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The Neo Fight Against Oxy Abuse

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 06:35

A major shift is about to take place that will hopefully cut down on the abuse of prescription painkillers. Pharmacies will now be dispensing Oxyneo, instead of OxyContin. The Oxyneo pill is designed to be harder to crush, and tuns to a gel when you add it to water. This essentially make the pill impossible to snort or inject for abusers. Woodstock Deputy Police Chief Darryl Longworth says Oxyneo will cut down on people abusing prescription painkillers, but there are concerns about what fewer pills on the street will mean in the short-term. "The fear we have, and the fear people have across the province both in law enforcement and the medical field are the implications of the immediate withdrawl affects that some of these abusers are going to be faced with when they don't have the ability to get ahold of the OxyContin anymore." Longworth says the hope is, those people will seek professional help to get clean, rather than turning to other drugs.

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