Pubdate: Sun, 30 Sep 2001
Source: Daily Independent, The (KY)
Copyright: 2001 The Daily Independent, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.dailyindependent.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1573
Author: Jos. E. Hopwood
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?186 (Oxycontin)

OXYCONTIN EDITORIAL  RIGHT TO THE POINT

Your editorial on OxyContin (Sept. 26) was right to the point. People 
have every right to whatever medical science can do to alleviate 
their pain. Policemen are not doctors of medicine and have no 
business restricting the use of the drugs in the doctors' arsenal.

The reason OxyContin has been so successful as a drug of recreation 
is that it is an ideal substitute for expensive heroin. If we want to 
end the OxyContin wars, we must allow doctors to prescribe heroin 
legally for recreational users.

Heroin itself remains the best and cheapest treatment for heroin 
addiction and for that reason must be available.

Jos. E. Hopwood
Quantico, Md.
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