save our kids! 
Donnell Doctors/Counselors are prescribing this drug to addicts in an amount that keeps him/her dependent on the drug. This is not how to get anyone to get off of drugs by prescribing it. 
KrisTina Muia Something MUST be done. 
Jamie Ginn  
Simone Tarver One of my best friends got sucked into this horrible lifestyle. Thank God she was able to make it through that hardship. It nearly ruined her life and effected me (as her room mate and friend) very greatly. The fact that she was able to get the drug so easily speaks volumes about the attitude our government has on drugs. For something SO strong, there should definitely be greater government regulation on its sale or else or an overall ban on the drug to keep it out of the wrong hands! 
Connie Dean This drug killed one of my favorite people in the world.....If it is so lethal then it needs to be administered in a better way.....  
Nicole Manzare  
Noah Ford I hope this helps get this drug off the streets.  
rosemary cherry My son survived an overdose,only to battle the constant availablity of these drugs.I own a salon in Pasco County Fl,where not a day goes by without seeing clients now battling this addiction,They are sons,daughters,sisters,brothers,and grandchildren to everone we know.This is epidemic proportions.It is a crime to humanity to turn your head and make believe this does not effect everyone/ 
Cindy Crawford I just lost a relative due to either a reaction or overdose of this medication which was prescribed by a doctor for back pain. It's too dangerous, please remove this from the market immediately! 
Kim Campione-Gjertsen  
Anonymous I have lost a long time family friend to OxyContin. I have seen people that are addiceted to Oxy and are desperately seeking help to get off oxy because they do not want to control their pain this way, but their Doctors have given them no help in getting off of the med. It is heart breaking that this many people and their families have to be victims of OxyContin.I strongly believe that it should be ban because there are so many other options to help control pain.  
Lindsay  
Jami McGRaw Stop the epidemic!!!!!! 
Denise Stephen New Zealand My beautiful 19 year old daughter injured her back and was put on oxycontin when nothing else seemed to be relieving her pain. Eventually she was diagnosed with a fracture in her lumbar spine and had this rodded and grafted in May 2008. She was prescribed increased amounts of oxycontin for the pain post operatively. After 3 months the pain didnt seem to be improving, and her Doctor decreased the amount of oxycontin abruptly to 20mgs a day. Why didnt I see what was happening to her? Her diary says "I hate the way this drug makes me feel. I have a crawling sensation on my skin and I always feel nauseated." I had no idea that she was seeking other ways to get supplies of the drug. On November the 6th 2008 I went into her bedroom to wake her and found her dead in her bed. There are no words to describe this horror. She had taken too many tablets. What a stupid waste of a beautiful intelligent young woman; my only daughter; my best friend. My Freya. I am grateful for the chance to sign this petition, and want to start a similiar petition in New Zealand. Every country must have its beautiful young women and men and we need to band together to stop the current willy nilly prescribing of this evil medication. 
andrea anders prescription drug addiction is an epidemic!! it needs to be stopped, who many more lives need to be lost?! 
Joan Morgan  
Kim Cook  
Amanda Waid  
Jake Seen this drug ruin people's lives. Needs to be banned. ASAP. I'm seeing 7th and 8th graders trying oxycontin. 
david winer  
Maureen Gildea This MUST be stopped. This ynthetic heroins kills people, ruins families, causes domestic abuse, child abuse, elder abuse and crime.  
Elizabeth Ann Hitchcock My boy friend was on roxies for about 4 years, it was hell on are relationship and we were together for 7 years,but I could not help him and my life was a mess for staying and thinking I could help him. I did not do them. He was in rehab 2 times didn't help and jail didn't help. Now we are not together and he's been on house arrest for 6 months. He get off in a week. I hpoe he will be ok. I still Love him very much... 
Roxanne Galbraith My friend just died from an Oxycontin overdose and I would like to help ban it so that this never happens to anyone again, he was 20 years old. 
Mike H We sympathize greatly with the people who've lost loved ones to this dangerous drug. 
Jill Hammel I don't know anyone personnally addicted to this drug but I do see a growing trend of young people having real issues with this drug. It is too easy to get a prescription these days for any type of painkiller.  
Tom Giornofelice  
Robin West  
Amber S  
Anonymous I know too many people who have ruined their lives and others' lives because of an addiction to this drug. Oxycontin is responsible for crimes that include burglary, theft, murder, vehicular manslaughter domestic violence prostatution and a whole lot more. I've never even done it and I've been effected by it because I have watched people around me lose themselves, thier belonging,thier kids, thier entire families. Luckily none of them have died (yet). BAN THIS DRUG before it kills and takes over another persons life. 
ELLEN LOHISER  
Lindsay J I know too many people who have ruined their lives and others' lives because of an addiction to this crap. I've never even done it and I've been effected by it because I know so many people who have gotten themselves and all their belongings sucked into it. Luckily, none of them have died. But their lives are still messed up from it. 
Beth Travis  
Ernest A. Hammett What could I say that would sway our government to protect its citizens from a "legal" drug, when so much money is at stake for the pharmaceutical giants? Still, I hope and pray... 
Courtney Coffey I have watched many friends and loved ones ruin their life because of this drug and it is killing people every year more and more 
Susan King  
Janel Welch  
Andrew Ryan Aker I've watched OC absolutely destroy more lives then I can even count....This is beyond an epidemic of addiction, this is a prostitution of our legal system. This country should be ashamed. 
ANA COYLE NO POINT TO THIS DRUG..IT CAUSES TO MANY DEATHS AND OVERDOSES OF SO MANY LIVES YOUNG AND OLD. I HATE THIS DRUG IS RUINS PEOPLE AND LIVES!!! 
Chelcie Dotson Though I currently reside in ohio. where these drugs have yet to get as bad as other parts of the country. A friend of mine died march 3rd 2007 from them my best friend and my boy friend are both addicted to them an both chosse intrevise to get high. This drug was originally marketed for terminally ill patients in sever pain. however as long as you have an mri and cry about pain you can have a script. These drugs are killing people every day. The need to be taken off the market now... 
Mary Schumann When I first heard about Oxycontin I thought it was to be prescribed for the terminally ill. Seems that was about the same time assisted suicide was being hotly debated. The medical profession claimed they could manage pain so terminally ill patients would not have to resort to suicide. Ten years later it seems like anyone with pain can get a prescription for Oxycontin. From what I have seen it is not a drug that should be taken by people who are trying to drive, work, raise families etc. A drug that all must be weaned off from is not for such a wide use. My friend had a severe auto injury ten years ago. He took alot of Vicodin, probably abused it but his doctor readily switched his meds to Oxycontin. I advised him not to do it and explained why but he did it anyway. That was about 2 years ago and he died 2 months ago at 32 years old. He seemed immediately addicted and could not escape. 
Robert Engberg It turned my brother into a different person. 
Anonymous I know too many addicted to this drug, and it is far to readily available.  
Anonymous Too many people are taking this recreational use. There has got to be another pain medication out there. One of my best friends died due to Oxycontin in August of 2008. I had no idea how addictive the drug was to him and that you could even die from it. My sister uses it now too. She was given a prescription after her second birth in February of 2009. Why is a doctor still giving her a prescription for this? As far as I know, she doesn't use it all of the time, but she wouldn't ever tell me because she knows how against it I am. The only reason I do know she takes it is when she sounds drunk, and since she doesn't drink, I ask if she's taken an oxy and she says yes. I hate the drug, I don't care if it's a prescription. It's too addictive. Wreckless prescriptions are being written. There needs to be a ban on this. After my friends death, I became more aware of other deaths due to this and now my sister is taking it. This has got to stop!!!! 
Lisa Angely I fear losing my sister to an Oxy addiction, and my heart goes out to all the families that have experienced a loss to this horrible drug!  
Laura Slowey  
Pam Hilton  
Brian Rowbotham  
Anna Rinehart  
Melissa Swenson  
Shannon Elwood I didn't know this...scary 
Preston Thomason  
Hem Ramachandran  
dave R.I.P.Austin Riley Jones 10-08-1993 to 1-18-2009.from 2 10mlg pills of METHADONE.Should never been made Ilove you son. 
Brandi Brown It is killing the ones we love...I am tired of saying goodbye to a friend and getting ready for a funreal. People are taking it for the wrong reasons......it needs to STOP!!! The ones that suffer are the children that are left behind beacuse thier parents are dieing from this pill. 
Carly Culpepper This would make my life if this drug got banned! I am 20 years old and although I am not the addict, it still takes a huge toll on my life. I have many many many friends addicted and honestly really can't say they are my friends, the drug has ruined them! PLEASE lets make it where they have no choice but to detox! please please please! 
Anonymous Please ban this awful drug. Its use is out of control. 
Donald Dolan I was addicted to oxycontin. I have done other drugs in my life and I can say I am now clean. The addiction to this drug is insaine I have two sibblings who are addicted to it as well. This drug is a nasty drug I hate it with a passion. I had many friends who are addicted to it as well. This drug is a mennis. I have watched many lives be destroied because of this drug including the family members of those addicted. I am now watching one of my family members die slowly because of this drug. I am watching my nephew loose his mother and also watching him act out as a direct result to his mothers addiction to the drug. My addiction was more than a physical addiction to this drug. It affected me in so many ways that most people couldn't begin to understand unless they too have been in my shoes. This drug is not only killing people left and right. It is responsible for many violent crimes that are committed in this world. It's responsible for crimes that include burglary, theft, murder, vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxacated leaving the seane of an accident that resulted in death. domestic violence prostatution and a whole lot more come on can we not see how this drug not only affects the indavidual who is addicted. it affects everyone who comes in contact with the indavidual addicted. I have watched good people turn into what most would call for a lack of better terms "monsters" due to this drug. Thats messed up because they are not monstrers. they are sick people that are inslaved by this drug. I have watched people do things they would rather not have done if it wasn't because of this drug. Those who are addicteded to this drug are controlled by this drug they are a puppet to it's leathel grip, and unfourtinitly not many people are lucky to exscape it's deadly grip. I've lost friends to this drug. Why won't the government do something there has been more deaths as a result of this drug i would think than other non narcotic drugs that have since been taken off the market do to the deadly risks that are assosieated to them. how many more innosent lifes are going to have to be cut short before they take this drug off the market.  
REBEKAH FOWLER I HAVE TWO BROTHERS AGE 25 AND 28, THAT ARE ADDICTED TO OXYCONTIN. IT HAS DESTROYED THEIR LIVES AND THEY GET THIS DRUG BY PRESCRIPTION FROM A SUPPOSEDLY LEGITIMATE DOCTOR IN TAMPA. I AM FURIOUS THAT A DOCTOR WOULD PRESCRIBE THIS TO THEM WHEN THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM EXCEPT ADDICTION. I THINK THE DOCTOR THAT GAVE THEM THE PILLS SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL CHARGES TO FACE FOR GIVING OUT PILLS THAT RUIN THE LIVES OF OTHERWISE HEALTHY PEOPLE.  
Amanda Brown I am only 18 years old and have lost more than 10 friends due to a oxycontin or oxycodone death. I have been to a treatment facility, lived in a halfway house and have relapsed on this drug many times since. It is a dangerous drug that ruins life. It has no need to be legal. Doctors in florida hand those out like candy. Its not right and something needs to be done about it. 
vickey ball my fiancee is an addict...he no longer uses but he will always be an addict...that doesnt change because you stop using oxy's.there is still temptation and i hope he continues to be strong and refrain from using. i give him as much support as i can. he's lost my trust numerous times but now he is slowly gaining it back. he is on methadone and i attend some of his appointments and see the results of his 2x weekly unine tests....each time its negative i praise him so much!!! People that sell the pills need to realize they arent making a big buck they are buying peoples caskets. 
Tyler Carlisle I see NO good in this product, none. 
Adrienne Prestwich Crazy that a petition has to be put together to try and get this stuff banned!! Does the FDA care how many people are dying. That's not a question. Death is all around us and yet you can still get oc's! CRAZY! 
Kaylee Richmond  
Carolyn Sim  
DAWN SCHERRER  
stephen Stanton I believe that the drug oxycontin is no longer classified as just a drug abuse substance but it has become an epidemic as well 
Lia Friedman My name is Lia Friedman,I am from pinellas county which has recently been reported as one of the worst counties for prescription drug abuse. I am a recovering opiate addict and over the past 4 years I have had about 10 friends from my hometown die from this drug. Almost every single one of my close friends are either currently or have at one time been addicted to oxycontin, or been effected by it. I am 21 now and have been to rehab twice already in 2007, the first time I went it was not as bad but in2009 when I went about the majority of the people in there were for oxycontin abuse and most were young adults my age. I just want this epidemic to stop I am sick of seeing people I love die and destroy their lives. I like to do any thing no matter how small to help. Thank you to whoever started this petition. 
Tony Neeley this stuff is terrible, needs to go away! 
John Flanagan  
Abby Juneau  
Bill Mundy  
Linda Ban this stuff! 
Nicole Muhler  
Tracie Hodgson  
kaitlin teta  
Angela Roberts  
David J. Hendrick  
dale lyon  
Anonymous  
Doug Honsa There's no reason to manufacture this drug. 
Mary Jane Butler  
Net Browser There is no reason for this drub to exist. Period! The harm it does in society is not worth the small benefit provided to those on death's doorstep. Or, control it so only the very small population that could justify using it has access to it. Look at it this way. If this drug did not exit, life would continue and everyone would get by somehow. 
devin fenandez  
Anonymous It has taken over my town and is killing people everyday when abused. Something has to be done to take this deadly abused drug off the market forever. Tons of Men, Women and children are affected by this in someway shape or form and it's sad!  
DeVon I have someone very special to me that is addicted to these things and we are in the process of trying to get them off these killers. I agree they should ban these, they are to easy for people to get their hands on and they are ruining or eventually killing our loved ones. 
Jen McLaughlin I hate this drug, wish it was never made available and will do what I can to get it out of circulation. My prayers go out to all the people struggling with this strong addiction and also their loved ones that are suffering terribly with the repercussions. 
C. Terry Doyle My daughter lost a fiance 4 years ago to oxycontin. These reports are to common and needs to be addressed. Lives are more important than corporate greed! 
Jennifer Shipley This drug is extremely addictive, from working in the pharmacy business I see it everyday, you don't just go on Oxycontin for an injury and expect to get off it when your pain is gone because you WILL become addicted. Each time you get a new prescription you need more and more to relieve the "PAIN". This drug is the cause of so many destroyed families & lives. Of robberies, theft, crime in general and the drug hasn't even been around very long. It's like heroin with a fancy name. All this could have been prevented with a little truth and caring rather than worrying about the money making potential of a drug.This drug should be available to people who are dying of cancer and other very painful diseases, not for broken bones, back problems, dental pain, arthritis I mean come on! There are much safer and effective alternatives.  
Jason LaPointe i lost my cousin, uncle and friend and soon a brother in law im done with these big pharmacuetical companys making billions of dollars in profit while killing are youth anything to make a buck i guess. we got people in jail for years for selling a gram of marijuana. and these doctors get paid big money to distibute a highly addictive medication like its candy it is total B.S.  
William Fernandez I lost my 28 year old nephew to oxycontin on April 18, 2010. I remember his heart, his sense of humor and his smile. Although we became estranged as his addictions took over I miss him and regret not helping him. His legacy will live on in his 5 year old son. And to the Doctor/Drug Dealer who prescribed him a total of 400 pills in the Las Vegas area I hope that when you are pursued legally you will feel some of the heartache our family has. R.I.P. Always remembered......Ryan Michael Alonso.  
Nyla Turner I have 2 children addicted to oxycontin, and know so many others. I have been talking about riding a bike from Stuart, Fl. to Tallahassee,Fl. to raise awareness. I just don't know where to start. 
Dustin johnson  
joanne worsley  
Craig Hancey  
Janet Hancey  
Felicita Harrison Painkillers are too readily available and as a result, the abuse rate is sky-rocketing. Unless you've had a friend or family member become addicted, you wouldn't really understand the problem these pills cause. 
jacqueline brown  
NADINE TONOREN this evil drug must be BAN to many lives lost and must be stop giving to outpations !!!take it out of doctors hands please !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
stephen price i have seen too many good people turn into something they never would have if oxycontin wasnt as easy to get as it is. 
Debbie Andrade many many friends we have lost due to this horrible drug! and many hooked on it! it needs to be banned for sure! enough is enough! 
lori k I have lost my sister at 42, and my brother at 52 due to presciption drugs within the last 5 years. I now am trying to help my daughter get through her addiction. I pray each day that I don't lose her. When addicted you worry about accidental overdose; when trying to stop, you have to worry about suicide due to the depression. This all feels like an intentional genocide! Our medical community should be ashamed and try to police itself as well. God help us all help each other! 
John I was a serious user of Oxycontin and was always buying it through illegal means from cancer patients and people that were prescribed this drug legitimately. If it was so important of a pain reliever for these people to use why and what cause pushed them to sell their whole scripts? I think the distribution of this drug is completely and totally unnecessary due to the fact that people with terminal illness are making money of these and not even using them........ 
Natasha Berdan  
CLAIRE JAMES TO THE DOCTORS WHO KEEP ON GIVING THESE PRESCRIPTIONS,,,CANT YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING OR DONT YOU CARE!!! 
TAYFUN HEKIM OXICONTIN KILLED MANY OF MY BEST FRIENDS THATS ALL I CAN SAY I AM SAD!!! 
KERIM HEKIM PLEASE TAKE THIS DRUG FROM DOCTORS HANDS AND OLSO FROM HOSPITALS PLEASE SAVE LIVES MANY MANY YOUNG LIVES FROM THIS EVIL DRUG!!!! 
Debra Malafronte  
Harry De Meo,MD I just helped my 17 yo niece get into a detox unit for her oxycontin addiction. My son has been using it and eventually heroin as well and is struggling to stay away from it. This is supposed to be a controlled substance that has absolutely no control at all. It is in every high school in the nation. Our Congress needs to address this at once. I agree that it should be banned from manufacturing and distribution. Perhaps only allowed under hospice care. 
tanya dominguez  
cortney sizemore I have 27 obituaries in a box right here just from teens in our town dying from this medication. The sad part is that all of these people on medicaid that recieve these drugs sell them to everyone...they don't usually even take most of them. I have seen kids with no food water or diapers but you better beieve that their parents have their oxycontin. It needs to be removed from the market forever. I am sorry for the families who have had to deal with this first hand. It is a terrible drug ....I feel the WORST drug the fda has ever approved. It just kills me that they would make this drug okay to prescribe, a death sentence like oxycontin is okay? Confusing and sad that America can't see that. I hope for a ban on this and have sent ovedr 100 people to this web address. I love what you are doing and keep up the great work! 
Jacki Hancey  
Chelsea Pipes  
Nicholette Little My daughter is in detox right now for this crap. It is destoying her life and all the people that love her. You can by these pilss anywhere. They are rampet. This is out of controll. Please make these pilss illegall. 
Jessica Doerr i have seen the effects of this drug first hand in more than one instance and it's sickening and truly disheartening. taking this drug off the market WILL SAVE LIVES!  
Carol M. Kuch RECENTLY FOUND OUT MY 17 YEAR OLD SON HAS AN ADDICTION PROBLEM TO THIS DRUG. HE IS NOW IN REHAP AND THE ROAD AHEAD IS LONG. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? EDUCATE AND FIGHT AND GET INVOLVED. SINCERELY, CAROL M. KUCH 
armando alonso i lost my son on april 18 on oxy cotton while sleep ,on april 14 my son was given 100 pills of oxy cotton by a doctor ,with 3 refills,we are in the procees of waiting for dead certificate before acting on what legal octions ,we will not allowed any more young kids to be giving this garbage by this so call dr,,,, 
Josh Satler Clean and sober 9 months.  
Christy Fester  
Marilyn Moreau I have a family member in the grip of these dreadful narcotic. These past years have been harrowing.  
Anonymous My son is an addict. Fortunately he was in treatment and has been staying clean, however this will hang over his head the rest of his life 
Michele Michael My son Riley will die any day because of this drug. Slow, painful death for both the victim and their loved ones. 
Rachel White  
justin joyce  
Linda Muarwski We musn't allow the FDA to keep trying to control us by approving this and the other deadly addictive drugs. OxyContin and mind altering drugs must be removed from this society if we expext this society to exist in the next fifty to a hundred years from now. The sad part about this is these guys who are in it for the money are destrying their familial futures as well. 
Sean Christman I hate this stuff so much. Period. 
