OxyContin
This volume examines the underreported problem of teenagers' easy accessibility to prescription painkillers that often leads to addiction. Readers witness OxyContin's transition from a pain reliever for cancer patients to the cause of drug overdose deaths by abusers.
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Book Review: OxyContin"This book explains how a legal medication designed to relieve severe, chronic pain has become an addictive drug whose use has reached epic proportions. The author asks readers to consider the many aspects of this situation, including liability...The information is presented in a straightforward manner. Reference aids include a list of agencies dealing with drug abuse. Because web sites often change their Internet link by the time of the publication, Rosen Publishing provides a general link that promises to remain current. This series is informative for reports as well as general information. If the other volumes are as thorough and nonjudgmental as this title, this is a series that would have a place in all public and school libraries...RECOMMENDED."
--Charlote Decker, Librarian, Childrens Learning Center, Public Library of Cincinnati (Ohio) and Hamilton County, LMC Aug/Sep 2007
