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PETITION TO BAN OXYCONTIN

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Name	Comments
Cynthia Richards	This synthetic heroine has become a pandemic! It is now street currency and the death of many, many people. Doctors who prescribe hundreds of these pills every month to people who have no true injury should be prosecuted for reckless endangerment!!
Anonymous	Please take this addictive and harmful drug off of the market, it causes way more harm than it could ever help!
Lillian Yates	Too many of our young have died from this dangerous drug !!
Donald Kemp	Oxycontin used for pain management in orthopedic surgery is very dangerous. Patients are not monitored closely in terms of Oxy's use and end creating addiction for many people.
Catherine B Kemp	The potential therapeutic effects of this drug are far outweighed by the serious and real health risks over overuse, and the staggering number of people who become addicted to the drug after only short periods of exposure, as few as several weeks. There are many other pain management strategies available than were on the market when OxyContin was first approved. OxyContin has evolved into a street drug of choice in much the same way as Quaaludes did decades ago.
Deanna Firkik	I sign this for both Justin Jules Mcree and DT. May both of you rest in peace. We love and miss you both.
Anonymous	They should of been banned a long time ago.
Anonymous	i was addicted to this evil drug it made me well itdidnt make me do it the first time but i was in pain and the doctor said it will take my problems away all my pain so i started taking 10 mg oxycotin and then within one year i was already at fortys then they didnt last me the month so i started spending all my savings and it got worst and worst to where i lost my fiance i lost my daughter and my step daughter i lost my family as i stole from anyone and everyone to get it as it is the only thing you think of if you dont have one you are so sick that all you want is just one it makes you better instantly. so anyways i lost everyone that i loved to the point where i tryed to kill myself i lost my jon of 6 years everything. i am currently on methadone and o have my daughter back and a new family. i think it should be banned so it dont happen to anyone else please this is a very bad drug and i usuelly just swallowed them and ssometimes crushed and sniffed i couldnt imagine the things i would of done if i shot it up i here is so much worse. but i am fortunate an old friend helpped me get clean took the time to show me she carred for me and that i could get better and get my life back if it wasnt for her i wouldnt be here right now thats foor sure. But most cases everyone gives up on you as they can only do so much you have to hit rock bottom before you wanna stop and by then alot of people are either in jail from robbing something or someone just to get some or there dead for ripping someone off or doing to much i have lost over 5 people i knew withing a year from this evil drug even an 40 year old mother of 5 boys that took it as the doctor prescribed not sniffing not addicted did how it was supposed to be she also died from the drug. there is nothing good about this drug.People got by with what we had until this drug came and they will be able to again please take this off the shelves before it takes alot more lifes takes more little girls or little boys mothers or fathers away from them or before they have a bad life not eating not being taken care of like they should have because of the drug it does this to the best of people the best father or mother can turn to the worst in less then a year your whole life slips away please more people need to sign specioally those that have been hooked on it or with family members hooked lets together all get rid of this evil evil evil pilllllllllll....thanks
Richard G. Smith IV	I work as a certified nursing assistant, and I have seen first hand the destruction of this particular pain medication. Ban it.
Anonymous	A good friend of mine is married to an Oxycontin addict. Her husband used to be a great family man and had a great job. Five years ago, he started seeking medical help for neuropathy (pain in his legs and feet). He was able to B.S. the doctors into prescribing more and more addictive drugs (he's a good salesman) and the doctors never suspected any problems, nor did they question his motives. If he was dropped by one doctor, he'd find another or even double up on doctors to get more prescriptions. His Oxycontin use has spiraled him into psychosis and delusional thoughts and behavior. He has been fired from his job, he has threatened his wife and son, he is verbally abusive and he is no longer the person he was 5 years ago. He is a mess mentally and physically. He has wrecked his cars, gotten into legal trouble, destroyed his home life and committed outrageous acts, yet he still manages to get a doctor to prescribe Oxycontin for him. My friend's life is completely changed. She now needs to find a way to protect herself and her son in every way: psychologically, physically, financially. It is a very bad situation. It is a travesty that doctors prescribe this drug and do not monitor closely how each patient reacts. Legally, I think they should be held responsible, along with the drug companies. Oxycontin has devastating effects. And it is legal. Literally, it makes people crazy, if they live another day to take another pill.
Meg S	I was given for pains and I instantly liked the feeling. Having a history with drug abuse this is something that quickly turned out to be very dangerous and I was immediately hooked. If oxy didn't exist I wouldn't be struggling right now and neither would thousands of others.
Gavin Lynas	Hi, I'm from Northern Ireland and I support you 110%, ban this evil drug and lets put Prudue Pharma out of business!!!! America seems to have massive problems with prescription drugs and I hope you can defeat them all!!! Good luck Gavin
Benjamin Graham
Katie Estepp	All the lives lost and families torn apart; children without parents and rampant crime! For high paid exec to line his pockets? Something has to change. We also have to help the addicts around us. How can you market a product based on lies and leave the addicted to help themselves. We need cheap to moderately priced treatment for those struggling with an addiction
Christina Frankland
Lilli Miles
TINA CATERINO SCHWOERER
Olivia Pacanowska	We all lost one of the most inspirational, glowing, vibrant people out there. Paul made everyone feel alive, he made everyone feel important. Despite his issues he managed to shine through and struggled on his own. His life was taken and it brings tears every time I think about it I think of how much he influenced our lives, he was going to do big things, meant for big things and It really really was just unbelievable. We lost someone who thrived on life and making everyone around him feel the beauty of it as well. He remains forever in our hearts. Miss you buddy, rest in peace.
Tom	I have personally seen and felt the impact this dangerous drug has on people. Hopefully our signatures together can have a positive effect and stop the use of oxycontin.
Anonymous
Brenna R.
Tania	Thank the Lord this is happening! I couldn't be happier!
Anonymous	I have a grown son who became addicted to oxycontin and lost everything in the world because of this drug. He lost his home,his car, his son, his job, his money, his happiness and his future. If this pill did not exist my son would not be the person he is today. It grabs a hold of a person and does not let go, and should be banned everywhere for the safety of all. It is a deadly drug, and going in you do not understand or realize the severity of addiction this pill has in its chemical make up. No one is immune to its consequences, and minds and souls are destroyed every single day by the thousands because of this drug. Its potency for addiction cannot be matched and its lethal nature cannot be duplicated.
Maria Kidd	My deepest sympathy to all that have lost loved ones with the poison that is oxycontin. We need to stand together and ban this murderer as soon as possible so we dont loose anymore people. To the doctors who precribe it, you took an oath to help people not kill them.
Maria Kidd	My brother is addicted to oxycontin and fentalyn patches anything that is an opiate he injests. It is so hard to watch him kill himself. We pray everyday that he goes to rehab and no amount of talking to him helps. I am so afraid that he is going to overdose one of these days.
Suzanne Edmundson
Jessica Jorski
Bruni	I have Fibromyalgia. I'm NOT one for taking med's. I am PROUDLY signing this petition. I hope and PRAY that this petition is heard and it works for all of our loved ones. I pray that the Doc. can find something else for my pain.
Amy Del Vecchio
Laura Kaysinger
Paul Holmes
Trudy Duffy
Kathy Dowling
Tamara M	RIP EJC...
Rick Lill	Just Do It!!!
Tinar Roselli	Deeply sorry.
Kimberly Loffredo	God Bless you Eric.
Sue Martindell
Kristin M	RIP EJC
Erin Anderson
Anonymous
Kim Atno	I lost my son Eric on June 21 2011. his addition started innocently with the use of oxi and roxy and before he knew it he was addicted. He went to rehab for 15 days which is a total joke. These drugs become part of your soul and the devil is always on your back. Before 1 yr he relapsed and found he could no longer afford the drug he had become addicted to. Heroine was cheaper and unknown to us his family he was now shooting it. My son was arrested in North Brunswick with 4 bags of heroine(personal use) he was sent to middlesex county jail and bail was set at $15,000. I tried disparately to find a rehab facility but they are all full. This addition is rampant. I was finally able to find a place in Philadelphia on June 20th. I posted his bail and again it was not about the $$ he NEEDED TREATMENT NOT JAIL. unfortunately my son committed suicide while in jail. There are charges against the guards on duty as they did not perform the routine cell checks they are paid to do and then falsified the documents to cover their asses. My son did not have to die. He needed treatment not jail. Insurance companies will not pay for the proper treatment until the addict fails numerous times. Unfortunately most addicts are dead by then and these drug companies need to stop making these drugs that cause even the patients they are prescribing to become addicts STOP STOP STOP THIS NEVER GOING TO GET BETTER AS LONG AS WE ALLOW THESE DRUG COMPANIES TO GET RICH ON OUR CHILDREN. I MISS MY SON SO MUCH AND WHILE NOTHING CAN BRING HIM BACK I HOPE THAT OTHER FAMILIES NEVER HAVE TO FEEL THE PAIN MY FAMILY GOES THRU EVERYDAY
Jennifer	Oxycontin addiction almost killed me. I am a proud survivor. BAN THIS DRUG!!!!!
Jessica	After hearing a speech from a classmate tonight i have decided to sign this petition to band oxycontin. Drug abuse, addiction and death by drugs is happening everyday and it must be stopped. I am happy to sign and help in anyway I can.
Barbara Guckian	Lost my 30 year old brother to these pills. Left behind 2 handsome boys 7&2 they terribly miss there daddy.
Connie Hale	I lost a son 27yrs old to oxycontin. Please BAN OxyContin!!!
Kris Grubbs
steve	I had multiple back surgery's, first at age 14, 1980, 2nd, 94' rods' screws in abundance. Got my RN, in 2000, never toke meds until around this time.. 2003? Doctor started me on 240mg's/day of oxycontin, started having physical symptoms in 04-05', Hospitals blew me off, ended with me flying off my motorcycle 100ft @80mph, head injury, for two years after they would not listen to me, until they found I had a pituitary adenoma, no growth hormone, no thyroid, etc, forward to now need 3rd back surgery just found rods and screws out that clearly happened in accident, havent worked, cant work, going in circles, cant find lawyer to help with Soc Sec appeal due to I owe back taxes, oxycontin almost kiled me and has taken the 6plus years of my life away, its evil, destructive and will cause your death and may cause others due to user's action. Nobody should use this medication, ever, esp. for chronic pain, I have had pain most of my life, oxycontin is not necessary period, pain is diffrent to every person, true, but I dont need to roll around and scream when I hurt and can cry to myself, Oxycontin kills people, causes people to kill for it. It has ruined my life and many others, im still alive but my previous symptoms are returning, I bounce from doctor, to doctor because I have state insurance, I feel I will be dead before I get the proper care to get my health back, nobody, health care -wise cares. Just another person on the list, cheers, Im a strong person and im fighting but I cant get a foot forward because of falling back, and it started with oxycontin.
Diane Rodriguez	It is time that someone sit up and take notice of all the life's that are being lost because of this drug! How many more deaths will there be at. The hands of our so called doctors be fore someone speaks up,
Kristine Hale	I lost my husband to oxycontin on January 26,2012. He was only 27 years old with 2 amazing little boys. He was buying it off the streets, if they didn't mean oxy so easy to get at the dr's then there would be less on the streets. I think oxycontin should only be banned. Too many people are losing their lives and something needs to change.
Charlotte patton	I support the ban
James Richardson
Brad Croisdale
Will Arthur	Well here we are. I have friend on his death bed due to this drug. I watched him turn from a healthy nice looking young man of 185 pounds at 34 year old into a 130 pound 'death camp looking survivor' covered in track marks and dying from pneumonia , failed kidneys, and a heart infection.He will not last 48 hours. Please help ban this drug
Marta Gibbs
John Tri	My daugter was drug addick on oxycontin and almost died 2 times,iy led her to prison for stealing and robbery, Shall see when she gets out if she continues to take the drug, her destiny will be death It must be banned, the drug manufactures know what they are doing and the doctors also, time to ban it forever
alison	My brother, now 26 years old, has been addicted to Oxy since he was at least 16 years old. This is a terrible drug that ruins families. Please don't allow anyone else to be taken by this drug.
sandytavernier	THE ENTIRE US IS IN AN EPICDEMIC CRISIS ATLEAST 65-75 % OF PEOPLE ARE HOOKED ON THIS DRUG AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET IT THEY START OUT SNORTING IT THEN GO TO SMOKING IT THEN THE BIG ONE SHOOTING IT THIS A WORLD WIDE CRISIS AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE PRAYER CAN NOT BE OUR ONLY HELP THE GOVERMENT MUST STEP IN IMMEDIATLY
Robin Olson	My 19 year old son has severe Crohns disease. He was hospitalized and doctors put him on Oxycontin and Oxycodone in hosp and then released him after 2 weeks hospital stay, (Out 12/15/11) and w/ enough Oxy for 2 more weeks. He has tried to follow doctors instructions to TAPER off it it, and is now under the care of a Pain Management doc, BUT if he reduces the dosage by only 5mg, it throws him into a full on WITHDRAWAL. WTF!!!! It appears that it's IMPOSSIBLE to wean off this now obviously DANGEROUS DRUG! Why is this drug even legal to prescribe? The makers of Oxycontin should be in JAIL!!! And the hospital docs and admin FORCED my son when he was incapacitated (and I wasn't present) to sign a 10 page document releasing them from liability should he become addicted to Oxycontin. They KNEW he would become addicted. Those doctors can go to hell along w/ the executives of Perdue Pharma and the idiots at the FDA who approved such a vicious drug! It's the blink of an eye for someone to go from PATIENT to CRIMINAL with this drug!
Nicholas Donato
Rachel
Sangeeta Sharma	Last week we lost Richard Nason 25 years old, smart,handsome gentleman to this drug. He used to work with us when he was in school. We saw him growing Up in front of us. He went to UGA and graduated in 2010. This kid had most understanding, caring family. My heart goes for them. He had very promising career ahead only if... Please do not let any other son taken away from their parents or a brother from the most loving and affectionate sisters. Please ban this drug it's already too lte but maybe we can save some young lives.
Anonymous
Sierra Smith	I hate this drug. Its ruined many peoples lives & continues to do so...
Annette Lopez-Lamott	It is absurd that there is an argument over whether to keep medical marijuana accessible to cancer patients and gravely ill patients, yet this drug is doled out like candy... This drug is the devil. It only benefits the pockets of these pharma companies, certainly not the patients that are prescribed this medication.
Anonymous
Loren harris	My son fights the addiction everyday. This is an insideous drug that requires three years of being clean before it quits affecting the brain. The drug dealers find vulnerable victims and addict them to further their profits. In our small county there were 77 deaths from the drug this past year. I can't imagine that there aren't other drugs to give as a prescription... GET THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET
monica schottinger
dustin	Please ban this drug, it is constatly tearing apart familys and friends, i have watch addictions to these pills ruin the lives of people very close to me and forever change not only the lives of the people suffering from addiction but the lives of the people who love them and try and help them, i was very much in love with a girl who wound up addicted to pain pills, her addictions started small but within a couple of years she was shooting them up, i stood by her the very best i could and tried to help but i eventually had no choice but to walk away, her addiction took over her life and it was taking over my life too, and i have never even used drugs, i tried multiple rehabs for her, suboxn, methadone, anyband every resource i had i tried, but she just wouldnt quit using, now i worry about her everyday and pray for her, her addiction has forever changed my life too and i know there are so many familys out there that feel the exact same way i do, i just wish this kind of drug was banned so we wouldnt have to see our loved ones go through this
Collin	My own addiction to OxyContin currently has me in a treatment program in which I'm trying to rebuild my life and family relationships. I'm just thankful to be alive, something I can't say for some of my peers.
Renee Marchak
John Henchen
Daniel Beasley	I haved watched friends kill themselves slowly to this horrible drug . Oxycontin is destroying lives and tearing homes apart-and not simply because of drug use. I know this because it almost took my life.
Cody Scott
Randy Nason	Last week I buried my 25 year old son. Richard was a graduate of University of Georgia and graduated with a 3.2 GPA in Finance in May 2010. Two and a half year ago, he tried oxycontin as a recreational drug, which flooded the Athens, Ga. market in 2010. His friends are telling me that it only takes about 3 or 4 weeks to become addicted on the pills and within a year or two he was shooting it up. Some of his college buddies are doing the same thing as I write this letter. I have told them they will end up like Richard if they don't quit, and I don't think they will quit because of it's addictive qualities. TAKE IF OFF THE MARKET. Randy Nason
Valerie Ennis
Anonymous
Wilson Arthur	I have watched this drug destroy co workers who previously had no drug issues, and have had friends children overdose and die from this drug, it should be taken off the market or at least used for end of life purposes only.
Cheryl Brown	This drug is destroying our society.
Clinton Hale	Between 1990 and 2000 only 59 people in my community died of overdoses, but from 2000-2010 359 people have died in my community of overdose. Oxycontin is a scourge and MUST be taken off the market. I lived in a small southern town where everyone knew your name, but now there is nothing but junkies and hookers walking up and down the streets looking for a fix.
Kim Christenson
Joaquin De Los Santos	This drug ruins peoples lives and fills the pockets of some medical practioners, congressman, and corporations. Please ban this drug.
James henderson
Brian Barnes	This drug is bad.
alan zemel	Lost a relative...
Anonymous	Help!
Heather Alberti	My husband was a successful chef and part owner of a restaurant, he started taking oxi and a couple years later was jobless and robbed a bank to get his next fix.. our son was 6 months old and now wont know his father till almost his 5th birthday... please get rid of this horrible drug
Ashley Jett
paul rudnick
Terry wolosin	Fed.up ,pissed off ! The government has done nothing to these doctors that are over prescribing these drugs,as we know they are. A law should also be passed that anyone caught selling them will get a mandatory jail sentence. Most of the drugs sold are coming from grandmothers and grandfathers, or long term users for chronic pain. Most small time sellers are making 3,000-4,000 a month,at ten to thirty a pill. This drug and heroin have become a nightmare in my neighborhood. Most turn to heroin because it's cheaper ,that is until heroin gets a hold of them and they need more each time to fill their need which in turn becomes more expensive so they end up stealing to feed their habit. When they decide to seek help it's a night mare, unless your rich and can afford the best rehab. The answer is not jail for the addicts,they should receive mandatory drug rehab for at least six months or more,you should not have a choice to decide, they can not always make this life saving choice for themselves ,they are no longer thinking clearly.I also believe the pharmacutical companies should have to help fund these rehabs along with the federal goverment. I can't believe to this date nothing significant has been done to help fight this war on opiate legal I repeat LEGAL) Drugs! I guess money can buy some people's Happiness at the expense of those families struggling and lost as to what to do to help their loved one. The thought of it all makes me want to Vomit ( preferbaly on the makers and dealers!
Ruth	My other half is addicted to these things along with hydrocodone! He gets them from his closest friend and even his own daughter! There has to be tighter consequences for those that take these drugs illegally and for those that sell the damn things - they destroy people and relationships!!!!!
Anonymous	Death of beloved directly related to this drug.
Courtney Sexton	Thank you!!Let us stop this now! Aloha
Lonnie Samek	My daughter's husband, soon to ex is addicted to this terrible drug. It has caused such havoc in their lives. They have a 4 year old daughter. She cries for her daddy at night. Please ban this drug...
Karin Byrne	Losing a child to any drug is devastating, as is losing a child for any reason. I am not 100% sure which drug was the final ending for my son. I do know that oxycontin was one of the drugs found in his possession when his body was found. The toxicology report has not been completed and as of now the death certificates states "unknown" although the autopsy showed that he did not die of anything natural. I want to do anything I can so that no other mother, father, sister, brother or family member has to lose someone to this new epidemic. Please stop the ease of acquiring this drug.
gayle	in response to Mr McGowan~~ After fighting alongside my son with his addiction for four years, I finally came across some funding info on one of the websites. Unfortunately by that time, I couldn't gather all the required information that was needed to begin the process of filing for financial help to have my son in rehab. I was casually turned down by several Big Pharm reps, saying that I did not have enough documentation to file for funding. Very convenient for them. My son finally made it to prison alive, so we are hoping for a brighter future when he comes out. ** The problem is that by the time the addiction is identified and efforts to quit the drug have been exhausted by the addict and the family, it is nearly impossible to go back in time and document where/when/how the initial addiction started. Although there is a "fund" in place to help with rehab,it is close to impossible to access it. As anyone who has ever been in this situation knows, few people have the finances, emotional stamina, time and perseverence to chase down the devil after fighting with the beast!
jim mcgowan	My daughters life has been destroyed by these pills and the flimsy system we have controlling the distribution of this life destroying drug. Who set up the marketing for this drug the tobacco industry? Purdue Pharma should be held responsible by forcing them to provide inpatient rehab to anyone addicted to this drug. There liability should continue for the life time of the addict. Helping pay for these programs should be the estates of all the pain management staff and doctors who have been shown to overperscribe OxyCotin.
JANICE KRAUS sLEZAK	I lost my son Bill ~~~September 19, 2007 ! I was here, in my house when he put the gun to his head and killed himself. I tried rehabs and going to Calvary Chapel which kept him off of them for two years, but went to work for a man who had Cancer and the pills were readily available. The pains and tears of seeing him struggle to get clean was un~bearable and I still cry 24/7. He was the love of my life and today is still hard to go thru every day and No Bill. The drug was like the letter Joel had written awhile back. It grabs YOU and nothing ELSE in the world matters. I know he wanted to get off... but, the Oxy's had him.. just like the 'Devil'.. grabbing hold of you and never letting go. Can you imagine how I felt holding a towel on his head where the bullet when in and trying to stop the bleeding? Can you imagine how difficult each day has been asking myself could I have done More? Can you imagine being in "Limbo" for at least one year..? Can you imagine looking at his picture and crying out "" I need you back ! IF YOU HAVE ANYONE ON THIS AND YOU WANT TO HELP THEM.. SIGN THE PETITION... I WISH I COULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK AND SEE WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERNTLY! THE withdrawals from this drug are horrendous .. Mean, angry, bitter words, hateful dispostion, depression, threats of killing himself... I would do anything to have him here. Help someone if you know them doing thru this? Are they having mood swings ? Not eating? Losing weight? Always chasing that "DEVIL".... I cry every day.. my life will never be the same.. we were close... I raised him by myself.. He was my baby.. and killed himself in my home and me here! Every time I " cross" where he laid... blood coming from his head...... calling 911....... crying.... screaming... and he never made it to the hospital ! He died in the ambulance. I am on a mission so no other parents have to suffer what I suffer every day! Prayers * God * Angels* NO one can ever take this pain away that I endure each day. R.I.P. WILLIAM ALBERT GENCO ~~08/02/1963 * SEPTEMBER 19, 2007... IF LOVE COULD HAVE SAVED YOU BILL * YOU WOULD HAVE LIVED FOREVER.......... YOUR LOVING MOTHER
Sarah Bradford	Paco. May your death not be in vain. I sign this with loving memory of my brother.
Dorothy Bradford	My son started with opioid pills then the fentanyl patch. He died at 24. Stop the love of $$$$ for the slaughter!!!!! God has a way to heal and there is no side effects..risk or death..God help us all!!! The love of $$ is the root of all kinds of evil...
Jon Daily	After attending a friend's funeral this weekend due to oxycontin abuse and overdose I discovered that close to a dozen people from my high school years died from the same thing in just the last few years. Most of these people were housewives with young children and career people that had achieved success in their fields including Andrea L. Yates a renouned professor from the University of Rhode Island at 40 years of age. This will be the legacy I will remember forever losing so many young people I grew up with in such a short time. It is probably hardest on those that survive because we just ask why but it doesn't help the overwhelming grief we all feel. I hate funerals. Please stop the pill mills in Sarasota, Bradenton, and especially Venice Florida.
lauren
kellie hazelwood	R.I.P. Paco
Beth Putnam	I have family and friends both addicted to Oxycontin. It is so addicting, there are better substitutes that are less addictive!
Ashley Mckenney
tanquella fegans
Chardae Lewis	R.I.P Paco :(.
Ashley ayers	Love you Paco miss you ... Love min
Anonymous
rhianna Prophet	My little brother was addicted to this stuff and is in prison due to his use. Since he's been in prison he's had 3 friends die by overdosing. My fear is for him to go back to that stuff when he gets home. And die from it. Please ban oxycontin.
Anonymous
K 1	This drug has has stolen my son and has caused great pain to our family. Please save our children !! BAN OXYCONTIN TODAY
Danielle Rosa	I KNOW WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE SEVERLY ADDICTED TO THIS DRUG. IT IS HEART BREAKING AND HAS TAKEN THE LIVES OF SO MANY. I PRAY THAT THIS HORRIBLE EPIDEMIC IS PUT TO AN END BEFORE WE LOSE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE NOT ONLY PHISICAL DEATH BUT EMOTIONALLY AS WELL.
Virgie Kirkman	My grandson died from an oxycontin overdose. The pain and grief are almost unbearable. He was only 20 years old.
Anonymous
Anonymous	oxycotin almost ruined my life.6yrs of hell!!!ruined family relationships,finacial ruins,but even more than that....It left me mentally and physically broke..
Cathe Hardison	This is a Horrible Drug It has taken many Mothers Children, and many Childrens Mothers.......
Kristina	I am a recovering addict. My drug of choice was OxyContin and my life was a complete nightmare! It is a miracle that I am alive and sober today! It will be a miracle if they ban the production of OxyContin!
Recovering Addict	FLORIDA NEEDS TO CLOSE THEIR PILL MILLS! I am in Florida, and have yet to hear any of these politicians address the fact that we have a SERIOUS problem down here, instead of making jokes. They put these databases in down here...what a joke! Someone needs to get this out to people within our states and government officials that have some kind of pull. Maybe something can be done.
Bobbi T	I am all for banning oxys and roxys. As a recovering addict myself, I have experienced first hand how a "little pain pill" can shatter lives. Like i said ' i was hooked" , doing 10-15 at min a day. Many of my friends have overdosed and passed on. I see some of my friends "living out of a bottle", and worst of all, my fiance has been incarcerated over these pills. Over an addiction that his doctorshopefully my signature will help get this "legal Heroin" off the streets.
Jamie Tanda
Deanna Moody	Please, please take this most harmful, addictive drug off of the market. This drug is taking the lives of young people and we as parents are absolutely helpless to change their behavior. Please, please take this drug off of the market.
KRIS SULLIVAN	WE ARE NOW IN THE MIST OF VOTING FOR A NEW PRESIDENT BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ONE SINGLE PERSON MENTION THE ADDICTON THAT IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY FROM WITHIN!!!our medical system @ educational &our judicial system is completely falling apart-our country better wake up and see what,s coming!!! we are not crimials we are victims we are victims of certain pharasecal companyies our goverment is allowing this sign this petition and bring the love back to our families we all deserve get out in the streets and get our country back!! wake up and have a voice!!!!!
Kathy pettengill	My family has two oxycotin addicts who have been struggling for many years. There are not enough rehab facilities to care for the number of people addicted in our small state. This drug is hurting more people then it is helping. We need to ban this drug to end this vicious cycle. Please
Erich Curnow	“in 2010, pharmacies sold enough of these opiate-based prescription drugs to give everyone in the U.S. a typical 5-milligram dose of hydrocodone every four hours for one month”. If your not outraged, you're not paying attention...
rhonda helser	I too have lost a close friend due to misuse of Oxycotin.
Alicia Crew
gayle	My father was an active 80 year old gentleman when he was prescribed oxycontin for back pain. He died less than a year later, and the last months of his life were spent totally focused on his addiction. A miserable way to go, my brothers and I watched him decline until his death. This is a crime against society.
j	burn in hell purdue!
Annette Southern	This drug should have been banned years ago to save lives. I am 49 years old and never have I seen a drug kill so many people of all ages and all backgrounds. This drug has no mercy and crosses all classes of life. The stories are so sad and have touched everyone I know and come into contact with on a daily basis. We have an epidemic that must be stopped.
mikellyn marion
Nathan Dietrich	Ban this poison
Madalyn Gordon
barbara	I have a loved one addicted to oxycontin. She refuses treatment and all because a doctor perscribed her oxycontin for a hand injury. She has since dropped out of college, cant keep jobs and is not in good health. I pray for all the families and the only way to avoid future deaths is to avoid selling this horrible drug. If there is no access,there is no addiction.
Emily Lauren
Jenn Legnetti
Rick Sotiropoulos	Oxycontin is an epidemic, it serves no medical purpose. Perc 30s are designed to be abused and are killing too many young people. I have lost 4 friends in the last year and I'm currently in recovery myself. I proudly wear my black wristband and spread the word. This is a great site and I can personally guarantee I will bring 10+ signatures to this petition. Thank you.
Annthea Waugh
Jessica Krejci
leana fugarino
Ginger Pringle	Oxycontin killed my husband. And I don't just mean that it caused his physical death. It killed him long before he died. It killed the person that I loved & married. It killed the spark in his eyes. It killed every positive aspect of his personality. It changed him completely, in unfathomable ways. Killed his love for life, his confidence, his graciousness, his love for his family. Killed all rational thought & his ability to make good decisions. Killed his future with his family that deeply loved and still misses him.
Rita Montiel	It is my sincere hope that we as a society can stop manufacturing such harmful drugs. The drug companies are literally killing us. My heart goes out to all the families dealing with the pain this tiny pill has inflicted.
leticia gonzales	my son and his girl friend are on drugs and i am afraid for my son, he is out of control. I don't know what to do. I need help.
charlie bennett	Was never perscribed but it was widely available in my home town. What I had once considered more bang for the buck, quickly became a habbit that was out of control and was to easy to buy on the black market. Thanks to novus detox center, I was able to break the cycle of abuse I put myself through. Thanks novus.
Helen Comparoni
Kimberly Roth
rachel taylor	I'm currently dealing with a brother in law with this addiction. It sad and I want to see this drug go away.
Anonymous
Emmanuel Peter Makryllos	I know, if you are a represintive of FLORIDA. Then he or she has known somoeone or known a friend that knew someone who has DIED! Because, of Oxycontin! So, let's all tell the FDA to BAN Oxycontin! Like they Ban Qualids in the early 80 s or late 70 s. Mr, Emmanuel Peter Makryllos
Sabrina Quinones-Brannon
Vicky Kirkegaard	This drug has to go
Bill Haberman	BAN OxyContin Now!!!!! Bill Haberman
Debbie and Jim Mair	We lost our beloved Joshua, Sept 22 2010 at 31 years of age to this killer drug PLEASE BAN THE MANUFACTURE OF IT NOW. And thank you who ever is sponsoring this petition.
Yaakov Nahum Ben-Avraham	Isn't the (natural) Opioid MORPHINE sufficient for outpatients, especially by mouth? Morphine can be obtained at low or virtually ZERO cost from WHITE poppies which will grow virtually ANYWHERE in poor soil ! Why do Drug Companies need obscene profits from misery? p.s. RED poppies do NOT kill pain. Lest we forget...
Patty Summerfield	Oxycontin has claimed two teenagers this year already here in illinois and its only Jan.9th,2012.
maria brittis
Opal Barrett	There are three ways out of this terrible addiction: Jail, Rehab or death.....
Margarita Lopez	In honor of my friend's children battling against this awful addiction and all who are suffering because of this horrible drug.
Diane T. Williams	Get this drug off the market. With two grandsons suffering from this nasty drug, I want it gone. Doctors who prescribe this for pain relief, need to feed other alternatives. Especially with young adults or teens. Thank you for giving us this chance to ban Oxycontin...a Loving Grandmother
Karen Coulson	So many lives and families have been destroyed by this drug. There are so many other options that are non-addictive. Remove this drug from production and distribution.
Amanda Payne
Ann Goforth
Heidi Hoppie	I would just like to say that my sympathy goes out to those who have been swallowed into this black hole of Oxycontin. I am a pharmacy technician and I see first hand what this drug does to people, how they start on vicodin and end up on percocet and then to oxycontin which is same but releases different. And it goes down hill from there. Now in MA they made buying syringes legal. I find that to be a welcome to heroin law. How clean is it when you walk down your neighborhood and there is syringes in the bushes. Really? Who is making the money. We really need to crack down on these drug companies that are making money on drug that are killing my friends, family. My cousin overdosed a few years back with a mixture of oxy and cocaine. I feel a need to tell these people that just by cutting an oxy alonne could kill u. I wish you luck on this ban and if there is anything that I might be able to do please contact me via email. Thanks
jessica lauren	I nearly lost my life to oxycontin and heroin. It ruined my relationship with one of very few that had touched my life, my ex husband and best friend. I wish this drug will remove itself from this earth and I hope that no more lives will be damaged by it.
Bruce Williams
Danna Abla
Jack Mauldin	Thanks to oxy i nearly lost my leg and my life. 4 years of addiction and now i am finally clean. never tried heroin because oxy is legal heroin.
Frank Mauldin
Justin	I watched my brother ruin his life cause of oxycontin. He was a great person, great friends, great grades, and a great brother. After he starting using i noticed a drastic change in his behavior. He started stealing from family and friends just to get his fix. He now is hooked on heroine cause he needed to achieve that high. He was my role model and now the drugs have taken over his life and we are distant strangers. This drug should be discontinued asap cause I've not just lost my brother I've also lost friends to it as well.
Shelbi Caitlin Lanham-Mauldin	<3
Ashley Pesich
Paul Stacke
tom kamet	outlaw it....
Allison
Robert Evich	Too many have died from this drug !
John Rollins	That shit is the worst!!
Anonymous
Kelsey Dorr
Olivia chenoweth
Ashley chenoweth
Emily Ebling
Ali Dickinson
Anonymous	I have seen too many lives ruined and also taken from this drug, it is becoming a serious problem and needs to be stopped.
Johnna Hayes
Kelly anderson	I have lost many friends to oxycontin. Young friends.
Bailey Lissy
Anonymous	My ex boyfriend was addicted. I tried to help him every way I could. His mom was prescribed and she was giving them out to his brother and then made my ex buy her more. It was an aweful experience for me. I went through it all for a little over a year and I couldn't handle it. He was a liar and stole from people he loved. He is still to this day doing Oxycontin and other drugs. This drug changes you, it makes you a whole different person.
Sarah Robertson	I have lost a brother and countless friends to this drug. Stop the ruin.
Alisa Lovell
Rachel Rayburn
Brittany Higgins
Tyler Pelosi	Former "OC" addict, this drug has destroyed the lives of many of my close friends. It is a drug that does not discriminate against any social class,race,or religon. It is worse than any other drug our country has faced yet it is still being sold in pharmacies all across the globe. The government is failing its citizens while this drug is still on the market.
Jessica Martinez
Patricia Peterson
Andrea Corn, Psy.D.
Katie Burress
Jordan S.	Lost my best friend to OxyContin when I was 17, not because of addiction, but because of the counteraction it had with Dayquil and Nyquil that he had taken prior to. I don't know what it's going to take, but I'll do anything to help stop all of these tragedies. it's all preventable...
Jamie kirby
chris basile	I have lost a best friend to an addiction to oxycontin and I have seen many other people get put in rehab and jail because of problems relating to the addictive with this drug ... Even my own father had to get off it because it was negatively effecting his mood ... I HATE the stuff and wish it never was created
Julie Dexter	Please ban this despicable drug!
Patrick Wheat	I actually know a few different people who have lost their lives because of oxy's. Including one of my best friends. Ive used them before but vow to never again and I fully support banning the drug.
Kevin Currie
marymiracle	too many words about this deadly chemical to fit into a comment box.
Steven Hillburn
Brandon Ashworth	My heart goes out to anyone suffering the effects that OxyContin has had on this generation. I don't think selling pharmaceutical heroin to our citizens is a very respectable aspect of our healthcare system. Please stop
Taylor	My brother was shooting up oxy for about 3 years. He's been arrested twice, just got out of his 3rd rehab and hopefully he's finally doing okay. My cousin was smoking oxy and amlost overdosed and went to several different rehabs. Two of my best friends have committed suicide while under the influence of oxy as well. This drug is sickening and extremely dangerous.
Nathan Randall
Ryan Ford	Lost to many friends due to OC!
Kelsey Goforth	I have lost too many friends to Rehab, Jail or Suicide due to OxyContin, and all of my friends from high school have an addiction problem with this drug. They steal from friends and family, from those they do not know, and re sell the merchandise for the ability to purchase the extremely expensive drug. There is absolutely no reason for OxyContin to be made, prescribed or sold.
Marc Sellers	This drug took away one of my best friends. He was a brother to me. Even through his death, a dozen close friends have become addicted if they weren't before. I don't want this to seem like a hopeless battle. I don't want my friends to die. Stop these tears, stop this drug!
anna michels
roya toraby
Katie Miller	destroyed my life and will destroy MANY others of this drug is continued.
Taylor Noll	I have lost by older brother to oxy, He went from oxy to heroin then now on meth its a sickening downward spiral. No one should have to deal with this. Please sigh this petition! I hope that someday i can look at my brother face to face and have him tell me he is finally clean. The chances of that are getting lower and lower.
Amanda Skaggs	i lost my boyfriend/best friend to oxycontin. i would love to help with this in anyway. feel free to email me if there is anything i can do.
Taylor	Took my brother on a downward spiral, he went from oxy to heroin now meth. He barly remembers me and has major paranoia, I lost my brother to oxy <3
Caroline Ravenfox
Anonymous	We must stop this it's killing our childrens
Laura Williams
Sherry Swanson	In hopes of preventing further PREVENTABLE tragedies...
Robert Tersch
Lisa Mitcheltree
Conchita Cuebas	My nephew is alive, thank God, but he has been in and out of rehab and jail due to OxyContin and other prescription drugs. He's due to leave jail in August and his mother and I are very worried. My son suicided Jan. 17, 2011. He admitted to me to have used drugs in the past, but I have no other information. Please, please, ban this drug!
Jan Menzies
Nancy Kueter	I lost my 18 year old son, he had oxymorphone in his system he could of been saved if his friends would have called 911 or woke me up right away instead they let him die, waited for hours. www.friendsdontletfriendsdie.com
Renee Levitt
kim
Zoya Hajianpour
Austin Smith
Karin Murpy	My son Seth died of a heroin OD May 19 2012. Started like oters with Oxy. I know many other families affected by this. Today he would have turned 20.
Kristen Tersch	My heart aches daily as I have two sons addicted to this awful drug. My oldest needed relief from some ankle surgery and got this drug on the street; the other son was given a prescription for some mild neck issues. Our lives have been a roller coaster for the past 5 years and I will do anything and everything to get this drug off the street and the market, and to pass along information to the unsuspecting future. Thank you!!!!
Carole Hill	Oxy is a demon , it will take your loved ones to a very dark place and keep them there, or death will come, I know from first hand experence. Highly additive, people who are on this med will steal, kill, rob, whatever if they run out of it. BAN, BAN, BAN, before more people are lost and families are destoried.
Eva	Saw this in a minidocumentary on Dutch TV, and was shocked! How come America's government is so strict about relatively innocent stuff like marihuana and alcohol, but at the same time allow dangerously addictive harddrugs like these OxyContin pills to be sold legally by the pharmaceutical industry? Must have something to do with the money I guess. I sincerely hope this drug will be banned in your country. Reading all these heartbreaking stories I'm convinced that OxyContin is much more a paincauser than a painkiller (and causes a far worse pain in the hearts of victims and family). To the victims and familymembers: I wish you my deeply felt compassion. Hang in there!
Tamer Gozleveli, DO
Ravyn
Kylie
Anonymous	its disgusting and ridiculous thatanyone including children can walk into a doctors office and get these pills that are basically deadly!!!! They dont even check the medical histories of people.They are the true drugdealers...Havent we learned from the past about these dangerous pills!!when do we start caring about are fellow brothers prescribed by ignorant doctorsstop hurting and killing people all for money!!!!when do we start caring about our fellow brothers and stop hurting people with these drugs prescribed by doctors whom we are suppose to trust..Do they not care or just plain ignorant...I think people should make a new years resolution to start fighting back and speak up about every injustice in this world...Thats the problem people are so fearful they dont say anything!!!!!LETS START 2012 BY SPEAKING UP FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS!!!!!
Sheri Remington	In loving memory of my son. 10.3.88 - 8.22.11 As long as I am alive I will fight in your honor. Love you always.
mary Zawaski
Anonymous	I have recently lost my partner, and new daddy to his 10 week old son to Oxycontin. He had been prescribe to this drug after a serious car accident a few years ago now. He had came off the drug after we found out we where expecting a child. After almost 12months of not using the drug, he had a extremely sore foot one night, and took his normal dose of 1 or 2 tablets... He never woke up. This drug needs to come off the market and I will help fight until it is banned completely. Now his son, doesn't have his daddy here. The doctors who hand this drug out to practically anyone who says they need a strong painkiller need to be punished in some sort of way, as I am aware of docters who have handed out boxes daily to the patients just because they say, "I've lost the script". The public needs to be more aware of this drug and how dangerous it really is!!!!
melissa bonello	My husband secretly started taking oxycotin in 2007 by January of 2008 he was so delusional, after being married 22 years with two teenage children, we divorced, he refused rehab and has "disappeared" going on 4 years now..last seen, he was highly involved in drugs, guns, alcohol and any eratic behaviors..he acted like a schizaphrenic..double personality, spoke differently, walked differently listened to different music..it literlly made him "crazy" and after investigations we believe he ultimately died of an overdose, but still have no idea...the drug is DANGEROUS!!!
Lynn C
Kathy Gibbas	My son was found dead on Dec. 29, 2011. He was 33. His prescription for oxycontin was filled on Dec. 28 for 90 pills. There were 62 pills in the bottle when they found him. I don't know why a workman's comp doctor would prescribe 90 pills for someone with back pain.
Haven Fricke	My friend's brother was lost to this. His bro was a well known awesome guy and he was on this for a certain condition he was under.
Jessi Ekmark	For a friends brother
Anonymous
Nick Gill	My bro sean lost his brother because of this drug.
Barbara Taylor	I had become addicted to this RX due to 5 failed back surgeries, this is the worst medication I have ever seen in my 44 yrs of living and I used to be a Certified Surgical Technician so my medical knowledge is more than most but I still never knew what a destructive drug this was or had even ever heard of it, now all I know is it is becoming a problem worse than meth, crack, heroin or any of them put together. This medication KILLS PEOPLE, I only have my friends and family to thank for showing me (Damon, Sean & Dev) Thank you for saving my life, Pharmacy companies, stop killing us or is this your version of genocide?
Katie Sol
Luke Brands
Justin	this signature is for sean and my cousin and everyone else that has been affected by this drug
Casey
Katie Goldsmith
Cybrina	Lost a friend to this.
Meghan Griffin	My friend lost his brother to suicide in 2010 because of this drug.
Charisse DeVries	A friend was lost because of this drug.
Anonymous	A lot of people lost a wonderful young man to this drug.
Justin Stringer
Conner Bassett
Candace DeVries	Lost a friend to the results of an addiction to this terrible drug.
Kelli Skaug
Tanya Ramirez	Daughter affected.
Jake
Anonymous	I am supporting my friend who lost his brother in 2010 because of this drug
sean bollig	my brother had compartment syndrome in his right leg that left him with the disability of not being able to lift his foot up he was an all star football player at 6 4 220 of solid muscle and his future looked bright till his surgery made it virtually impossible to run after his surgery he was put on oxycontin and fell into a deep depression of not being able to get the drug and not being able to play football and killed himself on March 20th 2010 i miss him everyday and thats why i want this drug that the devil has designed to be destroyed and banned from the earth forever
Anonymous	Someone mentioned a march. I will def do it! For my nephew Albert Morelli and several friends who also overdosed on oxycodone. I have 3 friends who are recovering addicts of oxycodone. We all live in New York (Brooklyn and Staten Island). Please if anyone is interested please post.
Anonymous	Lost my nephew Albert Morelli on August 23, 2011. He was 33 years old. Never drank or smoked but, became addicted to OxyCodone when a doctor prescribed it as pain medication when he had a severe injury. He became very depressed we didn't realize it was the meds. He was ashamed to tell us the truth when he finally did he went into rehab and 1 year later relapsed and died after being in ICU for 12 days his body just slowly shut down. My family is a mess. He was an amazing human being. Never married and never had the chance to have children. Way to young! My primary doctor was writing scripts of percocet in my name. When I questioned this the office finally confessed and told me he had an addition. It is destroying people and families.
Anonymous	This drug destroys lives and should be taken off the market immediately!
Juan Carlos Doampo	This poison almost killed me. Thank God and my family for the tough love that showed me the way to freedom from the virus that is "roxies".. I think it start with irresponsible doctors. 83 days clean!! A whole lifetime of sobriety to look forward to.
Anonymous	My 18 y.o. grandson was prescribed 4 x 80 my oxycontin by a new to him gp on Monday afternoon. He died late Tuesday...no tox screens done prior to Rx being written. Just his word that he had had it before and needed it for a major injury. May God forgive that doctor. Our beautiful boy is gone forever and the doctor's family suffer no sequelae.
herbert n horner	opioides have destroyed my family ban all
Debora Casoy	I'm not straight related to a addicted person but my boyfriend's sister is, the entire family!!! and I can tell that this drug is destroying the whole family.... Started with her husband, then to her son, daughter which the continuous use of Oxycontin have lead her to other kind of drugs. I heard that even dentists are prescribing to fight pain, they have gave to a friend of mine 20 pills with a refill for another 20 only because he had some tooth extracted!!! the dentist even warned him of the possible consequences.. this will be the next slow killer for generations to come.... and worse of all that it will be with the approval of the Government of the United States and FDA. Debbie Casoy
Art Libby	This HAS TO BE Stopped!!!!! The Government on down to the Doctors are letting us become addicts as to be able to push us all blindly into doing things we DO NOT WANT in our society! This problem in MOST Prevalent here in the United States and is being allowed by the F.D.A. ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!! END IT NOW And make them ALL PAY!!!!!!!
Suzanne Bartlett
ashley jae	It does nothing but ruin peoples lives it needs to definitley been banned
Bridget Watson	Please be responsible and remove this devistatingly harmful drug from the market and from the list of manufactured drugs.
cindy
ernest paul keith	I lost my father Clarence Keith to Oxycontin in 2007. The drug also Nearly took my life as well. My friend Eian also over doses in 2006 Had I not been arrested in 2007 for possession of oxycodone I would Not be here sharing my views on why this drug is of no use to Anyone. There are other means to which ones pains can be treated
Thomas Grinnell
Raynee
paula
Sally Blades	My Grandaughter was 19 and beautiful until she became hooked on oxycontin, xanax and similar drugs. She OD'd a month ago and has severe brain damage after being brought back to life by paramedics. We don't know how long she was oxygen deprived because the chickenshit druggies she was hanging with all lie to save their own butts. The Doctors give this poisonous medicine to people in mega prescriptions and how can they not know they are supplying the people who sell them to our kids who OD! My granddaughter was very sick and needed help. She wouldnt listen to us, the police would not help and when she finally got put in jail for stealing we thought our prayers had been answered and she would be able to get off the oxys but the sociopath druggie forty-something man that was enabling her in order to keep her with him, bailed her out of jail and two days later she was in ICU on life support. This medicine is ruining more lives than it is helping. TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET.
michelle dickson	Hello- My cousin's 24 year old son has been addicted to Oxycontin for at least the last five years. He has been to inpatient treatment four times now, with little to no success. My son's girlfriend's father, hung himself in their garage as a result of his addiction. Oxycontin was originally prescribed to him for a work related injury. My 20 year old son is now using Oxycontin. As a result, he has lost his job and has resorted to stealing money from us to fuel his habit. He was an AP/ Honors student in high school, as well as the wrestling team captain his senior year. Since we have determined he has been abusing Oxycontin, he has rapidly been spiraling out of control. I believe Oxycontin is an Evil, highly addictive drug that has no place on our drug store shelves in any fashion. The recovery rate for Oxycontin addicts is bleak and frightening. Please ban this drug!
angie bruno
Kimberly Page	My daughter is a recovering OXY addict.