Theresa Napoli  
Jane Hardy  
holly galvin  
Teresa Lammers  
maryann napoli This drug should be taken off market. Hope this petition works !! 
Anonymous  
Aaron Im Aaron i was introduced to oxycontin at the age of 18 by a friend one day. I wasnt sure what the drug was or how powerful it really was. But anyways i tried it i snorted the line he had for me and it was just amazzing... Sad part is i got extremely addicted to the drug and it became a part of my daily routine. Im 19 now and have given away alot for oxy`s and it really wrecked my family life.I lost my job and flunked highschool. Finally with family support i went into my Doctor. He recommended we ty to ween off the pill. I was daily using 160mg of oxycontin a day and it was a rough road. Coming to the end of that process i relapsed bad. I realised that it had to stop. Again with family support i went into a detox/rehab. today is my first day out and i have been a week clean. I will be attending NA meetings and it would be GREAT! to see this drug taken out of circulation. Im sick and tired of hearing of how many peoples lives are being wrecked EVERY DAY! and the government is not doing anything about it thats all i have to say, thanks and best of luck! 
Anonymous  
Michael White I think this is the best idea ever, I will pass it alone to everybody I know. Thankyou for creating this! Hopefully it is successful! 
April Smith  
Kim Tamminen This is a horrible addictive drug that has ruined so many teenagers lives and their families 
Jenn  
Vicky Jones  
Debbie Wilkison  
Shelley Cooper  
Mindy If they can put a restriction on products such as ephedrine making people sign and provide driver's licenses for this, then why can't they do the same thing for a product such as pain medication, that is being misused all over the US and ruining the lives of THOUSANDS of our younger generations?? It appauls me how much money the pharaceutical companies are making off of this drug, and yet they are not held accountable for HOW much of this product is going WHERE? HOW OFTEN the Rx's are being filled, but most importantly WHICH docs are prescribing the MOST of it, and where are the being filled!?? I KNOW there are docs who run their own Pharmacy so they are getting away with filling ridiculous quanities of this drug! STOP this insanity! 
Diane jBartlett  
Anonymous I have a friend suffering to break his addiction to the drug. 
Lisa George  
Jessica Lathrop My uncle died wearing a pain patch that contained oxycontin. His name was Randall Reed. I am sorry for everyone who has ever lost anyone due to this drug and feel it should be banned from use.  
Cortney G Wilkinson My sister is currently going through the horrible addiction to this drug and I pray for her every night that we won't lose her before she gets help. My prayers go out to everyone who signed this petition and lost a loved one from it, I hope my family and I don't go through the same unbearable pain. 
Julie This is the worst medication ever! Unless there is a way to 100% control the dispense, I think it should be Gone.. as well as Roxy. It kills so many people and hurts many others. 
Salvatore LoPresti  
Deb Janicki  
TIFFANY LYND I was on Oxycontin for Trigeminal Neuralgia - a very powerful drug. I also lost a wonderful friend of the family when he went to a party and someone gave him some oxycontins. He never woke up the next morning. 
Francine Ourada Please stop this horror! Many patients being prescribed Oxy are not taking the drug but instead selling it on the streets. I think the pharmaceutical company should provide free detox for those affected by this legal heroin. 
Kelli Musall  
Sheri-Lynn Keller  
Debbie Joyce  
Lori Karmon  
Marina this drug has affected my family in the same way that it has many others and it needs to be gone. please ban this drug and save our children.  
Jennifer Connelly Another persons life was taken this past weekend due to oxycontin. When does it stop? How many more before it is banned? 
lucas just ban it know body has that much pain and your dam well lieing if u say u do 
Anonymous  
Wendy Normand  
Amanda P R.I. P Michael G  
Daniel james guagliardi i was addicted to this drug for two years and it ruined my relationships with my family and friends not to mention i could even leave my house a one point..get this disgusting drug off the market 
Stephanie Kays  
Kyra Ann Albert  
marcella sawyer  
Nina C. Valdivia In memory of a good friend's husband, who died from addiction to this drug.  
Cindi Aylor  
Anonymous  
Jolene Flynn  
lauren weller  
Cathy Lyon I have seen to many young kids get messed up and all most die from this stuff...My nephew being one of them ...Thank god he was able to get help and get off this drug , he was one of the luckey ones..I truley hope this will work all over the world 
Charles W. Daniels  
Nancy Daniels  
Marsha Fender Schorr I got a phone call on Father's Day 2009. My son had to be taken by ambulance to the ER. When I was finally allowed to see him, his body was cold and starting to stiffen. He had a breathing tube taped in and his blood was starting to settle. His ears were purple. He had been gone for hours and his "friend" Aaron Spiller had played out his part to call 911 and pretend to start CPR. The truth was, he was gone long before the ambulance was called. He was my baby nonetheless and I loved him even then. I didn't understand what had happened and it was two months later that I found out he had died of "Oxycontin intoxication". Something I never knew about. Something I never knew of him doing. Still, my only son was gone. He was such a good person. Aaron Fender had lots and lots of friends. He was such a fierce friend to everyone and he always stuck up for the weak person (or animal). He was a poet and a singer. He loved to fish - these are the things i know about my son but he will forever be labeled, 'Oxycontin intoxication'. That will never leave my mind or the minds of his broken family. So, Rob and Karianne and Aaron - thanks for giving him the stupid poison that killed him. Thanks for not watching what it did to him. You proved what kind of friend you are. I will ever get over the loss of my beautiful son. None of us will. 
Anonymous  
Randi Cohen Please Ban this drug, my son was severely injured in a car accident by a drug addict to this! 
Ellaina B Too many people around me are on these terrible pills! It takes them down! And they dont even see it! Life is going straight down the drain!!! 
Julie Newman  
Penny Cordova My husband was on Oxycontin and he died from congestive heart failure with a accidental overdose of his medicines. I believe that because his liver was bad and his kidneys were operating at 50% that the oxycontin built up in his system and oxycontin was a contributing factor to his death. If signing this petition will prevent others from losing their loved one than I whole heartedly sign this petition. No one should have to lose a loved one like I did. It has been five years since he passed and I still miss him every day. PLEASE STOP DISTRIBUTION OF THIS MEDICATION! 
Laurel A. Kappler Oxycontin and all medicinal painkillers are out of control!! Banning them would get rid of the problem. Nuff said 
janice cirricione  
Katie  
Patrick McGuire Banning this drug sends a bigger message than just banning this drug. 
lisa Christensen  
Dwight Sterling  
Lori Heroux  
amanda harte  
Dianne McLean Please remove OxyContin from the marketplace, it is a very dangerous drug, and has ruined and taken lifes of many. There must be some other drug that can be used for pain control. Consider the families that this drug has affected. 
Dreama Glancy-Grubb I have family members who are addicted to oxycontin and they would steal anything to get it. It is sad that the FDA has not banned this drug yet. So many lives have been lost and are going to be lost if they don"t do something. 
Nastassia Weber  
Lindsey  
Daniel Duggan I have lost my daughter to oxycontin and my son battles the addiction every day.Do I need to say anymore Daniel Duggan 
Michael O'keede I have lost my mother to these things. 
Stephanie Blay I sign this in the name of my friend Judy and all the other mothers who have lost their children to OxyContin abuse. 
Missie Scholte These drugs need to be taken off the street, not just for the kids but for the countless adults that are addicted!!! 
Angela Lewandowski  
Anonymous  
Alexandra Tindall  
Paula Howard They need to ban this drug. This is a time released drug and they are over prescribing it. There are pain clinics out there issuing prescriptions for 200-300 pills per WEEK! This is where the addiction and virus are spreading. They also need to take or highly restrict the go to drugs of oxycodone and similar class 2 narcotics. When legitimately prescribed you get 30-60 pills per month. And when done legally, you cannot get them refilled until 1 month. But these fly by night, you don't even need an active medical license to open pain clinics, where they write them if you come in and tell them you have headaches everyday... they give you 200-300 pills at a time. The addicts are going to several different clinics ( who's preferred method of payment is cash.) and buy their pills there... or get a prescription. They take the prescriptions to several different pharmacies, and due to the lack of electronic tracking by medication and person, are filling them. Then the addicts sell enough of them to continue doctor shopping. THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. I have lost 19 people in my life and have watched my friends bury their children. CHILDREN in their 20's and 30's. Not that it isn't taking people who are aged higher, but it is the young children who are leaving small babies behind. Personally, I have extreme bone pain. They had one medication on the market that worked. It was called Vioxx. I was prescribed 25 mg pills with a quantity of 30 per month. I did not take them everyday, but when the pain got difficult to function in my normal and required practice, I could take 1 pill. and it would relieve the pain. If you have never experienced bone pain.... it is extreme and hard to relieve by touch, massage, creams, ointments,etc. But 1 25 mg pill would do it. But then people associated their heart issues with the vioxx. Testing proved those who took more than 50 mg per day EVERY day, it did increase their risk factors. Drug czar REMOVED IT FROM THE MARKET IMMEDIATELY. Oxycontin has KILLED MORE PEOPLE than Vioxx increased and / or damaged anyones heart. Thousands of people a year are DYING because of this addiction to these and their subordinates such as Hydrocodone, Methadone (relacement treatments for Oxys) as well as the Roxxys. These type of petitions need to go to the drug Czars, the President, and anyone else who can remove these drugs by Federal Law. They can pay these million dollar fines all day long as they are making TRILLIONS annually while we watch our friends, family and associates buried their loved ones. I am glad there is a site that I can vent about these. I have been on every side of these things and watched what it has done to people until they died. And then I was still here to watch what it did to the family members they left behind. Some were aware that there was an issue, and some were not aware. But the devastation was still the same. Please make this one effective to stop this plague that is affecting ALL of America in one way shape or form. Thank you for listening, reading.  
Anonymous  
Sandy Swift This is an extremely addictive and destructive drug . It got a hold of my son immediately. He was taking doses that could have killed him and he didn't see it. After he spent nine days in detox, his battle to fight the urge to reuse Oxycontin continues everyday. 
Armando Ortiz  
Shelbie Berdan I am a girlfriend of a recovering user....this crap is horrible! 
kristine babington  
Renee Johnson This drug destroys lives. If it needs to be taken, it needs to be where it can not be abused. 
David Carr BAN IT 
Shelby Taylor I have lost 2 friends to OxyContin abuse. Something needs to be done to ban this horrible drug! 
Jane Martin  
Tammy Tanner This is pure poison that is being distributed out by doctors greed to make a cut off of the prescriptions. Take it away from them before they destroy our children!! 
STEVE JOYCE  
Anonymous Oxycotin has taken over my life. I have been using this drug over a year now. Since then I can't even work or do anything because I am afaird of the withdrawls. I feel so useless and stupid being addicted to these oxy's.  
Anonymous I am 21 years old. I have never known anyone to use Oxycontin for medicinal purposes, sadly, everyone I have ever known to use was for recreational use and under the age of 20. This was a widely abused drug in my high school.  
Ashley They are harmful to people, i just not have them around. 
Anonymous My son is battling an oxy addiction and I've watched him change dramatically in 6 months. Did my research and actually talked to his scumbag dealer. He gets the drugs from a burn victim who sells them to the dealer. Men can be put on the moon but a safer drug can't be engineered? Corporate greed may kill my kid. Good luck to all those out there fighting a similar battle to mine.  
shawn lucas  
Belinda Jakimczuk  
Dawn Scherrer Please get this terrible drug off the market,it distroys families and the one taking it. 
Laurie wagner my son ended up in jail at 18 and probaly has ruined his future because of thease pills he wanted to be a lawyer or a detective 
Dwight Sterling  
Meagan Transue  
Cheryl Vanden Berg This drug needs to be banned it has destroyed, many peoples lives. 
audrey gillespie  
Diane Pope I believe that the pharmaceutical company that misrepresented this drug should be held accountable for their actions. They have created a generation of heroin addicts who get can get their drugs legally. They are profiting off of others misery. People are dying from this drug and no one is being held accountable for it. Getting help for an addict is almost impossible unless you are arrested and court ordered, or you have thousands of dollars to spend on rehab. I personally would like to see the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors who freely prescribe this medication be made to help with the rehabilitation of the addicts they have created. My heart goes out to all of those who have lost a loved one from this drug. Please stop making it. 
Sabrina Reis  
Kelsie Lewis  
Marc Stanley God bless all those who have had to suffer the pain of losing someone to this cruel drug. 
Lin Get This Poision off the market FAST!!!!! 
Anonymous my daughter was hooked on these deadly pills for 3 yrs. A doc gave her boyfriend a perscribtion for 200 roxys and xanax his first visit! I guess all you have to do is walk in to a pain management clinic and say my back hurts and here you go. The doc even told him to give a few out to thier friends get them hooked then send them to me. All this happened in Palm Bay fl. since then I have moved her to a small town in IN. to get out of the play ground and she has been clean for a year now. People and police need to understand where these kids are getting these pills!! I had tried to tell the police, even handed them a bag of pills that was in my home and NOTHING!! I asked them to arrest my own daughter, hand giving them the pills. I think the police cash in on these pills too after the 3 yrs of hell and begging for help and nothing. 
Jennifer my sons addiction started with surgery i had no idea what this drug was but give it to a teen and then you know what happens next - now we have drugs doctors giving out prescriptions to anyone its all a money game and they and the producers of these addictive pills dont care..they should be ashamed they went to college to learn how to make money out of making our children drug addicts. instead of helping the sick. i am at a lose as to help my son he is in so much trouble from his addiction i dont know if he will ever be able to overcome. its my fault as much as his and the fact that not one pain clinic says no you cant get that. 
Michaela Valvo  
Amanda Johnson we need to do everything in our power to ban this horrible addicting drug. people are dying and we need to come together and try and save them before it is too late.  
Anonymous  
Chris Jones Oxycontin is the new experimental drug among the teens. I have personally seen it detroy not only my sons future but at least 10 of his friends who should be in college, trade school or a full time job. My son was top 20% of his class in 11th grade and was admitted to the stars program. He was a star athlete in travel ice hockey, golf and baseball. He even made beach lifeguard with ever being on swimteam at 17. Senior year he started experimenting with oxy and became addicted. I have seen these kids that are addicted to oxy brake the law by speeding, careless driving, stealing to keep to up their habit or in rehab. Since we know that there is great chance for relapse i have little hope for my sons future. Parents need to be better informed about the new growing epedemic. It makes me sick to hear so much emphasis the media put on the swine flu but the real epedemic is the abuse of the drug oxycontin among teens. 
wes craighead r.i.p martin we love you homeboy! 
Stacey Novak  
brian deane this stuff ruiend my whole entire city of new port richey fl,..and i used to be addicted to them and it is the worst thing 
Charles Perry Find a better alternative to oxycontin. 
lora G  
Anonymous  
Sean Marovich This is the number one drug that has caused death in Florida. Too many mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends are seeing this evil take lives. Make it a C1 drug NOW!  
Kalee Humphrey  
Dennis Richards  
Sharon S. Omran  
Debbie Burd, LVN LONG OVERDUE....people are dying every day. There are other drugs to compensate.  
sheri winter  
Lisa Fezza  
I'm just an addict... New formula for OC...I saw this on the news the other day. But come on....we're addicts! They obviously don't have addicts testing this shit...don't they know that we (addicts) will find a way around this. You may not be able to crush it as easily, but you can still melt it making it still smokable and injectable. Pisses me off! And raising the price of it isn't going to do much...just make it more expensive on the street. More expensive for broke ass people = more crime to get the money to get the drug they need. It should be taken off the market, and some of the multimillion dollars they made off it should be mandatorily (I made that word up) given to local agencies to assist with the epidemic of current addicts who can't afford treatment. most addicts will need detox from this crap and a treatment facility asap....not get on a waiting list for 3 months hoping a county bed will open up. that 3 months could be life or death for them. Bullshit!!  
chris after receiving this med from a back injury it was/is the hardest thing i had to overcome in my life. especially when you can not get out of bed/function when it does grab a hold of you. you have no control of yourself, it controls you!!! after 1st rehad i would still grab some occasionally thinking i could then control it. but started going down the same path [which there is only 1 path it takes you]. feb 15th 2010 has been a year now off of them, you have to take it 1 day at a time. and you can not do it by yourself. a year ago, i thought i could never get off of them, i now take pride in the fact it has been a year. its a huge accomplishment. it should be banned all together, there are meds that are similar to treat people for cancer, etc..  
Lindsey Bates PLEASE BAN THIS DRUG! It just led to the death of one of my best friends. Do not allow other individuals to become dependent on this drug...it ruins lives.  
Drew Taylor  
Lenora Pinto  
Amanda Perry  
Shelly Olsen  
Christine Osborn  
walter asbury we have lost so many to this drug. it is estimated that there is now more being sold illegally than is being prescribed. how many more has to die. 
Alyssa Lamoureux  
jennifer guter I have known too many people who have ruined their lives because of this addicting drug. please stop the insanity! 
Shannon Buelna  
Victoria Friel This evilness must go! 
heather pfiel  
Anonymous I have a friend who is addicted to prescription drugs-I've tried my hardest to get her to stop, but she won't listen to anyone. I lost my older brother to an overdose 10 years ago, and I don't want to have to see anyone's life cut short again, or see their family go through the pain of losing them. Please, help raise awareness of the damage OxyContin. 
Simone Brown I have a daughter that was hooked on oxycontin that led to 3 years of self destruction.. she is clean right now but it's a fight everyday.. I am the mother of a addicted child and it not only started to destroy my daughter it also started to destroy me watching what she had turned into. she was not that beautiful, independent person with that contagious laugh and big beautiful smile who went to collage for 2 years. she had become a drug addict, all thanks to oxycontin and to the Doctors who so freely perscribe them.  
monique ranallo My son starting taking the drug when someone offered it to him and told him it would relieve his back pain in which i guess it did. When he tried to stop taking it he could'nt. he suffered weeks of serious withdrawls.  
Glenn Burd  
Melissa smith  
michael carpenter  
Arielle ricotta  
Jessica Guthrie  
Anonymous  
Kathleen Perdigao I lost my beautiful son at the age of only 18 in 2006 to this terrible drug .He did not have a prescription for it but was easily able to get it .We found him dead in his bedroom with no warning that he even had this . This is something my family or I will ever recover from . The devastation and destruction this drug has caused for so many far outweighs any good that can come from it . I will never get my son back, but if I can help get this banned then I know I helped save a life . For my beloved son Michael... Kathleen Perdigao  
debra dulude Having been in a 30 day rehab center for alcohol and drugs inFebruary 2009, I have seen first hand the effects oxy has on these people. My roomate was withdrwing from it and was in incredible physical pain. It was much worse than my alcohol DTs. She was only 20 years old and all of the oxy addicts there at the time were around the same age. It was very sad to see. There are many alternatives to this medication can that can be given 
Brandy Meda Recovering Oxycontin addict with a brother still suffering out there on this drug.  
Diana Di Bello Vaughan, Ontario Canada 
N.DeRango (Canada)  
matthew krac My friend ate the blue pill, as they called it. He went to bed and did not wake up at 27 years old. We need to stop these pills from being distributed by doctors. It is a disgrace that the FDA have not banned the product yet. 
Shannon Simpson My 19 year old son was buying Oxy from people who were getting them legally through "pill mills" here in Florida Pinellas County where dirty doctors are all about the money as well as the drug companies who give them "perks". I dont understand why these doctors arent being arrested like my son was when he got caught taking a friends stolen prescription into a pharmacy desperate for more, more, more. He sacrificed everything for more! With Gods help he is now in rehab recovering. I pray our Gov Christ does something to help this situation. I also pray that someday my son will be able to help someone else with this terrible addiction called "ROXY". Signed Loving Mother, will never give up on her Son! 
Samantha Steele  
Anonymous  
Wilson Vanford I have been involved with some addited to oxy. This is a terrible pill it needs to be taken off the market.  
Jennifer Hart Stop this insanity! 
ricky larcom  
Sandra Masucci (Canada)  
Anna Sauce OxyCotin has directly affected my life & this drug has a vice grip like no other. My husband self medicated using this drug and others and was also an alcoholic. I left him because I had to do what was best for our children. Three years later spiraling downwards we thought he had hit rock bottom and were so sure that he was doing well in his recovery! It only takes one time, he died a month ago, 35 years old, he left so many behind including his daughters whom are 5 and 8 years. The pain will never go away but I hope one day it is tolerable. I don't want to see another life missed. 
