The show heard from Stacia, a junior in high school from California.  I was prompted to contact Stacia after reading the post she created on the Ban OxyContin petition  http://www.banoxycontin.com    This is the post in its entirety:

>>>>>>Hello my name is Staicia.  I'm a sixteen-year old girl from California and I am highly interested in becoming an anti-OxyContin activist and help put a stop to the addiction and losses of our loved ones. Over the past couple of months I have lost two friends of mine to this drug. When I found out about my friend, at first I couldn't believe it. No one expected it from him, no one knew he was abusing this drug and then all of the sudden he's gone, just like that. At that moment I decided that I wasn't going to just wait around to see which one of my friends is going to die next. I decided I'm going to do something about it, I am going to do everything in my power to let the world know about this harsh drug and that our children are getting a hold of it and that one little interaction with this drug can take them away from us forever. I can only imagine the pain of what it feels like to lose a child, but the pain of losing close friends at sixteen hurts. These friends of mine weren't bad people, they were genuinely good true-hearted kids and wonderful friends, always full of life and smiling and making sure if you were having a bad day that they'd cheer you up. For years now, tons people I used to hang out with and call my friends have turned to this drug and completely neglected everything else. It has turned them into shady, deceiving people that I would rather not have in my life, and so I choose to stop hanging out with them, and I stuck with a small group of friends I trusted. But even in this small group of friends, that drug found its way in and took the life of someone I loved. I want to talk to as many kids and families as possible and just let them be aware, and if I can do more I will. If it saves one life at least I know doing something right. My friends that are gone no longer have a voice to speak for this, so I believe that it is my duty to be the voice for them.>>>>>