Christa Schenk	Stop ruining lives
Christopher Thornton	At age 15 i was prescribed hydrocodone for back pain after a small operation. By the time i was 17 i was put on Fentanyl patches. i was prescribed oxycodone in 2006, at age 18. i was already very addicted to these drugs, but i didn't really realize it. Then i started taking too much, running out early, and getting very very sick as a result. I was 21 the first time i injected myself with oxycontin. This eventually escalated to 320mg a day. At age 21 i was put on methadone, (by my doctor, not a clinic). it stopped my physical withdrawl symptoms, but i still wanted oxycontin. In march 2010 my addiction finally got the best of me. Already under the influence of methadone and alprazolam, (and completely careless to the fact that this is possibly the most leathal combination of prescription drugs i know of), i walked into a pharmacy and told them to "give me all the oxycontin or i'll shoot myself in the f------ head"... I was serious. Police reports said i told the pharmacist "I am so sorry, without it i will die." I was arrested in traffic 6 hours later. This is the single worst decision i have ever made in my life, and, ironically, i believe it is also the greatest thing i have ever done for myself. I was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 5in-5out. Based on the nature of the crime i was sent to a military-style bootcamp called DOWC run by the OKDOC. In july 2011 i was granted a modified sentence for successful completion of the program, and will spend the next 9 years on probation. It took a trip to prison to reveal to me the true nature of my oxycontin addiction. Now i am 23, i major in high energy physics in tulsa, and it has been 21 months since i touched a pill. My deepest condolences go out to the families of those who have been lost to this growing epidemic. I offer my love and support to anyone with the desire to overcome their addiction to this terrible drug. In loving memory James Austin Harrison 5-18-1988 / 5-25-2006
Gayle newman	Anyone interested in participating in a public outcry/march/protest against these drugs? The situation has been ignored far too long! Bless the addicts and their loved ones.
Annette Allizzo	My daughter is addicted to oxy's, benzo's, thanks to the pain clinics in Florida. She is currently in detox, but this is her 2nd time. What's it going to take to stop these doctors to stop writing rx's.
Olga Astreika
Saad Judeh	This is a scary drug. Easy to abuse and overdose.
Angel	I've seen at least 4 of my close friends OD in the last 3 years because of oxycontin.. being a young mother of a 4year old and a 1 month old I don't want to have to bury my children like I did my friends because NOTHING was done and this was never stopped.
Cyndy Bove
kelle kensey
Jennifer Collins
Elisha Doyle	I am currently on ocxycontin for pain and now if i dont have it or try go with out i feel like shit and im only on 40mg a day
bryan
Chelsey Guest
vicki woolley	I damn near lost my son to this drug, it is overly prescribed and the script holders are the ones selling it on the streets and getting kids addicted. And I have seen many times first hand where pharmacists substitute a more expensive non addicting prescription with oxy!!! How sad is that? Ban them, and if not ban them at the very least make them non coverage by drug plans, so as to stop dealers from getting them on welfare drug plans, there are other non addictive pain killers that can be used if truly in pain.
Jacqui Flood	Please stop the use of this killer drug before someone else loses a loved one to it!!!
tiffany guest	Oxy Contin- I destroy homes, tear families apart, take your children, and that's just the start. I'm more costly than diamonds , more costly than gold, the sorrow I bring is a sight to behold, and if you need me, remember I'm easily found. I live all around you, in schools and in town, I live with the rich, I live with the poor, I live down the street, and maybe next door. My power is awesome; try me you'll see, but if you do, you may never break free. Just try me once and I might let you go, but try me twice, and I'll take your soul. When I posses you, you'll steal and you'll lie. You do what you have to just to get high. The crimes you'll commit, for my narcotic charms will be worth the pleasure you'll feel in your arms. You'll lie to your mother; you'll steal from your dad. When you see their tears, you should feel sad. But you'll forget your morals and how you were raised, I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride, I'll be with you always, right by your side. You'll give up everything. Your family, your home, your friends, your money, then you'll be alone. I'll take and take, till you have nothing more to give. When I'm finished with you, you'll be lucky to live. If you try me be warned this is no game. If given the chance, I'll drive you insane. I'll ravish your body; I'll control your mind. I'll own you completely; your soul be mine. The nightmares I'll give you while lying in bed, the voices you'll hear from inside your head, the sweats, the shakes, the visions you'll see; I want you to know, these are all gifts from me, but then it's too late, and you'll know in your heart, that you are mine, and we shall not part. You'll regret that you tried me, they always do, but you came to me, not I to you. You knew this would happen. Many times you were told, but you challenged my power, and chose to be bold. You could have said no, and just walked away, If you could live that day over, now what would you say? I'll be your master; you will be my slave. I'll even go with you, when you go to your grave. Now that you have met me, what will you do? Will you try me or not? It's all up to you. I can bring you more misery than words can tell. Come take my hand, let me lead you to hell. --- Prescription narcotic abuse is becoming an epidemic, Pass this on, It might save someones life
S.Clarke
Avila Campbell	WE DESPERATELY NEED TO GET RID OF THIS DRUG ALTOGETHER........WHATEVER IT TAKES.......
Anonymous
adrienne hester
Anonymous	We need to get this crap and other drugs like it off the streets.
Brittany Swanner	yes get this trash off the shelves and out of lives!
Bonnie Dennis	The cover up and deception by big pharma is non-excusable. My daughter became addicted after her c-section. She never, after that, enjoyed her baby girl to grow up. She lost total custody. She is now a heron addict. She did not have an addiction prior. I was so unaware of this fact.
Ray Vestal	Ban it now!
Linda Moran	I just lost my ONLY brother to this crap!! I am sooo angry that this pill has even been brought around!!! My Brother was older than me, 2 weeks after his 33rd birthday (July 2011), I had my husband waking me up saying 'Your Brother Died' I thought he was joking!! But, no, it was true. It took the coroner weeks to tell us how he passed, because it was so bizarre how he was healthy and he just passed away. But, we were shocked to learn how he passed away, we never knew and never would have thought that was the case. That he would overdose on Oxycontin. Now because of this I don't have my Big Brother any more and my Daughter will never know how awesome her Uncle was, she will never get to meet him and get to know him! WHY DO DOCTORS KEEP GIVING THESE TO PEOPLE??!!! THE DOCTORS WHO DO PRESCRIBE THEM SHOULD GO TO PRISON!! THIS NEEDS TO STOP!!!
Natalie Wright
melissa crabbe
Nancy Levy	I am a teacher in AVRSB and know of at least 3 of my former students who OD on persciption drugs ...very sad..
CINDY BIGGS	we have a 19 yr old who damn near died,twice,yes take them off the market,the money is not worth life
Beverly Syms
Mrs. Sharon Criss-ONeil
Charlene Villa
Joanne MacKenzie
Anonymous
Stasia MacIsaac
carla nemeth
Valerie Loveys	I lost my child to leukemia, and there are thousands of mothers living the same dreadful fate every day. Fearing this can be their child's last day due to prescription drug overdose. If doctors and Purdue Pharm cannot control this addictive drug, than it should be removed from the market. Street Pharmacists are a business without a conscience..Money in exchange for lives. Research is also investigating a huge link between prescription drugs and blood cancers such as luekemia and lymphoma. I also believe Purdue Pharm should be responsible for covering all expenses of rehabilitation facilities and methodone programs for those who have become addicted to ANY prescription drug they have marketed !!!!
melinda kinghorn	my son's life has been completely unmanageable for the last 10 years because of oxycontin! We are fortunate he is still alive! We MUST GET OXY IN ANY FORM OFF THE STREETS!!!!
ronia baker
Tammy Lepp
megan	My ex boyfriend of 6 years was prescribed opiates in various forms ending with oxycontin. They all destroyed his life. and his will to live. he lost everything he had, and has no drive to obtain it back. it's a sad story. I hope this never happens to anybody else ever.
Ashley Krenzke
Rob Holden	Oxy's killed my guitarists step-mother. How many more must we lose?
Ryan White
Andrew J. Cates	I am a criminal defense attorney and banning oxycodone (generic name for Oxycontin) would save a generation. I have seen more families broken and young people destroyed and locked up due to the ease of access to these pills. There are towns in my state where it is epidemic.
Tom Kerns	Hello people.On nov19th 2011 i lost my nephew to a drug over dose This has devastated our family I would like to help get this crap of the planet How do i help thank you Tom/jackie
Christopher uhler
Courtney
Katherine M	This drug has robbed me from knowing who my father really is. He is highly addicted because of pain and he is led to believe that there is no other type of cure for the pain than this. Please stop this from taking lives and destroying families through its harmful addiction.
Debra vidal
Anonymous	My daughter is down in florida and did not want to take this drug because she was afraid she would get addicted to it. she had several friends who wer. but it was prescribed to her. That was 2 yrs ago. Now she is in a battle for her life and so erractic. She wants to get off and does not know how and is terrifyed at the prospect of getting off of it. She needs whatever help there is out there and does not have the money to go into a rehab. This drug is horrible.
Gayle Selman
rosy suarez
Aubrey Wakefield
Lisa Garcia
Franny Thomas
amber matheney
Hayden
howard r matheney	Oxycontin is a very potent drug that can help and destroy, it needs to be closely monitored and only be available to verry few people that need them due to pain caused by injury or surgery, not handed out to the youth of our country like tylenol for minor reasons like back pain and head aches. this drug is destroying and taking lives of our friends and familys and needs to be cut down in a drastic way.
Holly Davis
Tamarra Anne
Anonymous	This is disgusting and it is ruining my little sisters life!
Dee Davis
Norman Taylor
Anna Willis
PRINCE CRAIN	SHUT THE PILL MILLS DOWN......
Thomas c wilson	This drug distroys families please I'm sorry about your pain but your pain is no worse than when we did not have this drug prescription drugs is now the # 1 killer in the state of Florida this is wrong these companies are getting rich by killing people I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CLASS ACTION SUITE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES
Pamela Madonna	Wake up America, this is killing your youth.
renae latch	I lost a loved one on November 16, 2011, due to the abuse of OP 80. He was addicted for several years. This is a dangerous drug and is so unbelievably available on the street. Please, please ban this drug. It can be fatal when one is addicted and fatality can be prevented by banning this drug.
Andrejs Briedis	I feel if this drug isn't readily available there will obviously be less people abusing it. There are other pain relief medications for people that really need it and I believe if taking it off the market will save one person... it was worth it. I'm surprised the pharmaceutical company making it continues to do so and think that for them to do so must be out of pure greed knowing that a considerable amount of deaths have been attributed to its abuse and illegal use.
Austin Klenda
joseph b.	Being an alcoholic in recovery for over two years, I now understand the pain and resentment I had burdened the ones who love me. Seeing my girlfriend relapsing on this menace and having our relationship rapidly deteriorate when, not too long ago, I felt a love for another person I had never thought possible has now left me in a profound state of confusion and pain seeing someone I love so much turning into someone I don't recognize anymore. I feel this pain and resentment now that I had put others through. However, alcohol can be consumed in moderation for those who can drink safely and do not have a predisposed mindset for self destructive behavior. I am not one of those people but from my experience, this has never been the case with this God forsaken garbage that has destroyed the lives of so many people and has been the cause of incomprehensible demoralization to the users. It is an indescribable injustice that Purdue Pharma was not held accountable for its wanton falsification of its safety so its executives could get rich at the expense of those who've had to bury loved ones. I know many others who share my girlfriend's fate and I absolutely abhor this disgusting drug and those who profit from it.
Melissa Groner	One of my Best Friends lost her beloved cousin because of this drug being handed to him by a "friend" causing them to leave him to die on the streets. It should not be that easy for people to obtain and if it is legal for people who really need it, it should be controlled where people need to go someone to take their dose. Not in the hands for others to abuse.
Anonymous	rtrgrtrtr
Brandon Bandi	Please ban this stuff. My cousin lost his life due to the consequenses of Oxycontin.
diana
Brianna lent	R.I.P Chris you'll never be forgotten
tara
Gemma Godsell
jessica bornschein	A dear family friend lost their 22 year old son a marine for the united states. Their pain and the way in which they lost their son is a horror.I pray to god this awfil drug is removed from the market before many more young die such a senseless death :(
elena arzumanova	it ruins and takes lives... if you produce it make sure that it is used for its purpose
Samantha Rodriguez	God took you a little too soon, but this is the family's time to not let anything like this happen again. In the end it's never worth the rush or the relief of pain. The feeling of wanting more will always come back. R.I.P Christopher Dowling, don't forget to watch over your little brothers and your sister.
Joice	You didn't deserve to leave so soon, and you were so young. You still had time to fix your mistakes. BAN OXYCONTIN.
Abigail Eidson
deliza bravo	I lost an amazing cousin/Marine to this. He never did drugs till his friends introduced this to him. He died on sunday of an overdose. The only time i every hear about this is when someone is getting high off of it. BAN OXYCONTIN and SAVE lives
-Family	R.I.P You died so young chris.
Stephanie garcia	My cousin was a 22 year old young man who was in the marines. Never into drugs until he got introduced to oxy. A couple of days ago he was found dead of an overdose. Nd died alone on a benech
Joice Garcia	This is for my cousin Christopher Dowling. You'll be missed You died so young, and i miss you. I love you so much. And i miss all your funny jokes and how you would always prove your point right no matter what, you always got people thinking. Thank you so much, You were amazing and may you rest in peace solider.
Anonymous	my son overdose on November 27 20011 with this pills OXYCONTIN
Carole Tessicini
Kristina Anglin
Anonymous	This drug is slowly started to kill my father! Ban this drug so no one else can go through this!!
Anonymous
Denise Gerard	Please ban Oxycodone, it killed my husband, left my son fatherless and tore our world apart. If there were more rehab places that could help people who need it, it would make things a little better.
Tara Diez
KATHY	TO MENY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO OXYCONTIN WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO THIS.
Robert Graham	I've already lost 3 friends this year to Oxy, myfriend who just passed from Oxy lost his mother 2 years ago to Oxy and now their Grandmother has no one........ My neighbor had Cancer in 1996-98 and is in remmission and she's been addicted to Oxycontin since.
Michelle morton	Please ban
Gloria Gastall
Corey Gastall	Oxycontin almost ruined my friggin life and im lucky to be alive! its and evil drug and id be happy too see in banned.
sherri gastall
Tracy Burzynski	Many issues that I have experienced have been due to oxycodone hydrochloride. i have had friends, family and known many others effected by these drugs. My best friend (dustin Malone) had a serious addiction to oxycontin and all similar forms, he recieved them primarily from his fiance (ashley singleton grubbs) - who was prescribed them... He passed away 1/10/2010.His fiance was already widowed- having had her husband pass due to suicide - by taking her medications- after having become hopelessly addicted to her medications also. Ashley has lost custody of her two children and is hopelessly addicted to this drug. My best female friend began taking oxycontin with her boyfriend - she is no longer capable of being my friend let alone the best friend - she takes care of her 5 year old- and w/o any medical issues takes them almost daily. I have no friends anymore. I have one child and a second on the way. i can not afford to try to help be there for any of my friends anymore- they all have struggled with pill addiction and come from various lifestyles. At my last job - the manager and 4 of the 10 co-workers had 'roxy' addictions. I have known people who wanted to stop taking the pills but due to the terrible side effects and the wide availability could not resist them longer than two weeks. I can say my boyfriends mother has had cancer. She takes oxycontin products. She has copd. she has neuralgia due to the treatments she has received to fight her cancer... Oxycontin products have been the only thing that works. There is NO reason a 19 year old with back issues should be referred to take the medication. I have known more than one. My boyfriends father (separated from his mother-totally different people)... has a back issue. He can walk over 4 miles with ease- without any medication.. he is prescribed over 200 oxycodone hydrochloride per month from the doctor next to the- busch pharmacy in tampa florida. along with several other medications. he knows several other people who 'use' the same doctor - that actually referred him to the doctor. You can not stop addcits in my state. They have to be basically dying on the floor in order to try to save them and 72 hours later (or less) they are free to go and repeat the same sad course. And all that families can do is sit back and pray that they do not take, snort or shoot that final pill. Please do something. someone has to. And the only way I think something can be done is to take the source away. I have watched person after person go down the sad road to addiction. Before these medications became a known issue (years ago) a friends grandmother gave ME one for a tooth ache. Side effects were nausea (something i have been told a normal feeling before youre 'use to them' or 'feel it'... i thought the side walk was slanted. I was dizzy.. it was horrible. to me. and kids are able to get these pills - 13-14 year olds. I have heard of a woman someone i know - knows that shares with her 14 and 16 year old kids because she is addicted. help them. please guilt is often what I hear sharing is associated with. If no one can have them - no one will feel guilty. have a good day. I will. But many people wont even remember today just because of these well-intended- highly misused drugs.
megan puckett	My brother got addicted to them been to jail acouple times and now in rehab,I blame my sister Inlaw for it too.
Samantha McGowan
Amanda Renz	I have lost friends and family to this horrible drug, not that addictive my rear end!!!
Jerry Murray
Donna Spakes	My son almost lost his wife, children and life due to this drug. I am disgusted with the irresponsible writing of prescriptions for this drug. I had strep throat just last week and was offered a script for 30 pills! Tylenol easily controlled my pain. This doctor got an ear full from me!
kathleen beavers
Denise Russo
Anonymous	Oxycodone ruined my life. If only I could sign this petition a trillion times.
Pam B	My daughter almost died from this drug. It took several years for her to get clean. My daughter said this pill was just like herion but much easier to get. She said older people on fixed incomes sell there pills on the street. They dont need the drug they need the money. I hate pills!!!!!! How come they have not taken this and other drugs off the market like they did Quaaludes. Quaaludes were only arount 17 years and the justice Department classify them the same as herion on 6-16-1984.... Come on Justice Department do the same with oxi and so many other drugs are kids are using. Pam
Gina Florez	My sister is addicted to oxycontin, she has two daughters, one was born addicted, I just took in my two nieces for the past 9 months while she was in rehab just for her to finally get out and move into a place and I found an empty bottle of oxycodone in her purse written to someone else at a quantity of 120!! This drug does way more harm than good. There are other drugs that can be prescribed for people that need it and the misprescribing, illegal sales, and illegal use and addiction is immoral for it's continued manufacture.
Lauren Carbone	my brother is an oxy user. it ruined our family. PLEASE get rid of this horrible drug. it caused so much pain and heart ache in our family. i haven't seen him in 4 months, hes in rehab. PLEASE GET RID OF OXYCONTIN
s	The drug should be banned
Anonymous
melissa ross	This is a problem that is taking over our community... this drug needs to be exterminated!!!!!!
Nicole Richiuti
Anonymous	This drug killed my 27 year old son. BAN THIS DRUG TODAY
debby	This drug has ruined my life......my husband's back pain from an accident minor
Anonymous
Bonnie Carner	I lost my 32 year old son due to complications associated with oxycodone addiction. We don't have the toxicology reports back; it takes an excrutiating 8-10 weeks before we truly know, but all indications point to that. He struggled for years with this off and on. He became addicted after a car accident and had back pain. His pain was moderate most of the time, but the prescription was started. This poison took my son, and my heart. The real reason, I believe this medication is prescribed is for the money the dr.s , pharmacies, and manufacturers make. Not for the benefit of the patient. This medication is overkill; the trend is, "oh, you have pain...here are some oxy's and next time, I'll give you more because you'll develop what's called breakthrough pain. How can a medicine be looked at as effective if you have to have more and more of it... I'm sorry for patients in unbearable pain, but there has to be something else that doesn't kill our babies. We have 12 yr. olds using these poisons as a recreational outlet. Please stop manufacturing these poisons.
Amelia Irish
Christina Finnell
Amy Sandner	I had a severe injury when I turned sixteen years old and was prescribed percocets and then progressed to OxyContin because I needed something stronger. My tolerance just kept getting higher and higher, and soon after, I found myself a full-blown oxy addict at sixteen years old. I lost everything I had, my house, my jobs, car, everyone in my family, money, etc. I stole everything I could and broke every moral I had just to get enough oxys to snort. I am now in recovery after struggling with my addiction for the past 6 years. I have a little over one year clean now, but I am one of the very very lucky ones. I have been to too many funerals of people my age especially because of this drug and something needs to be done. Not a day passes when I don't wake up and think of all of the guilt and terrible things I have done in my past especially to others. It is a very very difficult struggle and one that will last the rest of my life, just like every other oxy addict has to unfortunately deal with. I did not intentionally want to become an addict, I was prescribed by a doctor that I trusted. Please help all the others in our country who struggle daily with this addiction and prevent the obscene amount of deaths that we're seeing because of this terrible pill.
andrew venditello	they should start from the top and not punish the people who were given this drug stop the problem were it starts
Diane Smith
Marcia	Too many lives lost. Many doctors are the biggest drug dealers yet they continue to practice and not lose their license.
Anonymous
Kathleen Beaton
Melissa	I really feel for you and your families. I had a tough time with this drug and I have been sober off of them for a little over 10 months now. It is a vicious drug that has taken the lives of so many people. I will pray for each and every single person who has been affected by this drug. God bless you all
Leslie Thompson
brenda hynes	my beautiful 18 yr old daughter fighting the battle of addiction .
Mike Yilmaz	xxxxxx Pain and Injury in xxxxxx FL comes to mind as a "Pill Mill". You pay the cash up front and Dr. Comfort will offer you a menu of whatever drugs you want and for how many you want. That's why he's known around xxxxxx as the "Candy Man" and his office manager is his sidekick acting like he's adhering to the Florida laws, but if you give a little extra cash to office manager directly...you'll get to see the "candy Man." Call other Pill Mills now temporarily out-of-business and they all refer you to Dr. Comfort (the Candy Man).
may Yilmaz	I AM NEW TO FLORIDA AND NEVER HEARD OF A PILL MILL UNTIL I MOVED HERE 6 MTHS AGO FROM MICHIGAN. THESE PILL MILLS ARE BASICALLY DRUG DEALERS SELLING INSIDE RATHER THAN OUTSIDE. THEY HAVE BMWS MERCEDES BIG HOUSES. THEY DONT CARE WHO DIES AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. SAD WHAT THEY DO FOR A DOLLAR:(
Anonymous	This is a serious epidemic and physcians are as much to blame as those using. People are doing, lives are being destroyed. We must stop this insanity but placing a ban on this drug.
Jeffrey Neubarth	I am a physician. I have received death threats because I refused to prescribe narcotics. Most physicians I know have endured similar pressures, from both patients and employers, to freely prescribe opoid narcotics. I know physicians who were fired because they were reluctant to prescribe narcotics. I plead with the government to stop this plague.
Vickie Kingsbury	This drug is killing our children. After my son tried his first oxy given to him by a "friend".. He continued to get and use which let to his Lexxi expensive heroin addiction. 3 month in patient rehab didn't quite do the job. He overdosed in his room and died. Cprmwas not working nothing was.. Until paramedics in Dana point gave him a shot. He is 22 and has seen more friends buried from "oxy" ban it
Deborah Coleman
Tara Morgan	There is no need for this drug on the market. There are so many alternatives. Enough lives have been ruined. Can't wait to see it go.
Robin Brockman
Anonymous	Serious consideration to address the medical profession and the doctors that prescribe use of this drug. Doctors should realize the side effects, seems all the doctors remember is BILL, BILL, BILL.......collect co-payment. Drug companies manufacture and sell.....it's a business. Doctors take an OATH.....live up to what they swear. If the medical profession and FDA address the issue it will go a LONG way, going forward, doesn't help those already addicted.
Anonymous	The doctors who prescribe this drug for any reason should be tried in court alongside anyone who commits a crime while taking oxycontin since there are other alternatives for pain that can work just as well.
Debbie Hellers
diana miller
Jerry Iredale	My brother was addicted to minor pain killers a few years for his back pain and finally decided to get back surgery to ease the pain in his back. When He finally got the back surgery, it did nothing but cause more pain and make him take more pain killers. When he got addicted to oxycontins, his life changed for the bad. He would take more then recommended and get F**** beyond belief. He wasn't the same person he used to be. One day He took too many at once and Overdosed and died on his couch. He left behind a wife, two kids and grieving family and community that really cared about him. I must also add I have back problems and used to take muscle relaxers for the spasms. After this happened, pills me sick. I'd rather have pain in my back then take any type of narcotic to ease the pain. We must do something about this pill epidemic and shut down pill mills aka walk-in pain clinics. WE MUST BAN OXYCONTINS!
brendan tompkins
Scott Capps	This drug almost killed me and has almost ruined my life. I have lost friends to this drug. It is highly abused and getting worse every day. We will continue to lose people to this drug if we don't do something to stop it!
Edwin Rios
tina chesson	this is not a death yea but i am scared it will be soon my mothe is addicted and has been to rehab but it dose not help when the dr keeps giving them to her she has never had a problem with any type of drug and now her and my steph dad will loose their life soon.
Marianne Nordon
Kevin Murray	Lost a family member off that shit
Cheryl Redford
andrew keeton
Sherry Tolen
nicole keeton	This drug destroyed my marriage and my ex husbands life. He was prescribed oxycotin for back pain. Soon he was looking for outlets to buy more than what he was prescribed. We were both working before he got addicted but once he began using he couldn't keep a job. He got to the point that he was stealing our childrens birthday presents to sell them for pills. I simply couldn't work enough to support his habbit, up to 400 dollars a day, and support our family. We went from a middle class family to bottom of the barrel poverty before I gave up and had to walk away. Nothing helped him. He has been to rehab 3 times and jail twice for stealing to get money for pills. My ex best friend is also addicted and I no longer see her.
cheryl graham	Please get these killers off the market
Bryanna Kuharsk	There's not much to say that hasn't already been said - we all have lost, or know of losses concerning oxy. Purdue, like many people including otherwise innocent teenagers, needs to be charged with manslaughter a hundred times over. Why are college students who give a friend an oxy being sent to jail? and the one who gave them the drug and so on... what about the COMPANY who makes BILLIONS.
Danielle Chesson	I just lost a really good friend on 11/10/11 to the uses of oxycontin. and if I dont do something my mother and stepfather will be next!
Natasha Lang
Fields Family	TOO MANY YOUNG LIVES HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOST TO THIS AWFUL DRUG!!! IF THEY HAVE NOT DIED FROM IT, THEY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS THEY HAD KNOWN THEM!! OUR SON ALONG WITH MANY OTHER SONS AND DAUGHTERS IS ADDICTED TO OXYCONTIN AND IT HAS RUINED HIS LIFE!! WE PRAY THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO BEAT THIS ADDICTION AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE SOME HAPPINESS!! THIS DRUG DESTROYS FAMILIES!!!! PLEASE STOP MAKING IT EASY FOR OUR LOVED ONES TO WALK IN AND GET THIS DRUG LIKE IT IS CANDY! LIVES ARE BEING LOST TO THIS DRUG FOR FINANCIAL GAIN TO OTHERS!!!
Kathy Bayard	My son Brett just turned 26 died of a legal dose of oxycontin. My life has changed forever. This drug has to be taken off the market. I live in a very small city in Ohio, and three other children have lost there lives since Brett died from this drug. He has only been dead 46 days. What kind of company could manufacture death and get away with it. There needs to be a class action suit against these murderers.
Karlie RN	I am a registed nurse and have seen a large amount of patients whom have turned to addiction as a result of oxycotin. Within the last few years my brother-in-law became addicted to this medication. I think this medication is a disgrace to the medical community and to all of the doctors who continue to prescribe it to patients who do not need it. We need to BAN this medication it doesn't bring more good then bad.
Debbie Hollis
Anonymous	Two weeks ago, I found my boyfriend dead from Oxycontin overdose mixed with Soma, prescribed by a doctor for back pain. I, his family, and friends are in so much emotional pain now from losing him.
Anonymous	Hell on earth is what the medical community has allowed and profited off of. As I watch the yachts float down the waters on south florida, I picture the trojan horse. Yes it is the undoing of our society. I can only wish that they be burdened with pain some day and these horrific drugs will not be available as they are banned. God please save my son as the evils on earth have taken over. I am weary from the battle. PLease help.
Catrina henesy	My sister who was always against drugs met and fell in love with a man who was raised with an addicted mother and is an addict himself. She is barely a shadow of the person she once was. This man has abused her, cheated, lied, stolen from our mom. He kicked her and their 6 month old daughter out of their home so he could procreate with a drug addicted girl he brought home. He has twins with this girl who were conceived at that time. My sister would have never tolerated this person in her life, but smoking and taking these pills make her numb to everything around her. Their daughter who is now 3 can't talk, screams and hits constantly, and is unable to socialize properly. Their 9 year old adopted son (who is the mental equivalent of 5 yrs old) wakes himself up for school, takes himself to a busy highway in a very bad area to wait for his school bus. My sister once had a daycare in her home. She never would have been this person!!! Thanks to this drug...she is! I miss her terribly and worry about those babies. Tried CPS and they wont help yet. BAN THIS DRUG!
Kimberly Elaine Krause	How can you sleep at night "Knowing" you are destroying families!! This is a drug that has NO business being on the market! My older sister moved in with me 8 months ago in order to free herself from this demon drug! I watched the pain as she withdrew herself from Oxycontin. This drug is responsible for destroying her marriage her finances and her life! Luckily this story has a happy ending and she was able to beat her addiction. My 20 year old niece I'm afraid will not be so lucky. She and her boyfriend have become addicted to OxyContin and their lives have been utterly destroyed!! I now have their 23 month old beautiful baby they have both abandoned because of their love for this drug. My niece is stripping in a trashy club while her boyfriend finds and sells this drug. How does he do this? There are many so called pain clinics where drug dealing doctors are more than happy to prescribe this Legal Herion! I sit helplessly waiting for the phone call that my niece has overdosed and is dead. It is truly sad that a beautiful baby girl will never have the chance to know her mother. Why does this drug exist and is so readily available? We all know WHY! Greed!! How do they sleep at Night?
Anonymous	i am on oxycontin for many years now and i am addict to it i have concipation shortness of breath vomiting spamsam pain in mybones i cant walk properly and keep falling down i dont have an appetite to eat my face tongue and gum they swollen and i had to take out all my good teeth cant sleep and iam going mentalthey neeto band this drugs the drug company dont uses this drugs when they get sick so why experient on us their is laws for this,it is killing the nation plesae let us all ask our god bless president barrack obamma to stop the drug company from killing us .good bless you all that want to help us. h.bynoe thank you all.
vicki	THESE PILLS ARE TAKEN THE LIVES OF SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ITS SAD THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAND THEM OUT LIKE CANDY. GOD HELPS US...
Mark Conti	I live in the shadow of the PF Pharma manufacturing facility and see how they are currently doubling the size of their complex on what in my honest opinion is blood money. They make no effort to get into the schools to make kids aware of the dangers that Oxy poses to them. What a Shame !!
Adam hartle	I had a cousin die from oxy. Perdue pharmaceutical is the devil
keshia s	this drug should be banned NOW
julia Russell
sarah gracia
Allan borland
Rose Holliday	OxyContin should be banned, it should have never been manufactured. The intentions where greed, because the manufacture knew how addictive opiates are. They are no better than the drug dealers on the streets. My daughter abused oxycontin, and moved on to heroin. Its been a two year nightmare, for her and anyone who loves her. FDA needs to do what is right, before more lives are lost.
Marisol De La Cruz	My son, 19 is addicted to this horrile drug! I knew months before that something wasnt right with him. His moods were up and down. I confronted him, of course he denied it. He just recently confided in me regarding his addiction. A few days ago I tried taking him to a detox center where I called ahead of time to make sure there was a bed available. When we got there, we were told there were 6 people ahead of him and his wait to be seen would be up to 6 hours. HELLO, my son is an addict!! He isnt going to wait 6 hours for treatment!! I was so proud of him when he told me, "momma, please hurry and come for me!" I was proud because he was taking that big step to get better...well because of the waiting he starting craving..he left and he is not better! He begged me for money so that his pain could go away..I denied him, he told me that I didnt love him..which I know he didnt mean. It breaks my heart to see my once outgoing, energetic son, closed off to the world...I dont know how to help him & Im so afraid that one day I am going to loose him.
George McCain
James	Oxy and other opium based narcotics ruin lives. Not only is the user destroyed, the family goes through hell also. Revelation 21:8 says no sorcerers will enter the kingdom of heaven. If you take the word sorcerer back in the Greek manuscripts, it is pharmaceutica, i.e. pharmacy. Illegal drug use will get you in hell. Don't do them, its not worth it !
Fran Block
brooke	get rid of them or the people that like to take them
Anonymous	Take it off the market or manufacture it in other ways for those who really are suffering from severe pain. Who is making money....??? Too many unethical cowards that prescribe it with the intention of also making money!
Heather Bartlett	I feel the ONLY reason OxyCotin should be prescribed is if the patient is terminal.
Francis Clark	Let's stop letting our friends overdose or get thrown in jail! This has gone on long enough! Don't ever bring anything like this too our communities AGAIN!
Priscilla Rodriguez-Barrett
emily teffenhart	I've been to rehab 3 times for oxycontin and im just 19 years old. They need to be taken off the market immediatly
Amy McKinlay
Kayla Branch
Devin Sutherland
Kathy Iredale
Mckay Family	I lost my husband to his precription of Oxys and Soma's which later lead to his search for them on the streets since he got addicted from the large amounts the doctors would prescribe him. I warned him and the doctors but no one listened. One day I finally opened my eyes and left...only to find that his mental state got worse as he started taking any drug he could find. Still Oxys were his preferred choice. One thing lead to another and about 6 months after i left him i got a phone call that he'd been shot fatally in the head over a drug deal gone bad. End of the story Oxys & Somas overly prescribed lead to death. We miss him everyday and chose to only remember Buck McKay as the great man he once was and not the person he became as a result of his Oxy addiction.
Michael Rawls	There are too many pharmacies beign robbed at gun point for this drug. It needs to be banned. Too many addicts and too many pain clinics for it.
Magdalena Ziobro	How many more lives does it have to take to ban oxi? Where is the FDA now when we need it?
Krystyna Ziobro	I think nobody should have the power to prescribe legal heroin to our loved ones: young adults.
Rachel Peckham	I was addicted to oxys, it started 2 years ago as a once in a while fun thing to do, it later on became a problem. I then got pregnant with my son, I quit for a while with him, then in the last 2 months, started doing them again, he was born with withdrawls. I then quit for another couple months, then became even more addicted, I now dont have my son anymore, he is in my mothers care. I did them more to deal with the pain of not being the mother I know I can be. I am now changing my life so I can have my son back, he needs his mother, and I need my beautiful son, Ive wasted too much time already, and im turning my life around. Dont let oxys get the better of you. Youll regret it for the rest of your life.
Rachel Hall
Martha Roberts
Wesley Hall
David Hall
Debra Hall
Anonymous	I have tried so hard to figure this out... BUT it all makes sense. Today is the day I have to leave my girlfriend behind in Las Vegas just simply because I no longer can endure the desire for her Oxycodone/Oxycontin. It is the thing that nightmares are made of. We who are the people who love these people are the ones who often lose will to stay the course & fight. I wonder what may happen if I give up now. She swears her life is ruined without it. I swear I wont let this substance ruin her for good. She doesn't really choose life by choosing this medication. Hers is a VERY UNIQUE story... she lost all her family at 18-19 yrs of age. Now 33, she is married to the drug. Her Suboxone usage was unnecessarily continued too long and all her thoughts migrate towards the pill. When we talk of surgery, she thinks that is another opportunity to take the pill. SHE IS REALLY TOO FAR GONE. ROCK BOTTOM.
Dawn Davis	I grew up watching a lot of friends go down from this drug. Those that are still alive are no longer the same people. I can not understand how it is still on the market, how insurance companies continue to fund this drug. Every insurance company has lists of medications that they will cover. This should be on the "not covered" list while we are waiting for it to be banned.
Anonymous	My dad was struggling with overall prescription drug addiction for as long as I can remember. He was taking countless kinds throughout the years, one of them OxyContin. He just kept saying he was in pain. This whole year he was supposedly only taking a less dangerous and less addictive drug for his pain, Neurontin. His mood would be up and down, and he'd be falling asleep doing things all the time. We kept telling him to get off of whatever he was on because it was bad for him and it was hurting us seeing him like that. He kept lying and saying all he was taking were the harmless drugs, that he was fine, and he went as far to tell us that he was getting off of those even the last time me and my brother visited him. But two days later he collapsed and was gone. We just got back the toxicology reports saying that he had 3 painkillers in his system: oxycodone (Oxycontin), tramadol (Soma), and carisoprodol (Ultram) in his bloodstream. I hadn't seen him with any of those drugs for so long. I thought he was through with them...he knew they were bad for him, he would even tell us all the time. An addict will go so far to keep their precious thing they think they love so much so close to them, even if they have to lie to their family about it. Even it being a bad mix of drugs in this case, tons of prescribed medications out there are lethal alone for people. And just because a person is a doctor, it doesn't mean they know if they are treating you the proper way, or that they don't lie, or even know that they are lying.
Ashlyn titchie
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Diane Smith
Stephanie Gramling	ITS SAD WHEN EVERYONE YOU KNOW HAS A STORY TO TELL. PLEASE TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET!!!!!!!!
kim lorenz
Jeff briggs	Purdue pharma needs to go down.... Along with all the doctors and physicians and physician assistants. My mother just passed away from this horrible drug... I don't know how this can keep going on. We the people need to put an end to this. I can't see how they can put thousands upon thousands of people through this. They are exploiting the public to keep raking in billions and to control this country at the cost of people's livelihood, people's lives, people's futures. Enough is enough. The opiates must stop... We demand it. ... Enough of these pill mill... Pill pushing doctors. Right they say taking these things will give you better quality of life.... Right when your hooked on opiates, when your dead... Quality of life is so great. Fuck big pharma.... Your going down.... If it takes till the day I die. It is now personal... You will be ended.... This is war. I am so sorry for everyone who is going through this or has gone through this.... It really, really sucks... I know I can't get my mother of 42 wonderful years of age back, but if I can save someone else from feeling this pain.... I will do anything I can to stop it. Sincerely. Jeff Briggs
Kim Smith
Lillian Greenup	My son has been addicted to this drug for years. It has been devastating to to entire family. I would absolutely support this action so this drug can no longer be sold in Florida to make it much harder for the drug dealers to get them and get this drug off the street.
Lisa Kaye Bishop
Sheila Gould
Lynn Liotto	I have a family member with an addiction. We have to stop this drug from being over prescribed. Our families are becoming addicted and the doctors need to be held accountable!!!
Chelsey Cox	I had a someone who was close to me in many different aspects of my life die because of OxyContin. I grew up in FL and in a place where you may never see the same face twice, I did go to school from Kindergarten to my senior year of high school with two people. One of them went on a tour of America 2 years ago and the other died 5 years ago because of an OD on OxyContin. He was the best friend of one of my co-workers and a very close friend of my brother. Being 20 years old at the time, people still talked about stories they heard about others from high school very socially. I was working at a hospital at the time and had a lot of friends in the health care industry, including paramedics. After class I went to one of my friend's, who was also a co-worker, homes for dinner. After eating she told me she heard from someone who went to my high school that day that he had died of an OD, she told me his name to see if I knew him and I was shocked speechless to hear his name come out of her mouth. I had to pull myself together and call my brother. *He was found at his best friend's house, by his best friend's parents waiting for his friend to come home from work. Other friends account for recent conversations with him where he felt like he needed help and things were going in a downward spiral. I am definitely asking, here and now, for the FDA to create a compassionate program to be put in place for the people who are presently taking OxyContin with a realistic time frame that will lead to the complete withdrawal of OxyContin and to completely ban it from production, so that others will not go through a similar loss. At 20 years old, he was too unique to die.
Roy G.	We must nnite to stopp this madness! Oxy is the greatest threat to society!
B	Yes my son is also on Oxycontin. He is not the son that I once new he steals, hes short tempered, and he neglects his family and his belongings. I don't know why they would make such an addicted pain killer. You would help alot of family's out there if you would just banned this awful drug I call the "DEVIL". Oh and I am on antidepessants cause I feel so helpless that I cannot help my son. So So SAD. Hope you are all Listening
Mindi Fowler
Matthew J Bricketto	We will never forget our dear Jeffrey!
Dominique Riccobono
Jason Franqui
Debbie Franqui
Lisa Dermon	I have young children safety is very important.
marie hammerstein	ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OUR YOUTH IS IN DANGER. THERE AINT NO DRUG DEALERS ON THE STREETS. THE DRUG DEALERS ARE NOW CALLED DOCTOR
April Davis	This medication was prescribed to a close relative of mine who has a form of Muscular Dystrophy. She is chemically dependent, and describes feeling "like she has been in a car accident" when she does not take it. I have known or heard of too many people in their 20's and sadly, also teenagers who have died from this horrible drug. I come from a neighborhood that is sadly infested with people addicted to this drug and in my experience it seems far too easy to get it off the street. It has truly torn families and communities apart. We must protect our citizens and our society's children from ever being prescribed this highly addictive and deadly drug or legal version of heroin. Following that deadly pharmacy massacre in Long Island on Father's Day, the newspaper reported that in Staten Island there have been more pharmacy robberies for this drug than there have been bank robberies. When the prescriptions run out, people will find an alternative means to get it, and many others are hurt during that process. The people on Oxycontin are not bad people they just had doctors and government officials that made bad decisions for them. Please ban the sale, advertising, and production for this. Please find a way to help all of the people in pain that are currently addicted to this drug!
April Davis
christina brodick
Richard S. Hickman
Catherine Koubek
Patricia Mershon	Oxycontin has destroyed my family. I live in a neighborhood infested with this disgusting animal. Why any doctor would prescribe this to any human being is beyond me. Pharmacies should be banned from distributing and FDA should be ashamed of themselves.
Carolyn Hann
Linda Antonowich
Anonymous
LORI SAMALIN	Its hard enough to have pain!....0xycontin.... addiction is another pain,that takes you away from your self and all the people close to you! : (
Nick T	I've been clean 11 months. I thank God everyday it s so amazing to be normal again.
Nicole Bricketto
Shirley Raimato
Matthew Bricketto
Deborah Bricketto
Anonymous
cynthia glennan
Somarie Bendickson	Oxycontin has ruined so many peoples lives. It is extremely sad.
Judson Harold Murphy	My son has been battleing this for about 4 years ,in and out of jails and rehabs and treatment programs, i am not giving up and long as i have breath, i love him and will stand with him to the end. My heart goes out to those who have lost love ones, so many times i thought i lost mine. My prayers to all those who stand strong against anyone who pushes this drug .God bless
lara denton
Aaron Floyd	I have been addicted to Oxys and it damn near killed me. I lost everything and didn't care at all. I had to go to rehab twice before I realized I'm gonna die if I keep using. PAin killers In general should be illegal and only dispensed at your doctor visit under professional supervision with NO take home! PERIOD! Nobody deserves to live their life dependent on prescription drugs or any drugs for that matter, but the pain pills are killing the young and old. And leaving people sick willing to do anything to get their fix. No matter the extent. Thank you, Aaron M Floyd
Melanie Hogan
Kelsey Hucker	What is to really be said? This is one of those things that the World should have rid of a long time ago. My deepest regards to any family members who have lost loved ones to this drug. Though I haven't lost anyone personal, one of my favorite drummers died from said natural causes, till it was later discovered he had two forms of OxyContin in his body. I wish to anyone who has died from this to rest in peace, and now into the future we can clean this life of one less death toll.
Edward Robinson
RobinMorissette	Too many life's lost as a result of this drug...please.... we must stop the madness!!
Tori DeGroote
Genna Garfield	I love you Jarrod! This is for you, and all those who are gone but never forgotten!
Matt Danner
Heather K Bright
M Ball	The drug has been an endless battle for my husband. We have three small children and sadly, they have never had the DAD I imgained him to be. All these doctors continue to prescribe oxy, roxy, soma, whatever he asks for...wherever he goes, someone writes the prescription. Yet, I have to jump through hoops to get Cold Advil when I have a terrible cold. The authorities need to do something about this awful epidemic. I have petitioned Marchman Acts on my husband and because the time lapse in between being observed and the hearing, he checks himself in to rehab and eventually checks himself out to once again falter back to the medical neglect of these doctors. I have called doctors to report his addiction, most listen and remove him from their patient list. There is one doctor who will see him no matter what I tell her. He has been hospitalized, arrested, no matter what has happened...she doesn't care, she continues to treat him! My husband went from making over six figures a year to this awful junkie. I continue to find him help, because I believe in him. I believe in marriage, and I believe my little children deserve the good man he once was. These pills are taking away our good people.
Connie Back	This drug is more widely 'abused' than properly 'used.'. The time to remove it from the market is past due!
Michael P OBrien	Oxycontin should not be sold on the street they are getting in the hands of people!
Janice Thomas	This drug is evil and must be taken off the market now to save lives. Our family and friends are dying from their addictions to this drug.
Eileen M. Robinson	My son came home from serving his country addicted to pain killer, oxycontin. His struggle and ours has been horrible. But he has become clear enough to focus on bettering his life and is actually the one to post this petition for us to sign.I pray every day that God has really given him back to us but the fear that I will wake to that loss is constant. I have had numerous surgeries,painful illnesses,shingles,etc. all without the use of this drug. I survived. The way that this is passed out as necessary is disgraceful. The medical community needs to stop killing our country. The phrase "if used properly" is a joke.
Stacy Chavez	I support this petition... My husband has been addicted to these medications.. I blame the Doctors for not keeping track of their health history.. If the Doctors see if the patient has a addiction problem they should find other ways to fix it.. Anything I can do to support.. The medical board should do something about this..
Susanne Ruiz
Joe wood
Cheryl wood
Pamella Sprague
Maria Elana Garcia	I know way too many people who have died because of the drug and also have seen the effects the drug has had on people who were dear to me and have cost us to part.
Lori Smith	In honor of all who lost their lives!
Brian P. Robinson
elizabeth towne
Michelle Coutsoyannopoulos
Marlene Lewis	The manufacturing of this drug must be stopped. The blame is often placed on doctors while the pharmaceutical companies cash in. They need to be held accountable also.