Dave Vettese (Canada) Canada 
Tanya Vettese  
Anonymous I really hate this drug ban it now!!!  
Kelly Steele  
melissa mauch god bless my brother, boyfriend and cousin.... 
Cassilly Rech my hearts go out to everyone who has lost a loved one to this devastating disease. 
victim this is the worst drug and most addictive ive seen and our government stand with 1 eye shut. because of a car wreck i was put on them...........i remeber hearing a Sales rep 4 these tell the Dr. to take anyone on loratabs, vics,.....and put them on OXYS!.......if that not cold haerted and selfserving then WTF! they are responcible for t5 of my friends deaths and i dont see this numbe slowing down im afraid for my life and my family and friends...........THANKS DOC! hope your pocets are full of $$$$$ soked with tears and blood 
Anonymous  
KEVIN FLYNN  
Linda Jean Halko  
Rebecca Johnson Rentmeester  
ryan christiansen  
Kelli Anne Ramirez 11 people die daily from overdose on this drug. Why is it still being manufactured! I live in Florida and its an EPEDEMIC! From the pain clinics, to emergency rooms, to jails and prisons....Stop making this pill and others like it. 
Seham Taha I was prescribed Oxycontin for 7 months and was taking up to 12pills-20mg/day! I suffered a lot of withdrawls pain to come off of it and I have to say it was the hardest thing I've done in my life. I have an issue with the fact that my Dr. did not make me aware of the danger of being on this drug, and if I had known what Oxycontin does to the person's physical and mental state, I would have never put a pill in my mouth. I want everyone to be aware of the dangerous effects of this drug and it's abuse. 
Rachel Provenzano I have lost three friends already to this drug. Another one is in dire condition. 
Brad I was (still) addicted to oxy's. If these drugs were more closely watched it may have never happened. Everyday I still struggle through the urges that I have. I have hurt my family & friends due to this & other prescription drugs. GET THIS OFF THE MARKET!!! It is deadly!!!!!!!!!!! And if not deadly can cause so much hurt & pain for everyone involved!! I can see if you are terminally ill but unless otherwise not a drug to be prescribed!! 
Stepahnie Saver  
Nicole Costello  
lori buckner This is a very important issue with our family. I have a nephew that got addicted to this drug and it has had such an emotional impact on our family he has now been arrested and may serve many years for doing something that was drug induced . The sooner we can get this drug off the market the better it is ruining lives by the thousands !! 
Mark Veauthier  
Robert P Dillon III  
Patricia J. Roberts Slocum Get lousy altering drugs off of the market for good. The only people they help is the drug company CEO's. They get richer we get poorer, or dead. 
Sherry Stevens  
TERE We are battling this demon, six years ago my beautiful daughter, 20 at that time, was in a car accident and given Oxicotin by an irresponsible doctor for back pain. After surgery and several attempts on her part and ours to stop the use of it, we are still battling this horrible war with the addiction. Her life has been destroyed but we are not giving up, just like with any other disease, we keep looking for a solution.  
Ross Miller  
Karen Smith I lost my brother to an overdose on Oxycontin; the costs completely outway the benefits. It should have been banned years ago. 
karen kubala  
Carrie Reardon  
Natalie My boyfriend is still fighting the battle of oxy & pain pill addiction. He tried rehab & after a week of his release was right back where he started. He has had seizures while driving, lost his job, & is on the road to death. It's the scariest thing in the world to watch someone you love so much destroy the person they once where. This drug needs to be banned & all other pain medication needs to be watched more closely. My boyfriend has a dirty doctor that prescribes him & a ton of others with this deadly drug. This needs to be stopped! For all those who have lost a loved one to this or any other drug or is going through this please help us fight this addiction & let your voice be heard!!! 
Natasha Annoni  
Andrea I am sorry for anyone who has lost anyone to any addiction I am signing this for a friend who lost her brother I know she is beside her self with the loss of him and I hope one day she finds peace I pray everyday for people who are addicts so many people don't realize to abuse the drug the drug abuses them and they loose to it ! don't judge anyone for this until you have walked in their shoes !  
Assunta Paesano from VAUGHAN, ONTARIO, CANADA  
Peter Anagnos from VAUGHAN, ONTARIO, CANADA  
Antoinette from TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA  
Pietro from Toronto, Ontario, Canada  
Matt from VAUGHAN, ONTARIO, CANADA  
Tanya from VAUGHAN, ONTARIO, CANADA  
Anonymous My Mother works with chronic pain patients that are adddicted to this drug, and have witnessed the effects of withdrawal. Seems to make people do things they normally would not do.  
Patricia Brusco  
william Cooney I saw two of my college friends have their lives ruined from snorting 80s daily. 
Anonymous yes please do ban oxy's life was better for my friends when it wasnt handed out like candy 
Anonymous this drug needs to be ban . everyone id dying from it , i lost family members and friends from this stupid drug !?!?! why would a stupid doctor sell this drug to lil kids not even grown adults yet ?? i dont understand why our family members die but those stupid ass doctors are still walking the streets selling those drugs . THIS NEEDS TO STOP !!!! 
Geralyn Lompado The use of this drug in anything BUT end stage cancer patients is nothing short of criminal.The prescribers should be treated as such.  
Shawn Stillwell  
Denise D'Angicco As a mother, it worries me that my children could be exposed to wrongful medication. I struggle with regular vaccinations but understand that eventually, we have to put some trust in our doctors. Having said that, it would be reassuring to believe that all doctors have our children's best interest in mind at all times. Yours truely, Denise D'Angicco 
Lisa Loconte  
Angie Pilato  
Bill Humphrey  
Laura Humphrey  
megan jones I live in Hawaii and Oxycontin has had a huge effect in my family's life and in my community.We seem to have it spread across our rural communities.I had a brother in law die from it last year and now I am trying to help my sister recover from this horrific addition.So sad to live in the most beautiful place on earth and see it turn upside down with drug addition.Let us unite across the country and help ban Oxycontin!! A hui ho and Mahalo!! 
Michael Beckman  
Geovanny Villagomez they are silent killers that the government has made and know the effects. it killed one of my best friends and pills arent the way to die 
Susan Beckman  
timothy dawson  
sara niederberger I want the pills gone my husband and brother in law and all their friends are addicted to it. I can't stop them and I am about to leave my husband cause of it. so please ban OxyContin. 
Kate Wilson I had a serious opiate addiction and had to lose everything before I realized what i had. I am now in my secon year of recovery and still picking up the pieces. I am aware that my addiction was my choice, however if it wasn't so over prescribed and readily available, maybe other people will not have the same outcome as I did. 
Elizabeth Blocker My heart aches for families who hace lost loved ones to this medication. My 21 year old son starting out "just trying it" with some friends at a party one night...next thing we knew he had an awful addiction to it which in turn led to heroin use. I feel that the drug enforcement people are busting drug dealers left and right to get heroin off the streets..well lets start with OXYCONTIN!!!! 
DIANNE CRIVELLI  
Tammy I'm amazed at how easily this drug is prescribed. Freeging scary. Why would the Government allow this to continue? (Food for thought)... 
Kim Zipperer This has become an epidemic, I could go one forever with how I feel about it. Bottomline, it is not worth it!! Please ban this drug, stop the addictions, stop the deaths, just stop it... 
Vicki Singer My daughter has gone through detox and now has relasped from this drug. It is destroying her life and it is very easy to get and very expensive when sold on the street. 
Nadia Arturi Canada  
Rose Arturi  
Bobby Cooley  
Amanda Carson  
Rosanna Rubino  
Sherry Scallon  
Maria Hadfield My daughter has been struggling with her addiction to Oxycontin for many years. The drug is highly addictive which turns normal human beings into unrecognizable addicts who can not control their cravings. The drug is easier to get than marijuana as any pain management doctor will prescribe it and give out at least 200 pills per month. These doctors are really legalized drug dealers. This drug is deadly. My daughter says you are a slave to this drug. It controls you completely and no matter how hard you want to get off of it the cravings really do not go away. It's odd that you need a special credidation to be allowed to prescribe suboxone which is supposed to help you get off oxycontin but any doctor an prescribe oxycontin. Take this drug off the market NOW. I know one day I will lose my daughter, the fight is too hard, especially when the drug has weakened you. It destroys families.  
Darcy DiPetrillo My 29 year old son died of an overdose of oxycontin. He was a firefighter/parematic and new how to save lives but could not save his own. His death has not only destroyed our family but has done irreversable damage to his younger brother. The everyday guilt we all feel that we could have done more for Todd even though he was in rehab 3 times. There is not a day that goes by that I don't miss my son and wished that I could have done more to protect him from this horrible drug.  
Ines Defrancesco, Canada  
Ma sha Schorr Please get this killer drug off the streets - my son died because of it. He was only 24 years old. I hear of a death frequently that is tied to this killer drug. There are other ways for people to control their pain without becoming addicted to this horrible drug. I understand that people taking the drug as prescribed can also die because of it. It is just not safe - and our young people are dying everyday in this country. Please take it off the market. 
Patricia Rewis This is a very addictive drug and deadly.  
connie masucci they should ban oxycontin and other addicting painkillers out there. I dont believe they are for anyone,or anywhere out of hospital use for example surgery for a day or two thats it. if you can walk in a doctors office and sit down your not in pain..!!!! 
Dina Zidian  
sabrina schiavone  
daniel j servais I lost my boyfriend last june of a oxy. overdose we were togeather for 15yrs. he had a bad back I wish he would never have taken It. I kept It locked up but he always found a way to get It. he kept taking more and more I am on It also for a bad back. so he got In my pills also. so I was taking less and less because he was getting In mine. after he died I freeked out and no matter how bad my back was I was going to stop taking It. after three days I could not walk. I can not get off this drug I would rather die. I can not stop any advice. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. 
tom vigneault Maybe for the terminally ill patients of cancer or something of that nature. Not for the ones who have back aches and other conditions should not be treated with legal herion (oxycodone). 
Carla Miller  
Phillip Wasson Our eldest son, now approaching his 30th birthday" has struggled with addiction to OxyContin for nearly a decade which has been devestating to him and those who love him. I believe it is an epedemic that is destroying the underpinnings of our society and I strongly support tighter controls over the distribution of the drug especially pain management clinics, unethical doctors and pharmacies, if not banned altogether.  
Mary DiNunno BAN OXYCONTIN...........WHAT A BAD DRUG!!! 
Mary DiNunno  
Cecelia Roddy  
Scott Casson  
Sandra Tenuta  
Diane Shade  
Anonymous  
Franco Lalli (Canada)  
Stephen Santos (Canada)  
Giuseppe Giudice (Canada)  
Lucy Giudice (Canada)  
Sabrina Giudice (Canada)  
michelle shade This drug cost people their lives, young teens take it and get addicted and end up dead. Please ban it! 
Pamela Giudice (Canada) I have lost someone who was very important in my life, my brother. I miss him deeply and hope this ban helps others and prevents death.  
Noolia Booker  
amber dombrowski I've lost my brother last september to drugs. Most notably, Oxycontin. He suffered an agonizing death and was in a coma. he came out of the coma and was hospitalized for 2 months, only to die 8 months later due to the damage that oxycontin did to his organs. Nothing will bring him back but I've watched too many people suffer from this drug. It's highly addictive and should only be used in a case by case basis. ie pain from cancer, etc.. I hate the drug companies for making this drug. I will not stop preaching the dangers of it ever. I miss you, brother. You've left behind so many broken hearts, I can't even begin to count. I hope you are finally at peace. I love you. Your Sister. Amber 
Ruth MacGillivray  
Rosario DiBiase (Canada)  
Rosanna Ciancio, Canada  
Heidi Roberts  
penny long We too are a family suffering from the death of a young daughter. She had just turned 29yrs,old, when she died in 1999. She was prescribed Oxycontin, while seeking help the "right" way, thru proffesional medical doctors.  
Tiffanie weathers I just don't agree with the misuse of prescription meds it is dangerous and it seems like everyone is misusing pills especially Oxycontin somethings gotta be done people are losing there lives.  
cheryl mcvie I HATE THEM THEY ARE THE DEVIL!!!! 
Lilly (Canada)  
Deborah L. McCallen Please ban this harmful drug ASAP! 
Anonymous  
Anonymous My deepest sympathies to the families or anyone who is affected by this drug. Although OxyContin does have it's good side medically, the terrible affect on our young people who have a dependent gene is horrible. I also have a young family member who has been affected by this drug. It is too easily acquired and the long term addiction can ruin a persons life. This drug should either be better controlled or completely removed from the drugs available to the public.  
Mileyna Smith  
Bonnie Smith  
Anonymous If doctors would prescribe this only to dying (terminally ill) patients as I understand it was intended, it would be different. Severity of pain is one of the hardest things to prove. Too many doctors have prscribed it when something else would have been better. My son never had a prescription for it, but his girlfriend did. He is now in jail on drug related charges. His girlfriend has been in several times for drug related charges. They have lost many of their friends to Oxycontin and combinations with other drugs. I just don't think the FDA and doctors understand the seriousness of releasing these addictive drugs to people who are just "in pain". Please take them off the market or conntrol them a whole lot better. 
Eric Basso I've seen many of my friends go down the drain due to oxys, one of my bestfriends got a bubble in his needle when shooting up and I found him unconscious on his girlfriends bathroom floor needle still in his arm. Helping him go through his addiction and having it beat him so many times has forever changed me.  
Anonymous I fully support a ban on this poison imposed on humanity. Just today a friend was grieving of the death of a 29yr old mother who took OxyContin. My son has weaned from it but still suffers the emotional upheaval and financial ruin not to mention the drastic decline of his health. It was given as pain medication after a car accident and he got hooked and started buying on the street. Took time money and a year of his life away including the rehab. Also my step son is still weaning off it and lost two friends in death one that he had found dead one morning and it has emotionally scarred him. I can't believe we have to go to this point to rid ourselves from such an obvious poison. pain is a part of healing and there is alternative I want this drug banned universally.  
Cristina(Canada) Let's help ban OxyContin!! It still feels so surreal that b/c of this so called "medication" that a doctor prescribed to you, your no longer alive!! The pain is still hard to indour of losing someone so special, not only to me, but to alot of people b/c of this harmful drug. BAN OXYCONTIN once and for all!!!  
Barbara Krinsky Have used this at times after surgery and can see tendency to overuse because it helps so much with pain, however, need to be so careful to keep track or bad side effects can occur or worse without even realizing. Probably better to use a less dangerous pain reliever. Too many fatalities have happened to justify continued endorsement by FDA to keep this on the market. 
Anonymous my grandmother died in 2006 ever seens then my mother has been depressed shortly after grandma past moms so called friend offered her a oc made her feel better then it went from there i had to pay 1200 in 2008 to get her help she did not finsh treatment.now shes in treatment i pray she gets better i hate oc ban it asp. 
Anonymous  
Korina Rennie My brother is currently addicted to Oxycontin and has overdosed on this drug at least 4 times. Dr.s don't seem to know enough about it to help him get off it. 
Corinne de palma  
Linda Linton I lost my son in December 2009, to an addition to OxyContin. He was a wonderful man when not on the drug which sadly was not often. I feel for all the other parents, and all the other family members that have lost or could loose someone to this very addictive drug, that doctors seem to dole out so easily. I can't get my son back but maybe if the drug was unavaliable some other people can be saved. Thank you, Linda Linton 
Anonymous  
Anonymous  
sarah mcintyre  
donna marie estes If there are available alternatives to controlling pain, then I suggest they be further studied and utilized. I had a family member that was prescribed this drug for chronic pain and it became an issue for them. Unfortunately, after an accident last year, I am being treated for pain management myself, but, I have refused to take this drug and any acetaminophine mixture of it. I've looked into and utilize many alternative non-narcotic pain managers that are much more desirable than the risk of addiction. I'm not suggesting anti-inflammatories (I'm allergic to them and they are not a consideration in my treatment)...what I mean are lifestyle alternatives, i.e. dietary, accupuncture, alternating activities, ect. I've found in my experience that the medical community is very quick with the prescription pad where these medications are concerned, too quick for my taste and while I realize that the need exists for some whose pain or their tolerance of pain creates a need, oxycontin is still a very dangerous choice. Not only is it dangerously addictive to those with a medical need, but I continue to hear more and more from my children about the abuses of the drug among their peers due to the ease of access within homes and the street availability of the drug.  
Anonymous well whata you know purdue has just got the ok on it's new reformalated oxycontin,now how about that? seems they are still trying anything to keep those greedy pockets full...lmao seems as though they will try anything to keep this evil,killing and homewreacking pill on the market,,, thats my take,i've already signed the form,so this is an update 
Anonymous I am a pharmacist. I hate this drug. I want it off the market. 
Anonymous i got my son's autopsy report yesterday.He died of an oxycontin overdose february 20 2010.he has left behind two teenage sons that his father and i are going to raise.My son was 39 year old. 
heather fawley  
grant fowkes  
Rosemary Smith I lost the love of my life to oxycontin addiction. I can list 10 friends of the top of my head who are addicted. These are upper middle class individuals with college degrees and happy childhoods who had everything going for them and now do nothing but try to feed their habit. They are so sick that they believe their own lies. One of their best friends ODed and died on Easter. I pray that this will be a wake up call for them but I fear that they are so far in denial that it won't be. Why is this drug everywhere? I refuse to believe that there are so many people in so much physical pain that this drug is necessary. There are other pain killers available without this extremely addictive quality. THE ONLY REASON THIS DRUG IS STILL ON THE MARKET IS GREED! 
Widel Velez Please remove this destructive drug from our society as it has destroyed many lives since its beginning. Our brother’s, sisters and parents are dying because of its horific adiction that causes them to do anything at anytime.  
christine  
H Brown  
Brandon Ochocki Stop the drug abuse! Let's ban this evil substance!!! 
Anonymous This is a horible situation here in our Country. My family has also been affected like so many others. We need to stand up for what is right and force these manufacturers to be more responsible. Their lust for money is corrupting our society. Please, Please stop this madness and have compasion so our generation and future generations can have an opportunity to live normal, happy lives without being addicts. You, the manufacturers are ruining families and hundreds and thousands of innocent people. STOP distributing/marketing Oxycontin. 
Carolyn Yengich My 16 yr. old daughter has become addicted to smoking OxyContin, and because of this, her life has become one big mess. Not sure where she gets them, but she uses money from her job, and owes a lot of people money. Her grandmother gives in to giving her money. We've tried to get help for her many times, to no avail. She's beginning to want help. May go to a facility in Denver in the next few days. OxyContin is an evil drug. 
Danielle Kerns  
Jayson R. Velez Oxy & other Opiates are horible drugs & a real problem in America. With the help of petitions like this one & clinics like Novus people can see that it is possible to overcome the grip that, unfortunately this drug has on so many people. For all those out there struggling with this terrible addiction know this, there is hope. I'll quote something my father told me as I was struggeling "never, never, never give up!"  
Michelle Bell My daughter died March 13, 2010 from an overdose of oxycotin.  
Michael Tarrant I was prescribed Oxycontin for back injuries over 4yrs ago, and once my Doctor had me a such a high dose he decided that he was just going to stop prescribing me. Now I am still taking Methadone because I could not just stop my life and lose my career. Doctors need to be honest with patients, i was never told that my body would become so addicted to this drug that if I did not have it I would be basically so sick i could not even function.If i had known i would be in this situation i would have never taken it, i thought my doctor would have done what was best for me. 
Stacy Foster This drug needs to be stopped! My husband was in a car accident and given this drug as his "only real opption for pain management". 2 years later recognizing the control it had over his life he stopped taking it cold turkey. I have never seen anyone suffer like he has been! It's been almost 2 months now and he is still fighting the withdrawels! Stopping the way he did could of killed him, but his alternative was to use a even more addictive med to "wean himself". My husband is a good responsible person that made a decision to stay away from drugs. The dr made him addicted to the meds! He never took them any way other than was prescribed by his dr and still became addicted! This needs to stop! Too many innocent people are dying, while the drug co. and dr's get rich!!!!! 
