Oxycontin is a prescription analgesic that is prescribed to relieve severe pain. It is considered a Schedule 2 drug and must be prescribed by a doctor in order to obtain it. It has become also something that people use as a high and buy from others or try to fake pain in order to get a prescription from a physician.
I hope you’ll find this video useful. It is about Sonnny Bono’s son and his noticing of an increased use of prescription drugs such as oxycontin and pain pillers in himself and his friends. His mom, Calif. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, discusses the difficulty in detecting this problem compared to illegal street drugs or alcohol.
People who are addicted claim that they face difficulty in getting off percocet painkiller because its intake makes things feel right.