Donna Prather	I lost my 18 year old grandson last year- started with Soma & other medications for a medical condition-than went to Oxy -ended with Heroin- Get this killer off the market OR make it harder for people to get & Doctor's to prescribe-my daughter now talks to other kids trying to save lives-Our hearts are broken, we still cry everyday-he died trying to save a "friend" from using-Found out he was using in Dec- gone in May. Please visit our website-www.TheSethFoundation.org Grama-TheSethFoundation
Lori Fleury	I pledge to pass out 500 business cards to promote the ban on Oxycontin. Pass the word, pass out cards, make a difference! Ban OxyContin
Karen Ogle
lisaontiveros	I am tried of my friends kids dying... I also have a good friend whose beautiful daughter almost lost her life to these drugs and is forever brain damaged... If there is anything I can do to help,I will... We are losing our children...
Lisa Ontiveros
Anonymous
Karin Murphy
stephanie gomez	These types are drugs are not necessary, as our ancestors made it through life and endured without needing such powerfully, dangerous and addictive medications. Not only do we need to abolish from existence drugs like OxyContin, but we need to stop allowing drug companies to air commercials on TV aimed to "sell" (push) their drugs and coax society to feel we "need" so many drugs! Lastly, doctors should not never be allowed to receive "kickback" money for prescribing a drug. I am sorry for all the families that have lost a loved one in the name of greed. Very sad.
Giovanna Charleston
Anonymous	It was my understanding Oxycontin was originally developed for last stage cancer patients,to ease the pain while dying. Physicians prescribed the medication outside of the scope of what the drug was developed for. The interesting thing is the FDA did not step in and stop this when it became came apparent what was and is happening. Money talks Human lives are lost.
Heather	This drug is taking my son right now. All his hopes and dreams are gone. He no longer want's to be a part of society because he knows that he is no longer accepted. He was in high school with hopes and dreams, he had his direction for a career, he knew he wanted a family and children some day. People say some will try and some won't that that is the division right there (NO ONE KNOW'S) So what do you do at eighteen years old when you are not mature enough to battle this drug. Pharmacy is my line of work and I cannot even help him, I can understand what he is going through but only he know's the power it holds over him. He is now out of my home (tough love) it's worth a try. I do believe people think that if it is approved by law that it is safe....that is so wrong. A Mom
John L Titus	It is absurd that while the drug companies rake in the money people are dying over a drug that is legal but extremely dangerous. Where is the oversight?
Anonymous
Sylvia Melkonian	Stop the epidemic! Save lives...save our children!
randy warren	So many sad stories on here.I agree that oxycontin needs attention.I was in a auto accident in 1998. Started out taking Lorcet 10's. Make long story short i ended up taking 120 80mg.oxycontin per 24 hr period.Plus i was taking 180 percocet 10's per 24 hr. period starting in 2004.Also xanax,soma.I take these meds per doctors oders for 6 years.So,one day i go for a doctors visit and guess what?...sign on the front door CLOSED.My doctor packed up one day and left the area some 700 miles away without notice to anyone. I had no medcine what so ever.COULD NOT FIND A DOCTOR TO WRITE MY MEDS ANY MORE SO YOU KNOW WHAT?I had to quit on my own.The hardest thing i ever had to do but thanks to GOD i done it.Now i take advill!!!!
Mary C	This drug has a grip on my 21 year old son. I no longer recognize him. We have to do something about the manufacturing of this drug. It was not here years ago and people still had surgeries and injuries, I know because I cared for these patients in the hospitals and at home. There once was proper pain management and folks didn't get addicted. They healed and went on with their lives. I will do anything it take to be pro active and help get this drug off the streets!
Anonymous
ELijah Titus	I have seen first hand what Oxycontin, Somas, Xanax, and many other perscription drugs can do. It is a worlwide epademic. I am sad and heartbroken to see close friends pass from this disease. I pay my respects to those who have lost someone close. Its no joke and the spreading like wildfire. It is so much easier to get it on the streets it seems these days. I hope that something ca be done and a change starts to accompany the hope some of us who have experienced this have. God bless and Live for a better tomorrow remembering the ones we have lost, using the strength o carry on!
Natalie Costa	In the process of filming a documentary about Rx deaths of teens/young adults. When starting this project, I had no idea how huge this problems was. My daughter's friend died in Dana Point, CA of opana. Had never heard of it - until we started investigating. The flood gates opened. Dirty doctors need to be put away. Legislation from manufacturer to pharmacy to doctors needs to call for serious monitoring of prescribing by doctors. This can't happen fast enough
Anonymous	Oxys brought me to a low that I would never wish upon my worst enemy. It completely diminished all my morals and valueswithout me seeing. I've now been clean coming up on 11 months and I'm going to continue to work on never going back.
Laurie Rivas
Rachel hayes	Its an epidemic and needs to be ended.
Michael krohn
Bonnie Dennis	My daughter got hook after a c-section. After a year of abusing this powerful drug, she went to Heroine. This drug needs to be banded!!! Period, the end of this drug, instead an end of a life that cannot be replaced by this drug!!
Joshua Scott	I'm currently 26 years old. I was always a great student and a productive member of society until October 9th, 2009, when I was hit by a SUV that ran a stop sign while I was on a bicycle. The injury tore my MCL as well as my ACL. Pain management doctors from the beginning prescribed me 240 30mg Oxy's per month, a cancer patients regiment. In a very short time I spiralled downhill. What first was following doctors orders soon changed to snorting and worst of all injecting pills. Never in my life could I have imagined what I had become. From Eagle Scout to Junkie, and all under the direction of my doctor. March 6th 2012 I'll have been sober for 2 years. To become sober I required 18months of an inpatient rehab at a rate of $3500 per/6months. My sobriety is priceless and what seems expensive than seems like the deal of the century now. The hardest part, which I still deal with, was not the pills. It was hearing all the people you love and care about tell you of all the horrible things to did to them and others. My friends and family forgave me unconditionally. The only one who holds a grudge against me for the things I did while in my addiction is ME. Its very hard to come to terms with, even almsot 2 years later.
Danielle Douglass	My father, a father of 3 grown children has not had anything to do with all 3 of our lives for the past 4 solid years due to his addiction to Oxys and Roxys. I miss having a father but I have absolutely no tolerance for this drug and people who abuse it.
Edward NeSmith
kacey cherry	When I was 22,I married my sweetheart from high school.we went to different high schools,so I never knew,heard or saw him using illegal drugs.He started at age 12,running backpacks of drugs,collecting money. We met when we were 15,dated on and off.we Then drugs.finally got married and the first year he hid drinking large amounts of hard liquor from me.He had a good job and was moving up in the company,so I dont understand why he turned to Oxycontin.Started using,then selling and using.soon enough,he was shooting heroin and cocaine.I found a burnt spoon when doing dishes,and knew in my gut that I knew something bad was going on with him for awhile.The hospital detox unit was full,so the dr gave me prescriptions to take him home and detox him.IT was HELL,I would never wish that upon anyone,detoxing the man you love.2 weeks later he was using and all of our money wasws gone.We were homeless,sometimes staying at my sisters.He finally got into the States residential rehab.same story,went right back to it.We got divorced.He was hospitalized from od,ing several times for meth oxy etc.2 times he barely made it out alive.It hurt,but I cut ties with him. He immediately married the first aggresive girl that persued him. In the same amount of time as my marriage to him,he lost his baby girl and divorced again. I ran into him,and we were talking about what he was going through at his apartment. I found that after he swore up and down that he was clean,had to be for his job,and ex wife,he was using agAIn.On the same path as before.I know that these drugs are going to forever rule his life.He wont remember all the special events in his and his families lives.I just heared the other day that his ex wife who started smoking weed and who knows what else,wanted and took him back.He has become a master of hiding his addictions.Im just afraid his wife is going to get pulled into the hard drugs. It would be a miracle and save so many broken hearts,torn up families if oxycontin was taken off the market. good luck to all of you that are having to experience this horrer.your strong
Dee Dee Still	I am all for banning this drug and others,i have never done drugs but i know many that do,i will be 40 next week and i have many friends,people i work with,my childrens friends and others that take different types of drugs,day in day out,all walks of life,all ages and it is very sad,i do know a few that take oxy's and they are totally different people then they were 4 years ago,it's a sad and sick situation, i have lost friends and my kids have lost 'many' friends in the past 5 years due to drug overdoses,i also lost my little brother whom was also my best friend in 2003 at the age of 26 not to a drug overdose but to depression from being hooked on cocaine,he had only been doin it for like 9 months before he hung himself in my parents carport but it was more then he could handle,after his death i found out it was my very best 'girl' friend that got him started on it,needless to say i no longer speak to her and nor will i ever again,we were friends for 16 years,i still live with this everyday and i will forever,you don't forget or get over it! my mother had to find her baby son hangin dead and my dad had to cut him down and last year in 2010 at Thanksgiving my dad died suddenly from a massive heart attack at the age of 57 and i know it was my brother's death that took a hard toll on him,he had a very hard time dealing with it over the years...so yes ALL DRUGS take a toll on us all,somehow or another and they all need to be put away,somehow,i can say that when i was growing up you didn't hear of drugs like you do today,yes they were there but doctor's were more caring and watched what they prescribed etc but now they are all just out for that all mighty dollar...my heart goes out to you all that have stories on here may God bless you all! I have this little thing i say to my girls everyday,i know they get sick of hearing it but i really don't care,they will hear it again and again but i tell them IF YOU DON'T EVER TRY 'EM,YOU WANT EVER LIKE 'EM (that refers to drugs) Thank you for listening!
Maxwell Mason
amy cavanaugh	My husband died of an oxycontin overdose in January. He was put on it to treat pain associated with a car accident that prior to a hospitalization was treated with cannabis. First it worked great, then he needed more, then the pills not the pain were running his life. The hospital freely doled out this medication. They way I saw it they used it as a babysitter. They never made him hand over his stash from the house when he was hospitalized so he always had extras. I would flush them, hide them, stay up all night. The staff at the hospital feared for their jobs so they never reported the overdose. All of the time and effort and money that went into addressing his leukemia went out the window as soon as that poison was introduced into his pain management.
Shannon Maiuri	My Father commitied suicide with this drug and others, it was not an accident... He was addicted and wanted to end it. So he took the whole bottle and other pills also. He was only 52. BAN THIS!! The docs just keep giving and giving and they dont care cause they get paid for perscriptions... what a joke.. Im in process of suing the hospital and doctors!!!
Brenda Franklin	My son and daughter-in-law are addicted to this drug. They are in rehab and I pray it will help them. It has ruined their lives and they have lost everything because of this drug. BAN THIS DRUG!!! Our husbands, wives, children, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends are dying from the use of this crap!!!
Anonymous	This drug is a scourge on Upper Eastern Tennessee, responsible for lost lives and a property crime wave. It has affected everyone who lives here. It's time to ban this dangerous substance!
teresa	i have a 21 year old cousin who is also dea due to oxycontin and a nephew who keeps abusing it yes ban it please????
gabrielle bradford	My brother passed away from synthetic opiates (fentanyl) and I would love to see them taken off of the market or at least curb the amount that are prescribed. This is an overlooked epidemic because of the amount of money it generates, however this legal drug dealing is out of control and needs to be stopped. Exactly what was the reason why there was a dramatic increase in the amount of painkillers prescribed recently? I'm sure it has nothing to do with kick-backs to the doctors from the pharmaceutical companies. And I'm also sure that increase in prescribed painkillers doesn't correlate to the number of deaths they caused right?
Jeff Mcclure	My 25 year old son became addicted to oxycontin. He is currently in jail facing 70-84 months for trafficking in opium /herion. This is a mandatory sentence. The executives of Purdue Pharma were found guilty of falsely representing oxy as a low potential for abuse and fined $643 million but no jail time. The federal drug laws and most state laws classify oxy as a Level II drug, along with heroin, with a high potential for abuse. Who are the criminals here and who are the victims? This drug is destroying lives and families across America and should be removed from the market. When will our lawmakers open their eyes.
brittany goodman	I was addicted and i have lost many friends. its killing so many it needs to go away
tiffany stepp
Courtney Milano	I have lost way to many friends to this drug. It has to stop now.
Michael	DEVIL DEVIL DEVIL OXYCONTIN IS THE DEVIL!!
Anonymous	I HAVE SEEN WHAT PAINKILLERS CAN DO TO A PERSON BUT MOST OF ALL THE WIFE AND KIDS SUFFER,MARRIAGES BROKEN,HOMES AND JOBS LOST. MY SON-IN-LAW CAN MAKE 45 PER HR BUT HAS BEEN ON PAIN KILLERS 22 YRS,HASN'T WORKED BUT 1 5 DAY WEEK IN 2011 AND ABOUT TO LOSE EVERYTHING-THE PAINKILLERS BECOME THEIR LIFE AND REASON FOR LIVING UNTIL THEY DIE OF OVERDOSE.MANY JOBS LOST,LIVES CHANGED FOREVER PLEASE STOP THESE DR'S FROM WRITING 180 PILLS PER MONTH AND OTHER PILLS VALIUM-ETC
Anonymous	Many doctors prescribe huge prescriptions of oxy to anyone who pays them enough. My brother and my boyfriend have been fighting addictions to oxycontin and I know about ten kids from my high school who overdosed after eventually making the transition to black tar. This drug causes far more harm than it has helped people and needs to be taken off the market and made just as illegal as heroin.
COLEEN DEROBERTS	Every individual, in each one of our communities here in South Florida, has been and will continue to be, negatively afftected by this epidemic. This is worse than the 1980's drug epidemic where Florida began passing laws to use maximum mandatory sentencing against drug addicted criminals, mostly in lenieu of their suppliers. We need to understand, without blame and anger at these addicts, that we now have 13yr old and up, children, smoking these pills - SOCIALLY. That is until they become quickly addicted. Please don't be mistaken. Every member of our society is affected by this epidemic. Wealthy, poor, middle class - there are no boundries as we'd expect. So how do we address it? Well, presntly we're incarcerating young adults for property crimes fueled by a powerful consuming addiction to a drug that should have never been allowed by the FDA to be made available on the open market. In PBC jail, aprox. 80-85% of the population are in jail due to a crime DIRECTLY attributable to their addiction to these pills, usually in combination with Xanax or similar drug. My own child, a 22 year old with IQ of 86, recently accepted a 4 year prison sentence for brakeing into my new neighbors home and attempting to steal her two young children's game systems. SUCH A THOUGHT WOULD NOT HAVE EVER ENTERED HIS MIND IF OXYCOTIN HAD BEEN BANNED ALREADY. What he did was so illogical, so stupid that there is no way to understand a reason that anyone, especially a young man with 2 more days of in house arrest wearing a GPS monitor, who was overwhelmed by love with the most beautiful newborn baby daughter whom he was lucky enough already to have been there for her birth because he was still serving a year sent. on PBC sheriff's custody, ??? would do such a horrible thing. HOLD THE FDA ACCOUNTABLE. They could've req. the drugf manuf. to put in ingreidients to make the pills un-smokeable. Presently, that ingreidient is only added to the lowest strenghth pill form of this drug, what's up with that?
Holly Perry	My son of almost 22 years is an addict and has been for I believe at least 3 years if not longer. My concern, worry, fear and love for him consumes me. I can think about nothing else but, How do I help him? I don't know what to do. I have cried, begged,pleded, yelled, been nasty, been nice, I have threatened all his drug addict friends and mostly I have prayed for God all Mighty to take this addiction away from him before I have to put him in the ground. This drug is davasting many families all over the country.
esuor nivek	Ban Oxy now!!! Too many lives are being lost.
Debra Ann Curtin
Christina Zemlak	OxyContin should NOT be prescribed under any situation. Too many people have lost their quality of life, while Pharmaceutical companies prosper. It's a POISON that the general public should NOT have access to.
Lee H.	My mother has been in severe pain for years, and has found relief in using these drugs to a point. Soon, though it became an addiction and she began using it whenever she became depressed and sad over something, she would take it to get high to feel better. She began to fall constantly, ambulances would arrive daily to pick her up only to show up time and again. These doctors then addicted her to not only oxy, but vicodine, and on top of that ambian and meth. There is no need of this to happen. She would do well with just mild drugs, but would be pushed to take these instead. She will not listen to us, and hides them all over the house...All I can say is,should something happen to her, I will be taking these people to court, i will begin to record her on my computer for evidence as this happens. you do not go and give a person living alone at 72 these kinds of drugs. She is an intellegent person, but when taking these, she becomes a monster, angry, in denial, crazy, delusional, completely insane. Not knowing who she is, where she is, and so on. It will only be a matter of time before something serious happens. These drugs and the so called "doctors" that push them on the elderly need to be stopped! Please sign this and spread the word. I sometimes feel alone like im the only one. I feel sad, angry and hurt that she is weirdly in love with these doctors more so than her own family. Please help..
Patricia Lamasney	A young man of 21 years old died last weekend - I had to do his eulogy. I had no idea how pervasive this drug is and how it is being abused.
Jordan Lexell	I hate this pill & what it has done to my life! It has ruined my family
Anonymous	After my husband was t-boned in a car wreck 5+ years ago he would pay out of pocket to see a "pain management doctor" even though we have insurance. Within the last year someone at his highly respected union job turned him onto Roxiecontains, he is a completely different person. Hes bringing down himself, our marriage & its affecting our children. He is an addict for these little blue pills. He claims to have stopped. All the signs are still there. The only thing he has gotten better at is hiding pills & lying. He is total denial. I have found straws everywhere. He took mu dog to the vet to get puppy shots, returned home with syringes & needles. I've kept all of this inside bottled up & very private. My husband is a well respected union member & an outstanding citizen amping the people within our community. Noone knows he's a closet user. I can't live like this anymore. I feel like I enabled him. He knows its wrong but continez to sneak around. I can't leave bcuz he will kill himself with these pills. Its like babysitting so he will still live. But I sacrificed my whole life. I'm in the shade in the dark.. shut up be quiet & watch! If I tell a soul it will be over I would die as
lakeisha williams	Oxycontin is a murderer put it a way!
Mary Otto-Chang
Jennifer Holloway	Stop this madness now. If 11 dolphins were washing up on Miami Beach a day people would be outraged and would do something! Our young sons and daughters are dying and nothing is done. Where is the OUTRAGE!?
Jennifer Sturgis
Nancy P.	I lost my 20 yr old son on Sept. 23, 2011 His addiction to Oxy (blues) destroyed his life. A few days before he passed away he told me that he wishes he NEVER tried oxyContin that first time. It stole his life, his family and his sanity. He was struggling for years to stay clean.....This drug messes with your mind and once you start it's extremely hard to stop. Doctors prescribe these pills as long as you can pay for them. I have called doctors, insurance companies, & police to report these doctors but it still didn't make a difference. They still do it. I will help in any way I can to stop this epidemic. I can't save my son but hopefully I can save someone else's child.
Rosie D.	So many families are suffering from the loss of a loved one from this drug. Mine is one of them. Make it illegal and admit it is heroin. We can't allow corporate greed to kill our kids!
Grant Scherer	Nine months of hell this pill put me through. Recovery sometimes sucks but i will never go back to active addiction.
Anonymous	Please get rid of this drug and spare families from going through the pain that I feel right now.
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Shane Albritton	I have a younger brother that is addicted to this and other pills. He is also addicted to weed. he has continusly stolen and sold countless objects from our house including raiding my fathers gun cabinet and selling off his guns. This and other drugs like it need to be taken off the market. Don't these people see that it is killing more people than it is helping. Get rid of it. Throw the doctors that keep prescribing this drug in prison.
Jeffrey Hann
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Brittany Cristello	ban this drug for good its ruining everyone's lives!!!
Anonymous	This horrible drug started my son and many other kids on a path to Heroin...All opiates must be stopped ..Too many Drs. are giving patients these drugs and they are selling them on the streets. Older people as well are doing this to survive in this economy. It is a disgrace...I have heard of this pratice.. It is not only teens selling them. All Doctors Must Be made Aware of this...NOW
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Anonymous	My husband was an Oxycontin addict his dad was a doctor! This is the worst thing that could happen to a family! He has recovered but it was very long process and very hurtful! My Heart goes out to all other familys. This drug does NOT need to be out there!
Tish Westrup
Haileigh	This drug has effected many friends in my life, including my current boyfriend. It ruins the life's of the users and the people in their life's. It is too easy to get and this needs to end!
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Anonymous	I was on OxyContin for three years. After my younger brother died I lost all control, control over my drug useage, my heart and my sanity. It got to the point where I felt like a prisoner stuck in own my head and I wasn't strong enough to get out on my own. This drug had pretty much brain washed me and depression kicked in!! I fought myself everyday from running my car into a pole!! Thank God for my children, who I love more than my own life or my own happiness! As each day my car got closer and closer to those trees I know I needed to go get help and I did!!! I am now going on three months, clean and sober! To all those families who has ever losted someone to this drug: my mother is addicted to this drug and has been for ten years! Her back this shape of a "S" and does need some pain relieve, so when telling her she needs to quiet she has a reasonable defense and I dont know how to help her anymore!!!! She was such a happy beautiful person but now (and GOD knows I love!!!) she looks like the grem reaperr has her by the neck!! I hate to see her like that and I wish I could help her but HOW???
Barbara OBrien
Deborah l rohrbaugh	to many lives have been ruined by this Drug, it needs to stop
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dianna seijas	Please ban Oxycontin. As a mother of an 18yr old son who tells me he has one, ONE, friend that he knows that doesn't do it. I drug test my son on a regular basis because of this. I am blessed that I am not one of the parents forced to witness the demise of their child, but heart breaks for those parents and kids that do. I have been a victim of theft because of oxycontin. We should not be living like this.
Alyssa
Michelle Benjamin	I am a single mother of 4 kids; I have a 20yr son that has been using oxycontin for 4 years; he was recently aressted for theft and pawning stuff to get money for his habit. Here is a 20yr that was a star soccer player with a bright future and now he is a felon. I have a 16yr son that is following in his older brothers footsteps; the sad part is that he looks up to his brother no matter what. I breaks my heart that they choose this path and this detructive habit....this pill is the DEVIL!!!!!! My 20yr entered into detox last night, it was that or back to jail. I working to get him placed into a inhouse program. But for mothers like myself that can not afford it, what do we do? What can anyone do? I need to save my boys and I need help to do it!!!I welcome any advice or help, I'm desperate! Michelle
Sarah Wilson	Rip James Wilson, love you forever big brother and I'll see you on the other side in a better world where nothing can hurt you and things like this dont exist. Miss you so much it hurts. Cant believe its already been 8 months. Watch over me, I need you more than ever right now.I Love you
Margaret Lavisky
Dennise Cardona	I am wanting to participate as much as possible on the fight against prescription drug abuse as I have a family member who is addicted and I also lost a family member due to over dose.
Patrick Cherry	oxycontin is soo evil and the ppl who make this are evil too. Oxycontin ruined my life and my mother & father's lives for upwards of three years until I finally got clean with the help of methadone maintenance. Sadly, many and many of my friends are STILL madly addicted to this crap!! leaving em in jail, in debt, in trouble with thugs & lots of other nasty shit. oxycontin needs to be completely banned, it has no purpose other than to steal the souls of anyone it can. Purdue's main players are going to hell, oxycontin is the new crack and we give out to ppl who DON'T need it! Please God, shut down those fucking pain clinic in Floridas and shut down Purdue and arrest all the members of the cartel, aka drug dealers with ph.d's who call themselves doctors..
Debra S Walker
amanda vinopal	I have know many people affected by the addiction of oxys....it is a horrible useless drug...
Sabrina Bellotti
Marsha Schorr	I lost my son 2 1/2 years ago. He was 24 years old. I knew something had changed about him, he didn't seem like the same person. I knew he had gone through a period of depression over wrecking his car. I had no idea he was doing cocaine when available and snorting oxycontin. The "friends" he went with that night did not call for help or realize he needed help. My only son died in the presence of idiot drug addicts who didn't care for his life. I mourn every day. It seems to get harder and harder going on without him. We lived in Cape Coral, Florida at that time. The drugs were apparently plentiful as the DEA allowed the pill mills to run in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. They care more about the stupid manatee there than they do about human life. I can't ever have my son back and I'm not sure I want to go on without him. I love him so much.
Brenda White
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Anonymous	I think I am loosing my children father over this drug the anger.. and rage is all to much the children see it almost every day.. he wasn't like this before the meds. now it seem when he is about to run out or a week before he gets violant with his family and their is nothing I can do to stop it!!!! but maybe I can save someone elses husband of 10 years and father of 4 girls!!!
Michelle Cote	I live in Florida, also named the pill capital of the United States. I live in the small area of Citrus County. This is an epidemic here. More then half of our young people are hooked on oxycontin, including my 19 year old son. Several young people here have died from it, and more are in and out of jail because of it. Crimes are increasing due to burleries,theft, home invasions, selling stolen property to pawn brokers, it goes on and on. It once was a nice place to raise a family, a safe place. Oxycontin has taken over and is destroying our young people, and tearing families apart. The jails are full, the court dockets are staked high and there are no affordable programs to get these people the help they need. The goverment needs to address this very serious issue and fast. I have seen my own son spiral down into a very dark hole very fast. I fear for his life everyday. I've had him in treatment only to see him relaspe again and again. He has given up and given in to this drug. I cry all the time to lose alitttle bit of him everyday. I fear I will lose him forever. He has a younger sister, and two younger brothers that see what he's becoming because of oxycontin and it hurts them terribly. Please, I pray all you people out there, lets ban together as one big voice and demand our goverment stop this drug and regulates stricter guidlines for pain pills. It will ruin our nation. I'd go to Washington if I have too! Please join together in this effort to save our children from death and distruction and not let this drug and others like it take our children from us. God Bless you all ..
Susan Cote	My 20 year old grandson is addicted to oxycontin. He started using the drug when he was 18 years old. We've had him in treatment twice. It only helps for alittle while, then he relaspes. He has since been arrested for theft and has a felony charge. He was put into an outpatient program, NA,community service and 3 years probation. My husband and I had him come live with us. We thought we could help straighten him out, but we failed. He has recently started using again and is facing more charges and a VOP. This kid had a soccer scholarship, was an A student, very popular and well liked by everyone who knew him. The only people in his life now that he trust is other users. We love him very much and won't give up hope, but we know we can't help him. It hurts so much to see this drug I call the Devil take such ahold of his life and destroy it before our eyes. Yes, I would rather see him in jail then in a coffin. I fear for him everyday. This drug is lethel and should be banned before it claims more young lives.
Cynthia J Williams
Anonymous	This devil drug is sucking the life out of my 27 year old son and needs to be banned! He injured his back at work and was prescribed this very addictive pill by his MD. Everyday a little piece of his old personality is lost to this wicked drug.He has lost his job,most of his old friends no longer come around because of his addiction. He stays in his room all day and night.The depression is gripping. He tells me that he can't get off these Oxycodone's until he gets his back fixed. It is just a vicious cycle.I blame his Doctor and the drug company. I pray that God will save my once healthy son from the death grip of this addictive drug!
Anonymous	You are SO right, Adriano!!! ALL these drugs must be taken off the market. Society is in big trouble here, and the vulnerable suffer while someone else profits.
Sheila Bailey	I've seen countless people around me addicted to pain medication prescribed by candy doctors..Doctors need to be held accountable for handing them out so nonchalantly.
Jo Ann Meehan	I have and am still watching my sister and her family be torn apart by this drug! I watch her dedicate her life more to these pills than she use to her children. something has got to give!
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J MacKenzie	I was prescribed Oxy 11 yrs ago by a doctor who I thought was looking at helping me for work related injuries and yes I was on them daily for the 11 yrs consistantly without abusing them whatsoever with my doctor gradually increasing my doses over the yrs to where I ended up in July 2011 at 320 mgs per day as a functioning addicted drug addict. When July 2011 came and my doctor lost his licence to prescribe abruptly, I was given a referral to find another doctor in Ontario Canada and no one would touch me when they heard who he wassince he had lost his privileges twice in the past (yes I had other doctors that he helped me continue my pain management on Oxy's while he begged for his licence back). In August 2011 I started tapering on my own with absolutely no supervision to where I ended up trying cold turkey for a couple of days but then realized I could not get over the final hurdle until I entered a detox program in Sept 2011 I was a mess and stayed for the week that I was alloted in the withdraw mgmnt clinic but then went home to my own continuation of detox suffering from panic attacks and anxiety, I could not leave my house, I could not eat and lost a total of 25 pounds. I have an excellent full time job and thankful the place I work appreciates that doctor where I work referred me 11 yrs ago to this guy 11 yrs ago for work related injuries. So they appreciated what I was going thru. Now today I have attempted to work on two days in the last 7 weeks and I am depleting my sick time in a profound manor still on my own. This doctor had no intention of ever helping me or the other patients who were left out to go on their own to find another doctor to take them on or to detox on their own. I don't appreciate that type of doctor behaviour since they are there to assist with us not put us in harms way and jeopardize our lives. I am now working with a new doctor to find alternate pain management but I will never ever go on Oxy again even if he insists that I take it or I'm dying in pain. I want to work on alternative pain management since I am still in serious pain but now now that I can actually determine what is pain not being masked by the amount of Oxy Contin I was taking on a daily basis I can determine this much better now that I have been clean for 30 days and forging ahead to better myself even tho I'm still experiencing insomnia, and the usual diarrea, headaches and aches and pains and minor symptoms that are slowly subsiding as my days go forward My new doctor pointed out a very compelling point to me. What happens if I end up with Cancer or in a serious car accident......what on earth would the hospital be able to give me for pain if I am on such a high dose of pain medications. An you know he's right. Please take this terrible drug off the market and let patients find alternate ways to cope rather than having us all addicted to this medication and our quality of life and our families suffer for our addiction to this awful medication
Alexis Larsson	My sister has been battling with an oxycodone addiction for over 2 years now. My family has sent her to detox and rehab numerous times but she always goes back to the drug. One of my close friends also got involved in taking the medication and has lost custody of her 2 kids. I hope this make some impact in actually getting taken off the market.
Marissa Lyon	Killed someone I loved very much, so sad he was a good hearted person, that always tried to make someone smile.
Sue McMillan	My beautiful,loving,smart son is in prison because of this drug.I am scared that it will end up killing him. Please ban this horrible drug before it kills anyone else or destroys any more families
Robert Huffman	Although not directly related to this drug, it has affected my life through others.
Jacqueline Wainscott	This drug has played havoc on my daughter's life, which in turn has crippled our family. It has to be the most addictive drug on the market. My second grandchild was born addicted to this drug due to my daughter's addiction to it. This grandchild had to be hospitalized for 3 weeks after birth to be weaned from the addiction. As a registered nurse I cringe when I must give it to my surgical patients. After doing much research on oxycontin I have learned not only do people become addicted by recreational use, but also by legally being prescibed. Research has shown a person can become addicted in as little as 2 weeks. By the way and only by the grace of Jesus has my grandson not shown any long term effects from being born addicted. My daughter is in a recovery program and still fights the addiction every single day of her life.
Kyle Kuhn	I have had many friends addicted to and overdose and die of OxyContin and Roxicodone. I am firm believer that these drugs are very harmful and very addictive. I also believe that natural remedies can cure anything...yes!!! I said anything!!! Earths resources have been put here so we dont have to put some man made pills in our bodies. The drug companys are tough to beat being that it is a multi-billion dollar buisness. The government wont say anything because..well... its money for everyone!!! The United States of America isn't as free as we all once thought it was!!! A friend told me about this petition and I hope that one day these types of heroin based substances will be banned forever!!! I live in Florida were the pill mills are becoming an epidemic!!! Doctors aren't helping this situation either. Prescribing pills to just about anyone who has the money!!! My heart goes out to all of you who have been through the tragedies and even the lose of loved ones!!! Together America we can make a difference for the future!!! God Bless and remember "Nature is our Pharmacy!!!" With love from a 29 year old Disabled Veteran... one day this fight will end I just hope its sooner than later!!!!
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Thomas Shenk	Ban Oxycontin Now.
JEFF CIANELLA
cassandra Patterson-Smith	I lost my sons father to a 5 year battle with addiction to these pills and struggled myself to get off of them. Neither one of us were addicts until a car accident and doctors carelessly prescribing them to us both for years and not trying to help us get off of them. I thank god everyday that I was able to go to rehab and get clean and stay that way for 4 years. I wasn't so lucky with my sons father though. We lost him last year. I will do everything I can do to make sure it dose not happen to anyone else that I love and care for.
melissa adak	GET THIS DRUG OFF THE STREETS.
Tonya Beauregard	I have lost a relationship with my dad and my childrens grandfather.How long will we set aside while our family is told these lies that they can't deal with a little pain "so Here Take This Drug" and You can't deal with this loss "so Here Take This Drug" and my favorite you have a chemical imbalance "so Here Take This Drug". This has gotton way out of hand! I am raising my kids to be accountable for there bodies there thoughts and actions. You have to give yourself time to heal not dope it up so you don't feel!
Adriano Raffa	Percocet, xanax, valium, diazapam, lorezapan, percodan, oxycodone, hydrocodone, vicodin also need to be banned. R.I.P. Carl. Will love u always.
Amy Graves
Candace Westfall	This is a horrible drug that needs to be taken off the market immediately. Shame on Purdue!
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Leslie Tilley	My daughter is only 24 years old and has lost over 20 of her friends in the last 5 years. Not all to oxy, but prescription drugs and alcohol. In NS Canada we are pushing back at the government and demanding help for our kids. Amy Graves and myself have no plans in stopping until NS has what it needs for it's addicts. The addicts our doctors have created! Perdue makes me sick, the whole corrupt systems needs to be stopped. The more awareness the better. Enough is enough. Leslie Tilley Nova Scotia Canada
enza scat	you need to take this off the market now its killing so many of our childrens
Anonymous	I was addicted to Oxycontin for 6 years. I got into a Methadoe program and it saved my life. I started to detox off the Methadone and I relasped. I have now been using again on and off for over a month. I am so sick of this. I hate Oxycontin. I hope that it is banned and not another pill is ever made.
Marilyn Fisher
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Anonymous	The Drug killed my 19 year old son and destroyed 20 of his friends. They had no idea it was Herion in a bottle.
Susan Lynn Smarrelli	My daughter Michelle had knee surgery for a torn ACL. After the surgery the doctor sent her home on a Pain Pump and with Oxycontin after a few days for break through pain. My daughter got addicted to the Oxycontin and after she couldn't afford to buy it off the street anymore she was introduced to Heroin, which is a derivative in Oxycontin. My daughter Michelle died on July 8Th of 2007, due to an overdose of Heroin and Cocaine, mixing drugs. Her heart did not know what to do so it chose to stop altogether. She was twenty-five years old and had her whole life ahead of her. Her sister found her and it has been a constant struggle trying to move forward. The death of her sister has affected everyone in our family. Her Dad, Stepfather, other two-sisters, Grandmother, and myself her Mother! I miss her everyday, it starts when I awake every morning until it is time for bed. I am no longer myself, there is an emptiness in my heart that I cannot explain, I just know that it's hard to find anything anymore to smile about. The reality of knowing that I will not see my child until I go home "with my Lord" is heartbreaking. This medicine needs to be pulled from the market, and the Pharmaceutical Company needs to be ordered by a Court of Law that they are no longer allowed to produce or manufacture this product. I will never see my daughter get married, I will never see or play with her children or my grandchildren, I will never see her future successes in life and I will not see her for a very long time. Is the production of this product worth a life, or how about thousands of lives, young and old! Please get this Oxycontin off the market and out of production for the sake of so many future addicts. Susan Lynn Smarrelli, Mother of Michelle Lynn Ruger. I wanted to start a petition myself right after this happened and call it "Michelle's Law"!
Karen Lee	FDA It is time to stop and regulate this medications, it is destroying are young people. Our youth are dying from these drugs they are everywhere. Does we the people mean nothing.My only two Sons have been effected by these drugs,I almost loss my 33 year old with two small babies this weekend. The other is in jail due to this Drug and his bad decisions while under the influence.I am 54 and I do not remember when I was in my teens and 20 and 30 remember any type of drug out there like this. This has to stop. FDA help this society that is being loss from your Drugs.
Gina Dicapua	I am 4 days clean.. these pills are killing our youth..
Portia Rix	I have 4 daughters and 3 of them have either went through or are currently experiencing roxie addiction. It's a nightmare as a parent to feel helpless as you find spons and syringes hiding inside/ outside of the home. I have thrown them out dragged them to rehabs and cried till I threw up. These pill mills get $200.00 cash and hand them a script for 180 Roxicodones/ AKA blues every month. I work in Law Enforcement and still am helpless in fighting this drug war. Operation Pill NAtion was successfull in closing some of these pill mills, but the pills need to be banned. IT'S AN EPIDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
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Ray R. Ellis	As a natural born Psychic Medium, Clairvoyant, Intuitive Visionary, Tarot Reader, Healer. Iam very much aware of the turmoil, danger and hazards that this drug can do to others. How it too, affects other people such as friends, neighbors, etc., of people that are takking this kind of drug. It is crap, dangerous and destructive to everyone taking it or for those around others that are on it. Get rid of it and ban it now. It has NO PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY AT ALL! Thank you. Blessings and Love to you ALL. Ray R. Ellis *RAY OF LIGHT* Psychic Medium. Canada
Rikki Bernius	all of my friends and the whole town is all on this drug!! my sister died in my home at the age twenty five! I have went throught this drug taking over my friends and family for too long now! lets get this drug off the market for good! Rikki
Alysyn Gordy	R.I.P. Anthony Lindsey
Stevie Bernius	I lost my sister to this drug actually found her. This is horrible it needs to be taken away forever. This needs to happen so no other familes ave to feel what my family did over this horrible doctor prescribed medication.
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terri	my daughter has been addicted it was her boyfriend that got her started, I always thought she could do better but anyway she chose the bad boys and to this day alan milford will always be controlled by this drug. He has been arrested over and over for robbery and he doesnt seem to care anymore what happens to himself, my daughter has moved on from him and they both lied to eachother over and over but the addiction was starting to take over them there feelings changed for one another and Alan has parents that truly just dont care about him enough to make a change he grew up too fast in life ,alot like my daughter wanting to grow up and be accepted but reality is now he is probable looking at prison and what will happen in there to him is not what any child ever deserves instead of helping the kids get off the drug they now face being raped or being someones bitch in prison just to survive what kind of person do you think he will be when he gets out? He truly had a ddiction problem and parents couldnt afford detox and wouldnt of paid for it even if they had to, he was running the streets at a early age but when he gets out 90 % he wont be able to get a job and will fall right back into the trap to bad the government couldnt use the kids for making the streets clean and give them rehab in exchange instead its just keeps feeding the crooked system, i feel bad because he truly needed help and now he will get what he truly doesnt deserve in life by brutalality in the prison life how fair is that and it could be your child your reading how would you feel then? I miss the AlaN Milford I tried to help along time ago, goodluck in life my friend and when you get out leave Sarasota florida fast for you dont have friends there only drug friends and family isnt there for you so my friend look deep into yourself and find a way out of this cruel messed up world
Frankie Andrews	Hello, I first want to take the time to say Thank You for allowing me the time to speak about something so very close to my heart. My name is Frankie Andrews, I am 46 years old. I was 42 before I had my one and only child. I say this because, for the longest time the closest thing I ever had to a child of my own was my nephews and nieces. Family is everything to me. I have 5 sisters and when one of them hurt, I hurt with them. I have some newspaper stories I would like to share with everyone also. My phone numbers and e-mail is also attached with them, please contact me anytime if I can ever contribute in helping combat what each of us are here for. Now on with my story. On August 22nd, 2006 I received a phone call that my Nephew Matthew Absher had been taken to the Hospital and things did not look good. It wasn’t long after that when I would get another call telling me Matthew had died. He was 25 years old. When you receive news like this every emotion you can imagine, runs through your mind. My first thought was with my sister. I wondered, “How would she ever be able to overcome this” I later found out that Methadone was what had taken Matthews life. To tell a little bit about what got Matthew to this point you would have to go back to when he was in High School. Matthew had hurt his back playing football in High School and through the years he would continue getting treatment for his back. Eventually he would be prescribed OxyContin. He was prescribed this narcotic without any real education on the chances of becoming addicted to it and what troubles come with addiction and dependency. Well as I am sure each of you can guess Matthew did become addicted and dependent with OxyContin. I would also later find out that during the months prior to Matthew passing away he had really worked hard and getting off all these pills. From my understanding he had been clean for about 6 months. The night he relapsed he had ran into a person that he use to get high with and the person talked him into getting high again and Matthew gave in and took Methadone. He went as far as taking the amount of Methadone he had been taking 6 months prior. He did this without thinking his tolerance level would not be the same as 6 months prior. Matthew took these pills and never woke up. His father is the one who found him. I started to become proactive after Matthew passed away and soon realized it would take a lot of work. I then became frustrated, it was as if no one seemed to care. I then said to myself “If no one else cares then why should I? There is no way this could ever happen to this family again so just forget it” That is what I truly said and laying the issue to rest is what I did. Well I was wrong! On May 15th 2010 less than 4 years of Matthew dying, I lost my second nephew, but more tragically than that , my sister Diane just lost her second son to prescription drugs. Now keep in mind, for almost 4 years I have watched my sister make herself keep going on for no other reason , but for the children she had left, and now she has lost another one. 2 of her 3 children are no longer here because of prescription drugs. I talk to my sister just about on a daily basis and her emotions are all over the place. All I can do is be there to listen and Pray God will give her comfort. Just to let you know Matthew and Brandon were just like many of your own kids. Matthew loved sports but his passion for basketball was 2nd to none in my eyes. Oh what that child could do with a Basketball. I truly thought that was going to be his ticket to great things one day. However, for numerous reasons his Basketball ended when he Graduated High School. He also had a love for Football, I have always been a Colts fan and he has always been a Steelers fan. We would have endless arguments over who was best, with me never giving in nor would he. I guess since the Steelers have 6 Superbowl wins and my Colts only have 2 now, it truly isn’t too hard to tell. Just don’t tell him that. He also done very well academically in School. He was a simple and respectful kid, which is how he was raised. He was so simple , you could offer him a dinner at a fancy restaurant or put a frozen pizza in the oven and he would take the frozen pizza every day, that is as long as you have some Mt Dew to go with that pizza. He was Diane’s first child, to try and tell you what he meant to her would be impossible , however those who have children can understand. She was very proud of Matthew. When Matthew Graduated , Diane was as proud as any parent I had ever seen. I could go on and on about Matthew but I know my time is limited. Brandon, Being the youngest of Diane’s 3 children, you can only imagine how spoiled he was. However his thirst for life was something many were envious of and many thrive to be like.I am not sure I ever seen that child when he wasn’t smiling. He truly loved life to no end. His love for life was so infectious to the people around him. If you were having a bad day,it would end as soon as Brandon came around. There truly was no other way to be but happy when he was around. He would have it no other way. Growing up Brandon was the mischievous one. You all know the kind. The one who was always into something, but always seemed to find a way to get out of trouble. I can still hear my Dad saying “ Brandon what are you into “ I say these things but it was never any real trouble, it was just kids being kids. Brandon also played sports in High School and also done well academically, he graduated on time. Football was one of the sports he played and loved, but his true love was wrestling. He was brought up knowing that if his grades dropped he would not be able to wrestle,so therefore he always made sure to get his homework done and keep his grades up. I am sure though that with most student athletes it was a struggle from time to time but you never heard him complain. He always managed to keep his grades up. 3 of his 4 years he placed in the State and in his senior year he finally won what he had been trying for so many years to win. For you see in 2002 not far from where I am speaking now Brandon won his State Championship in Wrestling. His name will forever be in the record books and forever Brandon and Matthew will be in our hearts. I tell you all of these things because that was a very small glimpse in the life of my sister and her little family. Where my sister used to enjoy the wrestling basketball and football with her children.She now goes to a grave, and the only indication of the sports her boys once loved is the Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia or basketball on Matthew’s grave decorating his tombstone. Or the wrestling pictures along with the words 2002 NC State Wrestling Champion etched into the black granite on Brandon’s tombstone. No parent should ever have to go through this pain. My heart breaks beyond any words I can convey for my sister, but the both of us actually our whole family would love to see some changes in the way prescription drugs are handled. The stories in the newspaper articles will go into more details about the circumstances of both Matthew and Brandon’s death and as I stated earlier, I give you my contact information to try and help make change. I also know that pharmacies in the state of North Carolina are required by law to report to the NC Controlled Substance Data Base and that is great. However I know of some who do not and from my understanding there is no penalty for not abiding by the law. In my opinion that is like saying the speed limit is 55 but if you get caught speeding then all they say is “Now you know you need to slow down” I also believe Doctors should be required to access the data base before prescribing and controlled substance. Education is not what it once was when it comes to drugs. There are numerous things I would like to see on the education front but I will start with the obvious. 1.In our schools, I believe the way we are educating our children today about the harm that comes with taking drugs does not really get to these children. There is no better teaching tool than reality. I truly believe with the right education many people would look at other alternatives than prescription meds. I really believe that if some of these things were in place both my nephews would still be here, I know there is no way of bringing them back but I do however hope that by their deaths others will learn. I also encourage each and everyone to call your children and tell them you love them we truly never know when something like this could ever happen to us. Please don’t think it can because none of us are above it. Thank You and God Bless Frankie Andrews
Sandra Williams
Stephen Raulston	I have been addicted to Oxycontin for nearly ten years. I have never purchased it illegally and haven't ever been involved with the illicit street trade. Makes no difference because once someone has been using this drug for some time, there is no easy way to get your life back. I am currently undergoing a self imposed detox with Suboxone which is really a huge help. But then again, you have to be careful because it is also extremely addicting and can actually be worse to withdraw from than OC. Some require long term use to keep the cravings at bay. Some can do a quick ten day to two week detox and can have their life back. As they say, there is no free lunch. If you know someone addicted, seek detox but also all the necessary counseling and spiritual support to get your friend or loved one on the correct path to wellness. IT can be done with patience and love. Wishing you and your loved one the best in the quest to healing and wellness. God bless us one and all.
Simone Jerrell	This has taken my husband away from spending time with his 2 little boys. he is now in rehab and getting help. i pray to God its not to late to help him get on the right track
Anita C.	My son battled with oxycotin but thank God he found Suboxin and has been able to live a normal life,without it it would not have happened..
Diane	Legal heroin. This drug will hook you to the point you would sell your soul for a pill. The people around the addict are the ones that suffer, not the user. The drug companies have the ablility to design a better drug for pain. Let's get on it drug company.
Anonymous
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Dawn Tolliver	Drug addiction and abuse is taking over our country and families and the only way to try and end it is by banning drugs such as this one...my heart goes out to the families who have lost loved ones to this and those who are dealing with the addicition...I pray that our world can somehow overcome this!!! GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!
Anonymous	this crap is screwing my life up and peoples who are closest to me as well. please ban this drug asap with serious consequences for any sort of distribution of the drug. there should be no more than 15mg of oxycontin in a prescribed pain killer at most. the fact that 30mg-80mg pills are being prescribed just blows my mind away. the fda needs to put a stop on this asap.