Gregory H. Van Ess  
Chantal J  
Mickey Fisher  
Brenda Gragg I lost a very dear friend in his 20's from OxyContin. His brother was also my fiance, he also started to take OxyContin for pain due to a back injury which he needed surgery for. I was very opposed and he stopped taking it. A couple of months later he died at 35 years old. The younger brothers death was due to the reaction OxyContin had on his heart. My boyfriend's was unexplained. He had not taken an overdose the autopsy showed. The possibility that the past usage of OxyContin also caused his death is great. This drug should be banned, so others will not suffer the heartache of losing a loved one. Due to his death I have become a member of an anti-drug coalition so that in some way I can help others that are caught up in addiction to change their lives. I thought before the autopsy came back that he had died of an overdose, but knew in the past he did not use drugs. He did not die from an overdose but more than likely from the legal usage of the drug. (My efforts are in Memory of Michael, may he now rest in peace) 
Elaine C. Springstead  
Bertin Springstead  
Lester Springstead  
Anonymous I was put on oxys 8 years ago for back pain and other medical reasons.i took it as perscribed and now my body is so depenant on it that i cant function with out it.I am a married woman with 3 kids and one on the way yes one on the and trying to come off of these horrid pills.my point is that even the drs give this drug to you noy knowing what will happen and the pharmicies well they wont tell you that if you try to stop takeing these drugs on your own you can expect a trip to the emergency room this i know i have tryed 5 times on my own to quit and amost died 3 of those times.my doctor actually said to me after the first 2 times that this drug was so new in canada that they didnt even know the consequences of this drug now i have seen first hand what abuseing this drug can do.in cape breton island 3 of my friends children have died at the hand of this drug.I have seen one dear friend at 52 become addicted and then die of a heart attack in a drug house while his family waited at homr for him to go to church.whay cant these companys look at people as people and not dollar signs or experimnts.yes i pray this drug is banned or controlled so that people who r sick and dieing can still have some sort of relief in there last days. 
Carin Doddroe  
Kathleen Hayes When is Big Pharma EVER going to "get it" that human life is worth more than a $ in their bulging pockets ? 
Angie Chauncey-Arroyo  
edna marquitz some 17 year old that my kids knew died from oxycontin overdose today! it is terrifying! we need to raise awareness about this! 
Kelsey Brunvand  
Barbara Steinberg  
Anonymous STUPID ASS SHIT 
Robert Wilkinson Way to many kids are dying from this. Had two friends of my own who have died due to this horrible drug.  
Anonymous In honor of Carl...and many others 
Rachel Smith Lose The Pill.... Or Lose A Loved One..? It's Up To You!! 
Keera Schaefer  
andrew david banks  
tyler weathers Oxycontin should be banned, no need to go in to detail 
Anonymous What a horrible drug. We have seen our very own friend go down the tubes because of an addiction to this drug. Its very sad and I send love and compassion to all that have been affected by this drug or any kind of drug addiction. 
Anonymous  
Bruce Clemmer  
Annette Havens I lost a friend recently to heroin and oxyContin is what she started with and it took her to heroin... 
Anonymous I have witnessed first hand the effects of OxyContin and what it can do to the person addicted and the family. It is not pretty. It devastates all involved. I have sadly watched as a family has all but fallen apart trying to help fight this addiction. Careers ruined, Family torn apart, children suffering because of OxyContin. Please remove this drug from the shelves and start spending the money needed to help the ones who have become addicted to it. 
roy webb I spent three days and nights watching my sixteen year old daughter going through withdrawal while fighting to get her into rhab. She was to the point where I knew she wouldn't live another two weeks.I watched this drug turn her into a monster.It's everywhere. Our kids a doing this in sixth grade, people. Don't ever be foolish enough to think "Not my kid". 
Deana Fox This drug destroys lives. 
chris stratman  
Linda Vincent  
Anonymous I work with the inmate population and Oxy is a very deadly so called medication.... 
Bruce Timmins Putting this drug on the market was a big mistake. It should be removed and the regulations allowing such a drug to be released should come under serious review. 
Sharayah Brewer  
Marianne McGuire  
david quinlan i lost 4 yrs of my life tens of thousands of dollars and nearly my children to oxy contin....however non prescribed....i feel no less duped for using street oxy...the stuff is nearly zero controlled as far as distribution goes and in many cases people who need it couldnt get it for the ones that are selling it who supposedly do...i believe canadian class action should go beyond prescribed users...what does anyone think of that....is it solely my fault? such as a victim? 
Christine Snyder  
Leslie Edridge My children's Father has been battling addiction to oxycontin since it was prescribe by his doctor in 1998. He know has been on methadone for almost 2 years and it has changed his life in so many ways, not to mention the lives of his children and all other loved ones..broken relationships, debt, health problems etc. etc. Not to mention the loss of one of his best friends a few months ago. Please help these people !!! Ban Oxycontin!! Sincerely, Leslie Edridge 
Amy W  
Kevin Hill  
Shauna Morrissey  
Tanner Morrissey  
Kristi Steele  
carrie Prayers are with you, long hard road to come clean but so worth it. 
Shellie Taylor I lost my common law husband, my children lost a Dad. Oxycontin ruined his life and the life of his family. He is still alive but can't kick the addiction. He can't function like everyone else. When the kids and I were forced into one income I had to find other ways to make money. I make jewellery from used guitar strings and sell it. There is only one detox centre in the entire city of Oshawa Ontario Canada. I want to change that. I give 21% of my jewellery sales to the Salvation Army. My ex has been there a few times and they have given Christmas presents to my kids. There are families that are way worse off then us so the jewellery enables me to give back. It's a dream of mine someday to open an addiction centre with my jewellery sales in the city of Oshawa. This city is highly effected by this drug. It really destroy's everything in it's path. My kids have had to grow up without a Dad. I will buy the bracelets and wear them. Thank you for this website ! It means alot. Shellie Taylor. www.rockbanzbyshellie.com 
Samantha Hoff  
Gina Cecchi Prescription drugs are supposed to help people not destroy them! Get this stuff off the market and out of the hands of young people.  
Kalyn Benson  
mike green  
Joshua Saver  
collen deane  
Bonnie Laska My heart and prayers go out to all families who have suffered addictions and losses from those addictions from this awful drug. I back you all every step of the way. Clean 5-13-09 to present day and so very thankful. 
KIM GOTT MY SON WAS A VICTOM OF WORKERS COMPENSATION.. DUE TO LACK OF HAVING TIMELY INSURANCE BENEFITS, AND ACCESS TO QUAILITY- MEDICAL PROFFESIONAL SUPPORT. HE FELL VICTOM TO A FAILED "PAIN MANAGED SYSTEM." YOU WILL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, BECOME PHYSICALLY DEPENDENT ON THIS TYPE OF DRUG. WITHOUT ACCESS TO A PHYSICIAN WHO CAN MONITOR PAIN AND THE VICTOM NOT HAVING HEALTH BENEFITS WAS A SERIUOS CAUSAL LINK THAT ENDED HIS LIFE ABRUPTLY.. WE MUST BRING SCIENCE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES AND OFFER PROPER DIOGNOSTIC FOLLOW-UP AND TEST REPORTS THAT WOULD SUBTANCIALLY DECREASE THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS PARTICULAR DRUG. IT SEEMS, IF YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED ALREADY, THAT OTHER DRUGS ARE BEING MIXED WITH THIS DRUG. XANAX IS ONE AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER ANTI ANXEITY DRUGS BEING MIXED AS WELL. I THINK THIS MIXTURE IS JUST ANOTHER "BAD DOCTOR PAIN POTION”, BEING OFFERED IN THE SO CALLED "LEGALIZED DRUG USE ARENA". MEET YOUR NEW PUSHER: "DOCTOR- PAIN-PIMP -DADDY-GET IT NOW WHILE YOU CAN- JUNIOR...!! THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF LIFES MOST DIFFICULT ADJUSTMENTS FOR ME. THE LOSS OF A SON IS A GREAT LOSS. HIS LIFE SHOULD NOT BE LOST FOR NOTHING.. WE MUST TAKE A STAND AND INTERVEEN EITHER AS A ADVOACATE, PARENT, A FRIEND, AND ESPECIALLY MAKE IT A COMMUNITY EFFORT ON BEHALF OF OUR LOVED ONES IN THIS “ULTRA- HIGHLY- LIFE-, ON CHEMICALS ENVIROMENT”. MY FINAL THOUGHT IS: DON’T FREAK OUT.. LIFE IS TO SHORT.. LIVE..LOVE ..LAUGH.. THIS IS THE BEST HIGH… IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON TROY D. MEYER 11/28/2007 
Isabel Knudsen  
Stephanie Saver  
Yolanda Marini  
Sandra Marini  
Laurie Martin my brother-in-law died May of 2007 at the age of 36 from oxycontin prescribed by a physician for back pain. My sister & brother-inlaw were also prescribed oxycontin when they had knee replacements 2006 and back surgery 2010, totally unaware of the drugs notorious history. 
Blossom Kapper  
Joan Magee My son's life has been destroyed due to this drug. He had everything going for him until his chronic pain got so bad that his doctor put him on oxycontin. That was the beginning of the end for him He lost his house, his job, his self respect. He spent many thousands of dollars trying to feed his growing dependency. He is now totally broke and has to live with me again. I would like to retire but can't until he gets independent again. He went through hell and is now off it--but is now dependent on methadone. The pain is still there. I have been diagnosed with breast cancer--likely due to the stress that this drug has brought to our lives. Is there any recourse for us? Joan Magee 
Linda Kielbiski My beautiful son was given OxyContin to manage his pain in 2206, now OxyContin manages his life. He is hooked and life as we once knew it no longer exists. A once successful Chef, Father, Husband, Brother, Grandson and Son is now a slave to this dreadful drug and life has become a nightmare of all. OxyContin should be banned and the company who marketed this drug should be held accountable.  
Mickey Fisher My daughter was one of the victims of the dangerous use and abuse of OxyContin. She was given the drug after back surgery and became addicted to it. She died of an accidental overdose on November 3, 2009. This drug needs to be taken off the market.  
Jeff Langs I live in a town of 36000 and we have a methadone clinic! That is sad, I hope that the methadone works! I think that it is sad that you have to cure this with another drug, especially one that is a synthetic heroin! I am not nor have I ever been addicted to this drug, but I have seen many people that I thought that would do so much better then me in life, as it turns out some of these people have lost their houses, friends, family and have lost years off their lives! I also want to say that if I was to blame anyone I would the FDA because they are as much to blame the company that lied! My question is "WHY DOES IT TAKE A DRUG TO CURE A DRUG?" 
samantha  
Debbie Cunningham This horrible drug took our family and our addicted 26 year old son to the edge of Hell and back. Recovery is possible, yet it has been a long, confusing and heart breaking road. I sincerest sympathies to those families who have lost loved ones due to this drug. We have our son back and for that, I thank God and the help and encouragement of two wonderful doctors here in Calgary. Shame on you, the executives of Purdue Pharma! Please put this evil concoction out of everyone's life for good! A Grateful Mom, Debbie Cunningham 
Anonymous I have a loved one who became addicted to this drug very quickly. Within a very short period, this legally prescribed drug took over his life, and the life of those who loved him. He is now in recovery, however, it has been an extremely painful and destructive journey for all of those who walked with him. Once addicted to this drug, it has taken several medical detoxes, as well as several periods of treatment to get him to this point of recovery. Every single day I wake up and pray that just for today he will be able to stay clean from oxycontin. The drug company should be held accountable for their misleading claims of low addiction rate. I am in Broward County and only have to drive a short distance to see numerous pain clinics that dole out oxycontin as if they were tylenol or advil. The doctors prescribing this are also basically legalized pushers or drug dealers. THIS MUST STOP  
Kristina Rose Clark  
Johanna Stewart  
Arlayna Duncan Oxycontin should definately be banned because of the addiction level it involves. It effects many many people and in different ways. This is a plague on our streets. 
Diana Cabrera  
Anonymous My best friend is an addict and herion is what she is addicted to then she started doing oxycontin and now is in jail for selling them on the streets...Not only has her herio addiction been hard for me and her family to deal with it has been even harder seen she started using oxyxontin...I wish they would stop making them and doctor would stop giving them to people who don't need them...she could go to the doctor and they with give her a rx for 50 to 300 of them anytime she wanted it...Its sad what it has done to here and here family and her only friend she had left...I hope she gets the help she needs and never buy or sell or uses them again in her life...she is only 22 years old... 
clg I was prescribed oxycontin by a pain management doctor. I was assured it was not addictive, that you do not become addicted to pain meds when you need them for pain. That was the start of my hell with oxycontin. I would go to the dr. and ask for more and get three months worth at a time, hundreds of oxycontin pills. If I said I needed more, he would prescribe more at higher doses. For three years I was given them like candies. I could barely function in life. I ended up lying to people I loved, avoiding things I had to do, lying to doctors, friends, bosses, family. I eventually lost custody of my daughter because of the affect that this horrible horrible drug had on my life. I had to start my life over, pick up all the pieces and try to carry on. I went through incredibly terrible withdrawls and will never get back the years this drug stole from me. My doctor was well meaning- he really believes it is a safe drug. I was not an addict before being placed on it. I am one of the lucky ones, I survived, I came out the other side. I have been clean for almost five years but there are so many that are not as lucky as I have been. My heart and prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones or who are trapped in addiction to this awful drug. No one who goes to the doctor for pain expects to come out with a personal hell of addiction. 
Anonymous  
Roseanna Grieco I sign this petition in support of my cousin Johnny Hickey and for him trying to show the world threw his movie how horrible this drug really is! 
Theresa Guillemette My husband was put on those pills years ago. I hated to see this drug take him down the way it did and he became so addicited to it. The damage it did to his heart and liver finally killed him. I blame the drug company and the doctors that are still pushing this drug as hard as they do on the patients. Who needs 4 - 80mgs a day for arthritis. I remember going in on one of his last visits to that doctor and my husband was complaining of swelling in his leg due to congestive heart failure with the doctor looked at and said nothing except how if your pain control. Both company and doctors should be held accountable for our losses from this drug that has done more harm than it has done good to anybody. 
rose klempner my son was addicted to oxycontin- and thank god he went to rehab and fought this addiction. it is something that effects the whole family- i believe this drug is worse than anything else because the addict truly believes they are fuctional while being addicted. they don't realize they are killing thier bodies and thier families please get this drug out of everybodys lives thanks rose 
william champagne  
Darcy Rachuk I believe that Doctors must be held partially accountable for over prescribing patients with these pain killers and start help diagnosing other ways to help patients recover from accidents and illnesses. This is the easy way to push patients out the door. My Father was in a serious car accident and broke his femor bone. Dr Stroud over prescribed him with percocet at first. As My father became addicted to them he moved him to oxycotin to help numb the pain. He eventually passed away Dec 17 2001 from an overdose in which he went into Cardiac Arrest. At that time our Lawyer said it would be Hard to hold the Doctor and the pharmacitical company accountable  
Mark Simpson  
Angie Simpson  
Camile Troise Where is the regulation on so many doctors perscribing and getting away with the AMOUNTS per prescription??? 
Marney Nichols We are as much concerned here in Canada as those in the U.S. Are our names added to any petition circulating in Canada? We have seen in our family the damage that this harmful drug can do; and we wish it to be stressed to the medical profession the long lasting effects of this dangerous drug. 
George Richardson I was put on Oxycontin as a pain killer, but only for a few months or so. I don't know if this had caused complications with my gaulbladder, along with my apendicitis and yellow jaundis as I was taking it for a few months or so before I had to go to the emergency and they had to keep me in the hospital for a total for almost 14 days. They first had to wait for my yellowjaundis and my apendicitis had to clear up before removing my gaulbladder. I am not sure that this drug had caused these complications but may have helped as I was taking other prescribed medications as well. Weither or not this drug had combined with my other drugs to make this situation as bad as it was I am not sure of, but I can tell you that when I was taken off of them, I had become more depressed and quite angry as I was taken of of them abruptly all at once. They should of at least weened me off of them instead of cutting me off like they did. I found myself having to bug my doctor to get workers comp. to get me more as I guess I was addicted and didn't know it. Because Worker's Comp. had been giving quite a hard time about paying for my medications, as I was injured on the job and because these meds were supposed to be quite helpful for chronic pain and not eddictive as I was told, cutting me off abruptly as they did, made me very angry but all I knew was "if this medication was safe" for me to take and would not interfere with my other medications, I needed something strong for pain and if this would work all I knew is that since they had started me on it and then months later just took me off of them just telling me that they don't pay for drugs like this, they should have realized that I needed to be taken off them slowly instead of just cutting me off of them, was it because WCB either knew something about this drug that I didn't know or as soon as they found out that there was something wrong with this drug and didn't tell me about it, I felt they didn't handle this right at all. I had no idea that I could have been addicted to them, but when they had cut me off like they did and I needed them badly to help with the pain, if I was violent at all, I felt like doing harm to my worker as she had seemed to be intentionally doing things to me, by not allowing me the things I needed to at least help me with what they could just to help me get by as it wasn't my fault that I was attacked on the job and got no support from my unions , Canada Post, the justice dept, the labour board and anyone else that I had expected to protect me but didn't. Yes, I do think big companies should be held accountable to others. I never knew of greed this bad until I had gottten injured and disabled. Yes show them that we care and if their job is just for greed and not just to help people, let them pay!! Thanks for the chance to allow me to vent somew of the anger I still live with. George Richardson Jr. Halifax, Nova Scotia.  
vicki wiebe  
Regan Brodeur  
Janet Blundell Although I have not lost anyone due to overdosing, I have lost a husband, my children have lost their father and my grandchildren have lost their grandfather. Our family has suffered in many tragic ways. Living with an addict is life altering for everyone - we as the addict suffer a tremendous loss. Please stop prescribing this horrible addictive drug! 
Anonymous It has been 30 days since i've turned myself into detox after getting accidentally/had major arm surgery/ addicted to Oxycontin.I'm still in withdrawal mode after a month.It is getting a little bit better with every day however i have to admit that 'my friend' OXY is calling everyday and struggle not to use again is enormous.7 days of detox were pure hell and agony,still trying to figure out what stopped me from suicide during first 72 hours.There was and still is an inhumane slow torture.Obviously Purdue knew it very well watching laboratory monkeys and rats after pumping OXY into them.I know if i relapse i'd die/kill myself within few months.Yes i'd love to see this drug being banned however realistically i don't believe that it can be achieved.Good Luck BanOxycontin.com and please keep up righteous fight against that evil drug.Thank you.  
Anonymous  
cathy valdes  
shirley we lost our son July 1st through suicide, related to oxycontin, he had been on it for 8 years and was being weaned off it by his DR. we found all this out aftet the fact, we didnt know he was on the meds, although it was given for back pain, he became very addicted, he changed, slept a lot and became withdrawn, didnt want to go to family functions etc. If only we had known he was on this drug. It has been 20 months now since he passed he was 48 years old, married 30 years with 3 children and 2 grandchildren. My husband and I now feel it is time we did something about this drug,and getting it taken off the market, if we can be of any help in any way, please let us know. This drug robbed us of our son,  
Connie McCaig I learned of your initiative on 16X9 The Bigger Picture last night. I live in a rural northern Ontario community that has been devaststed by oxycontin abuse, one of which being my husband who was prescribed Oxycontin for chronic back pain. Myself, along with other concerned community members have formed an action group, CANDU - Communities Against (Illegal) Narcotic Drug Use. While CANDU is just in the beginning stages we too believe that this highly addictive drug should be taken off the market. We would value any suggestions or input you may have as we embark on reducing and eliminating this drug from our streets & pharmacies. I would love to be updated on any progress you are able to make.  
Nicole Renee Savino  
Daniel Depasquale The sentence, all comments must be respectful to familes who lost loved ones says it all. There has got to be an alternative. Dr's who write these prescriptions with little knowledge of the patient and his or her condition should be forced to report the amount of pills they prescribe every month and to whom they are written.  
Angie Whittemore I support this petition. My brother has had addiction problems; it has devastated his life, as well as our family's. 
rebecca rojas  
Christie Johnson I was prescribed oxycontin to deal with chronic pain resulting from chemotherapy poisoning. 6 weeks ago I took myself off of these drugs, tapering slowly from 90 mg/day to 30 mgs/day and then going the final step cold turkey. I haven't slept more than 12 hours in over 6 weeks, I suffer debilitating anxiety, muscle cramps and can barely function. I can't believe that after everything I went through to survive breast cancer, I now have to face months and possibly years of agonizing withdrawal. I am so angry with my doctor for prescribing this medication. I must say that the horror of cancer and chemotherapy are nothing compared to what I am suffering from now. Oxycontin should never be prescribe to anyone unless they are terminally ill and never need to go off the drug.  
jeff chard Oxycontin is far from non-addictive. I know this for a fact first hand and I personally recommomend that no one tries this drug (legaly or otherwise) for the first time. I have spent many wasted days and nights looking for this medication so I wouldn't have to wake up dope sick from the drug, and I have done some things (crimanaly) that I am not proud of, namely doctoring perscriptions. I only hope the drug gets banned to save the many tens of thousands of children out there growing up the temptation of trying Oxycontin for the first time. Because that's all it took for myself and my wife to get hooked. And now, we are no longer together and we lost our two wonderful children. I curse Oxy to hell!. 
