OxyContin Addiction Statistics

OxyContin may lead to dangerous effects on the user and those surrounding the user. Users may need to get OxyContin treatment help. Here are some facts and statistics on OxyContin:

• OxyContin is blamed for almost 1,000 deaths per year – and that number continues to rise as more time passes.
• OxyContin theft is becoming more and more of a law-enforcement problem. Over 2,000 OxyContin related crimes were committed in 2008 alone.
• Emergency room visits as a result of OxyContin use number in the “five figures” across the United States and two years ago topped 20,000 for the first time.
• The 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 3,000,000 people over the age of 11 had tried OxyContin for nonmedical purposes. The people who tried it for the first time in 2004 for nonmedical purposes numbered around 615,000.
• The 2006 Monitoring the Future Study showed that 1.8 percent of 8th grade students, 3.2 percent of 10th graders and 5.5 percent of 12th graders had used OxyContin for nonmedical purposes.
• These numbers continue to rise as the medications are made easier and easier to obtain.

Money Figures

• Since it was first marketed in 1996, its sales reached $1.2 billion in 2003 and only keeps rising.
• Not only is the mere cost of the drug expensive to keep up an addiction, but the user loses out on a lot of other opportunities as well:
  • Many lose their jobs.
  • Some cannot do the extra work at their jobs in order to climb the ladder.
  • Opportunities are often lost because of lack of interest in anything but their addiction and the effects of OxyContin.
• After all the lost opportunities, they also may end up spending a lot of money to break the addiction because a good and affective rehab facility is not cheap.

OxyContin Help

OxyContin is a very dangerous and addicting drug. If you or someone you know is addicted to OxyContin, please know there is help. Call our toll free number today at (866) 872-6490. We are here to answer any questions you might have about OxyContin treatment and addiction. (Watch this OxyContin video.)

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