Mel Painter
Ken Dyal	I work in and around the N.E. FLA. area in drug counseling. The 0piate epidemic is out of control in this area. Not only in Jacksonville Fla. but also all the surrounding small towns in ant manner of direction you might look. Not only are people dying, becomming addicted, and tearing families apart it is causing an epidemic of crime also. Costing the tax paying citizens who knows how much money.Also the state and federal goverment money to prosecute the offenders at seemingly no effect! Because our jails and prisons don't and can't afford them the treatment that they need in order to recover! It has become a downward spiral at it's best. Where the addict gets hooked, gets locked up,gets high, locked up, or at the utmost end of the doward spiral DIES !!!! This is not solving anything! How much does the state of Florida spend on inmates in jail or prison each year per inmate???? $90,000 ? PLEASE STOP THE MADNESS !!!!
Dean King
Brandy Holt
Linda Lee	So many many people, including my son are addicted to pain killers. Please get rid of all these pain killers!
Shari Collins	My son passed away March 12th 2005 of an accidental over dose. Please help get these bad drugs off the streets
Renee	There are too many doctors that are prescribing this evil medication where others will work. They do it for nothing more than money. My brother is addicted, has no insurance and does have severe medical problems. I have seen too many people's lives shattered by this medication. Past time to get it off the market!
L Berg	Everyone here is correct, this drug ruins many lives. I've known countless people who have died from it. Drug companies and doctors are the only ones who's lives are enhanced by this drug.
Anonymous	My husband is on this mess and it's destroying our family. He doesn't see that because all he has on his mind is getting high. Please ban this medication!!!
Stéphanie Thibault	My ex-husband died of an overdose of Oxycontin, two weeks ago. I was separated for a year from him because of his addiction to Oxycontin. I tried to help him but nothing could be done. Now my daughters are without a father and I am so heartbroken for them. Nothing will replace the lover their father had for them. Please banned this medication!!
Tamara Gillispie	I have to also lost a loved one to an institution because of this drug. It is so powerful and it takes over your whole life and the person you once were will never be the same again. may God bless those who are still sick and sufffering because of the powerful addicting drug.
johhny	fuck purdue. may they burn in hell for eternity.
steven lillie	this is such a horrible epidemic...it must stop
P.S. Tate
Paula Giordano	My husband became addicted to Oxycontin back in 2005, he died in 2010. He distroyed his body, teeth, and family and made his doctors very rich.
anonymous	This should have been taken off the market a long time ago. people throw their lives and money away on this drug everyday to get a high. Well, life should be enough to give you a high. To thank Jesus everyday that you are born and alive and breathing. So many people die from this terrible drug everyday. Ban it before more people die!!!!
Debbie A. Lewis	Oxycontin has ruined my daughter's life. She met a boy four years older than her right after high school graduation. She began smoking oxycontin with him and since than has flunked all her college classes the last quarter of school, lost her job, and lost tons of weight. Her personality has completely changed. She is no longer the person I know, she's here and I have faith. We hired a certified interventionist and family counselor to help us with this battle to save our 19 year old daughter. She's already lost a year of her life thanks to this drug.
Jamie Tilson
Anonymous	This drug doesn't need to exist anymore
Eric Feezell	The drug companies celebrate there earnings while destroying our country from within
Anonymous	I wish for nothing more than banning this form of population control. Barely addictive my foot. This drug has caused a lot of economic turmoil in regards to imprisonment costs, law enforcement, insurance fraud, burglary, rehabilitation, public awareness campaigns, extra taxes, etc. Just watch the oxycontin express documentary if you still think oxycontin is "barely" addictive and when you see the insane line of people waiting to visit the pain management doctor answer the question of how addictive this drug really is.
anonymous	I am a recovering addict who has lost everything. All of my friends I grew up with have become a zombie to this demon of a pill. I myself have been clean for twenty months now and vow to never again touch another oc. This drug needs to be banned.
Matt Maples	I live in "pillbilly" hell. This is just one of the many prescription drugs which are ruining Greene County Tennessee. Far more problems have come from drugs such as this than benefits to people who claim they really need prescription narcotics. Why oh why can the FDA or some other federal organization not repeal the decision to allow these opiates to propogate like cockroaches due to the extremely negative effect they have on populations.
Rena pullman
Julie Watson	My son died because of this drug two weeks ago. I really lost him at least 4 years ago. This drug kills and I didn't know enough about it. Make sure others get the word.
nick guilarte
Anonymous	My Friend Just Died From An Overdose of Oxy she was getting them from 3 different doctors and she was mixing them with Norcos and the doctor would just refill her Prescription when ever she would call the doctors on the phone and they would call in a refill With NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!!! something has to be done
Megan Bousquet	I'm very sorry to all of those who have lost loved ones to this terrible drug and to those still sick and suffering.
Danielle	This drug has ruined my life and my childrens. People who didnt even choose to be a part of this drug are some way affected by a person addicted to this crap. Almost everyone I know or thought I knew have all become a slave to this drug in some way shape or form. Whether or not they are the addict or are in some sort of relationship with the addict. Terrible. It needs to be put to an end.
Joann Gubinski
Julia Lederer
Jessica Steenwerth
Rosane Pires	this drug causes souls to fade until theyre gone. another distraction from awareness of life and happiness. please get these out of here.
James Micheal Dirks
nicole demars	I know way too many people who died and addicted from oxycottin very sad
Anonymous	Please ban this drug. My mother has been on these for about a year. All she does is go to work and take oxycodone sleep and stay in her room. She has lost a lot of weight. I don't,know what to do to help her. She doesn't think she has a problem. The doctor keeps writing her scripts for these unbelievable. I feel helpless
chelsea alexis	my mother gave me, my 2 sisters and my lil brother away because she wanted to party and do this drug instead of love us. she had me when she was 13 and is still abusing t this day but i grew upp with my gma(thank god) and i am a sober high school graduate,working 19 year old and proud that i am not like my mother . None of us know who our fathers are. this drug not only messes with the addict it effects the whole family.
corey gough
Chelsea Miller
Anonymous	I am a 25 year old female,and also a recovering Oxycontin/RoxyContin Addict. This drug is more deadly, harmful, and life consuming than anything I have ever seen. Every single person I grew up with is now an active addict, dead,in jail or recovering (and the later of the 4 is very few and far between). It has ripped my family apart, more than once. It is very very troubling to me that our Government and the Pharmaceutical Companies seem to be putting profit, and gain ahead of the well-being of the youth and young adults in this country. What will become of this country when these people are 35,40,50 and so on? Something needs to be done. I personally do not believe you should be able to walk into a doctors office with an MRI (Real or Fake) and $250, and be able to walk out with enough pills to kill you, or leave you severely addicted for the rest of your life. Luckily, I was able to break away from this life, after 5 years of horrible, incomprehensible demoralization. Since then, I have become a productive member of society, and a mother to the best gift God has ever granted me, My baby girl. With her, however, comes the fear that by the time she is a teenager, this epidemic will be even worse. It scares me to think she could someday be where I was. I have recently taken a very strong interest in trying to do what I can to raise awareness on this issue, and to help anyone I can get away from the horrible "existence" that is Oxycontin addiction. Lets put an end to this era, and make this country a safer, healthier place for our generation, and the generations to come.
Anonymous	This drug killed my brother, and took him at such a young age. It should be banned so others do not have to experience what me and my family had to experience.
Amanda Gill
Suzanne Long
Carly Sinigoi
Anonymous	Ban this drug!!!! Its killing people/friends & family!!
Jessica Byrd
Craig	"These corporations dont care if your child dies. Your child is only dollar signs for them.
Donna J Weldon	My grandson Anthony Lindsey passed away from an overdose of OxyContin on June 3, 2010. He was only 23 years old. Our family is devistated. I brought him up since he was 6 months old because his parents were drug addicts. I have since joined the NOPE program. I would like to sign the petition to ban OxyContin. Donna J Weldon
Shannon Verity	Let's all make a move to stop the madness!!!
Sandy Krebs	Florida close the pill mills. Kids are dying because of them.
Anonymous	What really disgust me is the big corporations such as CVS, Walgreens ect who push their pharmacist to carry so much and dispense it. They also get written up because the addicts that come in their store get angry if they ran out. Even though it is ILLEGAL to hold drugs. Pharmacist gets complaint about crazy addict and corporation writes pharmacist up. These corporations dont care if your child dies. Your child is only dollar signs for them. It's the corporations who need to be stopped along with the doctors!
Amber Lewis	I am a addict recovering from a nearly hopeless addiction to oxycontin. It brought me to do terrible things that I thought I'd never do. I lived in complete and utter misery for a years, but I was too scared to break away because the physical and mental withdrawls were so terrible. This drug robs you of a real life, of your dignity, and joy, and it needs to be stopped. It is killing people, if they are lucky, and if not it causes them to live dead inside. Please take this murderous, evil-doing drug off the market!!!
Jeanine Cox
Ali Cameron
Lori Webster	Please ban this horrible drug. My son was addicted many years and is still struggling to stay off of it!
Rhea Ford	Might as well give them a script for herion. Something has to change.....
Louise
kathy fazio	Our son was honorably discharged from the US Marine Corp in 2006 after serving in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. He Has back pain etc which the VA chose to treat him with oxycodone. We have been on a horrific rollar coaster ride with him and his addiction. He even went to the VA hospital in MA when he first realized he was addicted and was detoxing at home. What did the give him in VA hospital? yup you got it~percocets. My heart goes out to all of you who have lost loved ones. Our son has overdosed accidently a few times and attempted suicide two times. He has PTSD bad. I feel your pain. We have to stop others from going thru this pain. God Bless You All. <3
Terri Cardinal	I want the word to get out... I have a beautiful little sister who has been grasped by this horror. It needs to be stopped.
norma myers	We have enough choices to make in our lives and we trust medical doctors to take care of us when we are in pain. Maybe the doctors and manufactures of this drug and even possibly pharmacies are in this together to make a profit. If that is true then we need stricted laws on class2 drugs being passed out like candy.
Mike Fazio	My son age 27 is a marine veteran who was injured in Iraq. He was given oxy and percs for pain. When he was let out in 2006 he started going to the Worcester Ma Va. They kept giving him oxy for the pain. My wife and I have tried everything in the last 5 years to get him off. He has been in and out of countless VA programs and private facilities. My son served two wars for the US and was honorably discharged. I am a retired Police Officer who has witnessed the dangers of this drug, from returning Veterans in the town where I worked. This drug can cripple and addict anyone. Its not just a street drug but a medically legal drug that kills people. I have taken my own son out of the house unconcous from oxy overdose. He is now gone from Oxy addictiion to heroine. I pray that no one will have to go thru what my family has.
Kimberly page	I am a mother of a recovering addict.
ryan kuhn
Dianne Sproles
rochelle rego
Troy Tipton	I am a firefighter we see way to many lives taken from using oxycontin. Please stop this.
lydia ferraro	I mentally and emotionally have lost my brother to heroin and now oxycontin. These people call themselves doctors and prescribe it to anyone. My brother and his gf have no illness that should allow all 5 drs they go to to prescribe this to them. He has lost so many people to this. My mother passed away from cancer 5 years ago, all I have left is my father and brother for my wedding next october. I am petified to have to bury my brother before or not have him there because of his conition. They need to ban this drug and we need a class action against this drug.
Emma Luna
Betty Boccia	I just lost my close friend, she left two little girls orphans. How many orphans are there from this drug? We need to do something!
Laura Hill	I support a ban on this drug
Donald Ludington	I have seen first hand the perils of this drug, and living in Florida, land of the pill mill, it is seen here more than anywhere else in the U.S. BAN THIS DRUG NOW and force Purdue to bear the expense of treating the addicted!!!!!
Arlene Barrelli
Diane Curtiss	My brother was prescribed this drug about 12 yrs ago after he crushed his hand in an accident. Now we are trying to get him into rehab because he has been crushing and smoking them for the last 6 yrs. Horrible. Please take this drug off the market, or only prescribe it to people who have terminal diseases. My brother's life has been ruined by this garbage. He doesn't even care that he has two children, a family, or about anyone who loves him. Our mom, naive about the drug culture, walked into the drug house he was staying at and was almost hurt. Crack, heroin, cocaine, etc. Prescription drugs? Do these drug companies cater to drug dealers?
Anonymous	Get it off the street, and out of the hands of our teenagers please.
Beverly Lasaga	I have lived and lost so much from this drug, amazing i would of thought it would of been illegal drugs. My husband died from this doctor precribed drug, not illegal, at least 5 friends as well. What are we allowing are pharmecutical companies to provide for profit.... Many loved ones especially my husband, many close friends someone needs to intervene and stop this killer drug......................and killer it is. please sign this petition, this disturbs me greatly. thankyou for letting me say my story which is totally short form........because the whole story takes more than just a paragraph. I want to know who holds these multi billion dollar companies who have apparently taken of the illegal drugs in our world. Listen everyone OxyContin,.Coden will KILL...just a matter of time, it will just down your heart, kidney, liver and your going to pass away. The addict just wants to sleep into a coma, and a coma it becomes. Lets pursue this, this really bothers my soul, and we need to realize our doctors and pharacists are the new drug dealers imagine that.......prayers are with u, i have been there......xoxo
chris donoghue	i'm 31 years old because of people like you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No Dr. will write me OXYCONTIN ER. they will write the hell out of the 30 Oxycodone 30 IR that lasts about one hour. so fu all. i have had 8 friends die from abusing it.
Rechelle Cook
Lana Dawson	This drug is just too dangerous to be given as a frequently used pain reliever!
Amanda Griffie	Feel like a lot of people turn their heads and do nothing about the drugs in our communities. Really want changes to be made to prevent anyone else from losing their family members to drugs..... Want to say to the people that are fighting to get off drugs to be strong you are fighting for your life. I pray that you get the help and support you need to over come this addiction.
Paula Griggs	My 20 year old son is battling the addiction of this drug It is awful what it has done to his mind and body. It destroys the addict and the entire family. It becomes a family disease. Ban this drug and all forms of it.
CAROL GUGEL	I lost my son, Michael this is awful drug. It should NEVER be subscribed to ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carol Gugel
donna Grubb	STOP SELLING THIS DRUG. HOW DO YOU PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT
THERESA E CARWILE	If you see or have a family member or friend going to one of these millions of pill mills. Call the DEA and don't stop. You just might save a life
Jack Jimmerson	The risk far outweigh the benefit of this drug. It must be removed. How many will die before something is done about this powerful drug!
Shyne Pilcher	My son past away August 27th 2011 from oxy overdose. It was prescribed by his doctor due to a accident he had years before. He became addicted and went to the streets to get it. My son was 35. He wanted to be clean and went to the methodone clinic where he became addicted to the opne thing that was suppose to help him. Oxy needs to be regulated Kentucky looses 8 people a day due to this drug. Its time!
Elizabeth Beltrand
Dana Randall	I am a recovering addict from pain killers. I wish there were never anything like this on the market for kids to get hooked on to destroy there life with.
Patrick M.Marino	In memory of my son Patrick A. Marino.10-17-85 to 6-25-09. We will live in heaven together forever..All my Love forever. Dad
kelli
James B Merchant	Sir / Mam I have contacted Perdu Pharma on 6 occasions over the phone requesting help for my son James E who has become addicted to this Oxycontin. He obtains it like candy on the street. Its every where and its killing my son. We get him clean and two weeks later he is addicted again. I have been told it takes 90 days to kick this habit and I have been quoted 65,000.00 for the 90 day program to help James E. Insurance is not accepted and when I contacted Perdu I was given a case number and when I ask for funding to help James E. I was told by Perdu they had no funding to help James E. The company made 6.5 Billion on this drug in 2011, Yet they will not spend one cent to help the young adults that take is as a party drug and end up getting hooked on it. Is it some conspiracy theory plan to kill all of the young american youth in america. Sounds like it to me !!!! Its time to Burn the Purdue Pharma buildings to the ground !!!! Save our sons and daughters.
Anonymous	My 23 yr old is very addicted and never perscribed....this drug is bad....
santana bennett	i want to ban this drug because my wife left me because i was addticed to this drug and i love her more then anything and would do anything to get her back i love her so much . i got the help i needed please do so too.
Victoria Foster	Everyday I pray for every family and person thaat has lost a child and gone through what I have gone through with my son. My son is 24 years old and is now in prison after working for the government and having his whole life together, because he was robbing people for his habit and shooting up 4 times a day. I put my son in prison, but I did not bury him. I thank god everyday that he is still alive, it will be a struggle everyday of my life and I pray for every family out there that has gone through 1/2 of what I have. May god bless all of you through this struggle!
Kyle Parker	Thanks to Oxycontin I have ruined a 14 year Military career and have probably lost my job and put my family's future on the line. I'm going cold turkey to get off this poison and I know it will be hell but it will be better than putting my family through hell. Please pray for me and lets get this oxy crack off the market ASAP!
Cindy Henning
Diane Bass	This drug has destroyed our family. Physicians and pharmacies are killing our youth. This drug needs to be banned.
Lori Walsh	This drug RUINED my children's father's life. It ruined our marriage. It almost ruined my children's as well. It did scar them. It did some serious damage to our family. the Doctor prescribed much more mg. than the amount that was needed. He has many, many former friends that are currently addicted. He almost overdosed and died. He is now in recovery and has 1 and 1/2 yrs. clean and sober. He no longer needs this drug and I rarely EVER hear him complain about "pain" anymore. I would love for it to be banned forever!!!! It is just plain evil.
DONNA KNOBLOCK
Tracey Peirce
LAUREN N. COSSROW	I STARTED ON PERCOCETS AND QUICKLY MOVED ON TO OXY'S! I THINK THAT IF I NEVER MOVED ONTO THEM, I MIGHT HAVE NEVER DONE HEROIN AND ON A METHADONE CLINIC NOW! I'VE BEEN CLEAN OFF OF EVERYTHING FOR ABOUT 6-1/2 YEARS EXCEPT FOR THE METHADONE AND NOW I'M JUST COMING DOWN 10MGS. A MONTH SO I CAN B FREE OF THESE LIQUID HANDCUFFS AND START A NEW CHAPTER OF MY LIFE. THERE WILL ALWAYS B PEOPLE THAT WANNA GET HIGH BUT I'VE KNOWN TOO MANY PEOPLE TO DIE FROM THESE. THERE R OTHER OPTIONS!!!
Mary Jennifer Pruim	My brother's who is apparently addicted to heroin is apparently addicted because of previous Oxycontin prescriptions.
susan nagel	Just thinking abount my grandson James at 18 (2-04-06) Now they are looking at how many are dying in 20006 nothing was being done
billie lacy
Roxanne
madelyn kuhn	god help us........get rid of this! help our children live!!!
Anonymous	My husband was prescribed oxycontin for unbearable hip pain. He took only the prescribed dose, never more. It produced horrible constipation, and pretty much shut down his digestive tract. One day he woke up in agonizing stomach pain and was rushed to the hospital. There, doctors found he had a ruptured colon and needed emergency surgery. Once they had him opened up, the surgeon told me that he had fecal matter that looked like "rock hard, sharp edged stones" in his colonic tract that had caused a HUGE perforation. He came very close to losing his life, but thanks to a crack medical team (no pun intended) he lived, with a colostomy bag attached to his body, and got off this horrendous drug. Purdue Pharmaceutical, you are an evil, horrible company. Why don't we get together a group of people to protest outside their doors? I don't care where they are located; I'll fly there in a heartbeat to create an annoying presence to these criminals. Wonder if any executives there are addicted? Lets take them DOWN!
Heather gill
Bruce D Stewart	i truly would like to see this drug banned not only are the people who are perscribed this poison becoming addicts but the youth of our country are useing this drug at an alarming rate it is killing our youth every day also it is the ultimate gate way to heroin use among thousands of people every year i am not just speaking blindly my son is an addict and it all started with oxy.
TOni Chopic
Laurie Murphy
Anonymous	This drug needs to be taken off the market now!!!! It is killing our country.....please please please take it off the market.
Kristen Giordano
Leslie H. Higgins
Amber Kelly Meagher
Trish Cuccia
LENA SAFI
Gail dunn	I have not lost a family member... but he has destroyed family memebr life. Why do we have to wait untill they die.... Lets help befor that happens...
MIchael Granata	This must be banned period!!! The police are ill trained and helplessly manipulated by the oxycotin addict. These oxcy addicts are manipulative and extremely dangerous to themselves and others. To hide their addiction they lie and steal. The oxcy freak destroys not only themselves but everyone around them. If you are around a oxcy freak run away as fast as you can. Doctors mis-prescribing this crap should face jail time.
Psy Ops	Find a movie called GenerationRX. The movie will change your life and how you look at everything. My doctor wanted to increase the dosage because one day it stopped working, it's basic synthesized heroin. It took me three months to withdraw feeling hopeless, a feeling I never experienced before. I know of what I speak. We are in trouble, maybe the last trouble we will know. The movie is on Netflix, I have no affiliation with, drug companies or movies. You will suddenly realize this country went past being in trouble. GenerationRX is the name again, get it.
joann james	stop oxycotin and also other pain pill hydrocoanes too please. they are very dangerous drugs. joann james
Anonymous	My sister is abusing oxy, I actually think the crazy doctor is abusing my sister by prescribing her xanax,klonopin,oxycodone,adderall,norco,soma. Not lying here...25 year old, history of opiate abuse, bad knee, 1 prescribing doctor. This should be illegal before more and more people die!
jennifer williams
Denise Walters	My daughter is hooked. I want her off of it so bad, i know she wants off as well. The more i read about it the more i worry about her.
Anonymous	I am so sorry for all the people who have suffered because of this evil drug. I too have had my loved ones affected by it & I am personally aware of a person who has dealt this drug for years, I have gone to the West Valley City, Utah police dept. and given this person`s name, address, & A list of the other drugs she is dealing, to a detective. I have also called the Salt Sake City Housing Authority, because she recieves housing, I reported the fraud being committed. This woman's boyfriend is a Math Teacher @ Hunter Junior High School making $49,800.00 per year. She recieves a 2nd. bedroom because he is listed as her aid, he uses the extra room to teach guitar lessons to children in the very same residence from which she is dealing the drugs! The woman who is selling the oxycotinen recieves it free of cost by way of Medicaid. After learning that she was still dealing several months later, and had bought a house w/her Boyfriend/JuniorHigh School Math Teacher. She has now moved another person into the still government subsidised apartment with this person being a dealer for her & selling the drugs in exchange for the apt. and drugs, she has now set up yet another drug house, in her new place. I made a follow up call to the West Valley police dept. and was informed that the detective I had originally given the information to, had gone to the residence and just asked the woman if she was selling drugs. How Stupid Is He? Should be fired, but if one is aware of the WEST VALLEY POLICE DEPT. THEY ARE NOT AT ALL SURPRISED BY THIS IDIOT WHO CALLS HIMSELF AN OFFICER OF THE LAW. I AM SO SICK KNOWING THAT THIS IS BEING COMPLETELY IGNORED AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAN PUT A STOP TO IT WILL DO NOTHING! IF YOU CAN HELP ME MAKE SURE THAT THIS PERSON IS STOPPED, PLEASE CONTACT ME!
Katie Matlock
Catherine Williamson	The devils drug that is messing up our childerns future.
Anonymous	THIS DRUG AND COMBINATION OF DRUGS THAT ARE SO PREVALENT AND PLENTIFUL AROUND HERE, HAS LITERALLY TORN MY FAMILY APART, BY SEPARATION. DIVORCE, INCARCERATION.ESTRANGEMENT. THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK, I SEE IT IN MY FAMILY, THE SCURRY TO TRY AND DEFEAT IT. THE PRICE OF THIS DOPE SKYROCKETING ON THE STREETS, THE DESPERATION OF THE ADDICTS, LIKE DROWNING RATS REACHING FOR ANYTHING TO KEEP THEM AFLOAT. ROBBING FAMILY, FRIENDS, ANYONE, JUST FOR THAT HIGH, WHICH COULD BE THEIR LAST.
Tammy Ratkiewicz	This is the worst drug on the market they use it incorrectly and its taking the lives of loved ones who get percribed this drug and get additicted to it. I have lost one of the closest people in my life to this drug and I resent it everyday. I see more and more people loosing their battle to this horrible drug everyday :( ITs so sad!
JOHN SMITH	ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD RUINING LIVES?
Blake Kanyha
Matt Gilmore	Please...please
Chelsea Smith
Jeremy chaerles	Ive seen this drug ruin countless lives and take others the doctorsans pharmacys that give these substances to people are I believe down right crimanal modern day drug dealers and I whole heartedly feel that these drugs should be banned and the people who have been pushing them into our society should pay a price. To the familys who have lost people to this horrific drug my prayers are with you
Steve Fish	It is an outrage that this drug is given to people to solve a medical issue. It is a killer. Individuals prescribed this and all of their family members were better off without it, regardless of their level of addiction, or responsible use. No matter what you teach children they will be curious, and even good kids try bad stuff. Big Pharmacy, the FDA, and thousands of doctors are all accessory to murder, distribution of a dangerous intoxicant (often to minors who can't even legally buy cigarettes, through street drug trade!), enabling organized crime, erosion of moral fibers, and generally lack decency. I am disgusted by the cause and effect this product has had on society, and the ripples can be felt far and wide, from petty theft to accidental loss of loved ones. It is criminal, irresponsible, and simply greedy to not immediately suspend and halt the production, distribution, and consideration of these street drugs as a medication. There is no excuse for Oxycontin to exist, and there are safe ways to curb withdraw and stop this before its epidemic. I don't care how much money you lose out on, none of us do. Please act responsibly just this once and help create a safer world. How in the world is this drug any more acceptable then heroin?
lloyd sakakeep
charlisa fiddler	yes get rid of that thing getting out into the world..... i know it is impossible for that to happen ....
Anonymous
Aaron Orgill	I, am only another statistic. another young adult who's life has been forever changed after an addiction to oxycontin. Yes, I survived.. yes, I've been sober since May of 2010.. but I am not the same.
Valentine	Please ban this drug. I see a lot young familes lose everthing. It is a downward spirqal drug. BAN OXYCONTIN. ty
David E. Mazan	My heart goes out to all those who have lost loved ones to this addiction and those who have loved ones now struggling to break free from it. I personally have a loved one struggling with it as I write this. I know the fear,heartache and worry that we all have for someone we love who is going through this! Whats the answer to the problem? Well eliminate the easy access to the drug for sure. As far as your loved one, prayer, a good dedicated counselor,and as much love and understanding and support as you can possibly give them. Other action sign the petition,spread the word and contact your local politicians to let them know you want this stopped.
Alex Esposito
Kelly Fancher	If it weren't for OxyContin, my friend would still be here to celebrate her 28th birthday next month. She tried to deal with the addition for several years with no success. This drug stole the laugher and the beautiful smile of my friend Katie. The pain it apparently relieves for patients cannot justify the pain it has caused all those that loved Katie. The FDA needs to remove this drug from the market before it takes someone else's Katie away.
Adrienne Schieffer	We lost my mother, Nancy, in May 2011. She was addicted to Oxycontin and fighting a fight inside that she lost. She took her own life May 2, 2011. I know she would have never done this of her own free will, the addiction was too much, she got lost.
Crystal	My name is Crystal. In July of 2002 when I was 17 years old, I lost my best friend my dad to an accidental drug overdose of prescription medication. He was taking them and addicted for 17 years. The day I lost my dad, was the day the sun would shine a little less. I come from a family of 6 siblings, and for all of us it was the hardest obstacle. We always knew that our dad needed help, and that he wanted to help himself cause he didn't want to die. Unfortunately like others, we found ourselves burying him too soon. Today I am 26 years old, and not a day goes by that I don't think about him. I sometimes feel as though it were a dream I was living. Dealing with this sickness is very painful, and a very long journey. I pray for the families out there who are right now, on this path that their family member, dad, mom, brother, sister, son or daughter fights it. Because we are all affected. With much love peace and blessings ~Crystal~
Jennifer DeMenezes
Muriel Ann May	I am a mother who without my son dying has lost her son. he is not the same young man. I am angry at you and the streets that cant be cleaned up.
Barry Peirson	Its killing my brother and his friends, one of whom has begun using heroin. Fuck you Perdu Phama.
Annette Ryburn	Oxycontin is DESTROYING PEOPLES LIVES. I have seen many instances personally.
Roberta Miller
Jacqueline Diaz	This is the most powerful, highly addictive drug I've ever seen. There is no good to OXY's!!
Monica Meltzer	So many lives ruined by this drug!
Leah Freel	This prescription drug is the new epedemic. Lives are being taken daily. This drug needs to be removed off the market, when its killing more people then its helping.
Tahra Woodard	I am begging and pleading to please stop the manufacturing of this pill and Roxies as well. They are killing and worse then crack epidemic. I lost another friend to this illness of addiction we need to come together and fight for this cause just as you would do for cancer. God bless all that have lost a loved one to this devil and may peace be with you always!
Lindsey Dale
Beth	There are many pain meds that work for mild, moderate and severe pain, meds that do no not cause the devastation that these highly addictive opiates (oxydocone, oxycontin, etc) cause. Ban them now, or watch an entire generation turn into full blown junkies. Unfortunately, it's already too late for many who have died or who live as addicts, whether active or in recovery. Come on America, this is clearly an act of abuse on our society. The drug companies that sell these monster money makers should have to pay for EVERY oxy addict to have access to long term rehab, then they might think twice about pushing their EVIL on us.
Bunny Lamb Rinehuls Herl	There is a way for drug addicts who want help to get help that results in living drug-free. Narcotics Anonymous saved my life and it does not matter what or how much a person uses-any addict wanting to stay clean can recover through the NA program if they follow it as directed in the book "Narcotics Anonymous" and surround themselves with others who have gone before them by going to at least 90 NA meetings in 90 days. 411 will have your local Narcotics Anonymous helpline number for meeting inforation.
Anonymous	Please do something about this terrible problem, I have family members addicted and lost a brother who could have been with us a few more years. I get angry when I think about how he traded and spent money on Oxy's , the only thing I can do is try to help someone else, if only one person .
tom dalton	As a school bus driver I saw bright children- as a citizen I watched a few of these same die.--Where are production figures on number of oxy's made, compared to prescribed numbers.This is the computer age, they know..... yes, it could happen to you too. rich, poor doesn't matter.
Kyrie Fowkes	I live in East KY and I see everyday what this drug has done. I say we need TOUGH FEDERAL laws on this pill. Kentucky is cracking down but Florida is not and that is where a lot of these pills come from. Not only Oxys but other pills like Xanax that are plauging this region. People have to lock their doors and carry loaded guns because they fear people who will rob them for money for pills. I could take Moonshine and pot in this region but this pill abuse has to end. I am tired of it. Stop the Oxycotin express now!
Vickie Pope Hamm	My sister Cathy passed away May 12th ,Her boyfriend passed away Jan 12th, Another friend passed away the same day, all three and about 10 additional friends, went to the same Dr. paid 500.00 a visit to be given these pills, my sister was PreSCRIBED roxys the bottle said "TAKE 10 A DAY AS NEEDED" ALONG WITH methadone , ALSO "TAKE 10 A DAY" THE DR WOULD GIVE THEM 125. OFF THERE VISIT IF THE REFERED A FRIEND, THIS IS CRAZY! IF MY SISTER WERE A MANATEE,MORE WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOR HER, LET 1200 MANATEES DIE A YEAR AND YOU WOULD HERE IT ALL DAY LONG UNTIL SOMETHING WAS CHANGED, MY SISTER WAS A LOVING, CARING, PERSON, THESE DRS A MEDICALLY ALLOWED TO KILL PEOPLE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!
Dezirae Walls
V. Coates	I do not and never have had a problem with addiction, but know others throughout the years that have and this one is by far the worst. All any of the pharma companies do is think of their bottom line first and maybe somewhere along the line when forced they then might think of the person and their families and what has to be gone through due to drugs they and the government approve only to find out later how much of a deal with the devil many are, especially the pain pills. This and many others need to be banned, but they are too much of a money maker in more ways than just to the pharma companies while someone is on all the garbage they offer to patients when you consider people pay and pay and pay until they lose their job, lose their savings, lose their homes, their vehicles, lose their families, beg-borrow-steal, end up in jail and or end up in rehab that is for some like a revolving door of return visits and never can kick the oxycontin and others and all to support a drug habit created by the pharma and medical industries who have all the real statistics on this and the other pain killers, including how deadly they can become and then when the user/abusers are at whits end and death takes over it is the ultimate expense of burial coupled by the pain and hurt for a life time for those left behind. Its not just the drug companies that need to be reigned in but also the one's who approve what they know is not a safe drug for the public and how easily doctors offer and push new drugs based on they were told it is safe for the patient. Would you consider Pharmaceutical Representatives in effect also LEGAL DRUG PUSHERS when you consider they introduce the drugs for the most part to the medical industry from their respective employer -pharma companies? Then it is told that the product is what is best suited to the patient from their doctor who is sold on a sales pitch that a given product is a safe and effective drug to treat a condition by the representative(s)? If the representatives working as agents for the drug companies didn't agree then they wouldn't they otherwise use the terms - do not use due to the effects on the body that may in the end also include DEATH for those who can't handle it when/if you become addicted. Just a thought to ponder due to there are many players in the field of pharmaceuticals and for some as long as they make lots of money then they met their goal even if they don't consider the end result or maybe they do and it is insignificant to what they can make by pushing them! God Bless all those who survived it and made a comebackand all best wishes go out to them for continued success!
Lisa Riot	I am a recovering addict who has been fighting a battle to stay off these damn pills!I just recently lost my fiancee cause he wanted drugs more then me.I also just found out I have 2 good friends just sent to prison in Florida for dealing these.Please ban these horrible drugs!
Michael Thomas	This drug has captured and stolen the brother I love and there is no helping him and this drug is way too easy to get. Please Ban
Greg Dimina	I have lost 10 childhood friends in the last 10 years and 3 of them were brothers. All from this poison! Can't believe this crap isn't band!! I am starting to think that the powers that be are letting it go on because we are over populated..
Anonymous
terri	i want to say bless you to all the families and kids that have signed this petition to ban this drug, I never have seen such a powerful drug my daughter has over and over fallen back to this drug, when she does it the phone calls stop and she doesnt care cause its her world, family worries all the time that she will overdose or sell her body for the lowest point, I thought I was in this alone but realize there are so many she stops when the money runs out and then gravitates to anyone or dealers that have it, I have reported dealers and still look over and over and the police do nothing why? because it feeds into the system lawyers courts,rehabs why dont they ban this drug and stop using it to feed the system that is so broken they are not in it to help only want the money they sacrifice lives everyday it truly changes someone they get pimples on there face so just imagine what it does to there liver or kidneys just imagine 20 years from now whats goi g to destroy our kids bad enough now only more harmful stuff on the way so scary, i feel i will truly have to bury my daughter before I leave this earth, please make a difference and get family and friends to keep on signing i wish everyone alot of luck and support for life truly is more valuable than any drug maker dont you think
Anonymous	My sister is addicted to Oxy, via RXs from her doctor for pain, and her personality has changed drastically. She is aggressive, rude, lashes out constantly at others, and talks to people like they are idiots. She races around 22 hours a day, not sleeping, not eating, has lost a ton of weight, and refuses to discuss anything civil with anyone in the family. I have seen her turn on the charm with strangers, so I know she has the ability to be civil, but with the combination of Oxy, she chooses to take her irritabilities and lash out on those who care about her. The drug is ruining her as a decent human being, thus, it is ruining her relationships. She is currently divorcing her husband and treats him as if he was the devil incarnate. This drug is horrible, and needs to be banned. There are other drugs that can be used for pain, this one is nasty and destroys lives.
Rachel Gibbs	Its pure genocide! I am so disgusted with this stuff and the FDA as well. They know exactly what its doing to the people. Its a sad day when about 75% of your city is on this stuff!
victoria	I just lost a best friend due to oxycottin and other drugs that were mixed with it .. my best friend is sadly missed I feel like i should have spoke up more often .. even the name makes me naseaus im now without my friend I lie in alot pf pain sometimes but refuse to take this dreadful drug and will not now or ever allow a doctor to prescribe me this ....never...! i wish they would make a pain med that is non narcotic and safe to take because we could keep our loved ones for a little while longer, sincerly,victoria.... i hope this medicine is banned before someone else dies
alexis krasotkin	My 28 year old daughter is in a detox hospital for 3 - 5 days. I hope it helps her get her life back. Things in our family are a mess thanks to her addiction to oxycontin.
Kristen Shuffield	This drug came into my life after a major car accident and I battled this monster and other opiates for years after. I finally was able to beat the addiction to this drug. I have also lost friends to this drug and can no longer stand by and watch our youth be tainted by this drug and watch people dealing with moderate pain become consumed by this . This drug does not have to be on the market to control pain. My mother is a registered nurse and very very rarely does she see oxycontin given as a form of pain medication. Its on the streets, it's in our homes, and it's killing teenagers and young adults across the country. We can find something better, we can find a better way.
teresita vega	Stop the Pain Management Clinics and the selling of these addictive drugs!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
Linda Foss	Please get rid of this drug before it kills my son!
Mia P	This drug is evil! Ruins families and lives - get rid of it!
Michelle Dupuis
Courtney Rohr
Justin Hawthorne	It's no mystery that Oxcycontin has become an epidemic in the opiate addiction community over the past 15 or so years. Natural forms of opiates cannot be bannished from the Earth, but these potent synthetic constructs can. They irresponsibility of doctors and drug seeking behaviors of addicts wishing to aquire them far out weigh (in my oppinion) the minority of people that use them responsibly. Too many people get hooked on the effects of Oxy and then eventually move on to heroin. There are other alternatives to pain management. The chemicals oxycontin, opana, dilaudid, and fentanyl are too commonly abused and result in an addiction that destroys families and costs the country billions.
Cindy Fugate Bennett	Cindy Fugate, whose mother, Sandra Fugate Riddle, died of an OxyContin overdose at a roadside motel while shooting up with friends. Sandra Fugate was a caring and involved single parent who began using OxyContin, became preoccupied with her drug use, and distanced herself from her daughter and friends as she became more deeply involved the underground drug community in the months before her death
Jonathan Fees	Ban this drug now
Sarah Witmer	I work in the medical field(E.R. currently) and I see first hand what this drug does to you and those you love and who love you. This drug is a Monster guys..lets get rid of it!!!!
E.J Fink	I'm a former Marine who was injured while serving and have been prescribed Norco, Percocet, Oxycodone, etc. for my pain. As much as I think this drug has a positive use for terminal patients, it is way too easily distributed. I'm very much struggling with my addiction to Oxy's, and fully support this being even more monitered and possibly pulled from the market all together. Thank you
Mary Sheirburn
Brittney Smith	I have a mother who was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis a few years ago and lives with pain everyday of her life. She started seeing a pain management doctor who instatly prescribed her with this drug. From then on it was down hill.. the family suffered everyday through what this medication did to her to affect us in the worst way possible to the point where I couldnt bare to be around her anymore. Im happy to say now that the last time she went to her pain management doctor she told him she did not want another prescription for Oxy and wanted something lighter, from then on she has been Oxy clean. I witnessed her through the worst withdrawls and suffering to now, back to the mother I love so dearly and care about too much to watch those pills kill her.
Eric Vieira
Vanessa Negron
Dirk Kiprik	A close friend of mine just died last winter from this poison.DEAD...The government makes non toxic plants illegal and sells this junk to everyone.awesome.
Marybeth Barrett	I know dozens of young adults addicted to pain killers, including OxyContin. I've seen too many throw their lives away, too many families torn apart by the use and abuse of this medication. With so many pills flooding the secondary markets, we have to ask who is writing all these prescriptions and to whom? We need to stand up (yes against the pharmaceutical companies)and ban this dangerous medication.
Sandra
Megan Blueboy	I have recently had a friend addicted to these, I didn't even know these pills were in our community. I am from a reserve called Moose Cree First Nation. In Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada. I want this pill to stop being made, before it gets worse in our community. I've heard of other reserves in Canada where this pill is being abused and alot of people are addicted. This needs to stop!
Anonymous	I know that drug , a doctor gave me that drug for arthrose. Don t take this product. It s very dangerous. I took 120 mg each day, in the beginning , it was ok, but with the time , i becamed crazy ,it was hell. Don t touch that drug.
Khristina Fortunato
Donna Piranha	the person i love most on the planet turned to heroin after becoming addicted to Oxycontin prescribed to him for pain. i don't know if Sick Rick is alive or dead ... i miss him every day but i can't be with him because he's a junkie and an addict. i cry and wonder every day how people can make money destroying other people's lives ... THIS DRUG SHOULD BE OUTLAWED. (and Godspeed, Rick, wherever you are. ptoatmyli)
Jane Smith
Jack King
princess charming	RIP travis and colby
brandy labosette	RIP travis.colby and stacy
Michelle Ross
DOLORES PIPPIN	My brother is an addict and is living in the streets facing jail time. Also, he got stabbed the other night from drug dealers. Anyone who starts this does not have to be on it long to become VERY addicted to the point where all they care about is getting the next pill which then turns into heroin because it is cheaper..so many young children are getting hooked as well as adults.. where will this all lead if it is not stopped.
Lynda Hughes	RIP....KIPP RUDD 2009 COUSIN
Eveline Craig	Get rid of it now!
Anonymous	Please remove this drug from the market. It is extremely addictive and so easy to obtain and it's hard to watch someone try to withdraw from its use. I am a mother who doesn't know where else to turn for help and by signing this petition as least I feel like I can do something to save mine or the child or loved one of someone else before it is too late.
Debbie	This is a horrible drug that is destroying families killing people of ages. So many of our young.my son had a problem he changed so much that it almost destroyed me I missed the kind sweet funny kid he was my next friend hes two months clean but it never leaves me that he can relapse.Some of these doctors are legalized drug dealers they have to be stopped. Please take this drug off the market and start cracking down on these whacky doctors
Jessica Putch	I have lost a few friends from this drug and now can't believe to see my own sister locked up because two years ago she was in a car accident, had never touched a drug in her life. She has a few different doctors that she visits to keep her drug coming. She can't work, because this and that hurts, every time I see her it is something new. Since she didn't get any money from the accident, only enough to pay for the car damage, can you imagine where the money is coming from to support her habit? I've tried to get her help, but a person with no problems other than having pain doesn't think they need help.
Richard Spoerer
Anonymous	OXY KILLS!!!!!!! GET RID OF IT!!!!!!!!!
Marilynn Ballentine	My oldest son had back surgery years ago and his doctor gave him Oxycontin and many other drugs. He also kept reissuing prescriptions for all these drugs. Now at 55, my son is on SSD and lives a solitary life of drug induced depression and self doubt. He has also become an alcoholic. Please take this Oxycontin and all the other bad drugs out of circulation so others won't have to live like he does.
Danielle Pallotta	I have known too many young people who have overdosed and died from this drug and two of which I was very close to at one point. It's a very sad thing to lose someone you care about! I still think about them a lot and their family and friends who have been changed forever because of this disgusting drug!!
Cynthia Highfill	Please ban this drug! My sister became addicted to OxyContin over two years ago, and when she couldn't get them through doctors she went to the streets and when she couldn't get them there, she turned to heroin and lost custody of her three children. She later told me that the first time she took heroin, it felt NO different than OxyContin. Stop this drug from being produced, for the sake of all!
willaim d. backus
Marsha Schorr	I lost my only son two years ago to this drug. He was 24. I would do anything I can to keep anyone from going through what my family is going through. I will not ever hold his children in my arms, I will not get to witness his successes and watch him grow. He's gone. I miss him every second of every day. This horrible drug kills. It's time that we take a stand against the pharmaceutical companies (Purdue) and doctors who prescribe this poison. I am happy that Florida has realized the situation with the pill mills there are are working to make a difference. We were living in Florida when my son died. If you have lost a child or brother or sister to this horrible drug, please try to find a Compassionate Friends local meeting to attend. There are others who have been through this and they care. My best wishes for you, Marsha
Angela Black	I have a friend who lost BOTH her parents to this drug before she reached the age of 16. Truly sad.
Terii-Lynne Coakwell	It is destroying our town, our families, draining our medical systems, police services but the pharmacutical companies and funeral homes are the only ones gaining
Sylvina Rickard
Darlene Galic	Please ban this drug as it has taken to many lives & is to readily available thru doctors who would rather give into addicted patients then take responsibility to their oaths to "do no harm".
Darlene Budd	I cannot believe they have allowed this product on the market know it takes 6 years to leave the system completely.It has ruined so many lives in our city and people just look horrid. You are leading up to high crime levels keeping this drug legal. I cannot believe the Government allows to keep this going but hey they get a percentage back from the drug companies, so why the hell do they care!!!!
Christine Vollick	This stuff is poison! I know countless people with ruined lives due to Oxy. Thank God my family member has come out of the darkness (thanks to Methadone). It would be wonderful to have this stuff completely destroyed or only administered in hospital to people with cancer, as it was supposed to be used!
Rhonda Shaw	I LOST MY DAD TO OXYCONTIN : (
shelley pfeiffer	they are giving them out like candy in orillia ontario it has too stop now
Anna Aitchison
Michelle Grant
Anonymous	I am an Oxycontin addict and it is ruining my life and the lives of those around me. If I had to use one word to describe what I am now, it would be Junkie.
Vicky Cole
Anonymous	i have been clean for a while now and i have to say you can quit this drug with out having repeated thoughts everyday to use . but i have to tell u i went from living in a nice house nice car motorcycle to selling my belongings and sleeping outside and riding a bicycle before i got tired of living on rock bottom . my sister is still using and i wish she would get help . i support this ban
Alex Worden	I've seen many people led to other opiates by this drug. OxyContin destroys lives, and dependents are detrimental to society.
joann james
Enid L. Afanador	I have never in all my days alive have seen such an epedemic such as this. Good families whose young adults had aspirations and pursed educations have fallen into the grips of this drug and now are as Humpty Dumpties, who can not be put together again. We need all the kings, horses, men, women and all powers that be to put an end to this drug's street availablility.
Amber Robles
Dino Amarini	Both Drug companies and doctors need to show more responsibility. These drug companies are offering incentives to doctors to perscribe more and more of these pills to they make more money. It's all about money and so called business. Some one needs to stop these murderers.. Where are the police and goverment when you need them? They know this is going on today and our young kids are dropping like flys..Where is the accountability? Wake up America....
Michelle R. Allard
Brandy Stocking
jayne
Rebekah	My baby brother became addicted to this medication, he barely had a childhood in and out of rehabs his whole youth. He has fought everyday to stay clean and hope that he still does. These drugs changed him and its disgusting that they are still legal. Please save thousands of kids lives I want to be a future MD and will use all my power one day to prevent one more kid from being the victum of this aweful epidemic. This website is fantastic!!!
S raymond	I pray it gets banned before another generation of our youth is affected.
Justin Dougherty	I am a recovering addict....these are more addictive than Heroin, or any other street drugs I have used....Alcohol is petty compared to this garbage. I've almost died a handful of times do the heavy use of this perscription. Yes I abused them, but I've never found anything else that has so much negative power over my soul....God Bless.