Sally Holland My son has been on Oxycontin for over 5 years, due to crippling lower back pain. It has caused significant deterioration in his quality of life and that of his two children; plus definite changes to his personality. Side effects? For sure! Please institute a compassionate program to replace this insidious drug! Thank you, Sally Holland Delta, British Columbia Canada 
Dr. R. R. Lyman  
c tracy oxycontin is heroins young brother, anyway you add it, oxy =death. 
Dick H. I have been reading comments made by others who are blaming the parent's of children who are addicted. We can all point fingers....at "WHOS" to blame. The bottom line is not one person in the government will stand-up to these drug companies as long as their pockets are getting lined, and it's not "their" child!...if they would just step back and view it as God Forbid it was someone they loved, they would possibly develop a conscience and become human......again. The way this world was meant to be! I truly believe that this is a huge test for humanity, and we are failing miserably. 
Erin I have had many losses in my life from this drug. It should only be used in hospitals or hospice. In Pinellas County alone almost 600 people died from Oxycontin in 2009. This drug should be banned... 
Neil Fraser I'm so very sorry to hear about all the tragedy connected to this drug. I've been taking oxycontins for a year now. At first my doctor was very honest on how addictive the drug is and to be very careful. I soon started to relax and take it as directed. I was thankful for the relief I was getting from the pain in my daily life. Herniated disk in my back. arthritis and nerve pain. Soon I noticed how I was changing for the worse. The pain got worse and I started taking more oxycontin's. For six months I ignored what I new was wrong and continued to take them. I'm now getting off them and find it a very interesting ordeal. I never thought I was one to have problems with addiction. I'm all to willing to trade the drugs for the pain and suffer with it till I can find something I can take with out all the worries related to oxycontins. 
nick chernoff my son is seriously hooked on oxycontin the doctors give him one month supply last month he took 11 pills we had to call an ambulance he then goes to a dr. and pleads for more or claims he lost the pills so they give more plus muscle relaxant this is ruining his life plus all our family,s this has been going on now for about20 years we have no where to turn dont know what to do seeking help hoping from you we dont expect our son to live long nick chernoff thank you isupport you 
Richard Thomas Humphrey I have personally been touched by this monster recently with a loved one. I've seen what it does to these kids and adults and it has to stop! Here we read, that they are in fact admittingly quilty.......Yet they still have the audacity to continue. Is money more important than a human being?? Is that what our world has come to?? Pathetic, simp;y PATHETIC!! It's time to wake-UP PEOPLE!! 
James Scott  
Justin Paczkoski inforwars.com may help back you up too! Forget a 600 million settlement Jail time is needed just like ANY DRUG DEALER. Canadians are waking up to this crime thanks to 16X9 show. Army against oxycontin is growing. Take notice!!!  
Ms.K.Hodgson I seen this special on television on April 3,2010. I am very much againist this drug. 
Anonymous  
Anonymous I'm just lucky I didn't lose my son.  
Linda Schmidt  
Anonymous I watched a close friend go down this slippery slope over the last 10 years.....losing friendships, ruining her other relationships, and deemed her unable to function in her job. She is lonely, and addicted! I spoke to her doctor, who looked at me as if I was not visible........no comment from her whatsoever, and she continues to prescribe this drug to this day! 
Anonymous Oxycontin almost stole my life. I am an educated woman, who held a very good paying, professional position in a hospital - UNTIL my doctor changed my pain medication from Morphine to Oxycontin. I NEVER thought I would see the day that I would be an addict. I went to my doctor BEGGING for help - I was honest about abusing my medication, and was told that the only reason I was abusing it was because they obviously didn't have my pain under good control, and I was sent away with a higher dose, and a third dose added mid-day. It just snowballed, and snowballed - the doctor sent me to the chronic pain clinic to help manage the chronic pain in my leg (I need a knee replacement, but due to politics, I am too young to receive this and have been told we need to just treat my symptoms until they can give me my knee). I went in repeatedly, and NOT once did my doctor refuse any excuse I gave as to why I needed more, or why I needed it early. My life was no different than that of a heroin addict - I used all my meds, I got from both of my parents using every type of lie or guilt trip, or just whatever it took to make sure I had enough Oxycontin to just not get sick. I couldn't even get high - I just wanted to be pain free - but Oxycontin became all that mattered to me. I tried stopping on more than one occasion (and almost died of a seizure in front of my two youngest children and my mother in the driver's seat of my car on one such occasion). Eventually I found a Methadone Clinic specializing in Opioid addiction. They understood that I was not just some "street" addict that was recreationally seeking Oxycontin, and through the support and help from the team there, I have been "clean" (other than my Methadone - which I am RELIGIOUS about using properly) since August 2008. I don't know that I will ever fully recover from the effects of the ten year addiction I had to deal with - but I am trying to live every day clean and repair my life and relationships the best I can. This drug steals your life. It destroys families and relationships, and it is not choosy - I have watched people from (literally) every different class of people fall to the effects of this drug. I would love nothing more than to try to help ban this horrible drug - even saving one person from going through what I went through would help me sleep a little better maybe. 
Anonymous Once you know it kills, it becomes MURDER.  
Anonymous  
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megan pratt  
Mary Willatt A ban of Oxycontin is long overdue.....we have a daughter who became addicted after being treated with it for chronic pain. Doctors kept upping the dosage telling her she could not become addicted as long as it was being used when she was in pain. I have ended up having to help raise her 3 young children due to the extent of the addiction and she has almost died a few times. She is now in a methadone treatment program to "kick" the addiction but to me this is just making her an addict to methadone now! 
Mark Faris I live in Canada and have just got off oxy after 3 years of a slippery slope down,a year ago i was actually taking 800 mg per day for a back problem that i had,I was hurt in 06 and this is the drug they gave me for my injury and the rest is all down hill from that moment.I swelled up like a balloon it made my pain worse in which I went to the doctor and well up the dosage and that is what happened for 3 years,there was times i was so sick throwing up my lining and sweating profusely I truly beleived I was not going to make it.There is alot more it did to me,but what it has also done to my family and so many others is outrageous.I feel for everyone who is or was a victim to this nightmare,and if there is anything i can do to help you can count me in.And yes I fully beleive it should be off the market so no more families have to go through this. Mark Faris 
Ashley Chatman I would love to see this go. My sister passed away from a prescrition drug overdose and we believe she was taking this at some point. It's far more destructive than people realize. 
Mary Drolet On December 8, 2001 my daughter Cristine died from an overdose of oxycontin that was prescribed for her by her doctor for pain control for pain from a chipped tailbone that she received when she fell down a set of stairs at her workplace. Crissy left behind two sons, Joseph (11) and Andrew (6). Crissy didn't need to die and Joseph and Andrew didn't need to lose their mother and my husband and I didn't need to lose our 29 year old daughter but we did. Please get Oxycontin off the market before more families are devestated. Mary Drolet 
Anonymous  
Kimberly Bergeron My only brother died on February 19, 2010 as a result of oxycotin at the young age of 26. His 27th birthday would have been celebrated on March 1st. I miss him deeply. There will forever be a hole in my heart. 
Chris Bell My son is 35 next week and is still taking prescription oxycontin. He says he is dependent on it, not addicted. He has changed so much that it is difficult to see the child he was. I am terrified that I will lose him one day although to be honest I have already lost him! 
sally jamiel  
Cyndy Blakeman Oxycontin almost destroyed my family and destroyed my son's life. I am thankful everyday he is still alive and in recovery but the journey to this point was a walk through hell. 
Lisa Joyce Hello Everyone, I'm a mother who has a son that was addicted to oxy. That drug should be ban and not that easy for a kid or a addict to get. Because of the support me and my son has we have been able o get trew the rough part of the withdrawls. 
George Alexandrovich  
patrick wimberly  
Anonymous - my 10 years of OxyContin has almost killed me and my doctor is more than happy to increase it any time I want..... One way or another, this will be my last year on Oxycontin! Kill it or kill me, I'll take no more after 2010! 
Karen Berdan I strongly oppose the distribution of this horrible drug to anyone. My daughter's boyfriend became addicted and is close to being weaned off this drug. He has been committed to kicking this addiction and has done exceptionally well. Thanks to a very supportive physician and his family, this young man will be off this drug but will have to live with the addiction for life. This stuff needs to be banned and never ever produced again. There has been 2 deaths in the last year in our area alone among young people due to this stuff....so so sad.... 
Tara Vantomme  
Tanya Vantomme I would love for OxyContin to be banned, there is so much illegal users where I am from, I do not like the drug it is very addictive and it is killing people out there because they use it the wrong way. Please put a ban on it thanks  
Georgina MacNeil  
Alberto Franco After having a car accidet 3 years ago and dealing with compress fractues bolge disk, I was suffering with pain and my Dr, prescribe me oxycotin for the pain, At first was very good my pain was away and I fell that I was getting my life back. After 3 months taking the oxycotin I decide to quit taking the medication loose wait and tray to just take Tylenol or Alivia from USA, bud was no good in off for my pain, I start felling a need to take again oxycotin, It was very hard to stop taking them, I had very short temper, I had problems at work. I start taking vitamins and pain killers I start with B6-B12,and vitami C and try to go for a walk. after a year I still felling the temtation to get oxycotin just for help me to deal when I get a bad pain and my back. My Dr join the army and he left Alberta. As much I miss him as a Dr I am glad I will no get more Oxycotin. Alberto Franco 707 Woodside Dr NW Airdrie. AB T4B2G9 
Steven Mallery  
Dez Edwards  
Marie Leclerc  
Christina Edwards I am so sorry to hear of your loss due to oxycontin my mother is addicted to oxycontin and I wish this drug never existed.  
Concetta Troise  
nancy ripp This drug has affected some of the closest people to me. I will support this cause. 
Michelle Iavelo For my little brother who suffers with addiction....and for all the families who have lost someone to this horrible drug...You are always in my thoughts and prayers.  
dwaynemnly41  
Brian I got a really good friend along with several other friends that is addicted to OXYCONTIN!!!! I have seen this drug ruin peoples life,and cause family problems!!! PLEASE BAN THIS DRUG,MAYBE IT WILL SAVE SOME LIFE'S AND KEEP SOME FAMILIES TOGETHER...... THIS PILL IS EVIL... BAN BAN BAN IT!!!!!!  
Ed LaRue  
Miles Griffin Agreed. Terrible stuff.  
Debbie Zellner  
Kirby Walls  
Patty Shevlin  
Dannielle Johnson I have had many people in my life that have been addicted to prescription drugs. One of my dear friends has battled with this particular drug and although they have kicked the habit, they are not the same person I remember. It has changed them for life and that is truly unfortunate. I miss my friend and hope they come out stronger in the long run. 'F' THIS DRUG! 
Faye Manley This drug is highly addictive and it should be taken off the market. It has caused a lot of families to deal with their children abusing the drug and becoming so addictive that we don't even know who the person has become. It is a gateway drug to herion. It is important to continue this ban and hope that on politicians will do the right thing and ban this drug for life. There are other ways to manage pain.  
Larry Bixel This drug has caused so much pain and heartache in my family! More than any other drug! Including alchohol! 
Jesy Booo Hillbilly Heroin!  
tracy benson This stuff is killing people. 
mark hall i own a hair salon next door to a prim rx pharmacy. and i have some very close friends who has lost a love one becouse of oxycontin. it has goten so bad ware my solon is that we are movining. i hope that this drug is taken off the street. mark hall 
dawn l christensen  
Pamela Tennant My 22 year old son is addicted to oxycontin and has been for four years. Please ban oxy and shut down those pain management clinics that are giving prescriptions out to our kids. Oxy is killing our kids. 
Anthony Heald  
scott rains  
Sara Manley My father passed away four years ago from an accidental overdose of methadone. He was prescribed the drugs, and when he ran out, he hallucinated so badly that we're sure he didn't remember how much he took once he got his new prescription. I hate ALL prescription pain medications, and believe they are given out too easily, and can have lethal effects on people; not to mention how addicting they are. These drugs ruin people. Thank you for creating this movement.  
Gerard Gendreau Take it off the market for everyones safety and health. 
Tammi Gendreau This is killing our children and too many doctors just prescribe it for pain and they don't need to. 
jennifer repine this stuff is really bad and alot of people are getting it very easily. PLEASE BAN OXYCONTIN!!!! 
Joan  
Rhonda Stefanski  
Susan Johnson I have 2 family members that are addicted to Oxycontin. One of them started out using the medication for back pain And then she had both knee's replaced. The doctor she had was Continuing to perscribe them for over 10 years. The other family member is in his early 20's and it was the Going drug among friends. He has tried 2 different rehabs and still Is not clean. My father was perscribed this medication when he was in stage IV cancer and it help to keep him comfortable in his final days. I feel there are several other choices on the market that aren't Nearly as powerful and I feel it should be banned. Oxycontin is heroin for the teens and early 20's.  
Calvin White III  
Terri L. White  
Brad Crowley it kills. 
Anonymous thanks for dupping me for a ride to the Rally. I am now in worst depression since I found my daughter dead. 
Anonymous  
Ben Britten  
Anonymous I lost my best friend and sister, not physically but spiritually, she is addicted to Oxycontin. My sister started using Oxycontin at the age of 16. She was introduced by her boyfriend. She started lying, and stealing from people she loved just to get the pill. She than began using Roxy's and when taking the pill wasn't enough she began injecting, her addiction became so strong she would do anything and everything for this drug. She wanted to stop so bad but was afraid of withdraws. We called lots of suboxone clinics who surprisingly wont prescribe suboxone to someone over the age of 18 in our state!  
anonoymous It is unreal how mny people are affected by this drug. Children who never gave their parents a hard time. Other than the typical teenage drama. These bright beautiful, talented children, partying with friends...."oh it can't happen to me" I don't believe for one second any of these kids knew what they were doing to themselves. Suddenly, their lives are no longer their lives. Their free spirits now ravaged with the thought of "where or how can I get my next fix?? They start to lie, cheat and steal. They go to clinics where guess what everyone..half these Drs. are not even American born. Play dumb....Hardly speak English. But yet.....not only are our children walking out of these offices with 3 perscriptions for oxys, they are leaving there with perscriptions for Somas, xanax and countless others. What?? They don't understand that the combination of these drugs are DEADLY???? But they understand the CASH ONLY PAYMENT for the visit??? Come on people....these Drs. need to go back to their own countries and take care of their own children. America needs to stop being POLITICALLY CORRECT. And our "jail" system what a joke. THEY ARE GETTING IT IN JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??? What about the stores selling "fake" urine for these kids to pass urine test in outpatient therapy or IN A COURTROOM. Why are those kinds of things being sold?????  
Amanda Churchill This drug has caused me pain and heartache! 
Erin Hungerford  
Anonymous I can barely begin to talk of the fear and grief this horrible addiction has caused my family. I read many of the comments on this petition and I felt all the same pain others have experienced. My 25 year old son has been in recovery from 2+ years of addiction for nearly a year... but I fear for him everyday from now on. He went through a horrible time because of this insidious drug first given to him by a DR for a shoulder injury. The collateral damage to our family and others around him is beyond belief. Not my son he would never have done these things let alone for a drug. I hardly recognized him anymore...his actions and his spirit. He seemed to have lost his soul. I too looked at him while he was sleeping to see if he was still breathing. The pain he told me of when he tried to stop taking it....my beautiful, loving, productive, successful child in such pain from the withdrawal of this vicious addiction. Oh my God.....please make this devastating drug go away. There is no conceivable reason for this drug to exist. 
Linda This drug is destroying our country, It litterally makes me sick that the greed among the doctors and pharmacutical company's actually exsist.. I thank god every day that my husband beat this deamon, i am so very prowd of him so do not give up if you are fighting this cronic, life threating disease. Get off it, there is a healthy life ahead of you waiting, Stay strong, one day at a time..My heart goes out to all the addict's, and the addict's family's and friend's.Keep the faith and you can do it! God bless you all who have lost some one to this dreadful addiction, Lets hope this petition can make a difference! 
peter laureano  
JENNIFER LAUREANO  
Leonard and Angela Piotti We lost our daughter because of her addiction to precription medication. Please ban Ozycontin - PLEASE!! 
barbara quatrano  
ROBERT M. DIAZ SR. I lost my younger son Aug.29,2009 due to oxycontin prescribed by a "physician" pusher working out of a pill mill here in Tampa, Fla. I'm all for banning oxycontin and for putting the "Doctor" pushers in prison where they belong. 
Denise Hille Lets get a protest started in pasco county. Lets get rid of this drug and safe our children 
michelle G Almost lost a family member to this addiction caused by over prescription of a unethical doctor! we need to stop this now before many other people become statistics!!!! 
michelle Gimenez Almost lost a family member to this addiction caused by over prescription of a unethical doctor! we need to stop this now before many other people become statistics!!!! 
Shannon Corter  
Ann Brock  
Marguerite Cottone This is the worst drug in the world!!!! I am so tired of the pain this drug has caused way too many families. Our government would rather see our children die than NOT make the profit. Watch how fast something would get done if it was someone's child in Washington. We NEED to take a stand. Our children are no longer our children and the only ones who are profiting is the court system and the crooked doctors. My prayers are with every family who's lives have been torn apart. 
Inger Kopf There will always be drug abuse, but as a substance abuse counselor, I see no other drug doing as much destruction as Oxycontin right now. It is readily available on the street, the seeking of it is causing so much crime. This stuff is poisoning our communities. 
linda depasquale  
Gaetano Cottone  
Paul Micieli I know a few peoplke who are addicted to oxycotin its a bad deal for them. This is something that needs to taken off the market for sure, all my thoughts and Prayers go out to all who has either lost a loved one or has a loved one that is dependent on this crap 
Beverly Sommers I have had three friends, from varies walks of life, die from oxycontin addiction(s); and even more friends that I know are living with the addiction to this horrible medication! Some of them going as far as liquifing the pills and then shooting them with needles as a heroin addict would do. I believe this drug never should have taken out of hospitals in the first place, but since it has we now have a responsibility to our families, friends and community to get it taken off the streets and keep it off. 
russell casady Once your child has taken this disease called oxycontin be prepaird to lose all trust and material possessions you may have accumulated in your working carrer. For there are brief moments of what was once your child. They have now become the disease. The only time you will recognize them is a phase of the drug use refered to as sick. Sick is a result of too much taken or waiting on the next prescription to hit the street. This phase will last no longer than 2 or 3 days. If you are a loving family as my wife of 21 years and I are it will be in your nature to nurse and want your child healthy. This is the only time you will reconize your child. The roxys have taken over and no matter what is said, what is spent, what support and what rehab they may attend, it still lingers. The losses to you and your family are heartbreaking. I know how this is going to end. I can only watch over her and hope the next dose is not to much. Children's lives, Streets flooded with oxycontin...is this really a decision a civilized nation has to think about?  
Tami Carter  
Julianne Porter Seeing all of the lives that have been taken by Oxycontin isn't right. An addiction is hard to overcome, especially if you don't have the means to do so. Please, take this drug off the market. I'm sure it won't fix the problem, but we'll only be one step closer to helping those who need help the most. Oxycontin has affected my family in a negative way. I'm not sure if this drug helps anyone in a positive way. For those of have overcome this addiction, I am proud, for those who will forever be affected by Oxycontin, I'm happy to know that you're still alive. And God bless all of those who's lives were taken too soon because of this drug. Please, help educate or help someone beat this addiction.  
Kurtis wimberly  
cynthia komendat i wait every day for the phone call that my son has died because of his addiction to oxycontin. this is destroying his life and making mine and the people who love him a living hell. the people who make this drug should have to spend a day with everyone who is addicted to oxycontin and then maybe they would see what i see everyday 
justin pollington haven lost someone to this cause i support this petition we need to try and help prevent this any way that we can , and anyone who has lost someone to this knows where im comeing from 
Nancy Desiderio  
Tiffanie Cobb I loving memory of Nicholas Johnston March,22 2003 
Anonymous RIP Tyler Dobies, Miss you so much baby! <3 
Dana Krapfl  
Miriam Heinold  
Michael Burich  
Katie G I'm tired of friends dying because of this stupid pill. 
Matthew O'Leary This drug is far too powerful and the ability for users to abuse the drug is too easy. I have seen too many people succumb to the power of the addiction. My hometown has become one of the centers for Oxycontin abuse and sale; pharmacy's have been robbed and cars are being broken into and items stolen and sold to pay for Oxycontin. The abuse of this drug has affected too many people for its production to continue. Something needs to change before more people lose their lives to Oxycontin addiction. 
Cameron Kerns  
Danielle Newman  
Carly Babka  
Carmen Lemke My husband was extremely addicted to OxyContin, we almost lost everything we have because he spent every last penny on getting his "fix". He ended up doing a month in-patient treatment and 2 months jail as a result of his addiction. He missed the birth of his first son and the loss of his oldest daughters first tooth but he is now clean and turning his life around for his family. I just pray for everyone out there who struggles with this or any addiction, it can be beaten but not without support! 
John Charles Rogalski I'm a recovering addict. Sober one year three months to date. God bless everyone out there who may struggle or suffer. I wish only the best..... 
Anonymous Done some awful things to my family :( 
Alicia Tigges  
Shari Casady We 'lost' our little girl to "Roxys." She is still alive, but by no means is she the same person she was before she started using them. She was 17 when we sent her to rehab to the tune of $25,000 plus travel costs to an out-of-state facility. Since leaving there after a four month stay, we are day to day. Roxys are cheap and easy to get in the State of Florida. All you have to do is hang around a pain clinic and there is always someone happy to sell the whole prescription for pennies on the dollar. You can park across the street and witness this going on all day. There is nothing and no one stopping this activity. Even easier than that are kids in the halls of the schools who got a 'free' prescription so they can turn a profit for someone else. One or two pills, and they're hooked. That's what the dealers are banking on. Our daughter doesn't turn 18 for another month, yet we all agreed she should move to another state 700 miles from us and live with extended family to try and get a fresh start. Our only chance for her survival was to send her as far away from this nonsense as possible. It is heart breaking that she has to be so far from home at such a young age to even have a chance for a normal life, and even more heart breaking to know we may not be through to the other side of it yet. She admits that she struggles daily with the horrific cravings. Make no mistake...it is an extremely addictive drug, and no child is exempt from the addiction if they try it even JUST ONE TIME. Once a child becomes addicted, it is no longer a choice for them, it is a trip into hell that they cannot escape from. We've watched beautiful children from 'normal' homes become hopelessly lost in this new rage. My daughter has lost many friends to suicide or overdose. There is no support locally, at the state level, or nationally. It hurls the family into economic, social and emotional devastation. It is an isolating process, ruining friendships and social networks. The community frowns upon these families who become viewed as a disgrace and an anomaly to society. I have written to Governer Crist and others at the State level regarding the severity of this epidemic. While I have received letters of "we are aware" and "we are trying," every day that goes by with these pain clinics being allowed do dispense prescriptions for bogus ailments, more kids are going under. The children are being villainized, while the pain clinics continue to prosper as a legal, legitimate business. The madness has to stop. I pray for all who are addicted. I pray for all families and loved ones who are impacted by the addiction. I would not wish this horror on anyone. I fully support a ban on oxycontin and the pain clinics that push them.  
mike potter  
Karen J Lara I am in Bristol, Va/Tn and I see on the news almost everyday where people have been arrested for selling Oxycontin along with other pain drugs. I am just not one to take pain medications if at all possible and there should be something done to stop the "street" selling of this drug. Thank you for having this petition available online. Karen J. Lara 
Kyle Randall Werner  
Casie Babka  
Max Porter Ban this drug. 
Liz Capp  
Gina Boscaino  
Katelyn Friel  
kimberlee greenway  
Anne Blaschke  
Lorrie Hayes-Harris My aunt, Lovie Johnson was a victim of this drug due to a car accident she suffered. Because she was given refills after refills for chronic pain she became a victim and overdosed. Please get a grip on what this is doing to others out there even in the entertainment industry. 
Anonymous This is a horrible drug....way too many young kids and adults die every day from this. The hell they go through as well as their families is just unacceptable 
Randy Holm My wife of twenty years commited suicide after a long battle of perscribed for 4 years, this is an evil drug!! 
Carolyn Cooper My personal expereince with a loved ones addiction to OxyContin only confirms my determination to see this drug banned. We are losing the battle while it remains available across Florida and elsewhere. 
Gregory Crum  
Brenda Boisseau  
denise zaner  
Andrea Lynn Edwards I am so happy to sign this petition. My husband has battled this addiction after a doctor put him on it for an injury and then they took it away after surgery. Needless to say we lost our home, but after a 6 year battle he is clean. 
Melissa Zuzula  
Jessica Lost my best friend in 2009 from roxys and oxycontins. He was only 15. RIP 
April Rovero Our son was another casualty to OxyContin. He was 21 years old, 5 months away graduating from Arizona State University and had a very promising life ahead of him. He left behind a heartbroken family and scores of friends who will never be the same again. His death occurred within 9 days of being prescribed 90 pills by a "dirty doctor" who is now under investigation by the DEA.  
DeeAnna Stephens I lost my Nephew this year to Oxycontin. My son is a felon/methadone patient - recovering addict because of oxycontin years Summer 2005 to January 2009 I also have many patinets (nurse in MICU) who overdose frequently and this oxycontin is always one of the drug of choice. I am a MAOxy and have no one to scream to  
Genevieve Clay-Poor I hate this drug! Its way to addictive! 
Stephen Sejda  
kristin zenglin lost many friends and love ones to this drug 
Brittany Erica  
Anonymous I lost an amazing friend. I have never tried it and I wish he never would have either 
stuart curry  
jennifer figueroa My little sisters best friend was addicted to oxycontin, he commited suicide in attempt to get clean.  
angela BAN OXYCONTIN!!!!! IT DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD. AND THE GOOD IT DOES IS FLEETING. BAN BAN BAN!!!!!! 
Chad Bashor  
Krista Bashor I lost my niece who was murdered. He used this drug to drug her. Could have lost my dad he was prescribed this for pain. It is highly addictive and should be banned. 
megan Gordon  
Jamie Morgan  
Anne Miele I have a 30 year old son who is addicted to Oxycontin. He went to detox this past summer and was in a coma for 5 days. He nearly didn't make it. He then was in rehab for 3 months. He is a beautiful, loving, caring son, grandson, brother, and friend. He DOES NOT WANT to be an addict but the pills are just SO POWERFUL. He has relapsed twice since he came back home 2 months ago and is struggling to stay sober. He goes to AA and NA meetings daily and we all pray that he can beat this horrible and devastating disease. Last month his childhood friend, also addicted to this terrible drug died of an overdose just 4 days out of rehab. We cannot believe that he is gone. This is an epidemic and we need to put a stop to the selling of this drug.  
philip garnett  
KEVIN FLYNN i HOPE THIS MAKES 10,000 
Bill Johannesen I have a son that became addicted to oxycontin. It has ruined his life, he was on track to be a Doctor and now can barely manage day to day. He is seeking help through alternative treatment that conventional rehab. This has got to be gotten under better control and the maufacturer has got to make it less easy to snort and shoot 
Josephine Durso Pinzel the whole world would be better off with out this crap!! 
Margaret Colmes How many lives must a drug take before they Ban it...Really 
Keely Mann  
Anonymous Just this month I'd lost a childhood friend to an Oxycontin addiction.  
glenn durso jr.  
glenn m durso i thank god and lynn swanson every day because my son was a an addict but we caught it early and lynn's support helped us through this these company's know this stuff is highly addictive yet they keep pushing it we were lucky but i know that there are those that aren't and my prays are with them it needs to stop here and now ban oxy  
Bob and Sherry Morris Since comments must be factual, here it is: My 22 year old son, Zachary Adam Morris, in addicted to oxycontin. It has caused him to fail at every relationship, with his girlfriends, and us, his parents. I look at the marks on his arms from the needles, i see bent spoons in the kitchen drawer that he used for ice cream a few years ago; he didnt finish college, he cant keep a job, we fight all the time, he sleeps all day, he's wrecked 4 cars in 3 years, one nearly fatal, we've spent thousands of dollars in lawyer fees, and have tried detox as well. This drug is so powerful that i dont think a normal person has the strength of will to withstand withdrawal and detox. I would assume that the manufacturers and doctors who shell this crap out like Pez, wont even bother to read these comments from people whose entire families are ripped apart by the craving this junk creates. I know that at this point only two options remain for my son. Our youngest son, our baby boy...he will wither end up in jail, or worse, when we open the bedroom door to check on him in the morning, i fear that as the light creeps across the room i will see a blue face, my dead little boy. I hate this drug and the manufacturers should heed these pleas and warnings. And what of the oath doctrs take when they get their license to work? Arent they supposed to be healing, instead of killing people? I am so sad, i am at the point of despair that is just not describable. My wife has hope that one day he will wake up and decide that he's done with it, and accept help.So far, though, this damn drug is hundreds more times powerful than the love of parents. To the makers of Oxycontin, your product is slowly killing my son. How can it be so available on the street? Dont you people have to account for every single tablet? I will send you a picture of my little boy in his coffin. And God forbid that maybe someday, YOUR kids will be addicted to. Robert W. Morris, Tampa  
Jason Kunke  
Heather Lee  
Brigette Stephens  
Scott Thomas Eberle Have a step son now in jail because of his Oxycontin abuse. The levels he has stooped too to get this drug is unbelievable. 
Ashley  
Jeanne Jenkins  
john brian lowry  
Sandra F. Mathis  
Jim Friel  
Randi RIP Tyler 
Thomas Mangione giveing this to people just because it's cheeper is wrong 
Marie DeMaso  
J Granger This junk needs to be BANNED! Too many people are getting hooked for no reason and dying!! My husband is one of their statistics and it's ridiculous! The company that manufactures this crap has targeted our region because we are hard working people. Our hard working people are now becoming drug addicts! Thanks Purdue Pharma!! Make this junk illegal!!!! 
Cheryl Yarbrough Stop the crasy doctors out there NOW!!!!!! 
Anonymous My daughter was given this drug by a prescription drug dealer and died from an overdose. People tried to help her and he removed her from the help offered and dumped her while she was still alive in a remote ravine where she died. We found out in court proceedings that he is a prescription drug dealer who sells oxy on the street. It is a dengerous drug that is killing too many people whether they take it for legitimate reasons or not.  
Jill Fisher Cope  
KC Denig R.I.P SAMMY CHEEK 
Anonymous  
Eric I was hooked for 8 years for no reason at all> 
Valerie Harlan  
Eunah Francis Just found out that my son is using Oxycontin and I am devastated!  
Marsha Schorr Oxycontin intoxication is listed as my son's reason for death on his death certificate. He was only 24 years old. I am begging that we take our country back - do something about a murderer that is taking our children and grandchildren from us. Put those who sell this poison behind bars - not for the evening or for a few days - put them away for years!!!! Give them plenty of time to think about what part they played in the deaths of America's youth. Tighten the restrictions on the use of this poison or cut it out altogether. Surely the people who truly need a pain killer can get relief with some other drug. Let's get this one off our streets. 
Don O'Toole  
Taelor Enough already. =(  
Vanessa Soisson I found out my significant other was using this horrible drug 3 weeks after our 3rd child was born he has a horrible back and it only took one person to convince him to do it luckily I found out in time and he has been sober for 8 months and counting. I hope this drug is banned I have lost so moany people to it. Luckily I didnt lose my soul mate. 
Ashley Roberts  
Amanda D. Taylor  
Jesse S Rendon  
Kathleen James  
T McGee  
kimberly please stop making oxycontin!! i have lost way too many YOUNG friends to this horrible drug. how can the government continue to produce such a dangerous drug when 99% of them time it is not use to manage pain--people simply use it to get high. please stop. i cannot lose another person to something that can be controlled.  
Patty Renwick  
Anonymous I have an 18 year old son addicted to Oxycontin and it has ruined his life. This is at epidemic levels in Florida and in his circle of friends there have been 3 deaths in 6 months. I am trying to get my son into treatment however under the law cannot force him because his age makes him legal to make his own decisions. This drug is killing a generation and should have never been put on the market, it is imperative that it be removed NOW! 
Tom Byrnes Oxycontin is ruining my daughter's life and things will not get better until Oxycontin is banned! 
Anonymous  
Marji Lindsay Leonard PLEASE let's move to get this powerful narcotic off the market! Too many lives, both young and old, are being destroyed by the lure and seduction of this highly addictive drug. 
Debra A Roskovensky My son had a drug addiction to oxycontin.... he committed suicide on 02/15/2010.... I was also going to pain management and was put on oxycontin.... I had to go for Saboxone therapy to get off of them but an doing fine now... My son was in rehab and that is why I decided to get off of them... this drug changed my life taking them myself plus the loss of my son.... they need to ba taken off the market and if there is anything I can do to help please contact me.... thanks for this site!!!!!  
Christopher Myers  
Bruce Beilharz This drug has ruined the potential of my eldest son, not to mention the physical and mental affect it has had on my entire family...ban it before it is too late. 
Christina Clow Too many of my friends are gone... 
sukran poison 
rebecca lambert leets get rid of this hateful drug 
Dean Kongslie  
Stacy Fiske Remembering all the loved ones lost, They walked that road, they've paid the cost. You will be missed and hearts have broken, Lingering are the words unspoken. A glimpse into the time ahead, Let there be peace and life instead.  
Thomas Comenole 3 young men all under the age of 30 I knew died from this synthetic form of heroin. I know several more on the same path! MAKE THIS DRUG ILLEGAL!!! 
Debra Smith  
Phyllis Bishop Please ban this drug. 
Ben 12 months - 5 friends gone forever 
Sharon Lesko How can we get a rally started on the east coast? I would be more than happy to do the leg work. Just lead me in the right direction.  
priscilla coleman How many more will die? 
NADIDE TONOREN OXYCONTIN KILLS THATS IT... MY SON WAS USING IT AND HE OLMOST DYED MANY TIMES IT TOOK SO MUCH OF MY LIFE TO SAVE HIM HE IS SAVED NOW BUT I WISH ALL THE HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS STOP GIVEN PEOPLE THIS MED. WHATS WRONG WITH MOTRIN MOTRIN HELPS CUT PAIN WHY USE THIS STUPIT PILLS..  
Jon I agree this drug must be banned. 
Deanna Arnold I have lost numerous close friends to this drug. Not to mention my two brothers who have both been severely addicted and had to go through extensive rehab to get off.  
jean obrien  
Michael Titone  
Vicky Cole My son-in-law is a recovering addict. This stuff is so readily available on the streets it's ridiculous. In my area alone there are young ppl dropping over like flies. Either ban it, or get doctors to stop prescribing it so easily. I had a hystorectomy a few years ago and it was done lapiscropically. I was not in a lot of pain when I came home due to the way the surgery was done. My doctor, never-the-less, prescribed me oxycontin. I didn't get it filled because of the addictive nature of it, and I didn't need anything that strong. Ibuprophen did the job for me. My son-in-law has two toddlers and a wife, my daughter, and therefore, I don't want him to have the choice to get back on this drug or any derivative of it!!  
Lynn Neish I have a son addicted to oxycontin he has been in and out of jail for the past 3 years this drug is dangerous adn easy to get on the streets it needs to be controlled the same way they control meth it has destroyed his life and mine please get it together and ban it completely before more deaths on the streets occure 
Emma King My son is an addict to Oxyxontin and herion. No matter how many times he goes to detox, he winds up back in the same place again. I am so afraid for his life.  
jordan morones fuck oxy!!!, its bad news for this town.... 
Kimberly Need to be outlawed!!! 
Susan Yenyo Please ban OxyContin. 
Dolly Binns  
scott kelly I personally know how devastationg this drug can be. Seemingly innocuous at first due to its pill-form/legality/ease of procurement via medical "professionals", it becomes obvious to the user, once addicted, that a grave mistake has been made...but it is too late. With a physical/mental/emotional withdraw that is EXTREMELY difficult to bear, the user is then faced with a very long, painful, devestating journey out of the pit that oxycontin digs for him. Quite often this climb is insurmountable and the user is trapped in a cycle of addiction that will ALWAYS lead to death if use is not curtailed and effectively treated. Frequently, users will switch from (expensive) oxycontin to (cheap--and more lethal) herion to achieve the same effects. The fact that this drug is so easy to obtain and so seemingly innocuous is the main reason the epidemic has grown so rapidly.  
charlotte wilson I have had two great nephews die from oxycontin,which is readily available anywhere...I am also aware that people in their 60s and 70s are addicted to this drug...It is killing our country and will continue to do so if no action is taken. 
Anonymous FDA must ban this drug- Doctor's should be held accountable . Personally have seen this drug destroy a family. Those affected deny they are addicted . Purdue Pharma should be made to pay for rehab for all who are still alive and fighting the demons. Will the new health care bill pay attention to this problem - or will it subsidize the killing of our loved ones 
Anonymous On January 12th, 2010 we lost our 26 yr old son to an overdose of oxycontin. Please ban the distribution of oxycontin to new patients, ban its usage in young adults and teens and work feverishly to wean those patients presently using this drug off this drug to something less addictive and fatal.  
Astrid Duprey  
Mike mJedziniak Oxycotin has changed my wife into a different person. Not the same person anymore, cant get her to get help, because she doent believe she is addicted. Such a shame. 
Shauna Hunt I have a sister who is an addict of this drug because of doctors who persribe it when its not needed. She has been addicted since the age of 14 and now at 23 is facing 5 years in state prison. This drug needs to be taken off the market. 
Lisa Roberts What is the FDA thinking? Maybe you should take a walk through a graveyard, especially in Appalachia where Perdue Pharma BEGAN their marketing of OxyContin, and look at the numbers of young people who are DEAD because of the proliferation of this drug. Does big money and big Pharma really need to continue to line their pockets (and yours?)to the extent that we perpetuate generational genocide? Isn't the FDA responsible for PROTECTING people from dangerous drugs? 
monique dannrath Both my ex and his new pregnant fiance are addicted. It messed up thier lives and everyone around them too. Shame this is allowed to go on. PLEASE ban this drug 
DENNIS BEARDALL Our son was prescribed Oxycontin for back pain six years ago. He wasn't offered any other alternative to help with his pain. It has been an extremely difficult road these past six years. His last Doctor had him taking Oxycontin, Methadone and Xanx. He overdosed 2 years ago and spent 2 weeks in intensive care. We are very lucky that he we didn't lose our son at that time. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars to get him help. We are raising his son now because his mother is also addicted to drugs. Our son continues to struggle at times and we wonder if we will lose him to this addiction. The Doctor at his last rehab suggested putting him on suboxone to save his life. He is currently taking this drug but wants to get off it because of the cost. We take each day at a time and hope for the best. 
L.J.BERRY  
Jackie Carroll  
Nina Lynn Broadway  
Doreen Rose I support all efforts to ban the use of this drug. 
Adam Duzey This drug has killed more of my friends than I'd like to admit. I still wear the wristband(says "ban oxycontin") given to me by one of their mothers after the funeral. This drug is not a joke. 
Anonymous My daughter became addicted to Oxycontin 2 years ago. She got it from a friend. She ended up living on the street with no friends. Stealing to get her next fix. This is a highly addictive drug that should be banned.  
Lynn Correia  
JanineKenngott  
April Sattler  
karen domenicone  
john brian lowry I hope something can B done 
Melody Richter RIP Joe 
jessica rice my best friend was addicted and i saw her, her family struggle & my family struggle because she was like another daughter and me try to help her. Its an awful addiction to try and beat but im so thankful she got help and is clean now. i thank god everyday for saving my best friend 
Francisco  
Michelle  
Sheree MY 33 YR OLD SON STARTED TAKING OXYCONTIN WHEN HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS SHOULDER. PCP THEN CONTINUED RX FOR YEARS. WHEN HE STOPPED BY SON DR SHOPPED. HE DIED ON 2/17/09 FROM DRUG INTOXICATION. 
Lorna Efford I lost a love one through OxyContin! This Rx narcotic is too dangerous to be legal. I hope and pray to God that this pill would be ban forever! 
tinna spelman ross thank you for the honor to sign this petition. In celebration of Greg's life...and hope for those who's lives are in the balance ♥ 
Martin & Tina Nuss  
Shannon O'Connor  
Anonymous  
Dorothy Powter Just "DO IT "...... 