Jade	I would love if oxycontin would disappear. I wish my sister would come back and be my sister again, she's just not the same anymore.
Renee Schmalbach
Janet Goff
joann james
Angela Wilkins
Dee	My husband is addicted. I can't do anything to stop him. I've tried so many ways. He was originally prescribed this for back pain but now is spiraling out of control. It's affecting our lives and our marriage. I hate this drug and it should be banned. For all those who have lost someone to this drug. I am truly sorry and purdue should be too.
Vincent Fernandez	I was addicted to this for 2 years and almost had an overdose. Now I am suffering from alot of mental issues and take alot of meds for it.
Monica Goforth
jeanine filteau
Mel Hagelberg	YOU KNOW?..IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT IS KILLING INNOCENT CHILDREN, TEENS, AND GROWNUPS TOO!..WOULD YOU NOT STOP MAKING THE THING THAT CAUSES THEM TOO!..OXYCONTIN WAS MADE WITH ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS, BUT COMBINED TOGETHER TO MAKE A DEADLY PILL FROM A DERIVATIVE OF OPIUM, WHICH WHAT MAKES UP COCAINE AND HEROIN. MY SON DIED FROM METHADONE, WHICH IS WORSE IF NOT THE WORST KILLER TO DATE... SIGNED...MEL HAGELBERG 8/5/2011 R.I.P.....KYLE STEVEN HAGELBERG..1/20/88...12/7/2005..17YRS
carrie coldren	recovering oxycontin/heroin addict
Mark Montgomery	A tiny city in Vermont, 16,000 people, more Oxy addicts on it's streets than you can ever imagine. STOP THE MADNESS!!
Karren Hart	Oxycotin is addicting so bad that i lost my husband at a young age ... he had back pain and could get it from his doctors and if not them off the streets..yes,i agree it's like hillbilly heroin.
Anonymous
Jamie Red
angie hincapie	My heart goes out to all the families affected by this drug.
Teri Dodge
Anonymous
JIMMY WRIGHT	MY BROTHER ,IS ON THIS DRUG FROM BACK PAIN FROM A DR.IN JAX FL , HE HAS LOST HIS FAMILY ,HIS ASSETS AND NOW HE ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE REALIZING THAT HE HAS THIS DRUG ADDITION THAT MADE HIM TAKE MONEY FROM OUR COMPANY WE BOTH OWN AND I FOUND OUT AFTER THE POLICE CALL 10 K DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS WAS PAID FOR BUT NOT INSTALLED,THEN HE OMIT HE SPENT THAT IN 2 MONTHS ON OXYS .IM AM HIS TWIN WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE ,AND NOW HE IS CHANGED ,WANTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE,PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEADLY KILLER EFFECTING THIS USA.
Margie Fleitman
Jeanine O'Connell	My heart goes out to every person taken by this drug and to each and every member of their families and friends.
Brittany Reid	I believe the FDA has pain medication that is just as affective but not as addictive. I have seen way to many people who can walk just fine who has minimum pain prescribed this medication. I have lost friends to this powerful drug and have heard it's one of the hardest addictions to overcome. It's to easy to get from doctors and on the streets and needs to be stopped soon. How many lives does it need to take before the drug companies care?
Aymie Burns	Oxycontin needs to be taken off the market. There are other painkillers that are just as effective, but not as addictive or dangerous. This crap took down a friend who used to be a cop. Now he is facing 5-10 years in prison. Doctors who prescribe this so easily also need to be held accountable.
Anonymous	I know too many deaths and heroin addcits caused by this dreadful drug, GET RID OF IT!
cynthia shermetaro
Susan Bobbitt	Is there anyway I can help with gaining signatures. I am so brokenhearted about the lives that have been infected with the PURE EVIL of drug production. It is so so so sad what is happening to the youth in our communities. The oxycontin express video should be shown to students in school. Is there a program that I can implement in the schools. What can I do to lead this fight in my home town? I am so passionate about serving this purpose, but don't know what or where to go. Please help me to help you. Thanks for your energy. Love and light to all that sign this very needed ban! God bless the efforts of all of those who fight this war on drugs. It is a battlefield of the mind and it is a spiritual war indeed.
Anonymous	I have a beautiful 19 year old daughter that is has been taken over by this drug. She started using when she was 14 years old and has continued to use. She has been in and out of rehabs for the last 3 years never completing one program. She has told us that when she takes the Roxys she "feels like Nothing can hurt her". She has not only destroyed her life but has taken our family down with her. She has effected my job, my family and my friends. Oh, and did I mention she is 8 months pregnant??? It KILLS me to see what this drug has done not only to her/us but to the thousands others that have to sit back and watch our kids slowly kill themselves. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Take OXYCONYIN out of our LIVES so our kids can keep THEIRS!!!!!
diane boyd
Jamie
Julissa Crespo	I hate this drug im a 19 yr old girl that this drug has destroyed my family. my father was percribed them and now has gotten adicted to it i was just to blind to realize he was even using and by the time i did it was too late he went from taking them orally to snorting to now injection and now my dad is spending his time in a county jail awating trial cause he is facing 3 life charges. he just got so badly adictted to this stupid drug and in a way i feel like its my fault i didnt notice it. he did a stupid thing to try and support his habbit. =[
Anonymous	It needs to go. Now.
Lise Touchton	Please ban this monster drug
joann james
Anonymous	I have never in my life thought I would see such damaging effects from one pill. 32 yrs of marriage down the drain because of it. This evil pill destroys families, friendships,communities and more sadly ,LIVES! BAN this drug before it destroys any more lives..I miss you dear freind. Rest in peace Vicki! I will always love you. I miss our talks together and the fun we had.
Michelle	This drug destroyed my life, thank God for the people and programs that are helping me put it back together, i hope NO BODY has to suffer or die from this drug ever again
Anonymous	Now we have 4 more innocent people killed in an oxy robbery in new jersey, plus a young couple who committed a horrible crime they will have to live with for the rest of their lives. God help us all if these drugs are not taken off the market!
Patricia Foord	I have had several friends die from this medication. Nearly everyone else I know that takes them are having serious problems in their lives. They don't know how to get off these extremely addictive medications & feel struck. I have been interviewing people for the last 8 months & nearly all of them told me various stories about how this medication has assisted in ruining their lives. There are very few resources in my area for these people to turn to in order to get clean, unless they have insurance, which most people dont. I'm heartbroken every time I pass ANOTHER billboard or read ANOTHER article regarding this medication. I have even seen coupons for a discounted rate to new clients. I have seen doctor's offices with people lined up around the building waiting to be seen. Unfortunately, I myself was a victim of a doctor prescribing me this medication & NEVER ONCE explained that I could become addicted or dependent on it! Thankfully, I got myself clean & have now devoted my life to helping anyone that needs assistance in getting off this medication. I am BEGGING you to please ban this product, as I do not want to attend ANOTHER funeral!!! Thank you for your time!
Anonymous	OXYCOTTON IS TOXIC AND DESTRUCTIVE. IT KILLS BRAIN CELLS AND IS TOXIC TO THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS. MY FAMILIES EXPERIENCE WITH THIS DANGEROUS DEADLY LEGAL DRUG STARTED OVER TEN YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TODAY. OUR DAUGHTER STRAIGHT A STUDENT WAS HONORED AND ACCEPTED INTO A PRE COLLEGE IN TENN. DURING THE 9TH GRADE. SHE HAD ALSO WON BEAUTY PAGENTS AND MANY AWARDS BEFORE OXY CAME INTO HER LIFE. SHE WAS PRESCRIBED OXYCOTTON AND IS STILL BEING PRESCRIBED THIS DEADLY DRUG TODAY. HER LIFE TODAY HAS DRASTIC CHANGE. A FORMER A STUDENT CAN HARDLEY CARRY A NORMAL INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE. A FORMER BEAUTY PAGENT WINNER HAS LOST HER ORIGINAL TEETH AND NOW WEARS FALSE TEETH, AND HAS SINCE THE YOUNG AGE OF 22. TOXICIANS FROM OXY HAS LEAKED BILE THROUGHOUT HER BODY CAUSING LIVER DAMAGE. SHE HAS HAD NUMEROUS OPEPATIONS HER GALL BLADER HAS BEEN REMOVED. SHE CONTINUOUSLY VOMITS AND CANNOT HOLD FOOD ON HER STOMACHE. 4 YRS AGO SHE LOST 7 LBS EACH WK AND WENT DOWN TO SIZE 0 BEFORE BEING HOSPITALIZED.
Ryan Harvey	You have my 100% support
Lisa Newman	Please save our youth from this horribly addictive drug. I am a nurse and a mother. I feel powerless to protect my family and my patients from such an evil substance. We have to ban together!
yvonne roldan	My son became a full addict with this and other pain killers. Rehab does not work anymore. He's living out on the streets and wants no help. To top it off, he's handicap..
Melissa Adams	This drug is an epidemic, it's killing and destroying peoples lives. It should not be legal!
Krista Wilson	I dont know of anyone personally who has been lost to this drug, but i feel strongly that it should be banned!
Anonymous
Kayce Hoebel
ryan nixon
Anonymous	My 48 year old husband was one of these victims to the addiction of Oxycontin. He was in an automobile accident in 1995 and since that day he had taken Oxycontin along with several other narcotic drugs for pain. His "Pain management" doctor, gave him 150 pill at the time and was in no way concerned if he himself was addicted to these pills. They did a drug test on him every few months, but that was just to make sure he was not taking them and selling them. They wanted to make sure the Oxycontin was showing up in his system. To make a long story short, it was nothing for him to take all 150 pills in a 10 day span. These pill were 20mg tablets and to say the least they destroyed him and caused his death March 31, 2011. He died from combined toxicity of Oxycontin, zoloft and methodone. Where did he get the methodone, I have no clue. Why wasn't the doctors checking for other narcotics during the drug testing, they were too concerned he was out making money on this drug, they could care less that he was an addict himself. Rest in God's arms Tom, your battle is over and you are finally at peace.
Anonymous	its killing our youth ...slowly.
Anonymous	What is wrong with this picture Our congress is allowing the Doctors to administrate and perscribe this medication that is killing our children, our family members, so the Pharmaceutical companies can make millions. But the FDA can make laws to what we use or have knowledge about the natural man made medicines that may help our well being, but this group is not stepping in with Congress to stop and band this highly dangerous addictive medication that is destroying causing a slow death. Our familie's loved ones mean so much to every family in America. Why Why Why? What also makes me angery our children are being thrown in to prisons for theft to steal for there drug addictions. No one seems to care! I mean is our fellow man getting so selfish to the american dollar that even if it's killing destroying our loved ones and we the people can not change this. How can a Congress allow this?
Teresa Persinger	Yes! I lost a beautiful Neice that had so much to live for that left two beautiful children that my Mother, and Sister, are raising them as a single parent. We all felt the empty lost of her leaving this earth to this Oxicontin, that a Doctor perscribed to her for pain in her back. She became addicted dependant traped to this drug and was consuming up 30 pills per day, after getting ammuned to them in a 2 year period. My Mother would call me cring, explaining how my Neice was no longer the same person her body so weak not being abled to function as a normal person, falling daily with constant splur speech. We all loved her very much what this drug did to her is just unbelievable how she suffered daily. Any Doctor that perscribes this drug to anyone knowing the outcome of drug is beyond me.
Michael	There are too many Pharmacies being robbed for this drug. It needs to be removed from the market.
Mark Stevens	I am currently in treatment for opiate addiction and have been for 10 months. It all started in high school when I had surgery and my doctor prescribed vicoden. When that doctor split town 5 months later I continued occupational therapy with a new doctor. When he realized I was still being prescribed the Vicoden he immediately had that stopped. Needless to say when the withdrawals started I went searching for them on my own. I continued using opiates for 4 years until I finally made the best decision of my life to go get treatment on September 21, 2010. So this really hits home with me and I really hope we can make a difference and get this "medicine" banned. I posted this link on my twitter and Facebook account for everyone to see and to try and get the word out. Mark Stevens
Jean	I have recently had to confront my daughter about her addiction to pain medicine. I never in a million years thought I would have to have a conversation like that with one of my children. My heart is aching, she is in total denial and thinks that because the Dr. prescribed it and she takes more than she should, that it is OK? She is in complete denial and come to find out that she has gone as far as to purchase any kind of pain pills she can get her hands on! I have notified everyone of her friends that if I find out anyone enables her or gives her access to pills I will turn them in to authorities! She is insisting that she can get off of them herself and even though I offered to pay for any detox or treatment needed to help her she refused. I am so distraught over this and don't know where to go from here? She has some back pain and I don't understand why a Dr. would continue to prescribe such a strong, addicting drug to a patient without any concern that they are getting addicted, especially when she continues to try and get refills before they are due? I realize that something needs to be done! I cannot believe how many people have access to this kind of medicine?
Karen McDonald	I live in Canada and our doctor made my husband an accidental addict due to a knee injury. He needed full knee replacement and was on waiting list in Canada for 8 years before it was his turn. (Yes, our socialized medicine isn't all it is cracked up to be). That meant he was on oxycontin for 8 years. He turned into the most miserable, angry always yelling and screaming person I have ever seen. This drug destroyed my marriage, my husband's relationship with his daughter. I hate oxycontin!!! and the company that is distributing it. Once my husband received the knee replacement, another total hell began with him trying to get off the oxy's. Our doctor blamed my husband for becoming addicted because he had an "addictive personality". What a crock.... I would like to see him taking oxy's for 8 years and not becoming an addict. Oxy's, percosats.... all should be banned in USA and Canada!
Lauren	I don't understand after all of this press and all of these shows and all of this addiction why these pills are still legal. I feel as if the FDA has really failed the United States.
Anonymous	We recently found out that our son is addicted to this hellish drug. He has spent every cent he ever earned, savings are gone, credit cards are charged to the limit, and he has resorted to hocking any items of value. So far he has limited this to his own stuff, however I wouldn't be surprised at how far he would go for his euphoric state.Doctors, legistlators, drug companies along with pharmacies. MUST be accountable for the volume of this drug getting onto the street. Solutions are needed now. Ban this drug completely. Have doctors issue a harder to comeby subsitute in the instance of critical pain management. Save our families!
Brenda Wiles	In memory of Dustin Nicholas; Fatal toxicity of Oxycodone
Joe levy	Florida pain doctors are the biggest drug dealers around
susan larkin
Nicole Kouba	I have several close friends that have been hurt or are still hurting from the effects of oxycontin. It is very clearly something we DO NOT need in our society and lives.
Beth Sanchez
Karen Beggs	Not only should there be a ban but doctors should be liable for extended prescibing.
Anonymous	having been addicted to most opiates beginning with vicodin, oxycontin, and ending with methadone I see and feel the devastating effects that it has caused in the lives of my children,parents and spouse...Iam blessed to once again be clean for five weeks..
Jacquelyn	This drug is an outrage! It's becoming an epidemic. Doctors don't realize how much it destroys people's lives. They blindly prescribe this drug and don't even think twice about the affect it may have. As a result, people are turning to heroin to get the same result and then end up robbing to keep up the addiction. My deepest and most sincere appologies to those families who have lost someone or who are in a constant battle to keep themselves or someone close to them clean.
Randall A Beggs	Stop the manufacture and distribution of this evil poison. If the A.M.A. isn't on board with this ban, they (the A.M.A.)are sanctioning evil and have no collective conscience.
Anonymous	A very dangerous addictive drug. Join us in getting the word out.
Anonymous	A very dangerous addictive drug. Join us in getting the word out.
Linda Carrico	The sooner this drug is off the market, the better. There have been Dr.s in Florida getting kids hooked, then selling it on the streets. What a travesty.
Anonymous	My husband has changed his normal loving side and now drinks beer all day and says he takes less oxy than ever but, right.
Stephanie Camargo
Leslie Lang
DEBBIE ROBINSON	I too have been effective by this drug. My son was addicted on it and now is in recovery. Please DESTROY this drug before it destroys more lifes and families.
Rhonda Perez
CAROL OWENS
Kirby Jill Conway
Abigail Toledo	I have just read of yet another death due to addiction of this drug; the wife of a young Sailor who serves in our US Navy. The dollar value of this drug is finite. The value of life is infinite. Please do the right thing.
Jennifer Mongeau
Ron A.	I work in an emergency room.....so many young people come in, disowned by their families due to their addiction and the behaviors that help them supply that addiction. It is amazing how many of them, and also middle aged, started using oxy's as long as 2-3 years earlier due to a legitimate pain issue. There are alternative medications that are not nearly as addictive. I do not know what the ratio of legal to illegal use is, but, I suspect illegal use far exceeds legal use. It is a money maker for some, a life destroyer for others. Like Qualudes in the 70's, Oxycontin should be taken off the market.
Amelia Levy
Whitney Disney
Cindi	My son, Robert, 21 years old, is addicted to oxycontin...shots it into his veins!!! This drug is so powerful that it can over take a persons life like it has his. He just turned himself into the police for stealing copper to buy one pill!!! He had rather be in jail and not using than be free and continuing to use. HELP OUR KIDS!!!! God Bless everyone.
Jared Parfrey	This is the best thing i have seen in years. Oxycontin should be banned completely.
Henry Farley	First, my heart goes out to all of the families who have lost a loved one, including myself from this cash cow drug. The United States of America should be ashamed of themmselves. The Doctors in India and Europe dont prescribe medicine like this for people in their 20's and 30' for a so called backache. All you need is an MRI, but how can you tell if you back really hurts from an MRI? You can see the doctors just need that to protect their ass. My theory on this is that this drug started to get overblown in 2005. If I can recall we were telling Afganistan that they are not allowed to grow a poppy plant in their country. FOR REAL!!! Its their country. So not only di we rob oil we robbed their heroin refine it in the lab and bamm now you have the purest heroin money can buy. What happens when a kid on the street gets caught with say an ounce of cocaine in this country? I will tell you, they are going to sit him in a room. These no good for nothing midget cops on steroids, are going tosay your looking at 25 yrs if you dont tells who you got this from. Guys you dont tell them nothing. Tell them you want to speak to y0ur lawyer. Now on the other hand if you get caught with oxycodone that the FDA approvstrung out on oxys in his waiting roomed, and they want to arrest you, why dont you tell them who the greedy king pin Dr.who has 50 people strung out on oxys which is mostly what they prescribe. All these Dr.s want to do is book as many appoints as possible
Laurah	This drug took my father when i was just 20 and he was 48 he was using it under a doctors prescription and sadly became addicted... my father was the best dad i could have ever asked for, hard working and always had so much love to give ..my life will never be the same and im filled with emptyness anger and confusion..i hope one day soon this drug will be banned and no longer given to the public as a pain killer..its awful and i think that what u are doing is great bringing awareness to the world. thank you Laurah.
emily newman
robin descaro
kat schnepp	I simply believe a medication of this caliber can only do more harm than good,and because it is endorsed by medical professionals it is "acceptable."
astrid vera
Jessica Smith	Florida is the oxycontin capital - so many young people dying; something has got to change...
April Stoneberg
Judy Davis	I lost my 28 yr old son (father of 2) 4 yrs ago to this VERY ADDICTIVE drug. Please take it out of the hands of people who don't need it!!!!! He was prescribed 180 a month for a knee injury from two yrs prior from a pain clinic in Tampa, Florida. His wife had a car accident and it was and still is prescribed to her as well. She is still addicted and unable to raise their two children.
Brandon Jamile	I have just found out my younger sister is hooked on smoking oxycontin. I'm scared for her. I know what it does. I'm a recovering addict and am just praying that she won't have to suffer such a loss as I have.. Ban this monster!
Mary wilson
Jennifer Rodriguez
Seth Miller	Dangerous DRUG that destroys peoples' lives, health, and basic well being. Synthetic heroin is all it is.
Charles Price
Stephanie B.
K.Holcomb	My heart goes to the families that have lost loved one's, or having to go through this nonsence. Ive watched several young friends and family go down the wrong path and it's heart breaking. It needs an ending, NOW.
Norma foote	In honor of your angels!
Jacqueline Johnson
Marla Johnson
Carly Ourada
gail levy	Ban this drug immediately. How many more lost lives must there be?
Ashley Jones
Alexa B. Boswell	I hope more than anything that one day our society and most importantly our government will accept and realize we have a serious problem that needs to be stopped with laws. OxyContin and similar drugs like it need to be classified like other hard drugs such as Cocaine and Heroin. I live in Florida so we see more than 7 deaths a day in this state alone but it seems as no one cares because nothing is being done. Actually the exact opposite is being done. Florida is the number one pill mill state. We leisurely sell it to ANYONE from ANYWHERE and off they go with these little murderous pills at their own hands. Something needs to be done or there won't be anyone left to do anything at all.
Anonymous	I have to friends dead thanks to those pills!!
Norma Babin	The recent killing of 4 people during a theft of prescription meds at a local pharmacy speaks volumes to the seriousness of the addictive properties of these drugs and the efforts addicts will undertake to keep the supply coming.
Anonymous
Christina Moore
Crystal Lamson
Chris blau	All about money...Afghan Opium ...the real weapon of mass destruction
Jenny Marshall	I have a brother and sister that are both addicted to this drug. I know of several others as well that are not related to me, however this drug has ruined their lives as well as the future of the children. One person I know that is addicted to this WAS a police officer and is no longer one because of this drug. Please ban this drug and stop killing people!!!
Linda Jenson	My father, sister and son all have addictions to opiates. All started with pain due to surgeries and injuries and now they are all sick. My beautiful 29 year old son is now shooting Black Tar Heroin and is a shell of the son I knew. He was arrested for it and will probably now do time. Why aren't these doctors in jail?? My father has been so sick and watching him and my son go through the same withdrawals is heart wrenching. My fathers doctor said, "he is old and it doesn't matter if he's an addict, he's in pain. He gets it from 4 different doctors and he's 81 years old. My son will not survive much longer and every day I must watch him die. Why can't this medication be distributed like methadone and kept off the streets? I have spent over $20,000 just trying to save my sons life. Justice must be served.
SHREE VANCAUWENBERGHS
carole a brown
Anna Sowinski	I saw my boyfriend's 26 year old niece in her casket because of Oxy addiction. That poor girl had so much promise for a bright future, and now she's dead. Ban Oxy, please. She was only 26...
Vincente Viviette	I currently am addicted to this drug, but even still, I can see how many lives it destroys and agree that it should be banned. The elimination of all Oxycodone or opiate-derived products for pain is not something that's going to happen. But I think that the amount in one pill should not exceed and absurd amount... somewhere around 10mg being the highest dosage for Oxycodone in one pill, I know, even still the risk of addiction or even physical addiction is a possibility, but I think it would greatly reduce how much you crave the drug or, I should say the time it takes to want more, which I will tell you, can be a critical factor. See, I know, because when most people start this stuff, at least when I did, you don't think in the terms of "oh, this pill contains 60mg or 80mg" you simply see it as being 1 pill or a half a pill Etc.
Jacob Reynolds	My regards to the many that have fallen to this addiction. I would like to see Oxycontin illegal.
CRYSTAL GROGG	I have had a few friends in my life ruin their lives becuase of those pills. I also have had problems with prescription drugs myself and I want to help the fight with those who just cant seem to get them out of there lives. I have family memebers who are really messed up because of those pills Please people lets do all we can so these doctors will stop just handing them out for backaches.. Something has to be done with these doctors, Thats where we will make a difference. Please everyone sign this petition and show your love ones u really do care about there life and safety.. I love you too all my family and friends fighting the fight against addiction I love you and am Praying for you all.. <3 me U can do it Get yourself clean and live a normal life without pills..
Amber Lynn	I wish to help BAN. this product. I has consumed so many people i know and it hurts. Ban is not a big enough word for what need to happen, It should be worse DESTROYED like the many families have been DESTROYED by these. OXYCONTIN and other brands ARE THE WORST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS WORLD. An i know from expierence it changes a person and turns them into monsters, I know because i lived with it all around me knowing their pain and suffering. I missed the one person the most in my life My best friend, My brother sometimes i feel like i dont know him anymore, and thats sad to say. But he is getting help, Its not easy but it can happen. You can Stop! But it would be easier if its out their reach. Join with me and help ban, And save a life cause you never it could be your brother.Or cousin. Or even Child.. I Love My Brother,My Bubby, This needs to happen now, Not TOMMORROW!
kayla smillie	ive had two people especially close to me get cought up in the use of these pills. both of them are on the road to recovery, thank god! these pills DESTROY not only the person using but everyone who cares about them. it consumes you before you even realize its as bad as it is. its killing people left and right, young and old. the deaths from using too many or the wrong way is rising at an empidemic rate. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ban the distribution of these pills!!
Rob	For about 3 years I was lost in addiction. It started with Oxycontin and ended with injecting heroin into my veins. Would I not have taken that first pill, I might of been able to save myself from what would become a living hell. Im about 8 months sober and everyday is a struggle, though the physical part has long passed, the mental anguish and guilt I feel over my past actions will likely be there for the rest of my life. I was lucky enough to find the will to escape, but so many people I know haven't, and it kills me to watch them kill themselves. Off hand, I can think of at least 6 people whom I know that have died from an overdose, and I know at least 5 others who are not far behind. I wish there was something I could do.
Ashley R Usina	I would just like to say that it has hit St.Augustine, FL in the head...HARD!!! I'm so sick of losing friends of mine just because some doctor told then they needed to take this medication! The doctors get them addicted then leave then to fend for themselves. These doctors that prescibe this should have charges against them for what they do to ppl and their families and unborn children. The FDA should have never approved this of other harsh pills of this maginatude. I have tried so hard to find any research of what these pills may have done to my niece when she had no choice but to take it as she was born with it in her system!! They should do a more long term research before they approve anything!!! Please help us save our loved ones at risk! I just lost another friend that I have know almost all my life just last week!! How many others is it going to take. OR DO YOU EVEN CARE?
Marion Kirkman
Julia Kaplon
Jodi Kesterson	I ruined my life with oxys lost my beautiful boys my home and myself. But I am clean and sober today with the help of God and I would love to see oxys taken off the market
Anne Harwood	My Grandson is addicted and has lost several friends in the last year to this HORRIBLE drug. PLEASE ban this drug before we lose anymore children. I am looking for help for my grandson.
Anonymous	Purdue Pharma..............you got some bad ass karma.
Elizabeth McAuliffe
Brian Roberts	As a drug addict in recovery for 9 yrs, I know how powerful these drugs are and how addictive they are and Purdue should be held accountable now and in the future.
Tammie Allen	My son Travis Lee Allen was addicted to OxyContin. He was so lost in his addiction He took his own life in 2004. I will never get my son back but maybe we can stop this from happening again. Get this drug off the market and off the streets. It is a KILLER DRUG!!
Terri Hubbard	I am a 31yr old mother of two beautiful children. I lost a husband and my children lost their father 4yrs ago due to an addiction to OxyContin. I ended up in rehab and lost custody of my children, my home and was left with nothing because of this drug. I'm proud to say that I am sober and feel like I have a responsibilty to pass the word along of the dangers of this drug. My heart goes out to all of the addicts out there who have to deal with this issue, to all of the family members that have to suffer along with an addicted loved one and to anyone especially parents that have lost their children to this disease. I hope that there will be a ban on this drug in this country so that future generations will never have to deal with this highly addictive substance. I appriciate all that you are trying to do. Thank You.
Debra Smith	THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking a stand against this awful legal but lethal drug!! I am definitely in the minority of chronic pain people because I have refused all prescription pain scripts given to me since 1975 when I was diagnosed with a rare and very painful spinal disease. Being a child of the 70's, I saw enough of my friends who died from overdoses or were injured longterm by them and knew I had to "Just say NO!" when it came to me. It has not been easy but I am still saying NO to prescription pain killers and only using OTC when I absolutely need something short term. I'm so sick and tired of these filthy stinking liars getting away with literal murder and our country turning its head to it! Hope this helps wakeup all of us who 'swallow' such crap in the name of 'It's Legal'!! What a bunch of baloney!! God Bless!
Miles Lamound	Yes I had a huge problem with oc I was hooked on them for 6 yrs I have been clean for 4 yrs I almost lost everything wife and two kids this drug use to make you sick made the flu feel like a common cough and the mental part forget it but I got into a program and was scheduled down off with suboxone it work for me the biggest part is did you hit bottom and you have to not want to get high god bless anyone who is using if you think you can beat it with out help from your family your wrong I pray they pull this no good drug I wouldn't give it to a dying dog it serves no perpose other than destroy you and your family there's help you just have to want it and I would like to say god bless the families of lost ones and families that have addicts battling this horrible drug love you all keep fighting the fight and the day will come and the makers will be brought to justice
Dale Maupin, DO	"""Isn't the FDA suppose to protect consumers? Well, they failed when they approved this drug""" Goddamn, the disturbing fact that our cultural intelligence has degenerated and gone to shit.
SHANNON SNELLING
Leah Raffles	It breaks my heart to look my friend in the eyes and see her pain as she grieves the loss of her father. And if oxycontin had been ban long ago, there is a possibility that she wouldn't have had to deal with this pain. This drug destroyes everything in its path, not just the people that use it but their family and friends as well.
Tiffany wright	My husband was on oxycontin for 2 years due to a back injury and got Addicted to them. He is in recovery nowfighting an addiction. Oxycontin is the worst drug in the world and I cannot believe the FDA approved a drug that is destroying good people. Please take this and all forms of oxycontin (roxicodone, oxycodone) off the market before It Destroys our country!!!!
Anonymous	After reading many petitions, I would like to know how this drug ever got FDA approval. What was the FDA thinking! How can a drug that causes so much destruction be approved in the first place? This drug is so very powerful that it controls every aspect of ones life, and because of this many people have become addicted to the effect it has on them. Many have died and many more will die because of this drug. It doesn't have to be this way, but nothing is being done to stop this drug from being distributed. Isn't the FDA suppose to protect consumers? Well, they failed when they approved this drug.
Anonymous	im terribly sorry for everyone who lost a loved one to or is currently in a battle with oxy. I know the perdue people are making rediculous amounts of money off something that ruins lives. i know that this drug is extremely addictive. friends of my friends have died from it and other friends are addicted. i chose to sign. sorry..theyre too rich and wont let it happen
Jay McLaughlin
Mollie Fabian	please ban this drug...
Butch Willis	My thoughts and prayers are with all families who have endured a loss due to this drug.
Marsha Schorr	The second anniversary of my son's death was last week. I lost the most important person in the world at the age of 24. He trusted his "friends" who likely saw him in trouble but decided to protect themselves and not get help for him. Now, I have to find a way to live each moment without my son, Aaron Fender. Oxycontin took his life, though he only had 96 mg in his system. That's all it took in a person with asthma. Please get the word out to everyone you love - asthma and pain killers will kill you! Oxycontin is heroin. It kills. For my beautiful son, Aaron and all who knew him and those who may be going down the same road or are watching someone they love go down this road. It only leads to death. I love you, Aaron. Forever. Love, Ma
Marilyn Signorelli	This is a devastating drug. It wraps it claws around the victim and doesn't let go. I have a loved one battling the effects of this poison and it breaks my heart to see what it does to him, and to everyone and everything around him. He has been to rehab and so may of the residents are addicted to oxycontin, and then move on to heroin, as it is more cost-effective,but certainly just as devastating! Please ban this drug - it is poison and so many lives have been lost because of it (the addicts AND their loved ones!)
Anonymous	There is no good reason for OxyContin to be on the market. Health care providers have many other prescription options for chronic pain relief. This drug just cannot be used in a responsible and reasonable way given its powerful addictive qualities and causes inordinate pain and suffering in our communities.
Peter Signorelli	My brother has been in out and of rehab b/c of this drug. I'm licensed social worker and psychotherapist, Columbia trained ... i've had to learn more about this drug than I wish ... there's no question to me that it's HIGHLY addictive and destructive. We got along for thousands of years without this medication and we will once again once it's off the market. This is strictly a case of a greedy pharma company not wanting to give up it's gravy train ... the human toll is not worth making a few thousand shareholders happy. Get a conscience FDA and just use practical sense and judgment on this case. Respectfully, Peter Signorelli.
Howard S Burket	My heart continues to pain for all these people, as my son took his own life 2008 feeling like the post Jodie posted. 10k plus signature's and nothing has changed. Why a deaf ear too this stuff I continue too ask.
Teresa Bennett
Stacy Christoffersen	My son took oxy for a knee surgery at 16 years old. Our lives have been a nightmare of addiction for the last 7 years. I think it should be taken off the market and some kind of restitution be made to victims. Why the hell it is still on the market with all the devastation it has caused is beyond me.
john signorelli	Thank you
JoANN GRANATELL	Please save our children and ban Oxycontin !
Eldridge	I haven't any loved from the drug but I seen teens dying from over dosage of this evil drug. I witnessed people who are really addicts doing things a normal person can't do just to get hold of this malicious drug. If you exclude this from the pharmacist list am sure it will help a lot if people as a whole.
Marlene Picard	My son started using Oxy at 15. He mostly smoked the pills but has even used IV's. When he couldn't get a hold of oxy, he became dsperate for other pain meds and even ended up in the hospital from an od on moriphine. He has been to inpatient and IOP and is currently in Juvy as he can not quit and can not pass his UA's My son is very bright and talented and so are many other kids that are currently hooked. I am close to the parents of others going thru the same oxy battle. What these kids do just to obtain this drug is heart wrenching. I feel the only way my son is going to quit is to get this drug off the market. I think the makers of the drug should have to hear and read all the oxy testomonys, I do not see anyone getting off this drug and I have seen kids doing rehab over and over. If there is anything I can do or say to anyone that would have impact on getting this drug off the market, please let me know.
kerri murphy	I have experienced the effects of addiction to oxycontin within my immediate family..this drug is destroying lives, many lives. Young, beautiful people are falling victim to this drug.The MD's that are prescribing these medications need to be brought to justice. The DEA needs to become more involved in this process. How is this happening, that these big companies are making millions of money off of pharmacutical heroin, and getting away with it. Why dont they go a step futher and legalize heroin,while they are allowing the deaths of children with legal drugs? This is an outrage
crsupan	Because of oxy, my daughter is a herion addict. Like so many of our youth, they pop the pill not asking or knowing what they are putting in their bodies and before they know it...they are addicted to this expensive drug. It is just a matter of time before they hit the streets for herion...first they may snort it; but always it becomes an intravenous addiction. My beautiful, intelligent daughter has been fighting this addiction to herion for 10 years and it is only by the grace of God that she is still alive.....it has to stop!
David Lancaster	addicted to opiates for 8 years, currently sober thanks to the 12 steps and good sponsorship. there is hope.
DIANNE HENNING	PLEASE HELP ALL THE LOST SOULS WHO HAVE FALLEN TO THESE PAINKILLERS. MANY HAVE PASSED TO THIS PREVENTABLE PROBLEM. MY SYMPATHY GOES TO ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE. PLEASE REGULATE THESE MEDICATIONS BETTER SO LESS FAMILIES WILL SUFFER. HAVE A LIST SO NO ONE CAN DOCTOR SHOP. AND MAKE ANYONE WHO GETS THESE PILLS BE CHECKED REGULARY FOR OTHER DRUGS AND HIGH LIVER LEVELS QUARTERY SO THESE DEATHS CAN BE PREVENTED CAUSE THESE PILLS ARE THE HILLBILLY HEROIN OF TODAY AND EASIER TO GET THEN A BOTTLE OF BEER.
Janet Goff	My daughter suffers from and addiction to Oxycontin. The State of Florida has made it so easily available through these pain clinic's. I realize the State Of Florida is now instituting a database but I personally believe pain relief can be achieved through other means without this drug on the market. I am not a doctor just a family that has seen so much hurt and pain from this drug and it continues on..........Hopefully this will not result in her death for I as a parent have done everything in my power to help her. Thank you, Janet Goff
sheryl guy
linda lavorando	This drug is affecting everyone. Even when prescribed it is dangerous! Please do something to stop the pain the drug causes!!!
MARSHA ANN RAMBERG	My daughter died 3/2011 as a result of accidental oxycodone overdose. This has changed my life drastically.
Joshua Reynolds	This disease has cost me my entire family from 2005 to 2007 my mother,my father, and my brother all died as a result directly due to these medications. No one needs to be put through this
Karen	This drug is the cause of deaths more than it is actually helping people!!!!!
Gayle Newman	Oxycontin, oxycodone, and all other similar opiates must be banned. The rats that are making big money from these " legal drugs" should have to pay for every adverse event that has been a result of their greed. Maybe then they would face the truth of the death and devastation that is a direct result of the addictive power of these drugs. We were very fortunate that our son only lost time (prison), which surely saved his life. He will live the rest of his life as a recovering addict. Blessings to all who have been affected, comfort to all who have lost someone.
julian white	my friend lost his life because of oxycontin.that drug is so powerful that 7 people set him up to rob him for his months supply.he was shot multiple times for his bottle which they knew he was recieving dec 3 2011. also for these doctors n pharmacists to give people 90 2 120 pills a month with no monitoring is absolutley crazy.but yet we monitor methadone clinics which is alot more helpful for pain n addiction.His name was micheal nichols he left 5 children with no father. these people in these pharmacys n doctor offices must wake up.maybe they will when its there kids!
Cindy dunham	My brother, Michael Nichols, was shot and killed in December 2010 in Dunnellon, FL for his prescription of oxycodone. And just a few days ago 4 innocent people were brutally murdered in a drug store robbery in my home town of Medford, NY. This problem is increasingly getting worse and it doesn't seem like enough is being done to prevent it. Something must be done!!!
Sally Farr
Bonnie Sue Gaylord	My daughter and son in law became addicted to this drug four years ago. they lost everything...including their daughter. My friend Michaels' daughter and her husband are addicted to this drug. They lost their two boys, ages 5 and 8. My friend Cecilles' Son and daughter in law are addicted to this drug. They lost their three young boys, ages 3, 5, and nine months. My friend Susans' son is addicted to this drug. He lost his freedom. My friend Dans' 18 yr old son was addicted to this drug. He lost his life. My cousin Johns'19 year old boy was addicted to this drug. he lost his life.My cousin Kay's son was addicted to this drug. he lost his life. All of these young people were good young people. they did not pursue this drug for fun. It was prescribed for them by their physicians. Please ban this drug. It kills families.
jackie cloer
Cynthia Novenski	I'm more than happy to sign this petition on the year and a half anniversary of my brother's overdose. I can only pray that no other family will have to feel this kind of pain.
susan nagel	I lost my 18 year old grandson in 2006 of oxy. Then I lost my 30 year old nefew in 2008 of oxy. This drug is killing AMERICA. Why would they want to hurt all these families? I know it is all about the money. May God Bless all the mothers who have lost there children. What a crime this is and its legal.
Teresa Chandler	Lost my step-son, age 24, death related to his addiction to this drug. My 68 year old mother-in-law was using this drug as prescribed by her doctor after a hip replacement, and within a few weeks, was begging the doctor for another prescription, not for pain, but because she didn't know how she was going to get by without the drug, its that addicting. She stopped when she could not get any more through her doctor, one of the lucky ones.
SYLVIA D MCCANN
Melinda Johnston	I signed the petition. I would like any information as to how I can start a rally in my community. Or where I can attend a rally in my State. I live in Florida. This drug is so terrible. What it does to Families, Friends and the people who take it is sooooo terrible. I want to help any way I can. Thanks, any information I can get will help. I want to make a difference in this fight!!!!!
Dominick A Laborante	I feel that this drug has been severly misrepresented OxyConton is a drug that has stolen a generation of young people and will have a long term of pain and suffering for years to come. The doctors give them out like candy to people who don't even need them. If some one is suffering from something that has a need for it then it should be distributed from a doctor with morals and superior knowledge of the effects in a hospital envirement only.the people I have seen with an addiction to it are healthy (except for their addiction) and The doctors that prescibe them are nothing but legal drug dealers.Shame on them and the drug companys for selling out our next generation of promise!!!!!My Heart goes out to the familys that have lost loved ones and I hope that this epidemic can be stopped !
Lissie Krauss	It is extremely urgent that this drug be banned as soon as possible . . . too many lives have been lost . . . and the deaths continue. Stop it now!
Tiffany A Gilmore	I fully support this petition
Mildred J Winn
Peggy Svrcek	My friend is addicted to oxys. Yesterday was Father's Day. He was suppose to get a visitation by his young daughter. Because of his addiction to oxys he tweaked-out and tore the house up, including her toys. It's so sad. Please quit making these destructive pills.
frank shaver
Marsha Graff
carol lopez
Deonna Lynn Crowe	I have lost a daughter due to these aweful drugs. My best friends daughter whom I love dearly is also struggling to get off of this terrible drug. If a person is in that much pain...they need to be in a hospital. I feel that this drug should be banned. Take it off of our streets and get it out of our children's hands. PLEASE....
Sandy Garlick
cindy rasley
danielle cowart
holly graff
Jennifer Erramelli	I am doing ouch much better! Thanks to all my supporters!
Tori Miller
Jodie	You know it prolly would have been less painful if I had died the first time I ever did oxy. Because my life is a living HELL thanks to oxy. I had a bright future, I had everything to live for. Now I'm a shell of my former self and contemplate suicide. This drug oxy has sucked the life from me and left me in despair living a sad existence. I fkn hate that I got addicted. Even if I ever break free I don't think I'll ever be the same again. Oxy DEStROyED ME!! Please BAN this shit. I might be alive technically but my spirit feels DEAD from being an oxy addict. No way to live!!
ThePirate	Please ban this horrible drug,it has ruined my & so many other families.My sister who was a role model to me growing up somehow got turned onto this drug & did so many bad things to herself & others I'm still in disbelief.This 'may' be a good drug for cancer patients but the downsides outweigh the good IMHO.Please do the right thing & listen to the 10,000+ people who have signed this!! Sincerely ThePirate
Miranda Jade Turbin
Susan M. Harris
stephen j reynoso	We do not need narcotics that strong and dangerous. I know people that have died either from a direct or indirect result of taking Oxycontin.
Jennifer Alford	I lost one of my best friends to an OxyContin addiction on May 2, 2011. The addiction was undetectable. This drug is so dangerous that it should NOT be on the market.
Lisa M Scott
Sheri Harris
Tina Dougherty	I know to many people who are addicted to pain pills and it needs to stop!
erika kennedy	I have been clean and sober now for 10months and i was addicted to oxy`s and i think this is a great thing you all r doing to have this site.
Anonymous	Agree with the above petition. Especially that the FDA or local state and gov't create a compassionate program to be put in place for people presently taking Oxycontin. As the withdrawal symptom's are horrendous!
Kimberly Moore	Please Stop selling this to people . I have seen what this has done to my mom , my brother inlaw and other people .This drug is NOT helpful it is very harmful .It is a temporary addictive fix.A dangerous drug that needs to be stopped immediately.
Stacy Davis
Susan Currie
Angie Wright	I think that when a drug is found to be lethal it should be taken off the market. Lethal at the prescribed level is not safe nor what the FDA should be allowing to happen to take and harm more lives.
Anonymous
Michael W.	Addict Sober Date: 07/15/2010
Jennifer Swords	Too many are lost to this drug. My thoughts and prayers go out to their loved ones.
Amanda M. Pasco
Lori
Kristin Jalwan
Beverly A Sampson	Please do something about this horrible drug epidemic caused by oxycontin. No one knows the dangers of this drug until you have used it and have become addicted to it. Our children are dying and this company is making millions and millions of dollars.
Curt Leda	Hi, I almost lost my brother and my girlfriend to this drug several times. My brother has recovered and my, now, ex girlfriend has not. It's very sad to watch a loved one destroy all aspects of there life over a drug from an American company. I feel hopeless with the situation and it kills me. On top of this, my close friend almost died and then 3 other friends or associates have died from it. The only reason my close friend made it was because his parents had the thousands and thousands of dollars for a great rehab. He still relapsed and is clean again now. This drug MUST be banned period. It's too addictive and there's no way to safely keep track of it. There are other ways to deal with pain that won't destroy American kids while doing it. It's time to stop being so soft and start making bold decisions to fix this country...or else I see a very dark future for us and the rest of the world.
Anonymous	PLEASE ban oxycontin NOW!!!! We all know someone affected by this evil drug an have lost loved ones. STOPTHE PAIN CAUSED BY OXYCONTIN NOW!!!!!!
KELLI SMITH	I LOVE MY ANGELS!
Stephanie McNamara	This drug has divided my family, changed my father, and lead to the death of many of my friends, including my childhood best friend. I want to see action taken against these drug companies, manufacters, and doctors. Oxycontin is a seriously syrong drug, and I believe some doctors prescribe it waayyyy too easily. As a result of being addicted to oxycontin myself, I turned to heroine because it was cheaper. After struggling for many years, trying EVERYTHING, I finally was able to get away from the drug life, but only with the help of another drug, methadone. Now, every morning, I go to a clinic and get my dose. Many people frown upon methadone saying: "you're still on a drug". But it works for me, and i'm in the process of decreasing my dose. I truly wish that oxys, heroine, and just opiates in general were never discovered & made. Doctors need to be more regulated by the state, DEA,.or something
Jenna Reynolds	Yesterday I attended the funeral of a friend who overdosed. We believe OxyContin is to blame.
Tandra Mautner	PLEASE ban this drug!!
Laura lopez
chris asaro	this stuff NEEDS to go away!
Jim	10 friends dead!!!
James Storms
Christine Favazza
Heather Michelle Boulais
Cathy Scher	I have had to many friends that are on this drug they need to make it illegal to get the prescription also have had a friend thats has passed away because of this drug
Kristen Boling
kristine	my family & i have been directly affected by this drug. my brother is an addict & oxycontin was his drug of choice. it is a drug that does NOT need to be maufactured or approved. i know many people that have lost their lives due to addiction & oxycontin had been the drug involved!! please, please take this awful drug off the market, i beg of u....the soon the better!!
Renee Disparti
Sissy Johnston
Chris Leda	This Drug Destroys! If abused, it is much more addictive and dangerous than cocaine. It changes your brain and makes life much much more difficult.
Curtis	Everyone I know who has touched this drug have had thier lives ruined.
rose matheney	This drug is ruining too many lives. It needs to be gone. I have seen it in my business of 40 years.Also my own grandson has a drug problem and can't get help. He is in jail now.Please ban it.
Edward H Nord	Let the people whho manufacture it use it on themselves!
Anonymous
Ward Blanchard
Olga Perez	My heats goes out to the youth and all families that are struggling with this horrible addiction. I will pray every day for our youth and continue to pray until this petition to ban Oxycontin is written into law. I have two Adult children who to this day, have not gotten caught but with drugs but my heart only melts because I would be totally devastated as a helpless parent watching my child destroy themselves. God Bless!
Pam Oxendine	Only be prescribed to those who are terminally ill. To do otherwise is to invite addiction and all the heartbreak that entails.
Nathan Caldwell
Anonymous
Britteni Nikole Burger	oxycontin has ruined many lives including my family. my husband been on drugs for the past 3 years and which he does different pain pills he has done oxycontin. in the time of his drug use he has lost jobs,stole from family memebers that would give u the shirt off their back,spend bill money,and we have had to move numerous times due to him spending all our money and not beeing able to pay bills. i have tried to get him to go to rehab or counseling or classes, anything but he wouldnt go! i have had to realizze that i can not fix him or his problems and he has to be willing to go and be ready for the change. i have 3 children to look after and i can not take the chance of losing them due to his drug addiction.
Cassandra Gilbreath	We need to get this drug off the street and out of the hands of good people!
Anonymous	I plan to pass this on to many people. My son 23 is a opiate addict. OxyContin to Herion. He has overdosed and been hospitilized on 3 occasions.Has been in treatment. I had to recessitate him twice. Came very close to loosing him. This epidemic makes me sick. I attend Learn2Cope. That's where I learned about this petition. Good Luck. Keep it going. Suzanne H.
Ben Jones	I have seen the effects of OxyContin in this area and the results can be seen in a lot of divorces, theft, and physical aggression.
Shane Oxendine	I have lost many friends and family to this drug. Please do something to get this new "CRACK" off the streets. It is completely out of control and something needs to be donev.
Rebecca Burrell
Jean Vitale	Please ban we need to stand together and do this.
Trenton D. Spurlock	I lost family members due to this drug.
Cally A.	I am a recovering addict.It is my prayer that this will help.Eyes to heaven,and my heart on change.
Roxann Phillips	I am an addict.Not an active addict.nonetheless,an addict.I have many loved ones who are still out there,using all kinds of drugs,and abusing them.Addiction nearly killed me.Many of my loved ones and relatives overdosed and died due to pills.I would do anything to help.My heart goes out to all addicts,living.And to the families of those who fell victim to this disease.God bless you.
Buffy Bell	Although I never had a problem with Oxycontin, I am a recovering opiate addict and am completely against the manufacture and sell of this medication. I have a 23yr old brother who is addicted to oxy's, and it is ruining his life. He has a wife and a little girl and is now facing charges because of his addiction. I lost everything due to my addiction, and I can see him going down the same path I did. I just wish there was more I could do as far as advocating against this terrible drug that is obviously destroying many lives, especially the lives of our young people who are our future. I hope I live to see it banned.
Zina	My 18 year old daughter has been smoking oxycontin for over 6 months now. She has lied, stole, and now almost died from a car accident because of this drug she was never prescribed. This drug needs to be taken off the market or needs to be only prescribed and given in a hospital setting or hospice setting for people who are actually dying from severe pain such as cancer or other terminal diseases.
Donna	Oxycontin may help those who need it for real pain, but it is getting into the wrong hands. A close family member who is only 21 has been smoking oxycontin for two years now. the pills cost a lot depending on the milligrams. The family member has admitted that when they can not find or have enough money for the pill they will buy herion because it is cheaper and has the similar effect. Oxycontin needs to go away, it has ruined many many lives at such a young age.
James S	This drug is destroying lives everywhere and is creating impending doom on our future children. As much as I wish they would do away with this terrible drug, it will never happen. The pharmaceutical companies are making way too much money and you can bet your ass that they are fattening our government's pocket(s). One of the downfalls of a capitalist nation.
Anonymous
Christina Marie Giannotti
Anonymous	How many more kids must die before this drug from hell is banned? Write or email your senators and governors and tell them you want something done about this drug madness NOW!!!
debra ward	my son is in jail right now due to drugs oxycontin is just one and xanax is the other one.my son has been in and out of jail being homeless,jobless.he has a 4 year old son he has not seen in 2 years, .drugs takes away everything family,life,friends,loved ones.there is not enough awareness about prescription drug abuse,its like our government doesnt care,unless it is in their back yard.there are not enough places for addicts to go to get help unless you are rich,if you do not have insurance the longest they will keep you is 30 or 60 days,what is that if somebody has been on drugs for years.i love my son so much and it hurts that i cant help him,when he is not on drugs he is a completely different person.
Debra Gallegos	My heart and prayers go out to all who have been affected by this drug, and hopefully they ban it before too many more lives are lost and families destroyed by it.
heather	The doctors who prescribe this drug are evil sick & disgusting human being! ban this evil drug!!
michelle	Please ban this drug!!! PLEASE!!!
amanda	BAN OXYCOTIN!!! families are being destroyed :(
brenda	My sisters boyfriend has been addicted to oxycotin for many many years now... I've had to sit and watch my sister suffer in so many ways because of this evil drug trying to help him quit its been 6 years now and its only gotten worse please ban this drug innocent people are suffering!!!
brenda	my sisters boyfriend has been addicted to oxycotin for many many years now... I've had to sit and watch my sister suffer in so many ways because of this evil drug please ban this drug innocent people are suffering!!!
Rosey	I've been with my boyfriend for the past 7 years he has been addicted to oxycotin for the past 6 years and it has destroyed his life hes nothing but a dead man walking this drug needs to be banned!!! this drug is the devils drug i've tried everything to help him and its breaking my heart I recently moved back home with my family because it was to much to bear its like living in hell please ban this drug please!!!!
Ajia Kincart	My best friend who I consider my sister lost her brother to this.. Its sad and I know her and her family along with all the other families who have lost a loved one to this will never be able to forget it. <3
James Gargano
Gloria Giovelli
Michelle Gipson	My brother passed away in '02 from this drug so im signing to stop this addiction because its ruining so many lifes around this world and i dont want another family to have to loose a loved one like i did.
patty reece	Oxycontin is killing our children
Anonymous	BAN THIS DRUG BACK TO HELL, WHERE IT CAME FROM!!!!!! IT IS DESTROYING MORE LIVES THAN WE CAN COMPREHEND!!!!!
Jenny Dunn	My son died on May 15, 2009. He was my only child. I was so fortunate to have had him for 27 years. He died from a lethal does of oxy, soma & xanax. These were being prescribed to him for the last year of his life by a licensed physician (pretty pathetic). I would never want another family to suffer like I have. These drugs are killing our precious kids and something needs to be done immediately! Thank you
Brian marks	Outlaw this garbage. It is not needed
Tonya	Timothy Allen Sharer died 5 05 2011 from oxycontin prescribed to his so called girlfriend... Only 38 years old left behind his two daughters and loving grand daughter. I hope they all burn in hell this drug is worse then her ion u get from any corner at least that is cut down... This is pure dope from the doctor. A junkie none the same weather it be a needle or a pill. How can someone get up for work go to the job function for their health insurance benefits be so disabled they need these type of pills? I think they should only be for people who really need them which are people in hospitals, not people perfectly capable to get up a work a hole shift. How can the doctor that prescribed her these pills or even herself be held responsible for this life? It would be different if there was a gun and lots of blood smeared all over the walls. Thou this petition can ever bring back a father I will never see again it's the least I can do. I can not stand the damage these pills are doing to so many people, not just death, but walking zombies unintounch with reality of being truly addicted to something they have no idea has consumed there complete being. " the doctor gave it to me" says my addicted step dad as him and my mom fight over there pills... A prescription is a laugh. It's a hell of a lot easier for them to swallow the pill then to go sniff a line but once u swallow u throw up and ur hooked ur brains memory will never be the same. So how is it these drug dealers are free? They were suits there well educated Corp America, and it's okay because they have over paid lawyers and people are naive to belief these pills aren't killers. I know my dad should not have died so young.
jacquline schlissel	this drug is disgusting and terrible.
Tammy Brown	My oldest son died 8/31/09 at the age of 25 because of this drug. Take it off before it kills again! Tammy Brown
Ashley Burton	I, myself have struggled with pain pill addiction since I was 17 years old and I am now 25. I am finally beating this addiction by putting as much effort into my recovery as I did into getting high each day which normally took 4 to 5 hrs to get the money and find the pills and after that I was content for the day and the whole process starts again the next morning. After detoxing from opiates for 7 to 10 days I realized that the drug isnt worth all the pain and loss it has caused me in my life. And any addict who is reading this you better believe that God is the only way you will get through this and conquer addiction and live a happy, sober life. And we not only need to petitioning for the ban of oxy contin but also that more recovery safe places would be offered around the U.S. because doctors make it so easy to provide you with these narcotics & get you addicted to keep coming back and bringing your $$ back to them but its so very DIFFICULT to get the help you need when you realize your problem & try to find the help & support you need to get off of them.
Sharen C. Burton	It is unbelievable to me, the number of people that either are addicted now to this drug, or have lost their lives to this drug. We can't stand by and continue to watch it ruin so many lives. God can help people get different medications and he can lesson the severity of withdrawls from it.
michelle
Janina Mcphee
larry	What else can we do beside sign this petiton to stop this nightmare drug? This along with xanex is destroying families by the thousands. This country needs a great spiritual revival that will turn us all back to God before it is too late.
Tammy Chalifoux	I resently found out that my husband been on these pills for almost 2 1/2 yrs and i just found out by him that he was addicted and wanted to get off and went on a program called methadon program that was the way i found out , well that only lasted for 5month. He is back on them and his way of taking it is by snorting them. We have 4 children and see him regually abusing them. Me and my daughter which is 16yrs old and understands a lot of whats he is doing. We are afraid for his life cause we know by reading articales that a percentage of people die from the way they are used (snorting). My family is going through so much because of these pills that the doctors perscribe to easy to patients.
theresa cardinal	there are a lot of people that i know that take Oxycontin, and it has a big effect on me. why? because i see it alot' and all they do is waist money on it and never pay for their bills, or give their kids and money for anything! that is why i agree strongly to ban oxxys! thanks for hearing what i have to say, and i sure hope that they do ban it from saskatchewan
Rosa Nicoletti	I just found out my little brother has been smoking oxys. HES 19. I PRAY TO GOD WE HEAL THIS ADDICTION IN TIME. IT IS RUINING OUR FAMILY. WE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STOP THIS & SAVE HIS LIFE. I WILL PRAY EVERY NIGHT THAT OXYS GET BANNED OR THEY PUT IN EFFECT A LAW THAT CONTROLS THEM MORE SO THEY DO NOT KEEP KILLING OUR YOUTH. ***I HOPE ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE MAKING PROFITS OFF THIS HORRIBLE DRUG GET THEIR KIDS OR LOVED ONES ADDICITED SO THEY CAN FEEL THE PAIN OF HAVING A LOVED ONE ADDICTED TO THIS DEVIL DRUG**** BAN THIS LIKE THEY DID WITH QUALUDES & OTHER DRUGS IVE HEARD OF BUT DONT EXIST ANY MORE. THE GREED OF THESE POWER POLITICANS IS CAUSEING THE END OF THE WORLD
Giannina Nicoletti	I can believe that the government allows this drug to be distributed so easily. Actually I do. All the money being paid to the people in the government by the Pharamaceutical companies. ITS DISCUSTING. As this drug keeps addicting the youth of America, they to will feel the pain of having someone they love become addicted to this drug. To the Perdue Pharma, you will soon have your children addicted to you drug. And they will use the profits you have made of this drug to kill them selfs. It is an epidemic. PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERYDAY. And you Purdue are responsible. If Dolphins were washing up on Ft.Lauderdale Beach at the rate of the deaths relating to Oxycontin, the world would be outraged & we would have scientists from all over the world trying to stop it. But people are dying & no one is doing anything. Children as young as 10yrs old are eating and smoking these things. How is this allowed? Its UNBELIEVEABLE. Most kids dont even know about the deadly effects of using oxys. THIS NEEDS TO BE BANNED PERIOD.
tammy dee ross	my son was addicted to oxycotin (the devils medicine)i call it. my son had heart disease,after his first open heart in 2005,kyle was doing well.about a month after his surgery he got in a bad car wreck,after that he complained of constant pain in chest area.He took percacets,but when they didnt work anymore he got script of ms cotin.At 24 years old he didnt need such a powerful drug!Oxycotin is so addicting like herion!they give this drug to people and then there addicted abusing it! Nobody checked my son to see if the drug was hurting his liver and kidneys!These pain managment offices will give anyone these pills.If you need this drug you should be in the hospital or hospice needs be bringing it to the patient!!!!This drug is killing people!!!! I know first hand what this drig can do!Stop letting these doctors write prescription for this drug to people who dont need it!!This drug killed my son and destroyed my family.people on these drugs should have there liver and kidneys checked,this is "The Devils Drug!!!!I cant believe a drug that my son didnt need to be on took him from me on may 6,2011.
Cary Pugh
racquel williams	oxycontin,is the major killer of all prescription drugs.when shootting up the high is no onger than 3-5 minutes,and then you need more.so many of friends that i have known have died because of this drug.not only they should banned oxy the doctors shouldn't be allowed to precribe any harmful drugs that patients can sell to others.crack,crank,pcp whatever should never lead into anyones hands. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! THESE DRUGS ARE KILLING EVERYONE.
judy mannering	I lost my 29 yr. old daughter to a drug related murder on jan-8-2010. Our lives are forever changed.Oxy's were there no. 1 drug of choice! WE have lost so many of our children in Scioto Co. Ohio. In Ohio we are loosing 4 people a day from overdoses,most of wich are oxy's.We have to keep on working to pass bills to rid this drug from the hands of our children and from evil doctors that don't care about human life.
Jan Arnold-Blotz
Caleb Burton
ls	My husband is still alive. But I am loosing him to Oxy. Doctors made him an addict. I tried to stop overprescribing but they did not listen. I am leaving him. Can't take it anymore
Zach Connell	My friend passed away of an overdose. It's really crappy. I don't understand why we allow this poison to be distributed and prescribed legally. There are other ways to treat pain. I hope to see it banned soon.
Terry Cummings
ricki mcbeckner
Ryan Beckner	It's heroin, plain and simple. People who say it's useful because their doctors said so are simply addicted to heroin in pill form and are defending their thirst to get higher than a giraffe's ass. I used to be addicted to it, lost 10 friends in 2 years to it all under the age of 24, and can tell you dirty doctors are everywhere, they know exactly what they are doing, and the law enforcement allows it, besides a few who become far too sloppy. Ban this poison to humanity. No one needs this, cancer patients should try taking 8000 IUs of vitamin D a day, smoking pot, and taking essential vitamins, minerals and drinking clean fluoride free water, at least a gallon a day. Vitamin D cures some cancers, and the health industry doesn't care, and Canada just found a cancer cure that is readily available and receiving no attention from the criminals running the health (sick) care system which is Big Pharma.
Holly Catlin	Jeremy Traylor
nicole fitch
Linda Fisher	We lost our handsome, brilliant 22 yr old son to a lethal combination of street and prescription drugs, most likely including oxycontin. He was a 3rd yr premed student. Two years before, my younger brother died of an overdose of oxycontin. One of my best friends became addicted to oxycontin, prescribed for fibromyalgia, and had to go through substance abuse rehab. This drug is unnecessary. There is no reason to prescribe it, even for intractable pain as was long claimed. We now have other ways of controlling pain which are not so addictive. I pray it is banned before more of our beautiful young people die.
Susan F.Gowdy
Anonymous	Here is a novel idea to the drug company and FDA and DEA. If they wont take this drug off the market or put a tighter control over who is able to recieve it (i dont think a 20 year old with a few back dicomforts should be able to walk in a clinic and get fist fulls of this stuff) then why dont we get some laws passed that makes THEM responsible for all of the small children left behind or killed by their parents by taking this drug. I think my tax dollars should not be going to things like casey anthony case, feeding and housing all the children that have been put in foster care even they should be responsible for the funeral costs that families have to pay to bury their young children and graqndchildren because of this drug. Make Them pay for the needs of all the children that have been left with thier elderly grandparents that cant afford to care for them. If they dont want to control it cause its such a good money maker THEN MAKE THEM PAY!!!!!!!!!!!
brandy lovett	please help to stop this epidemic. it is so heart breaking to see what these pills are doing to people and there families.
Tori R	I hate loosing friends and family to the horrible disease of addiction, ive seen oxycontin grasp hold and manipulate many peoples lives, loved ones and random kids at school or in the communtity i live in. Some power thru it and take their lives back, and others dont. Too many friends lost or loved ones reduced to nothing that they were before. Banning it all together is the ONLY solution
terri jennison	my daughter had been in trouble as a teenager with a boy that injected them, stupid i believed her, as this was her 1st time with the law she was able to pass drug test on probation, so i thought she didnt do the drugs, kept saying mom i see all my friends dying of course I am not stupid, just wanting to help my friends, then when 1 week away from her probation being done turned 18 got arrested for beating up her best friend who was pregnant, i saw her mug shot and said not my daughter for she had the world or could of had the world, then she got out of the mess was looking at 30 years or more and now find out she has been doing the drug injecting and using her tattoos to hide, has been from lowlifes to even lower i think, she lies and lies and goes from guy to guy , i hope this drug is banned but the streets in sarasota florida are full with it and the biggest pharmacutical company is going into Sarasota now, she had a 2ns chance at life and is a beautiful girl that its easy for her to get high, she doesnt admit but I know from friends , all i can say is I NEED TO HELP STOP THIS DRUG FOR MY SANITY
richard hysell
Anonymous	My step father is an everyday oxycotin user. He put this drug before his family, we lived in horrible conditions ( without water sometimes, electricty, food, moving all the time ). After experincing that and seeing what its done to my family and friends I don't beleive its worth to keep on the market its destroying parents, siblings, friends, almost everyone now and we need to put a stop to it before it takes anyone else !
Deborah Faulhaber	The kids are smoking it in my neighborhood. And, there is a doctor here whp prescribes suboxone..That is not necessary if oxy is banned!
maria quint	Oxycontin has taken my whole life over. I am 43years old. I have 2 beautiful children, 26 and 23. Both taken over by it. I have a chronic illness and i am raising the 3year old of my youngest child. She just kept taking off on him as he cried and begged her not to go, so when i saw how easy it was for her to leave her screaming crying child for oxy i wondered what else she would do to him or with him for oxy? So now i have him. Guess what? she has another child now. A product of oxy-decision making. I have another grandson who is 2. His mother is also an oxy product. My oldest after seeing all the pain and heartache we went through with the youngest recently chose oxy also. His result of shooting it up landed him with severe hep-c. Now i no longer have a son, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a son -in-law. I have two grandchildren that i dont ever see because its to painful for me to watch them live amongst their addicted parents. I have been robbed, cursed, threatened and lied to for oxy. I have been cheated out of family times and christmas and birthdays and family camping all for oxy. My life is over. Everything i created and worked for all my life is gone. All thanks to oxy. Im mad as hell and im not taking it anymore. I have had to choose between saving my first grandson and saving my children. Its a horror i wish on every member and ceo of this drug company that makes this crap.I have depleted my life savings and possesions because of this drug trying to pay for rehab for my children & when that didnt work trying and succeeding in getting their children away from them. It is my honor to sign this petition for me. If i didnt have so many responsibilities i swear i would drive to that drug company, get on the roof of that buiding and threaten to jump off if they didnt take the drug off the market because you see i have nothing to loose oxy already took my life away.God Bless the precious children
Donna Kinkade-Stoike
tinna spelman Ross	for quite a few years now I have seen doctors become much more aware & will not prescribe this drug any longer to anyone. That's a good thing!
Debra L Crisp	Watching a mother mourn the loss of her only daughter was too much to bear. HOpefully the petition and ultimate ban will work... GOOD LUCK
john grohe	Hi , I would just like to say I have the most compassion for anyone who has lost someone to this pill. Im 16 turning 17 in a few weeks and I just quit doing this pill and its only been 9 days but feels like forever. I feel like i screwed up my whole life because I was blind to the fact that i was getting highly addicted to them using them for months every week..so much so my body became dependent. I would snort these stupid pills and only feel happy when i was high..but it was all fake and im started to realize health is more important and i plan to quit forever before its too late..the Withdrawals were discustin but i wont get into that..I feel like i may have messed up my body due to this sh** I feel my body is skinnier , weaker , and quite possibly my heart may be affected but im not a doctor so i dont know for sure. When I excercised shortly after for one of the first times clean i noticed discomfort in my chest like a sharp pain between sets. All I KNOW IS I PRAY TO GOD.. that im gonna be ok..I cant tell my parents it would be way to painful for them and i dont want the doctor contributing health problems to my stupidity and i want this BS OUT OF MY SYSTEM..I want this banned as it is hurting way to many around me including myself. Everyday i feel better and better with a more clearer head. Im hoping my body is fine and it is just a good scare which hopfully helps me forever..(i dont feel like using anymore much) if anyone would like to email me zerg1@gmx.com i'd appreaciate any advice VERY MUCH PLZ AND THANK YOU.
Michelle Jaramillo	Oxcycotin has ruined mine and many of my friend's lives including several who have died. This drug is the devil in pill form. Please help those who are addicted and ban this dtug. Thank God I got help.
Roberta lynn lewis
Katie Chandler
Lesa Treuden	In honor of Jeremy Traylor
Kelly Bisch	R.I.P. Eddie Bisch Jr.
Cory Mashburn
Marianne Williams	Some people are making huge dollars off these deaths through this 'legal' drug trade. Money is power.
Cheryl Bishop
Marianne Williams	Just get it off the market now before others go throught the pain of addition and eventual death.
Ian	Please continue the fight to banish this destructive drug from the face of the earth. It has no positive uses in this world and I truly hope we succeed in this crusade.
Katie
Jen Girard
Daniel Heinzen	Oxycontin leads to heroin what else is there to say
Anonymous	Well I once know this guy and actually helped him get into a Rehab for six months! Now he is "Dead" Oxycontin!! My heart is Sad of Dustin passing.
Anonymous
Paula Forrester
N Meehan	Oxy's took away my son's friends (not friend), know three friends children overdosed and robbed my daughter's youth including her boyfriends. Thanks to oxy's she lives on the streets! She has been in so many detox's, programs and jail. Lost her youth at sixteen.
Amy S	Was told it was not addictive, when given to me after a car accident and back injury. Took me 10 years to get away from it. Get it off the market PLEASE.
Bernadine Adkins
barbara listenik	ban the horrible drug, stop the madness just to fill greedy money pockets by killing innocent people and making addicts!
Tracy Ruggiero
Debbie Chamblin
barbara cooley
John Robbins
Barbara Howard	I lost my daughter... PLEASE BAN THIS DRUG.. It sure is not being used for what it was intended.. There are too many Doctor's that are dispensing it too Freely.. What I would give to have my daughter back .....
SallyAnn McChesney
Debbie Hatten	These pill should not be issued to no one unless they are on their death bed.
Virginia sanders
Amy Pierson
Debra Germann
jacki hayslip
Audrey Dotson	This is not a good drug. It is highly addictive and causes more physical pain than it ever relieved. Other less addictive drugs can be used instead of this. This is killing more people than it helps. No other drug would be allowed to stay on the market if it even did half as much damage.
Kari Johnson
connie aeschbach	Death to oxycontin
Lucy	I work at a hospital and we were just having a discussion on this topic. We need to get these forms of drugs off the market as their damage to people out weights the positive effect. Yes it does alleviate pain but there are so many drugs that can give similar results without the addictive side effects and longterm dependancies. Let's get these out of the legal pusher's hands. Too many prescriptions are written without thinking of longterm effects. Get rid of Oxy type meds. We need a more holistic approach to pain control and cure.
Sally Jamiel
Leah Scates	Please take this off the market. make it as hard to get as possible.
Joan Dacey	Please ban this horrible drug for the sake of all people.
Anonymous	My heart goes out to any and everybody who has someone they love addicted to oxycontin..I am a victim of this drug and have never even seen it. My son is addicted and using every day. My other son is going to methadone clinic to try to get help/Our family has been completely torn apart by this terrible drug. it is a demon without a doubt..Sad part you cannot even help the addict. They want help but the drug is to overpowering.......
Anonymous	Write , phone or email your Senators , Governors and congressmen. Tell them enough is enough. Do something about this drug use in America NOW. Ban oxycontin
jen	listen ive been on blues since i was 16 getting 240 prescribed to me at 18 im now 23 miserable worrying about when i can go to my doc next with a asshole boyfriend who im scared to leave cause he supports my habbit i'd advise anyone not to use them and i am in chronic pain as well ive had RA since i was 3 years old and ive been in 6 accidents so i know the whole in and outs of this drug
jackie	These little blue pills are evil. I "was" a recovering addict for 10 yrs, my brother OD'd and died last april. Then I started snorting roxys, again! Biggest mistake of my life. They have takin me completely out of society. I am letting the withdrawals run its course and I'm on day 4 of detoxing from them. It is living hell what I'm going thru, but its my fault. I am born and raised here in florida and every one I know plus there mother and fathers are all on blues ( roxys ). The government knows what's going on but won't do anything about it because the government gets 99% of all political contributions from pharmacy companies... they should only be perscribed to people who are terminally ill, not all these people walking into clinics with MRI's for there backs, every 8 out of 10 americans have back problems, so if we all went to pain management 80% of the US would be perscribed oxycodone??? C'mon government, do something! Quick!!
Mike	When this drug takes the life of a Senator or someone that is in very important to this country, I bet then something will happen, but I wish and pray that it is gone before, and nobody elese has to die over a pill. In history we had Methaqualone (Quaaludes) and Rohqpnol (Roofies), they are no longer available to kill people, why can't we get this drug gone and make it HISTORY.
Lilly Elliott	I am a member of the Solace support group a group of mostly mothers who have lost a child to drug related death. i myself lost a brother,sister-in-law,and have three nephews in prison for drug related crimes. i am a recovering oxycontin addict who became addicted when the pain management clinic at which i was a patient prescribed them to me for a back problem. the clinic ranked one of the top three in the nation failed to inform me that this drug is essentially synthetic heroine and that before it was over I would sell my soul to get it.At the time I was a college senior, mother of 3 young children and productive member of society by the time I recieved detox and treatment my oldest child had also became addicted,my marriage of 18 yrs was over, I had dropped out of college 3 classes shy of graduating and was so hooked on oxy that I couldnt function.
Cindy Sierzchula	I lost my daughter, Courtney, to Oxycontin at 17. Our kids should not be able to get a hold of something so dangerous that it can kill them. Oxycontin is an extremely dangerous & addictive drug and should be taken off the market. Otherwise our kids will keep dying from this drug or move to heroin.
catherine Calore	I agree these drugs should be banned. They are destroying lives as well as other drugs like all these drugs that kids are being fed to make them get good marks in school. We are contributing to making our society all addicts.
Jay Sweet	R.I.P. Nicole G. and Katie B.
Mariah Sweet	I have now lost two friends to OxyContin-related deaths. Both of them had legal prescriptions from their doctors. They were both only thirty years old, middle class, professional women. Both had ordinary health issues that OxyContin never should have been prescribed for. This is a very dangerous narcotic. Other pain medication is available to those in genuine need.
Beverly boatman	21years of addiction, now been clean for 11months all the glory to my savior Jesus Christ. I was so strung out only a living God could pull me from the grip of my addiction. I had lost everything even my daughters which I now have back. I have lost many friends to the oxycotin and almost my life. Im curious of how many lives it has actually took. It takes a hold of you controlls your mind every thought is on your next fix. No matter who you hurt. It It strips everything good from you. I pray that it will finally be took off the market.
Mike Burton	Pills are destroying the us young people,it has to be stopped.
brad Storti	i used oxy for 5 yrs of my life..i lost 5yrs of my life..i have been clean for 2yrs and counting..everyday is a struggle but i am happy to be free of this disgusting substance..
Alyssa Collazo	I work with moms who have had their children removed due to addictions. A vast majority are addicted to prescription pills. The same vast majority live in regret and heartache as they desperately work to simultaneously get clean and jump through the many hoops to be reunited with their children. It's real. It's devastating. And prescribing Oxycontin should be criminal.
Mary Atkins
Tonya Rodriguez	There is a major problem in my area concerning this drug. I pray that this drug will be band for use. Tonya Rodriguez
Anonymous	A few weeks ago I read in our local paper that thousands of our children in Tennessee alone died from oxycontin overdose last year. How many must die next year and the years after before something is done. The compassion we feel in our hearts for those in real pain can be helped someway without killing these multiple thousands and breaking up and destroying families.
Anonymous
Anonymous	How many more of our youth must die before this demon of drugs will be removed from this world
Anonymous	This drug has came close to destroying our family and my grandaughter's life. I never knew that anyting could cause as many problems as this horrible nightmare of a drug. Had it not been for the faith we have in The Lord Jesus and His devine help I don't know what we would have done. Please I beg everyone to sign this petion to get this drug off the market. William L Burton
Chad hart	Take away all these pill mills and the bad doctors
James T Puzino	im a recovering addict from the DRUG OxyContin. i have been clean 3 yrs. i see this drug as a problem for all americans. good ppl dieing not knowing what the doctors are giving them. young kids stealing and robbing to get their next fix. i would do anything in the fight to get this off the streets and the pharmacys! Please help i know i will!
Nika Santonino	I think they need to start with the Doctors and stop them from giving out the scripts. Most people abuse the system anyway possible. The other problem is the on line companies that give out drugs to anyone. My friend was in a bad accident they gave her this medicin I thought my friend was near death after taking this Oxycontin we called the doctors up said we are tossing these pills out and you should ban these pills It makes patients worse than ever. I have seen many people abuse this drug and I can only hope that they find the strength to over come this addiction.
Chadwick Raymond Horner	OXYCONTIN HAS RUINED OUR TOWN HERE IN TENNESSEE AND HAS TAKEN MANY PEOPLE TO ADDICTION. WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO THIS. TO MANY FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING AND LOSSING LOVED ONES OVER A PILL. THE MOST POPULAR PILL OUT THERE IS OXYCONTIN OR ROXYS SAME THING SELL ON THE STREET FOR A CRAZY AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH CAUSE PEOPLE TO STEAL FROM LOVED ONES AND FAMILIES AND GO TO JAIL AND MAKE STUPID MISTAKES TO GET THEIR FIX BECASUE THIS PILL IS SO POWERFUL. i RESPECT THIS PETITION AND RESPECT THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING A STAND FOR THIS ADDICTION. I AM NOT ADDICTED MYSELF BY I HAVE SEEN MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES LOOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PAIN KILLER. IT TAKES OVER THEIR MIND AND THE DETOX IS SO POWERFUL IT MAKES THEM HAVE TO GET ANOTHER PILL JUST TO MAKE THEIR BODIES CALM. I AM A FATHER OF ONE AND MY GIRLFRIEND HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH PAIN KILLER ADDICTION FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS NOW AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY IT WILL STOP. THIS CAUSED MY FAMILY AND HER FAMILY ALOT OF STRESS AND HURT IM GLAD THAT I WAS SURFING THE NET AND CAME ACROSS THIS SITE AND GOT TO SIGN THIS PETITION! THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING A STAND AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL WAKE UP AND SEE WHAT THIS PILL DOES TO THE WORLD AND OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. I AGREE WITH OTHER COMMENTS BAN ALL ADDICTED PAIN KILLERS AND AND SHUT THIS PAIN CLINICS DOWN THAT JUST GIVE TO ANYONE.
Whitney Williams	For Jeremy Traylor DTHS c/o 2009!
teresa melton	my son is who i am signing this petition he passed just last week from going to your fla drs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rip died in clearwater 5/7/2011
Jason Marks	I've seen too many friends and family members lives go down the toilet because of this substance, good riddance I say.
kristin underwood	I have lost a lot of friends from this drug, and have family members who are addicted to it. I can not stand to loose anymore people from it. Ive never met anyone who has told me this drug has helped their lives, only ruined it. This drug needs to be banned.
Judy Kindel	My son had knee surgery in 2002 the doctor kept giving him more and more of these drugs until it killed him. Leaving behind two breautiful children. When ois this going to stop..
Lauren Patten	OxyContin has hurt my family so much in the last 3 years. My husband hurt his back about 3 years ago and was given a prescription with endless refills. Little did we know how addictive they can become. Over 3 years of hospitilazations, rehabs, counselors and programs, my husband is still in a 6 month program to try to come and stay off of these. My hearts go out to everyone who has lost someone to these pills. God knows that I have almost lost him to these more times than I care to mention. Something has to be done!!!
deborah fondo	my father,son,daughter,4cousins and many friends are addicts because of this drug.i want to stop it before anybody else dies
Kimberly Roth
kelly vanepps	enough is enough i left fla not cause i was using because i could stand to see the people i love using people that went collage with degrees iv lost 10 ppl cause of these dam pill drs i really belive they sshould pay there are rules there are to flow and if they dont they should be punished please email me if theres more i can do
Rebecca Puglia
Susan Gipson	I lost my son Nathan Followill to OxyContin.I was on Prescription Addiction Radio with my lawyer... Please read my lawsuit against the man that gave his OxyContin to my sons girlfriend and from there to my son. Find a caring lawyer like I did and stop people that are giving their prescription to others. Google: Gipson v. Kasey
Me	I know that addiction, looking in, seems ugly and disgusting, but these are people with problems. They need help.Ban this drug. Stop manufacturing it and prescribing it and selling it to people. All people deserve a chance in life to have a life.
Jennifer Coleman	RIP Dom
Paul Henry	The pharmaceutical companies are all unscrupulous people who are just interested in making money! We need to combat their huge lobbying firms in Washington. What a racket!
Eugene H. Jacobsen
Leslie Soule	I agree to all of the above~!
Heather Pawlak
Emily Crain	This drug is going to kill alot of people.. My daughter starting shooting it up... very worried..they need to take it off the market, and the Pain Clinics in Florida just give them out like candy..
Emanda D	My brother is 29 years old and is ADDICTED to Oxycontin as well as Xanax for the last 4 years. It's ruined his life. He was once a handsome, fit, motivated, active young man. Now he looks like a homeless drug addict. I have seen the prescription pill bottles he gets from the doctor. There is NO justification to precribe a once healthy person 240 oxycontin at a time. It's sad..very sad. I no longer have my brother anymore I have lost him to his addiction.
Anonymous	This drug ruins lives.
Sandy Triplett	My 30 year old son is still struggling with the effects of this soul stealer! He has been off of them for a few months now and I pray every day that it will last. But he is still suffering and is now a non-productive member of society because of the depession and anxiety it has left him with. And getting true help is harder than getting the pills! He lives with us again, and to watch him everyday breaks my heart. My friend lost her 30 year old son a while ago because of the oxys and I hear just about every day of someone else dying from that and Xanax. Lord help us because the FDA doesn't seem to get it!
Trish Impriano	Im a recovering addict from oxycontin so i know better then anybody .. THIS DRUG NEEDS TO BE OFF LIMITS LESS YOU ARE IN A HOSPITAL or something!! Because there are TOO many doctors who write scripts for cash and too many people just selling them instead of taking them to make quick loot .. My daughter now has a father who is a deadbeat dad since his Oxy use is soo bad!!! & Im getting divorced because of it!!!
Elaine De Arcos	Doctors need to be held responsible for negligently prescribing this. They are just as bad as drug dealers. They are prescribing this drug for any kind of pain when it's supposed to be used for "cancer" pain, etc. How can we stop this? They are addicting our families, our kids, our teachers, our doctors, our nurses, etc. etc. It is destroying our society.
Mary Bernatchez
Tisha savage	"Dead Man Walking".
Mariel Chandler	Please ban this drug. So tired of the loved ones dying and lives ruined. If it "must" be on the market it needs to be for "life ending illness's only" and in a very controlled environment. I have been on both sides...the dying need to be comfortable but my son needs his life back.
Jessica Clark	This drug needs to be banned! I don't understand why it hasn't been already!! It has taken the lives of too many people and its so sad to watch people I know and love abuse these pills on a daily basis. I really hope and pray one day soon they will no longer be on the market which is why I am signing this petition. Put an end to this!!!!!!
Amy Sohngen
doreen	my heart goes out to all the families that have lost parents, children, friends, and anyone else due to this drug. I know i have a child addicted to them and my ex addicted to them and I see the nightmare my other children and family go through watching them and there actions. This is a horrible addiction that to many doctors gave to patients as candy knowing it was and is an addictive drug long term. how they sleep at night is beyond me and to all the dealers out there that are killing our families and friends for money. money doesn't replace death. you all ought to rot in jail forever. Yes ban all sales of this oxycontin.
lisa simpson
Anonymous	I have not lost a body yet but many souls! I have a niece going on 10 years of oxys and addicted to any pill she can get. I have a best friend's sister that is the same. i have another firiend's daughter who is shooting up oxys! Their brains are mush! They cannot think of anything else but their next pill! One has lost a house, a corvette, all their belongings, credit, business, along with what it substantially has done to their children. Now divorced....still addicted...it is a shame! My niece was once beautiful. Now looks like awful. Her teeth are rotted. Her self esteem is gone. She has never lived an adult life since she got addicted. Started at 18 and now like 29 or so? I don't see her because I do not want my child to witness it! She has kids. Her husband is abusive! Does not have a pot to piss in! Shut down the pill mills! Get a system in place! Get their names in it....and stop selling it to these innocent souls! Every CVS, Walgreens...etc..has a system; you can't tell me they can not regulate the sale of drugs and monitor these ppl!? I will be going to a funeral. I am just waiting for the call! Please Lord answer our prayers!
elizabeth pierson
Dee Davis	They are making a fortune off of everyone. Especially the huge companies that dispense these drugs. Everyone know that those little plastic bottles are for addicts. You no longer have to go to a drug dealer to get drugs, just go to your psychiatrist, you physician, your pain management doctor and if that isn't your drug of choice sell them and get crystal meth or crack cocaine with the money. If you are prescribed a narcotic you should have to go pick up your days allowance each day. This is only for narcotics of course. This is only for addictive drugs. The accidents would be at a stand still, many won't be in jail for a DUI oh and by the way doing more time than a pedophile in so many case. We need to stand together it isn't just oxycontin its all narcotics that are addictive Until we do that lawyers and many many others will get rich off of our mistakes. They are already rich off of these hard working Americans. I know a girl who was drugged and got away from this creep but she was all messed up. She ended up at an Army compound looking for the police to get these creeps but guess what she was locked up and she wasn't even in the car when she was placed under arrest. Another told me of a strip search when she was within the legal limit. She was shackled and handcuffed. The shackles were so tight she was bleeding and scarred for the next eight months When she asked the officer to loosen the one that was bleeding he scoffed. She could have put in a complaint but she was afraid of retaliation.If you get time and you work ,because you may have three children and a wife to support and have a decent job they have to approve it at your work. They have to approve it at the prison. Did you know that you have to pay the jail for room and board. If you don't work your family can go on welfare if you do the system makes quite a bit of money. These people need jobs, the police, the lawyers , the the guards in the jails, the social workers, yes right down to them. The prisoner, meanwhile has access to make up! Sheets are put up and no one says a word. We also pay for them to have cable ,medical and dental benefits which is more work for more people. If we did as I said the state, the country would go broke. That is why there is a liquor store on every corner and drugs running rampant. Yes make all illegal except you have to pick up your dose that day then there wouldn't be any drug addicts. I knew a vet who'd sell so many drugs that he would get from the vet administration. We wonder why there is an epidemic of drug abuse happening in this country now you have a small idea.
Rebecca	I believe this drug is a legal killer. It needs to be stopped. I was addicted to Vicodin for almost 3 years and was finally forced to stop (Thank GOD) I live in constant pain everyday due to chronic cervical stenosis, but I thank God I was taken off Opiates before I had to increase to something like Oxy. I would rather deal with the pain then the Opiate addiction. I also work in healthcare and see everyday the effects of prescribing and addiction that this drug has on people.
juia leatherwood
Hush	Someone very close to me is addicted to Oxycotin, it began with a legitimate injury and has spiraled out of control. Once he was a proud business man, husband, and father now there is just a shell of the strong man I once knew. This DRUG has affected so many lives and has put more at risk. Oxycotin should be banned because it is so addictive that the patient cannot help but disobey doctors orders for the high.
jean ruggieri	I have a support group for the friends and family of those with addictions. The number of people that come into our group because they have a loved one that is addicted to Oxycontin, is unbelievable. The number of doctors that continue to prescribe Oxycontin to their patients over and over is terrible! How can these doctors justify constantly writing prescriptions for Oxycontin? It only stands to reason that if you take this powerful, dangerous, pain killer long enough, you will become addicted. Please help all of the innocent people, both young and old that start using Oxycontin because their doctors prescribed it, and they think that if the doctor presecribed it, then it has to be okay to use! I cannot believe that there is not an incentive offered to doctors, for every Oxycontin prescription that they write. Please help us and ban Oxycontin now. Jean Ruggieri
Norman Brooks	worst drug on the planet
Julia Prange
Anonymous	Oxycontin -- PLUS all the pain-killing varieties (Vicodin, Hydrocodone, Norco, ad nauseum) -- is destroying my life, my marriage, and everything I/we (adddicted husband) have worked so hard to achieve. BAN THIS DRUG! BUT ALSO BAN ALL THE ADDICTIVE PAINKILLERS AS WELL. NORCO (HYDROCODONE WITH APAP) IS A BEAST FROM HELL, TOO! YOU CANT JUST ELIMINATE ONE OF THESE SOCIETY-&-FAMILY DESTROYING DRUGS. ALL MUST GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Annmarie Skolnick	I thank God everyday that my 22yr old was able to recover from 4 yrs of being in bondage to this drug. Many of his friends were not so lucky. He has been to more funerals in his young life than I. Of course this drug did ruin his marriage, in fact his wife is still in a rehab. I am sorry it has taken so many young lives to finally get the state of fl. to wake up and do something. But the damage done is going to reverberate for many years and lives to come.
Sheila in California	I am watching my father die slowly because of Oxycontin. He is disabled and battled addiction from a young age. I have personally called his doctor and told her about his past with heroin addiction but she continues to prescribe him more and more!!! I have confronted my father and tearfully begged him to get help. His response was for me to accept the way things are because he isn't going to change. His legs and hands are really swollen and he is constantly "sick". He has bruises and sores on his arms from using the drug intravenously. His entire family has pretty much cut off contact with him, due to his hurtful ways. My dad is responsible for two kids (one not biologically his) that he has parental rights over after his girlfriend walked out in the middle of court proceedings. The children had been removed by Social Services twice from his care only to be sent back and my dad being offered more benefits. I'm in my 20's unmarried with no children. I accept that I will most likely need to raise my little brother and sister after he is gone. Now I am working on the forgiveness I must find in my heart for him. The worst part of it all is that my biggest fear isn't that my father will die...it's that he will go on living life this way for another 20 years!!! PLEASE MAKE OXYCONTIN ILLEGAL!!! IT KILLS AND DESTROYS PEOPLE!!!!
Anonymous
Anonymous	When will the uprising commence?
Nancy Peterson	My 22 year old son fell victim to this drug 4 years ago and it has taken the quality of his life from him and that of all that surround him. It is too easy to get and even grandmothers are selling it now to help supplement their social security payments. It used to be that drug dealers were scary people down dark alleys now they are the men and woman standing next to you at walmart with babies in their arms. Junkies used to be the low life street people now they are our mainstream youth unable to handle the terrible effects that this drug has taken on their lives. Please do something about this or we will have an entire generation lost and no way to bring them back.
Anonymous	Our 18 year old daughter has been addicted to oxy for two years now and it's been absolute hell. I can't believe this drug is legal. Does the destruction of families not matter at all.
David Goldfarb
Rebecca Tizaoui	I support this cause because something does need to be done about this epidemic. Too many people are losing their lives. I recently lost a friend and family member because of this medication.
Kerry Powell, M.D.	I am an emergency physician in Virginia and struggle daily against the harmful effects of this drug on my community. It's widespread use in chronic nonmalignant pain and ease of abuse have made it particularly harmful to the patient and their families. The dysfunctional relationship between big pharma and our politicians only amplifies these harmful effects and delays corrective action. This has all become very personal with the death of my step daughter 4 months ago from oxycontin prescribed for her by her primary care physician.
john gilmore	i have recently discovered my 20 yr. old son is snorting oxsy and percs,he stolen my gold jewelry and cash from both my wife and i.it is alresdy out of control.the majority of ypung folks are addicted to this drug and it must be banned or heavily scrutinized when prescribed,do not wait any longer politicians the clock is running out for our young people as i write this note.
ronald deluca	please ban this drug people of all ages are dying because of abuse. The Drug companies are killing americans.
bobby booe
Diane Stevens	I hope this petition works! I live in a small town in the south, and this drug among others is taking over this whole area. Its in the schools, kids in school are crushing these pills and others and drinking them in drinks WHILE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL! I beg the drug companys to take control of this problem and quit making this drug that is not needed by most people.These so called pain clinics are nothing but a place for drug addicts to get they're fix! Or they are going there to get a supply of drugs to sell or kids. It is sad when your kids come home and tell you they have seen kids in the school crush pills and put in they're drinks, and they call them by so many differant street names that a non drug abuser does not have a clue what the kids are talking about. I am so proud of my children that they come home and make me aware that there is a problem in the school. I hope that this petition works. I know for my personal step in helping this problem is I am going to the schools and making the principle aware that its happening in his school right under his nose. They need to bring in the drug dogs and raid the whole school, and the students! It is the schools job to protect the good kids like mine that is not comfortable with it! I mean what if one of those drug addict kids trick an innocent kid into drinking one of those poisness drinks and kill one of them! That is a very likley risk. I hope and pray that our country can do something to protect our next generation.
amanda epling
Lisa Etheridge
Jason Talarico
Anonymous
joseph mceleavy
Andy Rachfalski	Everyone knows someone who has died from or who is addicted to these extremely powerful pain meds. These painkillers actually increase a person's pain because they make the pain receptors more sensitive. Many people rapidly become tolerant and are required to take more and more of the painkiller which then interferes with their ability to function in life.
Karen Smith
Kendall Hansen
Anonymous	my 24 year old is addicted to obana.he snorts it up his nose, I am very very worried about because he is begining to get violent when he needs a pill to snort and he don't have the money to buy on the street. how many more people are going to have to die before something is done to get these drugs off rhe street and the doctors locked up for writing perscriptions for these deadly pills. Dr used to only give pain killers to poeple that had surgery and then for only a short time. now they give them out like they are candy. The addiction can sometime be much worse than the pain
Anonymous	I have been astonished how much of this stuff is readily available I agree that it should be better controlled or banned Im sorry for all the lost lives this is a war on our youth I think there shold be tough laws on its use
Shauna Healy	OxyContin has taken some of my family members away from me...I want them back.
Vikki Phinney	I have seen the results of the addiction to this drug and it is heartbreaking, my son has lost 3 friends whom have died as a result of oxy addiction. Please remove this drug!
james murray	Killing our children
Alyssa Berry	STOP THIS EPIDEMIC!!! ITS RUINING WAY TOO MANY LIVES!!! OXYCONTIN'S THE DEVIL!!
Iben Ladefoged
William H. Boyer, Jr.
Anonymous	I was an oxycontin addict, i have been clean for 29 months now.
J C	I am a young adult at only 20,but when I was a teenager I didn't even realize that such drugs were so pontent as to change a friend, no ! Like a sister of mine over three months to a person i didn't even know .. Young, bright and so brilliant with such a future and all of it taken away because of the need for more no matter the loses or changes. I loved her as a wonderful friend/sister but now i don't know where she is .. she pushed me away .. I want this drug banned and to stop taking our children of our future away from us all .. parents, siblings and friends.