Anonymous Too many kids have died, due to this drug. There are so many people on this drug, Someone needs to do something about this. Hurting the elderly to rob from them, robbing drug stores, the horror stories i have heard on unbelieveable. I hope the producers of this drug, see what it's doing and stop making them. 
Dawn M Teti  
Donna R Allison  
dominique giroux i was on it for 7 years i got out of the addiction before i destroyed what i had left in my life ...jail time made me open my eyes ... 
Cecil-Lee Ovis Please save our families from this epidemic and ban OxyContin 
John Molloy  
Jennifer Kulow  
Michelle Grubbs I lost my brother to this in 2007 it changed my life forever this is posion people!Dont think you can beat it dont try it & you wont have nothing to worry about if you know someone that has a problem get help right away it is a matter of life or death!Trust me I had to learn the hard way!I miss my brother & would do anything to stop this from happening to someone else!RIP Sean Grubbs Pinellas Park Fl We all love & Miss you very much if we only knew how bad you were!!!People dont let a minute go by if your loved one is in trouble it might be to late!!!!Get help now!!! 
Judith Davis I lost my 28 yr old son on May 12, 2007 (the day before Mother's Day)to this awful drug for which he was being prescribed 180 a month. He was not a drug user until being prescribed this drug. Since then I can name 10 more young adults that I know personally that have died from this drug in Pinellas County, FL alone. IT IS EPIDEMIC!!!!! WE ARE LOSING AN ENTIRE GENERATION, CHILDREN ARE LOSING THEIR PARENTS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Penelope Garibaldi Get rid of this horrible drug. It has ruined many lives. 
Heather Gibbs  
Robert Mrdutt OxyContin is the most harmful drug that is available in the United States legally. Please will someone realize that drugs that affect the mind psychologically need to be outlawed to free the minds of the millions that are addicted to this disease/prescription that plagues our society. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. WE WILL BACK YOU 
Cindi McChristian How many sons, daughters, wives, husbands, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, and friends have to die before the FDA sees that this drug is the devil in pill form? Highly addictive and extremely unsafe. Why are companies like Purdue allowed to profit off the dependency of others, a dependency that they themselves molded? We take dealers who sell illegal drugs off the street and everyone thinks that's justice. Where is the justice with regard to Purdue?? It's time people in this country stood up and scream if we have to. TAKE THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET!! What do we have to do to be heard???? 
Chauncy Linke  
tammy rogers Horrific drug, ruins families and lives....it needs to be OFF the market and out of this world NOW 
Joe Herzanek This stuff is bad news. Keep up the good work! Grace and peace, Joe 
TERRI GRAVES My son became addicted to oxycontin two years ago. He was a happy hard working good young adult until he started experimenting with oxycontin. When he could no longer afford oxycontin he started shooting up herion. I almost lost my son to these mix of drugs. after a week or so he had to use drug to keep from getting dope sick. He became a demon. I did not know my son any longer. His friends and him would lie cheat and steal to get enough money for a fix. In February 2010 I finally was proud of my son again, He quit using by voluntarily going to rehab. He is cleaning up his life. Oxycontin almost torn my famil apart and I do not want to see anyone else go through the hell our family did. Please ban oxycontin, one life lost is too many. The pharmacuetical company should have to pay every penny of profit to the people injuried or killed by their creation to pay for rehab rebuilding or burial of the loved one affected.  
Jennifer Whetzel  
john palumbo  
sally jamiel  
patrick gladfelter  
Marilyn Santelli  
ladis niedzwiecki This was a letter I sent a while ago to the FDA attention: Dear Margaret Hamburg, I am writing you concerning the opiate drug, oxycontin. It is dangerous, addictive, and a killer..... If you need the truth about this opiate drug, then I suggest the prison system, police departments, hospitals and drug rehabilitation centers should get together with statistics to see just what is happening in America... and if that is not enough, then listen to the families across America, and hear of their suffering and losses.. I am speaking from personal experience. Ask most families today, and they will tell you how their family member started with oxycontin, and eventually moved on to heroin because it is cheaper to maintain their opiate habit. The only people who benefit from this drug, is the pharmaceutical industries and the addict himself, that's their dealer and best friend. Change has to come, families are speaking out and want to be heard. please do not let this fall on deaf ears. I am a Massachusetts voter, we saw change in this senate election, and I know their are millions who will fight to protect their families well being. Please stand with us today, hear our voices, and help to stop the use of this opiate drug, thank you.  
Sharon  
Lori So sad to go through the loss of a loved one due to his addiction to Oxycontin. This drug should not be given out except to the dying. 
alexis carroll I almost lost my brother and he is thankfully participating in a recovery program. 
Pam Stephenson My grandson is addicted to oxyContin. He is a wonderful young man with tons of potential but his life has nearly been destroyed by this drug. He just got out of rehab, this is his third time. We have high hopes for him but after three years of dealing with his addiction at a monetary cost of over $60,000, we are worried and feel that Purdue Pharma should pay for his past and possible future expenses relating to his addiction. 
Chris Alarcon This highly dangerous controlled substance should be outlawed. 
Robert Johnson  
Salvador P. Valdes  
Elise Herold  
Janet Niswonger My son who never gave us a bit of trouble got hooked on Oxycontin about 3 years ago. It has been a nightmare for our family ever since. He's been clean for about a year now, so we continually pray everyday that he is on the road to getting better and staying drug free. We're so blessed, because it could've been alot worse. 
Molly Webster  
Christine Weaver We have been talking about the dire effects of OxyContin for many years. During this time, thousands of fantastic individuals have become addicted and died. When will it be time to stop talking about it and begin to do something about it? 
kenneth marshall  
Andrew Arena  
Sandy Gilmore  
Bob Sims  
Kathleen Kiefer my son died mar 1st at the hands of a dr the prescried him Oxicotin soma and valium all at the same time. Not only do we need to ban Oxy we need to start taking these leagal drug pusher licenses to kill away from them. Along with that everything that they loved and paid for with our childrems lives cars, homes etc strip them of everything that was purchased while dealing drugs. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ON A GRAND SCALE AND NOW.. 
paty oli My nephew overdosed & passes away on an opiate drug ,,,,,, My other nephew is heading in that direction ...This drugs must be ban......Patients are selling this terrible drug ...... 
cindy sizemore I have seen this drug kill people, I have seen it distroy the lives of good people, I have seen and felt it distory the lives of people who have never even touched it. My daughter an honor roll student, Washington state equistrian championship rider, a business owner at age 17. Started dating the wrong person who introduced her to Oxy. Thankfully her use of this drug was short lived however the effects were much longer. Luckly she graduated and is now attending college and riding again she is 21 this happened when she was 18. My brother inlaw and his wife have been addicted for 8+ yrs they once were upper middle class, with cars, rental houses, huge motor home, boats, jet ski's, motorcyles and quads they had it all. The drug took over they lost is all and now can not keep a job, can not get a job, they have alainated themselves from everyone due to the crazy behavior. I wonder even if they stopped today how long if ever will the person that I once knew return. The happy fun person. In there drug induced caos they raise two children. My Cousin recently went through rehab and is now living in a solber house I hope and pray he stays clean My friends son sits in jail because he robbed a Safeway pharmacy, he was in a band at the time that just signed with a major record label, he had an amazing voice. Amazing !! The more you talk to people the more people you discover have been effected by this drug it should be removed from the market. The doctors who are prescribling this should be held accountable 
Anonymous  
Helga Culbert My daughter is a Oxy addict. Do I need to say more? 
Margaret P. Green My prayers go to all who have lost loved ones.  
Patty Gonzalez-Roel  
Norma Ehrhardt  
Sherry Henry  
Cecile Coughlin My husband passed away this past January, 2010 and had been on oxycontin, 40mg, 4 times a day for a severe back problem. He would have liked to go to a detox and change pain killers but knew at his age that the withdrawal would most likely kill him. He died at 69 years old due to a very weak heart and a burst abdominal aneurysm. Oxycontin masked the pain of the heart attack he had and therefore suffered injuries to his kidneys due to the lack of immediate treatment. He knew he was addicted to this drug, as if he was late taking it, withdrawals would set in. I hope this drug is removed from the market, as it most definitely is addictive. 
Kim Ganey Several of my friends in the Manatee County area have children addicted to this drug. One of my friends lost her son to this addiction several years ago. My husband is a phycian in Bradenton and he trying to get speakers to come and speak at a medical society meeting so that Doctors can hear the facts about OxyContin. My son who was 19 at the time of a hernia surgury was given a form of this drug for pain. My husband stepped in and said no. He was given tylenol with codine instead and he did fine with the pain from surgury. I don't believe the facts are out their for everyone to hear about this addcitng perscription medication. Thanks you what you are doing to help. This has become an epidemic among kids in our community. SIncerly, Kim Ganey 
CAROL GUGEL This drug took the love of my life away from me. He was only 38 and prescribed this med by his doctors. He became an addict because he was addicted to this drug. He turned from a loving, affectinate caring handsome son, to popping these pills. When introduced to this drug for back pain the quantity just kept increasing. He has been out of my life for the last eight months, but feels like an eternity. I will never see his handsome face, nor heard his voice, not feel his touch, his hugs and kisses. This drug does definitely need to be taken off the market so no other human being ruins them and their familys lives........................................... 
Cassandra Macon I am dealing with my sons addiction to oxycontin, he has tried so many time to come off of it but the withdrawal are so bad for him... i see him cry, i pray with him and i watch him sweat and not be able to sleep at night .. i see him ache so bad because his body think he needs this drug!!! I am here to say that oxycontin is destroying my sons life!!! He is a great kid and he is now 23 and he fights it everyday!  
christine varner Both of my sons are addicted to oxycontin.I have seen wonderful children become different people,from stealing to jail because of this drug and the doctors who perscribe it.These Dr's should have there liscense taken and this drug needs to be banned.Florida is the worse state by far.God forbid when a Manatee dies we make this big news but it never makes the papers when our children are dying every single day.Florida legislators dont care.They only see dollar signs.Im in Fort Myers,lets rally here!!!I have spoken with Dr Phil's staff about this and was asked to be on the show with my son but he had gone to jail at that time so he couldnt do it.... 
adolfo gonzalez-roel It's about time the people who govern our state be very, very aware of the destruction that its leaving behind and killing thousands of young people. Its a serious and for whatever reason a quite epedimic that needs to be stopped. Starting with the doctors and revoking their license and start charging them with MURDER! Thankyou for reading this and lets starting doing something about now before it's to late. Adolfo Gonzalez-Roel 
Aaron Harmston  
Nadine murski  
Anonymous My mother has been a prescription drug addict for 40 years plus. I have seen pills ruin her life. She has abused pills like Valume, Restriol,Vicodin,Xanax she's even been on methadone but never nothing as strong and powerful as this drug! She is now addicted to Oxycontin and feels the need to crush them up and snort them up her nose.How sickening is that! If she can't get them she pitches a fit like a baby and wont speak to me or cusses me out. She wont get off the couch because she says she's in too much pain. I don't believe that. She hates me because I won't take her to her appointment we don't have the money for. She thinks selling some would cover the cost of the appointment which is $150.00 just to go to pain management and then her medicaid pays for them for free?? I don't get it! I will never be a part of something so filthy and illegal. There has got to be another substitute out there that my mother can take for her pain that isn't so addictive and can put you at risk for making bad decisions.I have seen now more than ever a wide spread addiction taking place.I don't deny that my mother isn't in pain however giving someone who is already vulnerable a drug that is so powerful is a definite combination for disaster! This drug is killing my mother and many other people in this world. I beg of someone to help put this drug off the streets and out of peoples medicine cabinets. While your at it I would lokk deeper into the Pain Management doctors who so freely give this drug out! Shame in them. PLEASE HELP MY MOTHER LIVE LONGER!!!!!  
angelica Vasquez i really believe that this rx drug is the root of all evil.. people get so addicted and it's so hard to stop.. my boyfriend had a problem a few months back and we struggle till this day.. people who get it rx. to them just turn around and sell it to these young people..who have no idea what their in for... i pray all the time that they would stop this shit... the price is awful. for the seller they get $20-40 and the buyers get a liftime of struggle... 
Anonymous  
Debra Lubrano  
Janice Haskim  
Debbie Beadling  
Anonymous  
Anonymous I was put on Oxycontin for a spinal injury and it almost killed me in that it gave me suicidal thoughts, severe depression, confusion and this drug kills from the inside out. The first month I was placed on the drug, I even had friends and family members comment on how remarkably well I was doing but after only 30 short days, I needed a higher dose. The doctor increased my dose all the way up to 80 mg. Fortunately, a good friend was knowledgeable enough about this demonic drug and helped wean me slowly off Oxycontin. I am now on another opioid for my chronic pain, but I know that I would no longer be alive if I had stayed on Oxycontin. 
Julio Gonzalez-Roel My son is 19 years old. He is battling the addiction. He has been doing very well over the last 4 months. I am in the funeral businees in Tampa and have seen many tragadies because of oxycontin. If I can help, please let me know. 
Lucia Gonzalez-Roel My son 18 year old son got hooked on Oxy Contin and has been in rehab twice. I also own a funeral home and have seen this cause of death too many times!!! Please stop phamacudical companies from profiting on the lives of the American people. 
Jessica Martinez tmc<333 
Tara  
Adam Page Prescription addiction to Oxycontin should be what our government should be fighting against in the real "WAR on Drugs" 
Brittany REST IN PEACE....Big Dan,Sammy,Jeremy,David,Chris,Erika and many more! 
Brittany I was in the hospital 6 times from taking so many of those pills! Thank god i am still alive!when i stopped using those pills was the best decision i ever made...I always sit and think to myself if those damn pills werent so easy to get then half of my friends would still be alive.and if they get banned i wont have to lose any more friends from overdoses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks 
Derek Stempf I've lost friends to this horrible addictive substace and it needs to stop! 
EveMarie LaBrano To many people are dying because of Roxy. To many people are forced to live a life of crime to support their habit. It's a very hard drug to kick. 
hanah spaulding this drug almost took me and my boyfriend out. several of our friends are so addicted to it they will be dead soon. oxy is heroin. it needs to be taken off the streets. too many children are losing their lives and their freedom to this horrible pill. oxy is killing americans. there is no drug more addictive than oxy. you do oxy one time you have to do it again. ban oxy before its too late. this drug is ruining thousands of lives everyday. 
Erica This drug should be banned!!! It screws up people's lives. 
Rose  
darlene vargas  
Jaime Curtis my mother inlaw is a junkie because of this "medication" she is ruining not only her life, but mine, her sons and my childs also please ban this drug. she had overdosed several times yesterday being the latest. we fight in my house hold because her son is a total enabler and i have to protect my son from his own grandmother. this drug doesnt help anyone and hurts the families of those who are prescribed it 
Anonymous I don't understand the attraction to this or any man made drug. It has got to be a serious problem, if little old me knows a handfull of people lost to this drug. The giant drug companies are becoming a bigger problem than the street level drug dealer.  
Anonymous Ruins everyone who tries it.. highly addictive drug that people think they can control. and even when people are prescribed to it, they dont really need it.. there are plenty of other drugs out there with out the highly addictive qualities of oxy. 
Larah kofoed  
Brittany As someone who has suffered the throws of addiction, I am filled with hope and dedication that those who are just beginning to take OxyContin will discontinue their use as soon as possible so as not to suffer the mental and physical pain those of us that have been tightly held in its grip have had to endure. A very close friend of mine, also a struggling opiate addict, gave me the black, rubber www.banoxycontin.com bracelet with the two skulls on it months ago and I have just now worked up the strength to look at this website and read its contents. From someone that thought they knew everything about OxyContin, I now realize how sorely mistaken I was and how our government keeps this drug in mass production for the mere money. Plain and simple. Unfortunately, the street dealers of OxyContin are driven by the same greed and do not realize the time bomb they are handing someone when they place that little pill in a person's hand. I lost the first love of my life to an opiate/benzodiazepan overdose. He was on life support for five days before his family made the difficult decision to take him off, as he had severe brain damage due to the lack of oxygen caused by a supressed respiratory system in his sleep. That was still not a wake-up call for me though, as the numbing effects opiates have became the perfect solution to my internal pain. Before long, I was a full-blown addict. As I struggle daily to overcome my addiction, I pray that this petition becomes a voice and, hopefully, an action for those who know the deadly consequences using OxyContin can have. My thoughts and prayers are with those who have also lost a loved one to this horrible disease and to the addict that is still suffering. 
Paulette Sheppard As much as i loved to do pills, i quit, and this was a bad drug i did, i had a lot of friends that have died from this drug. HELP BAN IT 
Nicholas Larson Horrible drug that ruins families and ruins lives please get this drug off of the stret 
Karen It's time to take back our country from the pharmaceutical company! People are dying because of greedy corrupt doctors and the pharaceutical companies; who are legal drug dealers making billions of dollars. 
Jeffrey Culp  
Jessica Boles  
Anonymous this drugs needs to be banned!!!!! its killing our children our mothers our fathers....someone please help and ban this drug 
Tammy Mulawa BSN RN PCCN Too many people are dying from medications that were meant to help them. When the medical community realizes that there is a problem with a medication that is such a pandemic, they should take a step back and rethink the use of these drugs. PS It's not limited to oxycontin. People take mixtures of medication and risk death as a side effect every day. 
Bob and Myky Barnard  
Jaeda Fennel I was addicted to pills for the longest time and now that im over that i see so many people going down the same paths and making the same bad choices i did and i cant tell them enough how badly pills hurt me and the people around me. it may sound extreamly cleche but its been repeated so many times for a reason. i hope to god that oxys get banned before i have kids so that i know that theres one less evil out there in the world for them to ruin them selfs with.  
Sam Morgan Florida is a state that allows Doctor (pain clinics) to prescribe pain meds. very easily. This is not good. See evidence of this daily. 
Anonymous  
pam madison I have lost an 18 year old son in 2007 , to 15 years prison time , because he taxi'd his friend around who dealt the pills , his mom gave him to peddle for $. A client owed my son's friend $15 for a front and phone antaganizing began between the two over the $. A fight ensued at a destination and the dealer friend ( sat back while my son took the beating of the pilled out client ) who eventually put my son in a choke hold and my son was forced to pull his pocket knife out of his pocket to free himself and breath again . Well needless to say the friend never threw a punch and sat back and watched entertained by it all . Once stab = death for the client , which in turn= murder . My son never mentioned his friend and the reason they were there the reason the fight was over , never thru his friend under the bus and now sits in a prison . His Friend and mother are still dealing and my son sits in a cell. Whose life has it ruined , my Sons and HIS FAMILY !!!!! 
Casey Denig  
Jennifer Gibbd  
Anonymous this so called medication should of never been allowed to be prescribed the effects are not that of pain killing but that of euphoria and relaxation. it has caused morwe roblems then it has done good by far. i could go on for hours about how much i hate this drug but i dont no who reads these comments and would like any personal situations to be kept that way for the protection of my family. but take it from me there is no real good reason for this drug to be prescribed and should without a doubt be removed from the shelves of pharmacies across the country. there are plenty of substitutes. 
Rita Sivils As na ER doctor I have seen many overdoses on oxycontin especially when combined with benzos like ativan and alcohol. It is very hard for me to inform families that their loved one has died 
Samantha P. I am from Tarpon Springs, FL. and these pills are taking over! Please Help and get these off the streets! 
Brittany Williams  
Joshua Borcyk  
dee trent  
Ashley Elia You would be saving so many lives...Roxies almost took my own mind, life, and family away from me... Kudos to whoever is doing this!!! I LOVE YOU 4 it! 
Anonymous my mom had to take that when she found out she had cancer but i didnt feel like she needed it they just gave it to her. I feel like the DOC are just prescribing it to anyone. My mom past away in 2005, i couldnt even talk to her because those things made her a different person. Yes cancer and other illnesses need pain medication but i couldnt even say good bye to my dying mother because she didnt even know what was going on around her. Thank you for your time.  
John I try in spite of myself to stop abusing oxy. I have stooped as low as stealing pills from my injured mother and forging prescriptions - nearly getting myself arrested for a felony in the process - just to get my next fix. It's addictive properties haven't ruined my life but I am certainly on a downward spiral. Taking oxycontin off the market won't stop anyone from abusing drugs but it's certainly a right step, as oxycontin in its pure pill form is a dangerously addictive and highly abused substance. 