Stacey Martin
Clifford Ananian	My family has just realized we are slaves to an Oxycotin user. The doctors are prescribing this drug are aware of the issues but are willing to prescribe it without end as long as they recieve the ten pieces of silver. My family has been forever damaged and is probably enroute to utter destruction. We all share in the responsibility for this problem and, unfortunately, banning the drug will simply increase the cost for the addicts. It is a reasonable first step.
Melanie Lanzo
Mary Brophy-Lee	This is this most additive killing drug out there! I lost my only brother to this drug & almost lost myself! I have lost many friends in the last year! I was in AA for 15 years & due to a surgery got on opiates not even having a clue what they would do to me. I am blessed to have almost 2 years clean & know that this is an awful epidemic with more & more tragic horrifing deaths per day! Please save lives by banning oxi! Thank you, Mary Lee
Sophia	I have lost too many friends from this sick drug!!!
Kelsey Kerce
Anonymous
Anonymous	PLease ban this evil drug...
Christopher Hines
Mariko Fujimura	I have recently lost a friend to this, buy this is not the reason I sign this petition. To Many good people have been lost to this drug as a result to many people and children have suffered. Please ban this drug.
Phong Nguyen
charlotte	ban oxy
Kristine Jones
Cyndi Edwards
Nevin Sweene
Cyndi Holzapfel
Jo Lind
Catherine Kousma
Anonymous
Kristina Kampsen
Jeremy Craft	Signing in support of my friends and family who have been affected by this problem...
Alexis Norton
Sue Thomas
Jennifer Russo Bijarro
LJ	Of all of my years of messing w/everything i had, ive had the sister drugs to oxy, but this is one of the things i wouldnt touch. luckily i hit my rockbottom w/o this drug & was able to rehabilitate myself. but i did watch somebody that was like a sister to me spiral out of control partialy due to this drug. its sick. this stuff is one of the nastiest things out there & it is way to easy to get.
Natascha Myer
Kelli Mongell
Rhonda Hotz
Sarah S.
Catherine Stanton
Stacy Peterson
John
Adam Bohac
Christie Eck	I'm hoping this epidemic will stop before it is too late for my sister.
Paul Eck	Please ban this drug. It has caused my daughter to loose her child and in the long run it may kill her. This is such a powerfull and addictive drug.
Jaime	I have seen more than one person, including myself get addicted to this medication. I have never been given a script, just took it socially until I realized I didnt like coming "down" off of it...then realized I HAD to stop taking them "just for fun". I also know a guy (friend) that killed himself after not being able to get clean..he had went through detox several times and relapsed..rather than going through another painful detox, he commited suicied last year. Its sad. THis medicine should be controlled by Dr's more closely. Cancer patients should be given the meds and thats it. "I have back pain" so does everyone, take some Motrin and move on. I will never blame the addict, but I will blame the pill mills and "doctors" writing these scripts...its sad! My thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost a loved one to this addicition!
James Monroe Shortt III	These drugs have taken my daughters mother from her. She is a walking zombie who is slowly killing herself. I feel sooooo sort for my daughter and am doing everything in my power to protect her from seeing her mother destroy her own life. I will not let it destroy my daughters. I love you Lexi. Daddys here for you.
a.guy	Ban it ASAP!
xuser	Hello all, I used for a year and a half. Was the hardest time I ever had in my thirty one years of life. At first was like WOW!! I am THE BEST!! Then the truth comes out! The truth is that you are the best WITHOUT OXY!!! Do you enjoy the company of a liar, thief, and a pain in your ASS? Well, then keep on keeping on because it is for you! If your like most people you sure as hell DO NOT want or need the company of a SYNTHETIC HELL !!. Half the time you are looking for it and the other half you are SICK!!!! Sounds like a god DAMBED good time !??? In my experience with this super MAN MAID high or ( ruin your life strategy ) I found out earlier than others. I actually listened to my best friends mom that lost her SON!!! Its FAKE you will not win, you will only lose if not all of the following; Your job most likely comes first because most likely your employer is not as close as a family member! You might not get another chance! Then some sort of an evil spirit, (OXY) continues on taking YOU out of your shell and turning you into a monster!! You think METH MONSTERS are UGLY, wait and see what your friend OXY does to you emotionally!! Sweet! acceptd are now a VIP!! YOUR SUPER!! I mean , SUPER TRANSFORMED!! Now you accept that you are stripped of the REAL YOU!! I have to stop short because i have a NEW LIFE to continue!!!!!!!!! To tell you the truth its more than I could imagine!!!! I no longer LIE, STEAL, MANIPULATE, or try to KILL myself or my CLOSEST, DEAREST FRIEND I will EVER have. HEY OXY!!......... FFFFUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOuuuuuuuuUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant say GO TO HELL because oxy is a part of and will not take it as a threat!!! Just say FFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. That way at this point YOU are TIRED of BEING OWENED and YOU WILL BEAT THE PISS OUT OF OXY!!!!!!!! OXY does not like to lose individuals just like a parasite does not like leaving its host until fully utilizing its full potential. Thanks mr. chemist you ARE THE BEST!!!!! Want to kill PAIN? Smoke some MARIJUANA!! PLEASE DO NOT USE ALCOHOL unless you want the same results of oxy, but at a much slower time period! I would rather be a JEFF SPAGOLLI than DEAD! Not to be to direct but quit abusing oxy or DIE! You choose!!!!!!!!!!!
Caitlin Charles
Sallie Serrano
Elise Crohn
Lisa Cunningham
Jane Workmeister
sharon dimario	this drug has been the devil for my family my son is 22 yrs old and it has cost him his youth for three yrs he became a full pledged drug user because of this drug .I lost my son to jail and the curt system .H e is slowly coming back only because of almost 2 yrs in court appointed rehab.He has missed three yrs of christmases ,birthdays ,his grandmothers death need i go on its a very familar story amoung oxy uses ban this drug save our young and most of all i want and hope to get my son back . I will gladly sign this petition to ban this drug .
Mitra Amini
susan dipolito
Jordan	My mom was addicted to OxyContin for 8 years she tried to commit suicide but didnt die she was really lucky. I would really like to see this drug banned.
Thomas	RIP Beth Kingsley!
Lucy
Jill Chevalier
James Vogel	I live in a small town in New york where oxycontin and opana are ruling the streets. Mostly all my friends are now addicted and suffering badly. Im so sick of Pain doctors over medicating people and making these drugs so easy to get. These drugs need to be banned NOW!
Jill VanderKam
Lorena Ashley Sty	I have lost many friends not only by death but emotionally and physically also. This drug has not only torn me apart but also ripped my family apart at the seams! This prescription should be banned forever and never made or sold ever again. This is purely satin in a pill form!
Josh Abadie	I was prescribed oxycontin for my back and when I tried to stop it didn't work.....I was addicted for almost two years and when I decided to stop it was miserable..I wouldn't wish the pain oxy caused me on my worst enemy. I want to do what I can to keep others from going through what I went through.
Ann Kingsley
Jeanmarie Ariola
Katie Cothran	I have lost to many friends to this awful drug, something must be done!!!
Andy Mercado
Janice Diaz
Erin Kingsley	I lost both my parents, 2 months apart due to accidental overdoses. My mother took ONE oxycontin and she also took her anti-depressants and she did not wake up. My father was a drug addict all his life and Doctors prescribed him massive amounts of oxycontin because he had a high tolerance. The docotor's knew he was an addict and still prescribed him this highly additive substance, he od on either Chirstmas eve or Chirstmas 2010. I lost both of my parents in two months due to a pill that they did not need to have prescribed to them!
Tarri Kalhoefer
Tana Alvarez
Lisa Stahl
john McFellin	In loving memory of my Brother, Jeff V. McFellin. (36) Toledo, OH 12/3/10 So Sad, I miss you so much!
Patricia Willson
Anonymous	Ban it I know way too many who has lost there loved ones and that is what started my son on heroin he also lost his life in 2010 ban it
Katie Alsobrooks
brent Frederick	This drug has ruined our family
G. W.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Sandra Stark	My daughter, aged 38, died in February from an overdose of oxycontin. She had chronic pain and had been on it a long time and was totally addicted to it. She had asked for help many times but was turned down because she had pain. We did not know the side effects of it, or that it caused depression. We need so much more information about this in Britian, I had no idea the company had been sued. I have lost a loving daughter, her children have lost their mother and it is all a complete waste. There doesn't seem to be any help here in England if you are addicted to it.
sUSAN wHITEHEAD	My son just from an overdose of Oxy and Klonopin 2/4/11. I want OxyContin's gone and off the streets.
sara maes	I come from a town that has been destroyed by heroine in the past, and now, I see my generation withering away as the addiction to oxycontins holds everyone in its deadly clutch. I have seen countless friends die because of this drug and I want nothing more than to see it go away.
Anonymous
Kristen Davenport
Anonymous	My town that I live in is being overran with o.c. I have lost all my friends and some family members to the addiction. I don't know who they are anymore.it's sad and I miss them.I'm raising 3 teenage boys and are scared for them because of oxiconton, it weighs on my heart dearly for those who have lost someone.please let's stop killing our youth and start paying attention.let's ban oxicontin I can't loose another person please
Boyd McLaughlin	As an individual who has seen both my aunt and uncle undergo numerous back surgeries and run the gambit of legal and FDA approved pain medications which have wreaked havoc on their internal organs, I, for one, would like to see Oxy Contin and all of its various forms be destroyed and banished from our society.
Betty Ann Morgan	My 16 year old son died of a oxycontin overdose on March 27th, 2011.
Crystal Kirk
Jessica Cummins	My mother just passed away on March 26th, 2011. Nothing at the scene implied it was a suicide but the medical examiner found a lot of undigested pills in her stomach. I am sure it was just her usual pills plus all her supplements. She had been trying to be healthy and lose weight so she would do well with her knee replacement surgery on April 13. She was prescribed oxy in the meantime. She appeared to have just taken her normal bedtime pills, lied down, and went to sleep only less than 20 min later, she had stopped breathing. The only thing that had changed recently is that she had significantly increased her oxy dose with the advice of an ER doctor who said "You can take as much oxy as you need, there is no upper limit." I am going to try to sue this doctor for negligence leading to death.
Maura Young	I have witnessed too many family members and close friends lose everything because of this drug!! I have small children and can't help but worry that someday they may be faced with this drug and it's awful addiction....Please ban it! PLEASE!
Laurie Rodman
Carol Keeler	My 16 yr old grandaughter we just found out she has been abusing oxys and other methemphetimes. It has been horendous for us our daughter has been a drug user for years off and on. this stuff needs to be banned from ever producing it or marketing it for anything. it falls into the hands so easy. get rid of it
vanessa merz	My father Anthoney Joe Merz, died 3 years ago in a house fire trying to save his dogs. He had been addicted to oxycontin for many years. The drug caused him to act so nutty that it broke up our family. He was always a good loving man. The drug caused him to act like crazy but he never lost the empathy and love in his heart that made him who he was. He eventually lost interest in living due to his addiction and so when his house was on fire with his dogs trapped inside he did notb think twice about going into the house to try an save them. I hate oxycontin and I would love to do anything to help ban this drug. I feel it should only be given to people that are actually inside of a hospital. Its way to addctive to give people bottles of to have at home. >vanessa merz
Barbara Winters	oxycotton stole my once beautyful son, not by overdose but by PRISON. joseph was put on this deadly killer by a 'doctor' after sustaining a severe back injury. with just one dose, he got addicted ike they all do, and was doomed from there. my son was charged with murder, after committing a robbery gone bad so he could feed his "legal HEROIN" habit... I know that oxycoton was responsible for this act, and theirfor the real robber and murderer was oxycotton. only a corrupt doctor feeds legal NARCOTICS to someone instead of teeching them to COPE WITH THE PAIN. this is not even right for dying cancer patients - trying to enjoy there last months of life while being poisoned so they die QUICKER. THIS IS A CUNNING AND POWERFUL DEMON DRUG, SENT by the devil himself. Somebody end this pandemic MADNESS
Anonymous	I've seen people lives destroyed by this drug. I've seen people coming in from all parts of this country to this one clinic in Tampa. They will be lined up at late night hours. What clinic is open that late?
Anonymous	I hate Oxycotin i wish they would ban it. I have a friend that abuses the medication. He claims he is always in pain. Constantly he remind total strangers I'm in pain. And he is loud about his drug use just because he gets it legal. Just give it to terminally ill patients in a hospital setting not a prescription. He is a moron. It's sad. I believe he sells it to his nephew. And he takes times the amount prescribed. I cant believe his Dr. keeps writing the script. It sad. I watched him crush 2 30MG O.p up and take one solid on top of it. It makes me sick. He has dozed off while driving one day. He took some muscle relaxers with it and almost killed me and some other driver. I stopped ridding with him. The last thing i'm going to say. when we were at C.V.S he was so loud about his drug. I heard him all the way in the front of the store. And I quote " WOW NOW I WISH I CAN GET MY OXYCOTIN at this price. And He got so loud some guy heard him and Held him at gun point. for his percocet and Oxycotin. Then he called the police. And then he threatened to sue C.V.S because they allowed that to happen. His Dr's office refused to refill it. and He wanted to sue them because he went threw withdraw. Umm can i say it was his fault for being loud. and annoying about it. this guy 55 yrs old. And he doesn't care as long as he gets his script filled. I hope we Ban it. He doesn't need it neither do Pain management clinics. They are a crock of Sh*t. Only give it Terminally ill patients in A hospice or hospital setting
Kathy	MANY OF THESE DR.'S ARE GETTING CAUGHT!!! BUT NO MATTER WHAT, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND IT IF YOU WANT.. MY SON WAS BAD ON OXYS!! IVE TRYED EVERYTHING, LIKE I SAID BEFORE HES DOING THE METHADONE CLINIC EVERY MORNING.. I AM SO SCARED OF THIS DRUG!!! AND IM SO SCARED OF RELAPSE..
Anonymous	I have a 25 yr old son now going on i think 3 weeks in a daily methadone clinic.. I still wonder, is this really safe? All I can do is be there for him, and PRAY!!! God Bless You Alll!!!!!
Shannon Hernandez
Laura Hailey	My husband is addicted to both Oxycontin and Percocet...he is 52 years old...he is prescribed them by his PCP on a monthly basis and has been for years...for the past few years he has been running out early therefore has to 'detox' until he can get his prescription filled...I watch him lay in bed virtually comatose and in a very bad mood once each month...I am sick of it and I am ready for him to be out of my life...the sad part about it for me is that I think he would be a pretty good husband if not for these drugs...but, as it stands now, I don't really know who the 'real him' is like.
Anonymous
Anonymous	I almost lost a very close friend to this drug and in danger of losing another, please ban this.
max keena
Mary Anne Keena	Former addict- please ban this deadly addictive drug
caroline powers	have lost my partner to a sudden death.....oxycontin destroyed his psitivity and created a monster resulting in a change of mood....i then became the victim of domestic abuse......violence and agression from a person normally loving and caring please stop this drug......
Katie
Lynn Foote
LaRhonda Marcell	Jeremy Traylor
Jacki Jacques	My father is addicted to Oxycontin. He has successfully destroyed our family.
Amy Timilty
Lacey Carleo
Chanie Frederic
Cassandra Gidaro
Amanda Rodriguez	This drug almost cost my lived one his life. Because of his addiction he is facing years behind bars. Without this drug he wouldn't be in the position he is in now.
sandra a delprincipe
Gina Marie Carleo	Please continue this petition!! This drug should stay locked up in hospital for terminal patients only!!!This drug has affected my family!! I wanted to do this and found this through my research. Please send me away to pass this out to friends and family.
Nathan Gover
Kalyn blalock	Jeremy traylor <3 We miss and love you!
DeShea Brignac
patricia lewis
Victoria Sidlauskas
Christopher Clai
Anonymous
charles swensen
ken piro
alex piro
josephine piro
Steven Piro
Kellie Twardowski	I am sorry to all of those who lost loved ones to this pill. We have the power and the choice today to do something different and prevent this from continuing to happen in the future. It is up to us! There are so many other effective methods of treatment and they do not pose a fraction of the risks of this horrible medication. Please stop the manufacturing of this pill so others do not have to endure it's effects.
MIchele Hughes	after years of working in substance abuse treatment and begging doctors to be more responsible with this dangerous dangerous drug I feel we have no other choice....we are loosing an entire generation of young people to this "legal" high
Elaine	Three children just died from overdosing on pain medication. None of these families knew each other, they were all separate incidents. Why? What are we doing to stop these preventable deaths. How do we get our voices heard? THIS HAS TO STOP!!
Jennifer grant	How many more people have to die? How many more young lives cut short? How many familes torn apart
Anonymous
Anonymous
Donna	This drug is ruining families all over the US.
Gina Ray
Diane Chard
Tracee Hartman	Dear daughter passed away from Oxys in November of 2009. She left behind 2 Child please stop killing our children Do what ever has to be done so we all can sleep better at night...Thanks Tracee
Marsha Schorr	On June 21, 2009, I lost my only son because oxycontin compromised his respiratory system and he died. The "friends" he was with that night, Aaron Spiller, Karianne Spiller and Robert Waters did nothing to get him the help he needed. I love my son. Aaron Michael Keith Fender is his name and is so deeply missed by his true friends and his family. His niece, Marli, was only 3 when he died and she talks about him. She is 5 now. My two other grandchildren don't remember their loving Uncle Aaron. Aaron will be part of my life forever. I only wished that I had been with him on that night at the Lani Kai Hotel in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. I will do anything I can to get this horrible, killer drug off the market. I will do anything I can to get the pill mills in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami shut down. For all our children who are no longer with us because of this drug, we must do something. For their memory and to save countless others, something must be done! In Florida, it seems cooler to care more about manatees and panthers than human life. My son is gone - forever. I will never be the same.
kevin scherer
Ellie Bolger	This drug needs to be banned. Thank you. Ellie Bolger
Marylou Adams	please ban this product it is to addictive and puts people that are already going through pain in more pain. thank you
Juan Carmona	I personally have not lost anyone close to me. But i've seen what this drug does to a person. They turn into zombies doing anything for their next fix. This drug steals peoples souls.
kimberly welch
christen herron	I have just found out that my 16 year old daughter has snorted Oxy on more than one occasion. I found out in time to save her life...many parents didn't.
Justin	My brother died from oxycontin that was prescribed to him for back pain. The drug along got him addicted and made him depressed, then it killed him.
SUSAN KOPSHO	My 22 year old son died as a direct result of oxycontin. He became addicted and moved on to herion. He was a documented certified genius ,had so much going for him until a childhood friends mother introduced him to oxycontin. He went to rehab and relapsed a year later. When he had a siezure the freakin doctors told him he was depressed and prescribed anti depression meds. The answer to all. A perfectly healthy 22 year old died within 2 months of these Perscription meds. How many of our beautiful children have to pay for the greed of the pharmaceutical companys. Lets not forget the Judges with their heads up there uyou know whats. Who let the street dealers walk because of overcrowding in the jails. The pathetic worm who sold my son these drugs was convicted of three felony counts of intent to sell and possesion and did absolutely no time. So I whole heartedly support this cause.
Carmen Demotts	I want to send my prayers to all who have lost someone due to this deadly legal scripts. I think that it is outrageous that our government and pharmaceutical companies think that producing and making them readily availible is ok, with the numbers and numbers that have past.
Anonymous	My son is addicted. He gets them legally by some Doctor Dealer!!!
Michele Michael	I have previous entries on this petition for my son Riley. I am so thrilled to report he has been sober for 7 months. The sad thing about this drug and its evil, is that it's victims will always be in its grip, fighting the desire to feel that high. Worse..the families of the addicts are forever changed, either because they have had to bury their loved ones, or the fear and watchful weariness of reliving the destruction caused by the lying, cheating, stealing, jail terms, overdoses, suicides, financial ruin and just plain broken hearts. Honestly...The doctors and drug companies that allow this to continue for the sole purpose of the almighty dollar should be force injected with heroin for 3 months.....you know, an eye for an eye. I have always considered myself a forgiving, loving person but I have to admit that I harbor such hatefulness for the drug companies that manufacture this drug and the doctors who prescribe it.
barbra decker	i believe that they need to ban this forever. It really sucks.
Daphne Surdin	OxyContin was prescribed to my father for pain a few weeks ago along with a drug called OxyCodone that has OxyContin in it. The doctors did not explain this drug to my parents at all. They gave it to him in the Rehab Center and gave him perscriptions for both drugs when he left the Center. They were very lax on the perscription, writing only twice daily instead of every 12 hours and did not explain the drug at all to my parents and its addictive qualities. My father, three weeks later, has become dependant on this drug. He does not see what it has done to him and the drug clouds your mind and thinking. This drug needs to be banned! The highly addictive qualities and the risk it comes with are not worth it! Please ban OxyCotin!
Anonymous
peter madge	oxycontin and oxycodone are the gateway to heroin, and addicts are addicts for life. wether they are clean or not. it has nearly destroyed my family and i am sure thousands of others. i pray each and every day that i don't get that phone call saying one of my children ( i have two children who are addicts) are dead due to an overdose! this drug is killing our children, their friends, our friends children and it must stop! nobody should watch their child go through the pain and suffering we have watched our children go through on a daily basis.
Anne Lukkarila
Maria Lynn Kyrkostas	IT IS TIME FOR DRUG MANUFACTURES TO TAKE THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET AND TO FUND THE RECOVERY AND ADDICTION REHAB TREATMENT FOR THE THOUSANDS WHO SUFFER QUIETLY.......... THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH BEDS IN THE COUNTY IN THE STATE AND IN THE USA FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT MUST BE TREATED. STOP ALLOWING THE MANUFACTURES TO PRODUCE THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE A DISPENSING PROBLEM. TREATMENT IS NOT EFFECTIVE in 6 WEEKS IT SHOULD BE 6 WEEKS FOR EVERY YEAR USING. INSURANCE COMPANIES WANT TO KICK YOU OUT OF INPATIENT AFTER THE FIRST 5 DAYS of treatment. THEY WANT YOU TO TRY OUT PATIENT THERAPY BEFORE THEY WILL EVEN PAY FOR INPATIENT THERAPY....POINT BEING( IF A PATIENT IS USING DURING OUT PATIENT THERAPY THEY CAN KILL THEMSELVES OR GET ARRESTED IN THE MEAN TIME) THE SYSTEM IS NOT SET UP TO HELP THOSE IN NEED! LETS GET THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO PAY FOR THESE DETOX AND 3-6 MONTH IN PATIENT TREATMENT for REHAB and RECOVERY MANY DO NOT HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE THOSE WHO DO GET KICKED OUT TOO EARLY AND RELAPSE WITH IN THE FIRST YEAR. WE NEED TO BAN IT AND THEN MAKE THEM PAY TO TREAT THE MASSES.
Brittany Miles
Sandy Jones
Jenna Jones
Mary Campbell
traci lynne madge	oxycotin has ruined my life! my son became addicted along with my daughter! needless to say, they both turned to heroin due to the fact that it is much cheaper! life has been nothing but detox and rehab for the past 2 years. i know so many people who are in the same shoes and all start off by taking oxycotin. this is a lethal, deadly, extremely addicting drug that has no business in the community!!!!!
Nilsa torres	Please ban all narcotics and the doctors who prescribe them. I lost my friend yesterday to a drug overdose of xanax and methadone.. Her doctor perscribe her xanax knowing she felt suicidal. Like I said the doctors are just as bad. They should all be arrested. OXYCONTIN has been killing our young society and its up to us to stand up and fight for them. So YES I will SIGN this petition and fight... RECOVERY MUST WIN!!!
Kelly Daley
Beckie Smith
Allison Marrano	I've lost more than 1 friend/family member to oxy/roxy overdoses and unfortunately I am watching more die from it now. Although I am an advocate of responsibility for ones own actions you have to look at the larger picture: if someone visits their physician whom has taken a Hippocratic oath to practice medicine ethically then prescribes a known highly addictive narcotic to their patient with enough oxycontin/pain medication to make an elephant overdose as well as refills what do you expect to happen? We rely on physicians to give us medical care not to be LEGAL DRUG DEALERS. In Florida a new "pain management" clinic can pop up on any corner and be known pay for pill clinics and no one does anything about it???? Shady pharmacies are allowed to operate knowingly filling fraudulent prescriptions or giving refills well before they are due, with a substance as deadly as Oxycontin being handed out like candy the future of our society is looking bleak... SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO END THIS!
Jamie
Debra Valley
Holly Warehime
David Luichinger
Nyky Rasberry
Anonymous	So many family's have lost their loved ones due to the dangerous characteristics of this drug. This drug should be banned & the FDA should be ashamed for continuing to allow this drug to take thousands of lives each month while sitting back ignoring the facts.
Erika Towell
Ava	My bestfriends sister just died from overdose, she was 18. This needs to stop.
Sherri Gastall	Please ban this horrible drug that has caused so much devastation to so many families and friends.
Darlene Moor	I'm very much against this drug! My mother died of accidental overdose because of Oxycontin. I also have known people that have died from it too and I think they need to take this off the market because of how fatal it is.
Sheryl Dickey	I now have a son addicted to heroin as a direct result of taking oxy for a back problem. Heroin is the same thing only cheaper and I wish he had never been intoduced to Oxycontin.
Danielle Colby	Happy to see this petition; BAN OXYCONTIN! I know first-hand the damage it does.
Kenney Dodson	I personally know more than five of my former peers that have died from results of oxycontin use. I personally know many many people struggling with hard core addiction from this drug. I myself am personally struggling with addiction from this drug. It literally ruins families, relationships and lives. I've see'n it happen and have experienced it first hand. It causes crime rate to go up from people doing whatever they have to do to get the drug and thats just one of the many severe negative sides from oxy addiction. I think better yet i know if oxy was finally out of commission many lives would be saved and many of our future children would not have to experiance the traumatic time spent in there lives being addicted/ a slave to this drug. Nobody wants there kids to grow up to be an addict. Especially to a drug like this. It takes the purity out of live to any person who becomes addicted and it can literally happen overnight. Im all for this drug being banned absolutely !
Amanda P.
Jenny Brown
Maurna Winterer
luisa Ganin	These drugs are taking the lives of great young people. My son is now in rehab. I am willing to do whatever it takes to join together with other families to ban these drugs. please feel free to contact me . Regards Luisa Ganin
ghetonda mosley-shertzer
Ellen Money	This drug is killing our children. My son was a healthy 19 year old until he was in a minor car accident in 2001 and has some pain in his neck area. Oxy was prescribed IMMEDIATELY with no questions asked..October 4, 2008 was the day my son died of an oxy overdose.
Anonymous	Oxycontin wrecks the lives of many. It not only impacts the addict- but all those left in the wake of this drug- Famlies, children, spouses. Lives are lost, people are incarcerated.... and those left behind are left to wonder why the goverment allows this to continue to be available.
Kelly W Gatlin
Blake Patrick Summerlin	My sister (Cassie Crawford) has been my inspiration to where your braclets and I'm all for these causes. (:
Lindsay McMaken
Michelle Ostermyer
Tara Wilfong	I got addicted to OxyContin (was give as a rx for migraine headaches). Thankfully I have been clean for 4 years now.
AMBER	RIP SCOTTY TY SWAGGERTY !!!! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
Jasmine Goodlow	Im signing this because i do not want anymore people to die behind this powerful drug!.....this is for Jeremy Traylor!
Deb Hodl	When you lose someone to oxycontin, while they are still living, it means torturous, ongoing grief.
Rena	I hate this drug!!!
Crystal Spade
Marcie Kakegumick
Aldea Simon	My oldest child died from a prescription of hydrocodone (another narcotic close to Oxycotin). He was just beginning his life when he was prescribed this medication over and over again for a broken nose. Stop this evil because it can affect anyone's life or child!
anna chelmareva
Dawn Bricker	My 18 year old healthy and beautiful son died from Oxycontin that a kid took from his parents medicine cabinet after having back surgery. It's not your average pain pill, it's the killer one.
Laura Pataki
crystal contrino
Anonymous	I have Friend That gets his Oxycotin legal from his Boohoo i'm in Pain management. I have back pain blah blah its so Annoying he reminds everyone even total strangers he is on Oxycotin he He is chronic pain. He had 2 surgeries and the Military and Mental health Dr's said he is addicted. He caused 2 accidents because he dosed off in a (heroin doze) I call it. He is not in pain and i'm slowly getting tired of him just talking about his pain its every hang on I timed it one day. OK back. Every 4 to 7 Mins. He is just fooling his wife. One pain management center he went too they did 2 procedures. and said There is no medical possible way he could be in pain. so he went to a shady clinic. and that Dr. believed his crap. and dint even pull his medical records with the military and 10 yr Dr's office records. and this quack gave him 30 mg to take 4 times a day with roxicet. But he is just getting worse He is abusing them. chewing crushing all the meds taking 4-6 at time. He even had a reaction which closed his airway. I hate Oxycotin I wish they would Ban it or at least do testing and lie detector test. In order to give or just Give only hospice or last 2 days alive. Restrict it from pain management or just Get rid of it all together. MD
mary white
Barbara
James Achterhof	This drug has become a scourge instead of an asset and should be banned from any further use.
Debra Braud	Jeremy Traylor
Anonymous	It took 6 years to get my best friend off of this junk. It was a long and painful journey. Unfortunately, he introduced this drug to several others and they are still fighting the addiction. It's almost laughable that this drug still exists and I am not a person that typically wants regulation of products because people abuse them. It has more to do with the easy access that people have to these substances. Pain management clinics are a joke. The cleanup needs to start there.
lee koerber
Yvonne Sheppard	Something HAS to be done!!!!! My middle son is addicted to oxycontin, and it has permeated every ethnic and economic community. I have watched so many of my son's friends die, or overdose. I personally am raising TWO grandchildren because of this particular addiction. For the love of God,,,PLEASE, take this poison OFF of the MARKET NOW.
linda sheridan
Joseph McLean
Deb Perisho
Christina hinkle	Oxycotin is a terrible drug...I have lost people to it and people have moved on to worse like heroine. Words cannot describe how much I truelly believe there was NEVER a need to make a pain medication like that! My deepest and most sincere appologies to those families who have lost someone or could be loosing someone.
Anonymous
Chris Burnham	This needs to happen asap i know to many people affected by this addiction and who die from it. kids might think twice about trying herion but when they see a pill in a pill bottle they think its safe and different. it ruined a portion of my life and i thank god every day that i am stil here to talk about it and sign this petition. please tell your friends about this because this should be available to no one.
kaleb mccarty	im only eleven years old.have a neibor in prision from drugs,and a other neibor dead from these pills.godbless every one in jail and the ones we love.help us save a life today.lets close the pill mills!!!!!!!!!!
Bryan Jones
Terri Furman
Carla Gell
Shellie Santini
Brian Hershelman
Donna Law
Alessandra Pridgeon
Michael Macy
Lindsay Kimblew
Allene Kimble Laney
Melanie Langkam
pamela cotoia
Cassie Crawford	I am a recovering addict and I was full blown addicted to OxyContin and other pills similar to it thanks to a doctor and a car accident. It was the darkest years of my life. Now I have sought treatment and that is how I learned of this website along with NA. I will have 6 months clean March 25th and this has been the best 6 months of my life in a long time. Once you are hooked nothing else matters except for your next pill because you don't want to become "sick". Many of friends have died due to tis drug and I have even lost a cousin to prison due to these pills. Please dont become another victim to this drug!!....Cassie 26
Anonymous
Melissa Duplass	My daughter 19 years old is addicted to oxycotin and I know several people who died from oxycotin. This drug should be taken off the market!! Before it takes more lives!!!
Deborah Porro	I lost my daughter Jamie this year at the age of 30 who struggled with oxycontin battle on and off for 4 year. Her Primary Dr. Rathbun in Boynton Beach was prescribing it knowing she was a recoverying addict. My youngest daughter is still struggling. Please stop the easy access to a drug that was only meant for terminal patience not to kill young healthy peopel with a life a head of them.
Dino CaPone
Jackie Gaughan
Alicia Marie Cuttita
Joey LLawrence
Bertha Day
Lloyd Decker
Georgette Smith
DeWayne Burton
Russ Ahearn
Bill Solak
Anonymous
Jennifer Robbins
Anonymous
Katie Conley
Nick Conley	Dangerous drug that only leads to misuse and trouble, should have never been invented.
Susan Landis	OxyContin has touch my family in a most negative way and I wish it was no longer produced so others may avoid the devastating results that touched our family.
Scott Dye	Some things are worse then pain.
Edie Moore
Tricia Campbell
shane giggey	These drugs are the worst thing that can happen to any family,friend,coworker, or the most important person in your life. Please put an end to this killer.
Nate Barstow	Growing up in a poverty ridden area, I have witnessed first hand many people who take this drug on a regular basis illegally and the pain and suffering it can cause. One of my best friend's father died from this drug when we were very young as well. All of this could be prevented in the FDA would remove drugs like Oxycontin, and many others, from the market. Don't forget what the original purpose of prescription pills were meant for. Please do what's right! It's not about profits, it's about saving lives and keeping drugs that are killing people out of people's hand. Clearly the only way this will work is to remove the drug completely.
Anonymous	i have seen and watched alot of my friends suffer from the damn drug. i wish the family that has posted this the best because dan was a great guys i knew him all through middle school and stopped hangin out when we all went to different high schools:( i am sorry for the lose and wish you all the best
Charlotte Corteggiano	I'm 86 years old, and have seen many things in my long life, both great and devestating. This drug is devestating families. My 24 year old grandson became addicted, lost the battle and passed away on December 3rd. Please, stop the killing.
Anonymous	I agree as well as my boyfriend, father of my children, 16yrs strong. We were addicted 4 5yrs got off w methadone was add. 2 them 4 3yrs we are now on the Suboxone and as of today 140 days clean. We lost everything except our kids which was all we had left. We lived 6mo w no heat/power n then 6mo living in a truck. All of the meds we took were from a doctor who actually saved our lives n saved us from getting our kids taken away thank god. I believe the oxycontin is/needs 2 be banned or 2 disapear all together I believe it is/puts the devil into u..... Robert n Jennifer Recovering Addicts (190 days)
Michael	ban it
jessica mello
Elizabeth Forney	This is killing people !!!
Anonymous
Cliff Peeples
manny medina
John Torsch	My younger Brother Dan died on December 3, 2010 of a Heroin OD. He struggled with his addiction for nearly 7 years before he lost his battle. All his troubles began when he took his first OxyContin. When Oxys became too expensive he switched to the much cheaper heroin. This drug was everywhere growing up and it still is. There is no reason for a drug like this to be so accessable, therefore OxyContin in all it's forms should be discontinued and banned. Doctors need to be held accountable for presribing such a lethal opitate in outragously high numbers with complete disregard for human life. Equally all drug dealers caught selling OC should face the steapest penalties allowable by our drug laws. I pray for all the families affected by the terrible disease associated with this drug. I also pray the people in power of our great country will not think about their own careers and or bank accounts for once and do the right thing. BAN OXYXCONTIN!!
Shawnee Smith	I lost my only child to this highly addictive drug on 11/4/10,this senseless loss of lives must stop!!!!!
Melissa Forney
Tara Pecora
Julie Corteggiano
Ryan Richardson
jamie eder	this is a horrible drug that is ruining the lives of my friends family and teens and adults all over the country
carl torsch
Lissa O'Connor
Christina Michelle Ittner
Austin Torsch	R.I.P DCT
Joselyn Cossentino
Kelsey Richardson
Emily Tognocchi
Joanna Corteggiano
Anonymous
Sherry Helstrom	I am writing in regards to the abuse Drs are using with this drug to get rich as our loved ones are getting addicted..I have two loved ones that I have watched abuse these and they are destroying their lives.
pam novak	ban it!
Anonymous
Cindy Hoel
Catherine Landis
bob kennedy
Mary Torsch	My son first took OxyContin in 2004, became addicted almost immediately. When he couldn't afford the pills any longer, he turned to heroin.....he died on December 3rd, 2010.
Alexis Wright
Larry Nash
Robert Anthony Vitale	My 19 year old son just completed his third program and is currently residing in a halfway house in Ft. Lauderdale. He got hooked while attending Cooper City High School. Kids make bad decisions sometimes. I know three of his contemporaries who have died from over dose. You know, kids I coached in the Optimist. We have to play the cards we have been dealt. But what about those coming up behind us. I understand the situation at the school has further deteriorated and addiction is becoming more wide spead. This is murder, and the polititions who refuse to address the problem or worse those who seek to derail efforts to regulate, are murders. I wonder what polititions Purdue Pharma. contributes to? Murderers!
Mary Parks Johnson
Rebecca Slosberg	Thank you for this petition, this drug has affected my family deeply. My little brother has recently finished another stint in rehab for this and as of now is clean, we pray that it remains this way. Keep this drug out of peoples hands forever!
Lisa Ruma	My beautiful 19yr old daughter overdosed and died from this horrible "pain reliever" on December 30, 2008. This was a prescription that was shared with her from a friend that abused it as well as shared and sold to his friends. I feel that if his doctor had monitored his usage and perhaps stopped his prescription, my daughter would still be with us. Please stop turning our heads to this sad, horrific epidemic.
John Carroll
Anonymous	This drug needs to be taken off the market and banned.
Anonymous
Joshua Hill
Rose Robertson	This drug is deadly and has caused more death than it has helped life. It needs to be eradicated!!!
Deneen DuBose
Carrie Charette
George McLellan
raven cohen	I know people who have been addicted to this drug and its terrible. It's causing familys/friends to loose their loved ones everyday! This drug ruins and takes peoples lives. The FDA should of banned it years ago! What are you waiting for another person to loose their life from this terrible drug? It needs to be baned now!!!!
Donna Keith	I have people very close to me that are addicted to these friggin pills. I WANT THEM OFF THE MARKET!!!
Anonymous
Pearl Moyer	A reply to Vickey. Thank You for your web site as my children need help badly. They are so addicted to Oxy and have asked me for help. Now I feel like I am fighting a losing battle. I also am a Nurse I have given them out for years but I had no Idea the concequenses of this drug. Now when we get people on this as I am giving it. I think to myself "little does this person know that they are now addicted." A lot of times it starts in the Hospitals and carries over to their real life. The sad part of it is the hospital just made another addict. FDA WE NEED THIS DRUG BAN!!!!!!!!!
Susan E Early	The insanity of these pill mills must be stopped!
Linda L. Tarbox	I have Neices and Nephews Addicted to these Terrible Drugs !!!! My Neice has three little Children who NEED their Mommy ,Buttheir Mommy needs her pills !!!!My Sister ,Pearl has done everything in her Power to got her Children off of these DRUGS ,Right downto calling Crime Stoppers ! No one will help her ... WE,re affraid , My Neices babies are going to get a hold of these pills and die !As my Neice pass,es out with the pill crusher in her hand .. as she snorts them , and her little babies are running around with no one watching them, it would only take a second for her babies to put that junk in their mouth !! My sister has even called the State on her Daughter .. my Neice.. Trying to Protect the babies ,but they have not done anything EITHER ! What more can she DO ? Please HELP ! THANK YOU !!!
Tara Giggey	I have two sibling's on this crap and I want this drug gone. Not only do I have 2 sibling's but, I have cousin's and this drug stop's good parenting and if you care enough for these people and their live's and children's live's then get rid of this crap. I don't care how much freaken money drug dealer's and doctor's make on selling this crap. STOP THE FREAKEN DRUG NOW...
theresa scanlan	its not just oxycotin that needs banned its roxycodones 30's and 15's
theresa scanlan	i have lost family friends and i am recovering to myself. i am watching my little sister kill her self cause she is over medicating her self withy roxy 30's these drugs should be outlawed or followed by strict guidelines
Mike Carr	They make this drug way to easy to get. Ban this drug, Stop ruining lives and families. Stop people/doctors and drug companies from profiting at the stake of our youth, children, friends etc.
April Carr	Get rid of this drug and save lives and families.
Sarah Glassman	I have a brother who is addicted to Roxies aka oxys..This needs to be stopped asap! this is ruining his life and my family as well..Please stop this drug PLEASE!
kylie f steele	i am from west virginia and had to leave the state because the drug problems are so bad. mostly oxy...i am so sick of my friends dieing and being addicted...i get a call atleast every other month saying someone i know has overdosed usually on oxy PLEASE stop the use of oxy PLEASE nobody else needs to die due to the ignorance of how bad this drug is being abused!!!!
Vickey	This drug has no place in our medicine cabinets, this is not medicine! My husband of 30 yrs broke his hip in a car wreck in 2000. About a year after the wreck my husband went to the doctor for complications in his hip arising from the wreck. The doctor prescribed oxycotin for pain. Little did we know that was the beginning of the end to the man we knew forever. Over the next decade we have been thru a living hell fighting the addiction of oxycontin. This drug totaly transformed the man I love and known for 30 years into someone I did not recognize. The doctor was no help, after getting him good and addicted the doctor fired my husband as a patient leaving us to deal with this addiction on our own... Completely alone and desperate for help, we sent him to different rehab's,and detox centers. All they did was charge a large amount of money to fill him full of methadone. Methadone for painkillers? If this is medicine why do you need methadone to get off of it? I thought methadone was for herion addicts... Thats when I found out that oxycontin is nothing more than legal herion. Why would a doctor prescribe herion for pain relief? Why would the medical profession think herion has a medicinal use. We educate our children to the dangers of drugs like herion, yet we turn around and use it as medicine? What is the medical profession thinking? We tried at home and watching him violently detoxing, and him desperatly wanting off this drug, but this drug had total control over him, and this family went on a spiral of helplessness into a world so different from what we knew. Completely broke and desperate, we finally found thru our church, On May 5th 2010 Mission Teens (First Fruits) in Jerseyville, Illinois where my husband spent 6 months getting off that poison without the help of more different poisons. Thank You Mission Teens! Sadly to say we will always have to live the rest of our lives with that addiction always sitting in the background just waiting to poke its ugly head back up. Jan 3rd 2011 my husband had to have a total hip replacement and the pain killer they wanted to use after surgery was oxycodon---NO! Talked to the surgeon and told him our story and what we've been thru and no way can my husband take any kind of narcotic pain killer now, yet alone any kind of oxy product. The surgeon researched and found a different pain killer for my husband to take while healing from his surgery. I feel lucky to still have my husband with me, but oxycotin has changed our lives forever. He now has high blood pressure, and other health issue from the effects of that drug. If you have a family member needing help and your broke, desperate for help contact your local Mission Teens www.missionteens.com it is completely faith based non-profit. My husband would be dead from that drug if not for mission teens and God. this drug really is very very dangerous and has no business in the medical/medicinal use for healthcare field.
goretti	THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE FACING IN THIS ISLAND ARE UNSPEAKEABLE DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS ARE NOT ABLE TO CONTROL ONCE IS ON THE PATIENTS HANDS, FDA PLEASE STOP THIS MONSTER MEDS FROM GOING ON THE STREETS OF THE US
Paul Bentley
Anne	I am replying to Sherry, keep up your remission of this terrible drug, before something happens to you. Obviously your family are in trouble with it, and it sounds they all need help. Let them read some of these petitions on here, and just see what has happened to so many addicts, it's horrible. We need people to live, not die. I've been through this with my son, and he decided he didn't want to die yet, and stopped doing this. The doctor he was using in Coral Springs I believe is in jail in Kentucky.
Pearl Moyer	Thank you for your input. I was wondering why the FDA hasn't gotten involved as this drug has cause many of us so much pain. This highly addicting and dangerous drug needs to be off the market. FDA PLEASE REMOVE THIS DRUG AS YOU HAVE THE ATHOURITY TO DO SO. SIGNED BY A ANGRY MOTHER AGAINST OXYCODONE.
SHERRY JACOBS	I am A ADDICT IN RECOVERY.I WAS ADDICTED TO THOSE PILLS BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXSPENSIVE AND THE SREET VALUE WENT WAY UP AS WELL AS THE PRICE IN THE PHARMACIES I WENT TO THE ROXICODONE 30 MG WHICH WERE CHEAPER AND MADE SO READILY AVAILABLE FROM THE DOCTORS IN ST LUCIE,VERO BCH AND WEST PALM BCH FLA.AS A RESULT OF I LOST A SISTER TO A OVERDOSE JANUARY 4 2011,A DAUGHTER ALMOST LOST HER LIFE BUT MAY LOSE AN ARM,SISTER THATS ADDICTED,HER 2 SONS AND ALL MY FRIENDS WHICH ARE MY USING BUDDIES,I AM NOT BLAMING NO ONE BUT IF THEY WERENT SO EASY TO GET MAYBE MY SISTER WOULD BE ALIVE ,MY CHILD WOULD BE OK AND I WOULDNT BE IN THE SHAPE I AM IN.....BAN THEM PILLS ...SAVE SOME LIVES BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
Dustin Conner	For Jeremy.
Nikki Alston	Jeremy.
kira syatt	My husband is off and on oxys,my life has been an emotional rollercoaster,My husband will HEVER be the same,and I owe it all to a little pill called oxys........I love my husband but I hate addiction,,,,,we need to put an end to this!!!!!!!
Gayle Newman	Due to opoid availability and use, there is a massive subculture of addicts that is growing exponentially. Many of these addicts would have never taken this substance had it not been marketed aggressively by a very greedy pharmacy industry. We need this ban at best, and at the very least, we need tight restrictions on the dispensing of all opoids. There should be an extended followup required with every written rx. We need funding for long term treatment for this very vulnerable population. If the pharmacies, prescribers, & pain clinics were forced to pay for treatment for the "adverse event" of addiction, they might be more cautious & discerning about how the product is despensed. To everyone who has lost a loved one to drugs of any kind, I extend my all loving compassion and kindest regards.
Anne	They arrested 17 and closed 4 clinics yesterday in the West Palm Beach area. This after 340 undercover drug buys. That's a start to stopping all this. Read the Palm Beach Post front page today. Hang in there everyone, at least this is a start.Something is better than nothing being done.
josh ehler	ITS KILLING PEOPLE-LEGAL HEROIN!!!!!
Michael Bianco	My son is in his 2nd rehab for Oxy abuse and I pray he stays clean. These drugs are destroying our nation. The people MUST stick together to battle this insane problem. How about listing ALL products manufactured by Pharma. Any law makers who support these companies need to be exposed to the public!
Anonymous
Anonymous	I will sign this petition to ban Oxycontin, and it's can't happen soon enough. I almost lost my son in 2007 to this. At Christmas 2008 he suddenly decided he didn't want to live his life this way, and more than likely die, he gave it up. Unfortunately, the alcohol took over, and we have been through this for the last two years. Today, Feb 24th, he has been "dry" for 2 months, and whilst this isn't long to normal people, it is "long" for me and the family. Everyday that he stays sober is another good day. For some strange reason I kept all his pill containers in a garbage bag in the attic. I am not sure why, but I certainly hope that this arresting of Pill Mill doctors' and nurses today in West Palm and Miami etc, will at least try to bring to an end this terrible situation that is out there. Governor Scott needs to "wake up' to the situation, and realize that Florida is the Drug Vacation Capitol of the country. Thanks everyone, and keep fighting to end this.