Ned Wicker  
taryn I have witnessed first hand the destruction an oxycontin addiction can cause someones life.. My friends father overdosed and died from oxycoNtin...something that was prescribed to him as a pain med after a back injury that he became addicted to.. My uncle destroyed his whole life and his self image in his own eyes from a 8 yr oxycontin addictIon.. God willing he is now in recovery rebuiLding his life.. I just found out my best friend has an oxycontin addiction and he is now entering rehab.. This is a drug too wideLy abused. Unless u have cancer there is no reason to be prescribed oxycontin for pain.. There otHer methods of pain management and we need to get this drug off the streets  
Tonya Guest  
Anonymous  
Carolyn's Farm  
Jane A. Morrow  
Valerie Douroux As a high school student growing up in Salt Lake City, I realized that OxyContin was becoming a prevalent problem amongst football players at my school. One of my close friends had a horrible football injury that lead him to a prescription of Oxycontin. After his prescription ran out, he bought pills from other injured football stars. When all of their pill supplies ran out, they turned to using heroin because it made him feel the same way for a fraction of the price. While I recognize the beneficial aspects of OxyContin to treat pain, it is also important to consider the harms associated with addiction. Oxycontin is one of the most abused pharmaceutical drugs in my school and community, and we need something to treat the pain without leading to addiction.  
Allison Combs  
cindy lewis How many people have to die? How many families have to be destroyed before the drug manufacturers wake up? Just like qualudes in the 70's, oxy must be taken off the market entirely. It's not worth it 
Katie Stockdale Please ban oxycontin. It is a drug that kills. My mother died from an overdose Jan. 16th, 2010.  
Amy Newton  
Katie Kientzy  
Michael Kuecker  
Bob Poli  
Gerald Bailot For Michael. 
Heather Lane  
Margaret Bailot  
jamie hamlin this medicine has ruined my son and caused great pain in our family, please make dr's accountable for what they are doing by giving this to young adults who really do not need them 
lori shehan  
Janet Goddard Please hold drug companies accountable for their actions.  
Gwendy Vanucci I have a son who is still batteling his addiction, when from oxy to herion...It's been a long road to get him back on trak, but he has his one goal in sie..GET BETTER.. I lost a son to xanax which is another drug out there killing our kids left & right. It's take a village to raise a kid. and now it take a petition to help others from dying. Gwendy 
Troy Blanchard  
Stacie Gannon There are so many other drugs people can take for pain. This one should be banned and removed from the face of the earth. I signed this in memory of Jeremy Traylor. His struggle is over, oxycontin was too powerful for him to fight. Like a thief in the night, this drug addicts, controls and destroys our dear ones. Why? Why do we even continue to make this killer drug when we have all the evidence that it kills. Period. More than it helps, it kills. Tell the drug company lobbyist to just go home, vote to ban this drug and stop it from killing our youth and others who come into it's evil gripe.  
Melania Banquer  
Anonymous My 28 year old son died this February. We are sure it was an overdose of oxycontin. Please don't let this happen to another person's child. This was legally prescribed. 
Mary morrow  
Christine Weaver Too many lives being lost and ruined due to this drug. Pharmaceutical companies manufacturing this and physicians prescribing this medication need to be investigated.  
Jason I work in a pharmacy and see abuse of Oxycontin and it's generic Oxycodone on a daily basis. I think it should be banned since it is the cause of so many lives and families being destroyed. It's a shame when young adults and teenagers are addicted before they reach the age of 25. Either I think the government should require a DEA form with every Rx or I think Oxy should be discontinued. So many pain medications have caused more trouble than good as the country is operating in doped up mode. 
Linda B. Femmer  
Kathleen Haskenhoff I've lost one friend to OxyContin. I've got three or four friends now who are on their way to destruction from it. If there are effective alternatives to its legitimate use, this should be removed from the market for ethical reasons. 
Anonymous Scaredto DEATH for my son  
KEVIN TODD THIS DRUG IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD!!! 
Charlene Ingle It has ruined my daugther's life. I worry everyday that I will find her dead. This is a very dangerous drug! 
Peggy Hoelting Please stop the sale of this destructive drug. 
Anonymous  
Dana My sister has been on OxyContin for about 2 years now! It's a shame how easy people have access to it. If OxyContin is so easily addictive it's only common sense for doctors not to prescribe it. There are several other painkillers that can be used without such a high risk of addiction.  
Rachel Golden  
Tamera Patitucci  
Kelli Swartz Oxycontin was prescribed to a loved one of mine for pain from a boating accident when he almost tore his arm off. I can not even begin describe the pain and torture we went through watching him try to come off of this prescription several times. It debilitated and ruined our life for nearly 2 years. The doctors kept prescribing it and when it was time to stop...they completely ignored the fact that they had made him addicted/dependent. We spent over $20,000 in detox alone from something that could have been avoided. A big part I find in this abuse is that the doctors are prescribing Oxycontin so freely without hesitation when there are other options which are not as addictive. I have seen a couple other families ruined over this opioid and people that have gone to jail from buying it on the streets who had no prior addictions and only were in that situation from being prescribed this prescription. My loved one even had a friend die from an overdose of this... 
Jeffrey Barnard I have seen people addicted to OxyContin switch to street heroin because the Oxycontin was too expensive. Hard to believe that a drug as powerful as Heroin could be sitting in so many medicine cabinets around America, with teenagers who know about it looking through pill bottles to find it. I think this is like leaving loaded guns around. My nephew has had some terrible problems since he became addicted.  
Anonymous  
Edie Barnard  
Christopher Smith RIP Adam DePaulo, Casey Washburn, Donny and Tommy Morgan and to the rest of all of you on the H-train, bc Oxy is def the SAME THING as HEROIN...  
Anonymous My son is addicted to Oxy...He needs help, banning this drug would be a good first step. 
Renee Lucas  
Anonymous we just admitted my son into a detox center for oxycontin addiction...i was amazed that he could go into a doctors office and walk out with a thirty day prescription for oxycodone or oxycontin....it is everywhere....if i can help in any way please let me know 
Amanda del Cueto  
Leslie Lillibridge I know several families that have been devastated by this drug. We need to get rid of it. 
Barbara A. Mero  
Nicole  
Kimberly Page The only way to be truly free is to live completely drug free...  
Rachel Smith Had some many young friends pass over the years from doing these damn pills, Young Friends that haven't made it to there 21st birthday. Parents aren't suppose to byre there childern over a pill thats cost them their loved ones lives! So many people are still living with this each and everyday its just a sicking drug and shouldn't be around no more are loved ones should be here not that!!! 
Michelle Martin  
Nancy Pierznik Please take this drug off the market, too many people are dying. 
Audrey Veino This is one of the most horrific drugs I know, and is perscribed Way too often 
Patti Rheinsmith  
Robert D. Jennell IV  
catherine martin oxycontin is a highly addictive drug and should only be administered in hospital setting or other controled environments it is killing our loved ones or turning them into a shell of who they used to be 
Tracey Bristol  
Phil Baker  
Jacquelyn Johnson  
Anonymous  
Lucas Tucker  
Jaclyn Deegan R.i.P Mike Duffy... we love and miss you!  
Melinda Rowland I know a few people that take Oxy Cotin ,and yes it definately does something to that person.This drug most definately needs to be taken off the market the only ones that receive it or want it is drug addicts 
David Rowland I pray for this one,and a lot more other's to be ban! 
Anonymous Addicted adult daughter! This addiction also causes bi polar disorder and makes a person crazy! I think doctors who continue to prescribe this drug should lose their license to be physicians. I would like to report the doc to the authorities so he could not do it anymore. My daughter is "walking dead!!" 
Anonymous This is the worst drug created in the name of medicine. Medicine is to help people: Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.NOT TO KILL THEM.... I have lost 2 family members to this horrid drug and it's side effects. Ban it! Hell yes.... sue the makers and let them pay. 
Alicia Valente The Oxicontin Manufactures should take responsibility for what they have created. They should have a fund for the subboxin and other drug treatment required to get off this powerfull drug. The Pain Management must be closed, and the addition must be treated. This pill was made to control pain for cancer - Not to be handed out like candy. 
stephanie cadaret Lost an uncle to it in 2002. Miss him everyday. 
Anonymous My sister, 51, has been an Oxycontin addict now for 8+ years. We are scared to death that she will die from this drug. She abuses her script by injecting it. She says it makes it last longer. We want to do an intervention but are scared she will possibly hurt us if we show up at her home unannounced to make her go to a rehab facility. We don't know what to do. We think her husband my be using as well. My sister has already had 2 stints put in due to heart failure from this drug. She refuses to go to treatment. What do we do to help her? She is on disability and is a recluse to her own home going sometimes days and weeks without bathing or even brushing her teeth. Please ban this drug! It is a killer and highly addictive! Take it off the market, I BEG YOU! 
lorie preston My sisters fiance died Feb 6th from roxies. My whole family has been effected by this drug. My other sister doesnt think she has a problem but has been hooked since 1998 on pain meds and now its roxies. BAN THEM NOW BEFORE MORE PEOPLE DIE! 
robin cesario I have three adult sons I waited 8 years for twins and an older one all on oxycotin for 5 years all will soon will die if they do not control this devil........... 
Sabrina Burns My best friend is addicted, her boyfriend had a stroke due to using, and they still use daily. These pills are ruining people's lives! 
Sharon Bruce I have six children whom I love soo much. We were always a very close family. Our whole life was all about our kids; basketball, vacations, beauty pageants, football, school, etc. Holidays, birthdays and anything else to celebrate was very important to us. Never would I dream that we would stop celebrating; but we did. Borrow money is how it started, lies, stealing, people calling about them. I had very good kids and now somehow 4 out of 6 are hooked on Oxycontin. I dont know what to do. Devil in a pill is what it is so please would you ban this drug before it kills my kids too. 
Anonymous  
Becky Harrison  
Cheli Lees Anyone who has a loved one addicted knows the pain Oxycotin causes. 
Jana drivstuen  
seth pierce I lost a great friend to this ridiculous drug.  
Maria C My boyfriend of 5 years has just begun his trip down the addiction road. He attempted to get off of it a week ago but ultimately the truth came out and he admitted he loves the drug. He blamed me for his problems and told me I forced him to get off of them when he really didn't want to. I'm afraid and scared. I'm only 20 years old and so is he. His friend got into a car accident, hit into a bus due to the fact that the was so messed up on drugs. The cops found a myriad of drugs on him. He tried to get my boyfriend to lie to the cops saying that he (my boyfriend) was the one driving and he left to get help. My boyfriend was with me at the time of the accident. At first, he was furious at his friend and decided to stay away due to the betrayal. I was relieved. Now he blames me saying that it wasn't as bad as I made it out to be and that he missed his "free ride" on oxys (because the friend was supplying to him for free) blames me for his problems and me for not liking the drug and not "allowing him to do what he wants to do" its so sad to see a loved one go down this path. It should be banned. My heart goes out to all of you who are suffering from addiction and those who know an addict. Whether it be a friend, family member or spouse (boyfriend/girlfriend) it's the hardest thing to try and understand...And it's making me go crazy... 
amy watson  
PA DONALDSON  
Emily Heath Rowe  
Ali Shirk  
Linda Hood It's time for the makers of drugs to be accoutable for the users deaths 
Caitlin Spencer  
Patricia Hale  
KAREN SMALL  
Rebecca L. Burton My oldest son is addicted to Oxycontin! There is no rehab in my city! A lot of Rehab's have a waiting list or want large amounts of money to get the help he needs to stay clean! Oxycontin makers and doctor pushers, should be held liable for his addiction and they should pay for the help my son needs! 
Anna Dolunt  
Lesley Olson  
ashlee bedingfield  
Tom Friend  
Tony Miklos I have been in various 12 step programs and I am clean/sober for over 8 years. Prior to that I had drug and alcohol abuse problems for over 25 years. In this time I have never seen or witnessed any drug that is more addictive than OxyContin. Never have I seen a drug with such addictive qualities. With most other drugs it takes most people years and years to develop an all out addiction anywhere near as strong as to what OxyContin does in weeks, and sometimes days. It seems to be the most addictive drug available today, yet it is still legal in the US. Over and over I see OxyContin addicts that had never smoked or drank their whole life. They took the medication purely for pain relief and were quickly turned into addicts. This is not normal in the history of drug abuse, most addicts have a lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse to get to the point where OxyContin takes the unsuspecting victims in a matter of weeks. We must stop this drug. NOW! Ban OxyContin before it kills your loved ones. Do not think you are immune, OxyContin takes unsuspecting people every day and turns them into addicts. You are not immune, your family is not immune. Don't wait for it to happen to you. Tony Miklos 
Alex Vanderkooy I have already lost two friends to oxy addictions. It's a horrible epidemic here in south Florida. Now my best friend has become something he never was before. He lies, cheats, and steals his way into getting his fix of more oxys. Sadly it will most likely end at his death. Me and his friends and family have tried all sorts of things to get him to stop but he's only getting worse and worse. This drug turns friends into dirtbags and then they get so reckless they overdose. This is no joke, oxys kill.  
CHIEF RAY TOLER WE LOST APPROX 50 PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY LAST YEAR FROM DRUG OVERDOSE AND APPROX 85 % OF CRIME IS DRUG RELATED .IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE ARE LOOKING AT A GENERATION OF DRUG USERS THAT WILL DIE BEFORE AGE 40 AND THE COST WILL BE SO GREAT THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL GO BROKE. EVERY FAMILY IN SOUTHERN WV HAS AT LEAST ONE FAMILY MEMBER HOOKED ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND PEOPLE 70 AND 80 YEARS OLD ARE SELLING PILLS TO OUR YOUNG KIDS JUST TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO SURVIVE. GO TO YOUR LOCAL DOCTOR AND WATCH THE TRAFFIC .WE ARE A NATION HOOKED .THEY HAVE A PILL FOR EVERY PROBLEM . WHERE WILL IT END ? THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES FROM WITHIN. NO ONE WILL EVER FIRE A SHOT TO DESTROY US, WERE DOING A GREAT JOB OF KILLING OUR GENERATIONS OFF ONE PILL AT A TIME.  
samantha DeOrio  
desiree alexander  
Mae Stenstrom Over a year ago my boyfriend convinced me that oxycontin was harmless. So for a while I let myself get lost in it with him. But seeing as how we have two kids together, we decided to suck it up and finally quit. But eventually he fell back into it and only stays clean for a few days whenever we've run out of money, or things to sell. Slowly we are losing everything, including our home. He's a completely different person, evil almost. I'm pregnant again and I have to deal with this piece of shit life... 
Athena Leeds  
Nancy Dutton Mcginnis PLEASE REMOVE THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKETS ITS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD. 
KAREN SMALL  
Keri Letz I struggled since I was 17 with these. By 18 I was so physically addicted to these that I couldn't think straight, I had horrible aches and pains all over my body, I was vomiting and I couldn't eat. They were all I thought about. It consumed my mind like the plague. I even dreamed about them. I know numerous people that have died from this drug and that are still living in that nightmare. It took me going to jail, a rehab and becoming a convicted felon before I could stop. I didn't care. Please ban this drug for the sake of the families and lives of the actively addicted. There is nothing else that will stop it. R.I.P. Sammy Cheek...you will be missed. 
Anonymous  
patricia tice My ex-boyfriend beat me habitually while i was pregnant because of those damn thing. 
marilyn marino My 25 yr old son died from this drug 6mo ago. Today he would have turned 26. Two months ago I attended another funeral for an 18 yr old boy who died from the same drug. I think that oxycontin is causing more pain and devestating more families than its helping and it has got to stop. How many more need to die before something is done. 
Sarah Jordan There are other, less lethal painkillers out there. I can't believe that this stuff is legal and marijuana is not! Please ban this terrible substance! 
Heather M Elliott I truly believe that there is an epidemic involving oxycontin and other prescription drugs. I know in my heart that the youth of tomorrow will perish if something isn't done. There is no need for oxycontin to be on the market. I am so sorry for families who have lost their loved ones. There will be many more deaths and I fear for my children. Please let me know if there is anything I can do and I will be more than willing. Thanks, Heather Elliott 
melanie rife Dear Belol, this is not a place that we come to proclaim our love for Oxy. Why you would even say something on here like that is offensive. I lost my brother less than a year ago from Oxy. I find your remark offensive to not only me but others on here!!!!!! 
j m gordon ruined my family 
Anonymous  
Will Meade  
Cheryle Amato Ban it now. 
Chris Moulton  
Jennifer Flinchum  
anonamys Ban this garbage. It is rouining lives all over. Too many friends hooked and commiting crimes for this man made heroin. Stop this madness PLEASE 
Anonymous The devils dandruff is not only the most ileagle drug I have encountered in my life;It is trying to finish me off by taking my life.You can go see the doctor and turn around and your script is at the next window.When this drug takes my life I want the drug company and the doctors to pay to raise my son and daughter.Actually I WANT THEM TO PAY FOR MY BILLS AND MY DETOX.I could send anyone tell them how to do it and you will leave with 2000 worth of drugs just promise me you wont take them.  
Mark Young Rest in peace to my best friend SAMMY CHEEK YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN and rest in peace to a good friend J DOGG miss you man i will always have ur kids back just like i told you when you were next to me i would kill for alysha .Just cause ur gone that has not change. My uncle is doing 25 years in federal prison for selling the drug yes i miss my uncle but just think of sammys parents you will never see there son because of people like my uncle. 
Donald Andersen  
maura rohan my brother got a prescription for oxycontin for a ripped rotator cuff, now he is addicted to heroin--BAN oxycontin!!!! 
michael roo My son is holessly addicted to this evil drug and is now in jail for prescription fraud. He has been addicted for four years after recieving legal prescription for a minor injury. This drug if as advertised was designed for terminal and chronic pain then why has it been prescribed for toothaches and sprained ankles. From 2005 to today the gross sale of opiate based pills has tripled to 6.5 billion dollars. The executives of these companies shuold be given the same consideration as Pablo Escubar by the D.E.A. and hunted down and eliminated. They are the same, nothing more than drug dealers except this current cartel pays taxes and lobbiests. The drug should be eliminated or at the very least dipensed only in a hospital setting. These executives are fully aware of why sales have tripled it is not because cancer has all of a sudden tripled or other chronic pain causes it is because like the tobaco cartel their plan of marketing the most addictive product on earth is working! 
Sarah White  
Joan Miller I lost my son Ted on May 16,2009. He was 28 and had just finished getting a degree in accounting. He worked full time while attending school and had taken pills to stay awake and to get sleep. He enjoyed drinking on the weekend and his friends were with him partying at their house. Somewhere he got an Oxy and cut it in half. His friend found him and he was not breathing and was taken to the hospital. His friend called and said that Teddy was in a coma. The minute I saw him I knew that he was dead. He was an exceptional person. When he was interested in something he gave it 100%. He had many talents: artistic, liked playing the guitar, Photography, athletic ( his passion was snowboarding). I will never forget that call. My precious son was gone and my life would never be the same. I cannot believe he is gone and have difficulty dealing with everyday life. Teddy, I love you and you will always be in my heart. It was not fair and my life will never be the same. Mom  
Randy  
vicky parker  
ANGELA GRAHAM i have a son , that is recovering from this addiction also a nephew and just lost a good friend to the horrible pills. TAKE THEM OFF THE MARKET EXCEPT FOR DYING PATIENTS THAT CAN'T STAND THE PAIN ANY LONGER 
Jennifer E. Vaughn I have had family members addicted to this drug. I a pharmicutical manufacturing company, in Hunstville,Al. That employees are stealing, and then selling on the streets. We also lost a good friend to the family last year, st the age of 34 years old, he left behind a daughter which he had full custody that was 3 years of age at the time. This was is North East Florida. 
Anonymous My son passed away March 1st at 23yrs. He was addicted for 4 years thanks to friend introduction and then the Dr's. who are legal drug pushers. They need to close the pain managment clinic's thay do the cash only cash for drug deal. I truley do not understand with how our goverment can allow this to go on. Has to stop and be stopped now.  
Stella Heredia Yes, please ban this drug oxycontin. It is a horrible drug and the young generation are using. They is no control with these narcotics. This drug should be abosolutely control. let's safe our new generation from this highly addictive drug that is causing so much death. Stella Heredia 
SHANA WEISS BAN THEM THINGS AN SAVE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Evan David Beattie  
Belol I love oxycontin it's so good but I've suffered 4 years of addiction because of painkillers there needs too be an alternative 
Wendy Lloyd Prison may have saved the lives of my two sons addicted to OxyContin. Ban it!