Crystal	You are killing people everyday with this medication and causing more pain!!!!
Ruby Myers
Jerry Buechler	Nearly lost my son to oxyies and 2 of his friends are dead and many of his former friends are still using.
Elizabeth	We need to stop all of this
Kethline corneau
Nettie Leigh Von Demmel	OxyContin has ruined many families lives that I know just in our community. I know of a total of 10 deaths related with OxyCotin and many who are addicted. It has torn my family apart as the father of my son completly lost everything. His good paying job, friends, family, and all of his belongings have been pawned for more OxyCotin. Please remove this drug, I can't imagine loosing more family or friends to this horrible substitute for heroin. It's killing so many and the few that it helps can be helped by other pain management.
Barbara Reynolds	I think this is an URGENT issue and that OXYCONTIN, should definetley be banned immediately.
Fred Whitaker
Cynthia Foster	My son was arrested yesterday, facing 5 felony charges for theft and selling stolen property. One of these items being my beloved family purebred dog. The money made off of this was used to buy oxycodone. He and is best friend are in deep. My heart goes out to all who have lost loved ones, all those suffering with this addiction.
Rebecca Hale	I would like a class action suit against Purdue Pharma. The money won should be given to the helpless individuals who are addicted to this horrific pill with the goal of reahbilitation until no longer needed. Stop the manufacture of Oxycontin and Oxycodone. All the profits received from this medication should be used to find an antedote for this drug. STOP IT NOW!!!!!!THIS IS WORSE THAN THE HOLOCAUST!!!!ARE PRECIOUS YOUTH ARE VICTIMS OF A DEADLY MED MANUFACTURED BY A GREEDY COMPANY!!!!INJECT THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE FDA FOR ONE WEEK AND SEE WHO BECOMES ADDICTED!!!
JOHN L. PHILLIPS
Anonymous	Please stop this terrible addiction. It is worse than herion addiction because it is "legal" perscription drugs. We are losing people in all social classes, from kids to Presidents of big corporations. Husbands, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, Sons, Daugthers and even Grandparents. It is tearing up families, killing our loved ones, sending them into prisons and hospitals and the morgue. Older people are selling pills to supplement their incomes and the pill mills just keep providing them without proper examinations. Florida supplies the entire Nation with these pain killers. It is absurd! All for money...What is it going to take these greedy politicians ...one of their own overdosing???? Please stop the pill mills and get our State under control...
Christiane Oliva	There is no need to go to war we are killing our own right here in the USA Please stop Oxycontin / Oxycodone etc…Pain Clinics doctor who prescribe those very powerful medications. Too many death already too many families destroyed, too many children born addicted and I can go on and on It cost all of us taxes payer a lot of money to treat patient in our Hospital who are addicted without insurance for some pills makers to make money it is all about money what about LIFE !!! Thousand of families have been affected by this epidemic IT HAS TO STOP PLEASE
Michelle Moore	My son is sentenced to 8 years in Florida State Prison for burlary to support his Oxy addiction.
Kendra Loisel	I am a supporter of banning the drug. It is doing no good to society. People are losing loved ones and loved ones are getting addicted and it is sad to see them struggle. There is no positive outcome of this drug.
Baily J. Jones	Please, no more "blues."
Michelle Romero
Anonymous
Stephan Ratayezak
Anonymous
Anonymous	Please, ban oxycontin and save a life.
Kimberly Mason
Erica Coleman	I just recently lost a really close friend due to the drug oxy contin. PLEASE come together and get this drug banned! It is VERY dangerous. RIP William 'willie' Sylvia
Victoria Strickland Luckfelt	This is a bad bad drug take it off the market its killing our kids. Kids do not understand if some one is in that much pain they need to be hospitalized....
Nichole Sturniolo	Please ban this drug. It is way to addictive and destructive to be prescribed to people.
Clint Garrison
Lori Collins	Our family members and loved ones... one by one are being taken from us... we need to put a stop to this madness... We need to ban this drug.... Ban it now.. Before it takes anymore young people from us... RIP - DUSTIN TYLER BLAIR... FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
melissa sockwell
Lori
Nicholas Gray
kyle jacobsen	Oxy contin took my brother, my 17 year old brother, i am 16 years old and it is unfair that i have to go through this. i HATE this drug and will go to any lengths to stop it. my brother would want the same thing
Anita Wagaman
Norman Scott
Tracey Peirce	My prayers go to all families that have lost loved ones.. I was blessed, my son was saved.. They are all in my prayers.
Marc Stella	If you really want to stop the pain, ban Oxycontin. Friends and sometimes friendships are lost to this insidious drug. It's highly addictive and that makes it dangerous. Even if you presently use this medication for pain I am going to ask that you sign this petition. Hopefully the drug will be banned, saving lives, one of them may be your own. Together we can make this happen.
Anonymous	Perry Moore Dead of oxycontin overdose. He was the producer of the chronicals of narnina.
Joseph Rintone	Get this drug off the market!!!! Stop letting our children get addicted to this! Its dangers outweigh the benefits!
Sharon Scotta	A classmate from high school just lost her daughter to this drug, she was only 24. Please take it off the market!!!
Mary Block	Please stop distributing this medicine... it is destroying lives and families. If nothing else, please only prescribe it to the terminally ill where addiction risk would be irrelevant.
doug miller
jillian Walters-williams	My older sister Adriana has been addicted to heroin since the age of 18 and when we moved to Sarasota Florida from Detroit Michigan she found a little blue pill called oxycontin and she's been hooked on it since the age of 20. She is now almost 23. She was a normal beautiful smart girl now she is doing anything to get a LEGAL drug. I have seen these drugs take over my sisters life and our familys as well. Oxycontin is much easier to get and to be addicted to in my opinion then heroin because in the state we live in (Florida) pain Dr.s peescribe oxycontin like its candy. I knew someone who wrote fake prescriptions and the doctors gladly accepted it. This is an absolute epidemic that needs to be addressed asap. Thank-you.
jerry ross
michelle ross	I would like to see this drug banned my son is addicted to ocycontin
Dessa Blackthorn
Michelle Erwin
Janet Parrish
Amber wascom
Blake Mascali	my closest and dearest friend became addicted to this drug and subsequently died due to overdose
Jan Grant	Oxycontin may be useful under strict supervision, but it is deadly, and so many of our loved ones have become addicted to it, and unfortunately its use took the life of my nephew. Please find a solution to this problem.
Lynne Holley	We have lost too many of our loving children to this drug. Something must be done. Will it take some politicians to lose their child to this to get anything done? I hope not, would never want any parent to know the pain of losing a child to drugs.
Rita Lane	I don't believe Dustin, my 23 year old son and only child would have died from a heroin overdose if he had not first been addicted to oxycontin, how many have to die ?
Sara Coup	Because of this drug and my son's disease, he is gone forever. Hopefully, this will result in another family not having to deal with the harsh reality of this drug and the pain and heartache it can cause.
Vivian Skinner	this is a drug that can steal, kill, and destroy a family, in no time at all
Christine Noble	OxyContin has no buiness being on the market, there are so many other drugs that the FDA has approved that can be used to do the same thing as Oxy. Oxy is being sold on the street's it is being crushed and snorted, cooked and and injected. And just popped like candy. I know one thing this drug killed my Niece, 24 years Old died Thanksgiving morning 2010. Would she have been alive today if not for the Oxy's ? But I know they killed her. PLEASE do not let it happen to any other person help to spare another family of the pain my family is going threw.
sHERRY kALLAB
Pam Lampert
Samantha Gordon	My friends passed away using this drug. Please take it off the market.
Natalie
Anonymous
Kevin Corbett	Please ban oxycontin!!! Please save the lives of our family and children.
Lona Crosier	I have multiple family members who abuse these pills. One who has died. I am a nurse and I am sick of seeing what these pills are doing to our loved ones. How many will have to die before something changes. I am also sick at how freely these pain clinic work, and the millions of dollars they are making at our expense. How many are going to die. Dose our goverment even care. Please someone help.
Trevor Knapp	there's nothing good about that shit
Samantha Mairson	I lost my cousin to OxyContin on Thanksgiving Day. Banning Oxy is about more saving one life. It's about saving families. Individuals. Futures.
candie dizick	Have watched way to manydocumentaries and intervention tv , way to many people dyeing and getting addicted to this and it wont stop until its gone...
Anonymous	My father is an addict he started with oxycontin. He is currently in detox for the 3rd or 4th time. He seems to be refusing rehab after his detox. I cannot deal with the pain this has caused to myself and my family. This is a true killer, i am 100% for the ban of this drug.
Martha L Walker
Candace Dienert	Hello I have 2 sons addicted to oxycontin One is 24 and the other 21 My husband and I are average middle class people who have worked very hard all are lives and my children have had a great life until Oxycontin. We have spent thousands on rehabs, sober living houses, counseling etc. I personally feel that the makers of oxycontin should reimburse me for all the money spent and the hell that my family has been put through. By the grace of God the boys are still alive. Oxycontin is the Devil. God help the makers of this drug if my children die. I will make it my mission in life that their lives will be a living hell like are lives have been. Thank you, Candce Dienert
Janice Paulson	We have MADD and they have a lot of functions to raise money to help stop drunk driving. I would love to start something like that to help pay for rehab for all the children and young adults or better yet sue the makers of Oxy and make them pay for all these subox programs! I just don't know where to start. Can you help me or give me suggestions. My son was given oxy to help him pass a dam kidney stone. The addiction has been a battle for 4 years now. It just breaks my heart to watch a loved one go through this! I want to fight this so bad it kills me. Please help me I dont know where to start! Any suggestions Please Janice Paulson
Emily Noronha	My best friend died at 24... OVERDOSE! Please get as much people as you can to get this terrible devil crug off these streets! Better just BANNED FOREVER! RIP KATIE ANNE LENNON! You will be missed! I love you babygirl!
Steven Zeig	I as a doctor lost my step daughter. She passed away at the age of 24 years old on Thankgiving day 2010 of an overdose. I have taken action in the abuse of this drug and no longer prescribe this drug to my patients. Word needs to get out in relaying the message that Oxycontin kills young and old alike. Dr. Steven Zeig, M.D.
Hector Phillip Torres	Ban all pain medication that causes breathing problems, especially Oxycontin
Herb Bailey	Needs to be Banned!
Bob	A friend lost her daughter to this dreadful drug. Take it off the market.
Laura A Lennon	My 24 year old daughter died of an overdose of OxyContin on Thanksgiving day year 2010. Many other young people are either hooked on this drug or dying just like my daughter. No parent should have to go through the grief that we have had to go through. There are plenty of other prescipion drugs available for people in america that need them. Oxys killed my daughter and I dont want any other mother out there to feel and go through the pain that I am going through right now. The goverment also needs to close these pain clincs that make it easy for these drug dealers that sell them to get there hands on them. I also want pharmarcies to be connected so these people cant jump around to different doctors and get multiple prescriptions. My heart goes out to anyone that has suffered a loss from drugs. Laura Lennon
Brenda Taylor
Casey Camille Rascan
PATRICE FOSTER	im living a nitemare with my son who is 18 and is oxycontin.
Anna Mesoraca	How many more funerals do we have to attend before someone pulls the plug on this dangerous and addictive drug??How many more promising young people have to die..How many more children will be raised by grandparents because of their parents addiction??Something needs to be done NOW...
Carol Gardner	My son, Adam Joseph Gardner died on Christmas Day,in Palm Harbor, Florida from an Oxycontin overdose. This has been confirmed by toxicology. I have been a Registered Nurse for 23 years, Oxycontin was designed for terminal cancer patients, it was never meant for "pain". This drug is the most addictive, unable to rehab drug in existance. My son was addicted for four years, multiple overdoses, incarcerations and periods of being clean. Prior to his addiction, we was a licensed Electrician with a $100,000 a year business. We had a Doctor tell us at the start he had a better chance of getting off of shooting heroin. The Pharmacutical companies are making billions off of our loss of loved ones.
Anonymous	DEAR LORD PLEASE BE WITH US ALL THIS DAY THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM LOSING OUR LOVE ONES FROM THIS AWFUL DRUG IT HAS DESTROYED OUR LIVES AND SO MANY OTHERS THANKYOU OUR LORD FOR HELPING US ALL AMEN
Lance Johnson	This drug ruined my brothers life as the lives of many others. The madness needs to stop now!!!
Eric Scroggins	This drug must be removed from the market i have lost three friends to it and have many more are addicted to it now
George C. Murray
john krauth	simply put drugs torture you then kill you
Robert Mays
Margaret Eldridge	An employee of our's is currently addicted to this medication, buys them & injects them. It's VERY upsetting. I really want this medication to DISAPPEAR along with the sellers. I live in Ocala, FL. From knowing my employee, I have learned of huge drug "rings" involving this pill. People pay the guy who reads the MRI at a local doctor's office. The guy has the nurse call the medication into various pharmacies. The MRI's are actually fakes, this physician's assistant who gets the pay-off has got a good thing going. The pills are "prescribed" in standard quantities but are all sold to people on the street. Old people in The Villages get prescriptions for this drug for "chronic pain," then they give the pills to their kids & grand kids to sell! They LITERALLY make their house payments from doing one or teo scripts a month in this area! Seriously, this crpa is nothing but legalized HEROIN! Get rid of it. There is no one who needs this strangth of a medication unless they are bedridden in TOTAL pain!
Anonymous
Shelly Blakeman
mother vandeven	I am so lucky my son went to jail before he overdosed. He was well on his way to being dead but got coughtup in stealing for his addiction and got busted thankgod. he would not be here at the rate he was going. Ban this evil drug. my son started out wanting to go in the Coast Guard but got in a motorcycle acc. and was given oxicotin the the rest is a long sad story but the happy ending is he is still alive.
Kerry Rice
Anonymous	I lost my 31-year old cousin last summer to an oxycontin addiction/overdose
Sarah
Angela Harrington
Susan Rice
Simon Rosin	There are substitutes for and Oxy Cotin is destroying two generations. Parent and child.
Pamela L. Gaffke	Please have this evil drug removed from the market. It only makes the drug dealers and manufacturers rich and the rest of us hooked and dead. I am fortunate that when given this prescription I was unable to become addicted and took all of two pills as it caused horrible migraine headaches. If this stops one more death so be it.
Heather Rosin	I lost my 31 year old sister last June to a prescription addiction including Oxycontin. She left behind two beautiful children. Her daughter's father is in jail and suffers from the same addiction (among other things). There are doctors prescribing Oxycontin to people who do not need it, like my sister. She never suffered any injury that would require something like Oxycontin, but yet doctors kept prescribing them to her and now she is gone and her children have no mother. Oxycontin needs to be banned to prevent any other families from suffering a loss like we have, from children losing their parents or parents losing a child.
Anonymous	i have friends and family.That 1 have O. D..and they have lost all there careing for life.This has taken over south F.L We have friends there life is a mess.Good people.Layer kids ,Drs kids.This med was to be for people that were going to die.Not to be put on the street.At a pain stop.If you payinf 400.00 to go to a Dr and get WHAT EVER YOU NEED.That is NOT a DR.It is a man or a women .One who can not get a job in a hospital, etc,Must have done some thing wrong and to not work in Hospitals at all.They are there for the money.And they still took a great deal of time.And took the big.THAT SAY WILL NOT HARM.THIS IS HARM in THE HIGHES WAY.I see it that way and mmore and more see it that way.but the DRS do not go to jail.The people they get on the Med do!And they are still out there ever day pulling the drug everday.
Diane Hopper
Kathi Norris	My daughter got addicted to this drug in late 2007; it has destroyed our family and her. She finally got off of Oxy and turned to Herion because it was cheaper; wonderful huh. It is now 2011 and she has been battling this addiction for 3 years; glad to say she has put herself thru rehab 3 times and is now 6months clean. This drug kills not only the user but all the loved ones too. Ask her 5year old who thought her mothers anger, attitude of ups and downs, never getting outta bed til evening was normal and having a house that is in complete disarray because they can't lift a finger to do anything but get high. Terrible terrible drug that brings much anger in the user and they are very scary to live with not to mention that they will do absoutely anything to get another high. It has torn us apart and I pray everyday that she stays clean and away from Oxy, Herion and all her old user friends.
MARY KUSH	2 OXY ADDICTS IN MY FAMILY, MY 17 YEAR OLD NIECE STRUGGLING TO STAY CLEAN.
Marsha Stasney	My daughter is 17, has been in and out of treatment facilities for addition to oxy and heroin for the past two years. The most recent facility was out of state, and she was there for 8 months. It has destroyed her life, and mine.
Anonymous	Fly with the angels A-ROD
Vincent Yulo
Carol Rice	July 11, 2011.. my 30 year old daughter, accidentally od'd.. on oxy.. and other 'prescribed' drugs.. there was nothing physically wrong with her.. it was the doctors.. who killed her with pills.. that are sick. Two little children.. left motherless.. and two grand mothers.. left to raise the kids... The father.. in jail.. for drug abuse.. prescription drug abuse. Thanks for listening.
Rick Fernandez	I know first hand that Oxycotin is killing our American people left and right. I have been involved with a Faith Base Recovery Program for the past 25 years. The fact of the matter is that hundreds if not thousands of Man, Women, Boys and Girls have come through our doors looking almost dead bacuase of Oxycontin/Oxycodone. Thanks be to God that there are people who care for the American People, and are willing to step-up in bringing a cure such as a relationship with God. There is no other way out, He that the son sets free is free indeed. I've been free for 25 years. And I Give all the Glory to God. PLEASE STOP THIS MONSTER FROM KILLING OUR PEOPLE and CHILDREN, Those who run these clinics do not care, but only want to make money. They are what you call LEGAL DRUG DEALERS, They are no different than Cocain, Heroin and Crack dealers. MONEY IS THERE GOD, PLEASE STOP THEM BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DIES Rick "Fingers" Fernandez The Preacher Man THANK YOU
Anonymous
Ivette Matos	The compassion we feel for those in pain can be achieved without OxyContin.
Becky Gruber
denise popp
Corey Shierling
connie masucci
Jessica Fascetti
Anonymous	Please ban this awful drug. Too many innocent lives have been taken due to the horrifying aftermath this drug causes. It also leaves the families of the ones lost to mourn endlessly wondering "what if?"
Anonymous	My son died from a Methadone overdose while trying to get over a horrible Oxycontin addiction...
Eran Blank	We need to ban this drug so we don't lose even more people. Time to put a stop to the manufacturing of this drug!
Linda Harrison
Rebecca A Suggs	I have a 18 year old Step daughter that is snorting these pills. She admitted to me that she has a problem with them, and don't have the will power to stop them. I told her that she needs to go to a rehab. and I would go with her and everything. She then told me that she can stop them herself, and don't think she needs to go to a rehab. I, spoke with her a few hours later and she said Im feeling better now, and I assume she probably did another pill, because she couldn't handle the withdrawals. Then later when I told her of my thoughts, she said no..she didn't do anything. But, now says she does have the willpower to stop, but I hear others saying she is still doing them. These pills are horrible and changes a person and their life completely and for the worse. Our relationship is falling apart because of her addiction to this horrible stuff. Take them away forever please!!!
susann heck	My daughter sarah died of an oxy drug overdose in oct of 2009...this drug has devistating effects on people that are taking it as a street drug and also for people who take it under supervision of a doctor...to many doctors are being greedy and giving 5his drug to young adults. All you have to do is go into the office and say you have severe constant back pain and bingo! You get the drug prescribed for you.nothing is being done about it because people just think ohh he or she must have been a drug addict iif they died from a overdose...but that is not true..our children are dying!! These are good kids tthat made a wrong choice! I want to do anything I can in my daughters memory to get this drug off our streets...my daughter lost her life at the age of twenty...not only washer life taken but her familys life was destroyed also
Kelly Wilson
Cindy Tanski
padonaldson
stacey	I despise you,oxycontin and makers of oxycontin (PURDUE PHARMA)When thinknig of you, HATE doesnt even come close to describing how I feel about you, and what youve done to my life.Everyone who was involved in the creation and distribution of Oxycontin deserves to die by the hands of us, directly affected by this ridiculous drug.How could you market this medication knowing how lethal it is???Oxycontin hass killed and hurt far more people than it has EVER helped.When is it going to be enough?? How many more innocent teens and adults have to become casualties of this EPIDEMIC before something is done????I am sickened by how little has been done to prevent what is happening all over the world because of this drug.When will it be enough??How many more need to die?
Nicole Vitale
Anonymous	There are many drugs on the market that can help people manage pain. There is no correction or therapy for the devastation that has been caused by the misuse of this drug. It must be stopped.
Anonymous	no more money in pockets of pharma and politicians from legalized heroin!
Jill Dadmun
Katie Hopkins	If this evil drug is to remain on the market, please make the regulations more strict. No one should be given a prescription for it. If a person is well enough to live outside of a hospital or nursing home, they should NOT be given this deadly drug. It is highly addictive & should only be administered by doctors & nurses. Oxycontin was never used until 1995, so what was being done to help patients before then? Why not go back to are previous methods instead of allowing vulnerable people become addicted? Death is often the consequence of prescribed OC to individuals in cronic pain & OC killed my mother! BAN OXYCONTIN PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jenna
Tessa Shannon	I used to be extremely addicted to oxycontin and spent thousands of dollars to get my fix. I have never been addicted to any drugs but OXY's and it ruined my life in a year span. I hate it and have had so many friends die due to overdoses. I am so for banning it.
Eric Lawrence	This drug is a product of the devil. I was a 20yr old kid who had his shit together, but after my first use, I would soon lose everything in only a years time. Nothing good comes out of these. It has taken the lives of many great people, and should not take any more than it already has.
Daniel Jones
Jessica Vaughan
Anonymous
Elizabeth A Thorpe	I have a 26 yr old daughter who is SHOOTING up oxy's. I don't know where she is. I last knew she was in New Port Richey.She has lost her 3 childre. My family and I have tried everyhting but bvecase of a short of money could not help her to get into rehab. I know you cannot 'get' them to go but I think parents know what I mean. We are exhausted-it has been going on for over 5 years now. Before it was other drugs. i believe my daughter has been on drugs since she was 12. I am looking for any suggestions. I am a single mom...no help from her father.
Kari Lawrence
Colleen O'Hare	I lost my son, Jay, to an accidental overdose of oxycodone on July 24, 2009. He died in his sleep on his 36th birthday. His heart just stopped. My son had been doctor shopping at several pain clinics in Broward and Palm Beach Counties and was never turned down even though he had absolutely no pain or illness - other than addiction! I want this prescription pill removed from society. I want to save lives. Our children are dying of overdoses at lightning speed. Please, elected officials, do the right thing and BAN OXYCONTIN SALES FOREVER!!
Brianna
michelle Jacobsen	I lost my son to this evil drug on December 30th, He was a beautiful, sweet, kind intelligent boy who just couldn't win against this drug. I believe it got him from the very first time he tried it. He was only 17 years old, we should have had a lifetime with him but oxy took that away from us. Now we have lost a son a brother, a grandson, a cousin, and a great friend. We are all left to wonder why and what if but no sense will ever be made of this tragedy. Please ban oxycontin!!!
Candace Jones
SUSAN	LOST MY GRANDSON TO OXYCONTIN. HOW MANY MORE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THE MEDICAL PEOPLE STOP GIVING OUT LIKE CANDY?
Janet Field
Patrick Keefe	My daughter became addicted/dependent to Oxcontin. she was 16 and is now 19. it is readily available where she went to college at the University of Alabama. How I found out was by her getting arrested.the drug companies make money, the lawyers make money, the cops make money , the rehab makes money while our kids minds and lives are destroyed. how can these companies that manufacture and make billions of dollars from this drug not be held accountable for the millions of pills that all easily attainable on the street. I could give you a list of teenagers from my community who are dead or dying from this drug. there seems to be no way of really recovering. Yet these drug companies continue to supply a product that makes it's way to our children. somebody do something.
Susan Dandorf
shannon johnson
Mercy R Carter	band oxycontin
Kim Smith	Oxy has destroyed my life, took away my one and only child, my only family, and my best friend. My son, the one who I have loved like no other. My family will now never grow. I will never see my son living his life as the man he wanted to be. I will never see him graduate from college. I will never see him fall in love and one day marry. I will never experience the joy of one day becoming a grandmother. I have been given a "New Life" that I did not want, ask for, pr deserved. My son did not want to die. He told me this himself only two days before he died at the hands of this "Demon Drug". This new life I've been given has no purpose and no meaning, For 26 years I lived my life for my son. The day he died so did the biggest and best part of me. Taking every wishh, dream, and desire of my heart as well. I dedicated the past 26 years to my son. Now I have nothing.
Ruben Carrillo	This drug and all that is behind it took the life of my friend Jonathan. Please stop killing our loved ones. Stop your senseless desire for greed of money. Give us a chance at living a productive life without your drugs!
joey minor	my sincere condolences to each and everyone who has lost someone to drug addiction..believe me..my heart bleeds for all of you and ive been there..god bless you all
Kathleen Burger	Legal drug dealing. Murder..of our society. Many of our Generation X are disappearing. BAN THESE DRUGS Oxycontin, Persocet, Vicodin Xanax ALL ARE POISON!!!!
James Rodino	They are killing many!!!! They do no good for anyone
Cynthia Medashefski	I am very much for the banning of this drug, it has taken many children away from their parents and family. It needs to be banned before more lives are lost. No doctor in their right mind should even prescribe this to anyone. They need to halt all production of this drug immediately, please hear us and support the banning of this product.
Sonya Pinkerton
Sharon Robinson
Rose
Anonymous
Janet Fild	I am so sorry for all the lost loved ones....you are all in my prayers
Mary Hocker
Marilyn Fisher
Cheryl Davis
Bonita Stowe	Too many deaths being associated with this drug... this has to be stopped... If they can't stop using it... then you have to protect them from themselves....
Theresa Swett
Sharon	I lost the love of my life to an Oxycontin overdose. It was given to him by a doctor who knew he had a problem with addiction. I've tried to follow up with the DEA. They told me that this doctor has a reputation for writing such scripts. There is such a delay in the case as they are trying to get his medical records. That was six months ago. I wonder how may more people will die by this physician. I would have rather my boyfriend die from a junk dealer on the street than a MD.
J.Zurowski	Have seen and heard way to much about the way this drug destroys lives and families. It is much to available and addictive and I know there are many drugs to help people that need real pain management.
Jessica Berninzon	Due to this drug as well as norco ,xanax, etc my marriage of 16 years and my wonderful husband and life are gone , he is no longer what i call human due to his addiction ,4 detoxes later ,3 rehabs ,lost count of how many jail stints he is worse each and every day he was a wonderful father to his two daughters we could not have asked for a better husband and dad but the drug has taken away the father to two little girls whom believed they had the best daddy in the world at one time , we have lost our home, cars, savings, now live in his 80 year old mothers living room whom suffers from Alzheimer and is extremely difficult woman as it was before her illness its ruined my life my daughters his life ,list is to long to mention how much his addiction has affected /ruined and will never be made right .
Jodi Purdy-Quinlan	In memory of those who have died or who are fighting to stay alive; I sign this petition with hope for future generations. Thank you. Jodi Purdy-Quinlan Casting Director Producer OxyMorons
Anonymous
Melody Snyder	Most disgusting prescription drug out there. Has ruined many of my friends and loved ones lives. Can't even believe it's legally prescribed after all the damage it's caused. Can't wait to see the day it is banned.
Patricia Persico	My 19 year old daughter died as result of getting addicted to OxyContin. This drug has destroyed many lives here on Cpae Cod. It is an epidemic and it must be stopped. You are wiping out a generation. The FDA should never have allowed this druh on the market, but I am convinced the drug companies are right beside our politians in the huge profits. Shame on you all!!!
sabrina corey
pamela	I have lost several close friends to jail n death because of addictions to prescription pills such as oxycontin
Brianna wademan
Chad Corey	Nothing but bad news need to ban this drug!!
Elizabeth Rae Gaither	I've lost very close friends and loved ones to this tragic epidemic! When is this madness going to end. I'm so sorry to everyone who has lost someone to these "prescripton pills"... My heart goes out to all of you take care and God bless us all
johnny hickey
steve oliveaux	My stepdaughter is addicted to Oxy's, she is beautiful girl with a beautiful daughter herself, she has a beautiful heart and loves life. Please help to stop this for my daughter and everyone that this drug has and will affect!
Jenn Glidden	Too many doctors give away this dangerous drug just so they can make more money. They need to realize that someones life is worth more than their paychecks. As a wife of a pharmacist, I know all too well how dangerous this drug can be. As a doctor you take an oath to do no wrong to your patients, and by writing a script for oxycontin, your causing more harm, and no good.
Alexander Maranslicht	I got into a really big car accident that almost killed me with a driver who was on Oxycontin...I was in the rear passenger seat and got thrown out of the car. Luckily I was alive, but I suffered very serious injuries...I was taking Oxycontin after my spinal surgery and I have never felt a worse withdrawal than from this disgusting medication
Bob Guignon
Donald Gray II	Tomorrow we are burying my nephew. Dead at 21. He struggled with addiction to Oxycontin and Xanax for the last several years. How is it that we allow doctors to proscribe heroin to any who ask? How is it that we allow a drug company to profit off the deaths of our children? Please tell me that stopping an epidemic of addiction has a higher social value than enriching doctors and a pharmaceutical company!
Corey Fontaine
Doreen Hing	Pharmaceutical + Doctors selling their souls... is this really what America is about...
Matt Baysinger	I have seen far more people stuck on this drug than any other. One of my good friends growing up was hooked on it and died last March. He left behind a very loving family including an older sister and a younger brother. It was actually his little brother that found him outside of an apartment in his truck. He had been sober for 3 months and relapsed this one time. He tired taking the same amount he took before and his body couldn't handle it. When his younger brother found him he was already unresponsive and his younger brother, panicing, busted out one of his windows with a baseball bat only to find him in cardiac arrest. It was truly saddening to me to see what he came from (honors student, student council, placed in state as a HS freshman in wrestling, etc.), and then see what the drugs made him become (feign, theif, liar, and eventually dead). This is only one of the many cases I know of and I hope this story can reach out to someone.
Dylan Tracy	Fuck this stuff it has turned all of my closest friends into heroin addicts and in turn I have almost no real friends.
Angie Westall	I have lost my brother due to Oxycontin addiction and would like nothing more than to see this drug completely banned.
Dana Selhime	Sarry to all famileys that lost a loved one to this drug my prayers are with you all.
clarissa durocher
Michael J Christian, DO, FACEP	I am an Emergency Room Physician in Florida and see on a daily basis the destuction of lives caused by Oxycontin and other oxycodone containing products. Please stop the production and distribution of this absurd, addicting, abused drug.
Anonymous
Charlene Ahlers	I have lost my son.To jail for this pill.What M.D. give a 19 year old 120.00 pills .The M.D. Are the ones who said do no harm.But they are running and dealing,and all they get is a flag on them.TAKE THERE LIFE FROM THEM !HOW WOULD JUST ONE OF THE M.D. THAT RUNNING THE MILL WOULD FEEL IF THIS WAS HIS SON OR LITTLE GIRL. THEY ARE drug dealer,out to make a buck.How to they sleep? This drug has hit ever age group.And I will not stop until I see the drug mill.And bad M.D.Going to jail.take there job from them!Let them feel the pain of never seeing the light of day with out there freedom.
ada slaninka
patou szumacher	The love of my life(my daughter)has been strugling between oxi's and heroin for 5 years...as a mother i ache everyday for her.they dont need another pain killer..they have all they need.greedy fucker's.
Adriana Kasunic
Kimberly Jagars
Julio Aguirre Jr.	I Really want this done.My step daughter who I love more than life has been doing the mixing of the two oxy & tar heroin smoking both and previously cleaned up for a short period after a run involving same drug but with a needle before minus the oxy's now with the oxy's its a whole new level of addiction We are very scared for her I,m an ex delancey street retread thats out here living drug & alcohol free since Oct.2000(finally).
Kathy H
Adeel Riaz	i live in hicksville new york and believe it or not my town's youth is drowning so rapidly to these drugs.
cheryl hersh
Jim Weidner
Deb Alt	I had a beautiful daughter in law that I loved very much, that had a oxy addiction, you never knew which person was going to walk thru the door, the evil one, or the wonderful daughter in law..this ruined my sons marriage because of her huge mood swings.She wanted to blame everyone but herself for the problems she created. Ban this drug please..
Mary Lee Kovarik
Anonymous	This almost took my dad. Please ban
Anonymous	Hi, This drug is horrible. It took over my husbands life and nearly killed him. He was on it for 4 years from a back accident. He started on 50mg a day and at the end of 4 years the doctor had him on 1200 mg a day. He lost his job, he almost lost his family and was unemployed for 9 months. We burned through our saving and tapped into our 401k just to survive. This drug is horrible and needs to be banned immediately. I will do whatever it takes to get it off the market. Carolyn
lisa corey
Terry Millar
Marilyn Schoenbaechler	Ban this product forever!!! I have seen young people go from productive, interesting, concerned people to dull, obnoxious, slurring, lazy people who no ones wants to hire or be around their own person or their family and friends.
Tia Wilson
teresa	oxycotin needs to be baned all together because it has distroyed many lifes. doctors are perscribing this medication like its candy what happend to just takin advil. when oxycotin starts to not do it for someone they soon will go to heroin and then what. its the doctors faults that the people are addicted to prescription medications just because its a prescription drug doesnt mean its okay its just as bad as any other drug. i think ALL oxy morphine any prescription drug that turns out to be addictive needs to be taken off the market the people who are making these drugs need to be sued..
Joan Oliveaux	I have a story like everyone else on this petition, my daughter is an addict of this monster. She is a beautiful young women with a beautiful daughter of her own, but this drug is killing her and has affected everyone in our family. I'm begging everyone who sees this petition to sign, not just for my daughter but for sons and daughters who will be affected by it. Please this drug is a killer not only by death but by lives it has ruined but as you can see the one who live to get help are the lucky ones. Again, Please sign this, help us keep all of our families safe.
Anonymous	We have lost a family who was once one. We are just one in a million, in all walks of life who have been dealt this hand. It is time the pharmaceutical companies and the government ETHICALLY take a good hard look at what this drug is creating besides FINANCIAL monies in their pockets. Emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically it takes a toll on the user and their family. STOP THE SALE OF OXYCONTIN--IT SHOULD BE BANNED AND CONSIDERED ILLEGAL. wake up AMERICA..IT'S YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD...IT'S YOUR RIGHT...
Lynda Hensley
wendy	please ban
Tiffany	pleaes ban
Anonymous
Tammy
ben watkins	Don't be silly, pills are killing,
christina Dunn
Tracey Nelson
Anonymous	over used and abused.
Sheree du Bois
marilyn l giles	I have a grandson who was addicted to oxycontin and got started by a old coach who was on them and started selling them to kids for money. That lead to herion and was a lot of hard ache for the family. my son and his mom turned him in to save his life and the man selling oxycontin is still free, a girl overdosed and die at his house, and he still is free... Please tell me why. We thank god ever day that my grandson is alive. I very much feel that these doctors should just tell them to take more over the counter pills to ease the pain. I say doctors should stop giving the drugs to freely to who ever. People on wellfare get them free and sell them for big money. the working people pay for this. I know a few people who has lost there kids to these drug going around and I say put a stop to it now.
Michelle	I am back on here again to help stop this Drug from being made. My daughter is taking this drug and I am so scared for her. This drug is taking over her life. My daughter is a very special young lady and I do not want to see her ruin her life. She is in college and is working part time. I dont want to see her lose her life to this Demon Drug. The people that are making this Drug I hope you rot in "HELL"
Garry Giles	OxyContin is in our schools and the streets of our towns,taking our childerns lives...way to easy to get !!!!!!
Lisa Elliott
michael d pyles
Karen Riffle
Molly Deere
Anonymous	Ban Oxycontin it has caused too much pain to people.Too many have died from this drug.
s. whitney	All drugs are bad but Oxycontin is a real evil drug and should be banned - period!
Ashley Harlowe	Doctors are giving this out like candy and people who are getting them are selling them for money to pay their bills. More and more of our generation is becoming addictied to this pills they get violent and steal for family, friend, even their own kids. They are overdosing leaving their children and familys behind. Please ban this drug!!!
Monroe Benaim, MD	Board Member, District 1 School District of Palm Beach County
PATTI IOLI	please ban oxycontin ..its killing our children stop giveing it out to the older seniore also
Trish oli	Pleas ban oxycontin from everyone ..even the seniors are selling this drug to the dealers ..so they can get extra cash ..Its killing our children & this drug & all these drus should be ban ......
Anonymous
Penny Greenwood	Ban this now
NIKKIANN MALDONADO	thank you oxycotin, you are a sneaky peice of shit, you stole my friend's innocence's and you took their decency away, you TOOK parent's from their children and you stole children from their parent's, you made people weak and you made all their never's become true... if it wasnt for you, kensington would be a better place. PLEASE BAN OXYCOTIN..all my friend's are addicted to heroin now because of you, you need to go away please
DARLENE TROMBLY	To many lives have been destroyed by OxyContin.
Jerrye Albert	This heroin like drug really needs to be taken off the market, forever. I wonder why the FDA fined two persons at the drug company that produced it and then allowed it to stay on the market, even though it has been proven to be highly addictive. Makes no sense, does it!
MIKE DEFAZIO	How many kids are they going to let get addicted to this before something is done
Jenn F.
Scott M. Fuller	Hi I have a 19yoa son who is abusing Oxycodone 30mg (Perc 30's) along with many of his friends. Pray for them all and their families. Scott
Matt Rowe	This drug ruins lives and families. Get this drug out of pharmacies and prescribe helpful medication. not drugs that make everything worse.
JOHN PILLA	I WORK IN THE PRISON SYSTEM AS A COUNSELOR IN ONE OF OUR D/A PROGRAMS IN NJ(CCCF) MAJORITY OF OUR INMATES ARE ADDICTED TO OXYCONTIN OR SOME OTHER PAIN MED------so not only are we paying for incarceration were paying for treatment too-----their crime is addict---LEGAL DRUGS ---GIVEN BY MEDICAL PERSONAL
J. L. Turner	Since prescribing OxyContin causes addictions, ban its use altogether and then label it as an illegal drug!
Karen L. Tyler	Please help our families who are struggling with this disease that is destroying our kids.
Rose Gage	This needs so much more attention from all angles. My daughter is alive and in recovery today but our lives will never be the same. My heart breaks for the the thousands of families who have lost loved ones and those who will unknowingly be forced to deal with this life threatening problem.
Anonymous	Please stop this madness that is ruining families in this country. I have been living in hell for the past 4 years watching my beautiful granddaughter (2o yrs.old) suffering as a result of oxycontin addiction. Please ban this drug and save lives. Thank you Linda
joan Oliveaux	I'm so sorry for your loss,I'm afraida I'm going to lose my daughter to Oxycontin by the way of overdose, stealing to get the money for oxycontin or someone trying to buy from her. Her going to jail is the best that could happen to her. We have tried the Suboxone with no help. I'm in kentucky and the Dr's here can prescribe Oxycontin and then open up a suboxone/methodone clinic so they can make money on each side. Please if anyone can help me in my struggel to keep my daughter alive please help me. Thank you Joan Oliveaux
Lisa Bandy	I lost my 22 year old son to OxyContin in Aug 2007. He also lost his friend just 8 months prior to Oxy. That wasn't even enough to stop from son from the euphoric experiences that drug gave him. He was 6'3" and very healthy looking. In other words, our family had no idea to what degree he was addicted. His brother found him dead in his bed after a night of paryting. Our family has been devasted and will never get over this.
Tim Shaw
Mindy Foster
denise-helene adam n.d.
Cynthia l Howard	My daughter's best friend overdosed on Oxycontin. She had gotten it from a boy who was prescribed it. Instead of taking it, he sold them! Even after her death, his Oxycontin was not taken away! This is a dangerous drug and there are too many people losing their lives!
Dustin Krumm	i too had an addiction to the dirty dog pill! like others it began for pain after a motorcyce accident and did the job of not letting me feel the pain..that's for sure...But it along with numbing the pain it also numbed my outlook on life, toward friends, family and work. It changed me into a completely different person while i was using! Like we all know, oxy controlled me, not the other way around. "IT" started my day was there throughout the day and even to tuck me in at night for a night of sleep, which without it would have been a very long and annoying attempt at rest! I truly believe and pray that there is a major change when it comes to this drug and others like it. I've now been clean for close to a year and have fought hard to rebuild y life to what it was before i was perscribed to the oxy. Life is great again....you know i smile again because of my naturak release of chemicals not because a forced high from the drug! I support this petition 100% and would love to continue helping in any way i can. contact my emeail with any updates or even if its just to talk! Peace and much love!
michelle jenkins	My daughter meet this boy that was on drugs I did not kno the boy was not drugs n the next thing I knew the boy introduced the drug to her n now she is on them We must put a stop to this drug.. this is ruining our lives n my daughters life.
John Camp	I'm a recovering oxycontin addict and i can testify to the damage this drug does. It has taken many of my friends and it is still ruining many more lives and familys. I fully support the ban of oxycontin
Anonymous	Please ban this drug. Have seen the effects on loved ones and how addictive it can be. Third round with the attempt to quit, hoping this time it will be a success.
beverly bishop
Andrea Breckenridge	Ban Oxycontin! Kelin, I miss you so much! I wish this stupid drug didn't take you away. I think of you every day and always will! I love you so much.
Kalee breckenridge
Daniel Jongsma	Hello, I lost my son to Oxycontin. He was 15 year old Nicholas Block and was given pills from step-dad and mother who were dealing and doctor shopping. I was not notified on-till the next day when I saw it on the local news, what happen fathers day.I also know of at least 8 to 10 people dealing with addiction at this very second. These pills seem to be everywhere. people getting 300 pills at a time, really.I can't believe this is tolerated buy law. just goes to show you who is really running this country. The corporations and there bottom line. something has to change, where does it stop (BIG PHARMACY F$$K YOU AND ALL YOUR LOBBYIST) Daniel Jongsma
Krishna Mohan Maganti	I have seen many young lives gone lost because of oxycontin, please ban it. Pain is part of life if you try to escape it by alternatives it would raise in a new way to hurt you. Axminster pain medication only during surgical procedure please stop them for normal use.
kristyn	R.I.P. to all the people we love that this drug has claimed... we miss you and are doing everything we can to fight this war against oxys. You are never forgotten!
arthur brandi jr	I have been previously addicted to this " medicine." And it is the single most devastating ordeal that a family or a single person could go threw if u are perscribed to oxycontin , perocet , vicodin, morphine, ... Etc there is no way around it u WILL get ADDICTED and if u want to get off of these drugs its almost worse then death during ur withdraws its a very sad thing and the mental aspect of the addiction seems like it never leaves and people don't understand that they will have a long hard rode to recovery. Your mind and body will feel very to ex termly depressed long after the physical withdraws are gone .......... Most people can't deal with this it takes someone very special and lucky to get there life back before the addiction takes ur life ...... I don't think anyone understands intill your in the situation or a loved one past away from this horrible disease ....... IF U NEVER TRY OPIATES THEN U DONT KNO WHAT UR MISSING ..... It makes it a lot easier
David Dufresne	I have seen the deadly results of this power drug and felt the pain of a family who lost their son. My heart goes out to all the parents who have lost a son or a daughter to this drug that should have been banned at its inception. It is tragic that the FDA has turned a blind eye to it's addictive nature and destructive results!
Remy Renee Bartenbach	OxyContin will ruin your life. I've lost the loves of my life, my three beautiful little boys, over an OxyContin addiction to the state. They are with foster parents now. The real OxyContin 80 tablets are still on the streets. OP OxyContin is not a good enough solution! We need to ban OxyContin for GOOD. The pharmaceutical companies must realize how many lives they are ruining and how many people have died from the overdoses. We must find a way to get this terrible drug off of the street and out of our pharmacies!
ROBERT E. KNOST	I am the father of a son & his wife who our family just did an Intervention on Sunday 1-16-2011. My son has always been a great kid who had never taken drugs or alcohol in his first 30 years of life... he was Honorably Discharged from the United States Marine Corps after serving two terms in Iraq. About a year ago, he hurt his lower back riding a dirt bike and was prescribed a pain medication. Since that time he and his wife have become totally addicted to Oxycontin, Zyanex and goes to Orlando Florida to a pain management clinic where they give him 280 pills a month for $220. He told me on his way to a Detox Center, that him & his wife Snort 12 pills EACH a day. They are raising my 6 year old grand daughter like this! He explained the process of getting these pills in Orlando... it was very disturbing... He said you have to get there around 5:30 in the morning so you can be in the front of the line, there are two O.P.D. Deputies at the front door to guard this place, you go in and pay $200 CASH to an old lady who owns this clinic, then wait. He said when you get to see the Doctor that the old lady has hired, the Doctor comes in, looks at him, NEVER has put a hand on him, and says, Quote, "You are really in pain", then walks out and write the prescription for 160 30 MG, and 120 15 MG. He goes and fills the prescription for a co-pay of $20. They have become so addicted that they can't go 4 hours without another dose or they become sick. They run out of the prescription before the month and then buy these pills off the street by someone who goes to the same pain management clinic, doesn't take the pills and sells them to addicts like my son & daughter-in-law for $12 to $15 a pill! The people that sell them on the street are making $3,360. to $4,200. a month ! We MUST STOP THIS !
Jay Perkey
Marcy Redetzke
Linda Lacavelle	I pray that the doctors/pain clinics would be responsible for the pain that all of us endure along with being financially responsible for the detox, rehab, and funerals.
Marilyn Seevers	They are KILLING our kids...let me repharse that...the DOCTORS that perscribe them to out kids are KILLING them. I think if you have a child that has OD'd from these pills you should hire an attorney and sue them. Press charges of murder because doctors do not tell the patient how addictive these pills are and they will sell them to ANY kid as long as he has the cash...I see ALOT of lawsuits in the future
David Gerhart
melanie
Krista Pierson	I lost my sister to Oxycontin in 2007. It is tragic to see so many people lose their lives to this drug. The FDA needs to get this poison off the market or we will just keep losing more every day. It is an injustice to the people who have died and the families who mourn them every day.
Kathy Leavell
Deborag Elbert
karina costa	Im so sick of this drug being used as a recreational drug for young kids and grown adults that know better ,This drug as killed 3 of my very dear friends and would love to see it banned...Hospitals and Dr.'s need to take full control of where and who is really using this ...I have signed and im done ...
Amy Herrmann	Oxy is one nasty little pill that needs to be pulled from the market and manufacturing discontinued.
valerie
Anonymous
Kim Miller
rich jordan
cory wardrop
Anthony Spencer
carley young
lisa wilson	this has got to work!!!
Heather James
Ariel Speer	Oxycontin has ruined so many peoples lives in negative ways. This drug is very addicting and shouldn't be prescribed to patients unless seriously needed for pain. I personally know how this drug has impacted the lives of my loved ones in more than one way. THIS DRUG KILLS PEOPLE and leaves deep wounds and unexplainable pain that families and close friends have to feel. witnessing someone slowly kill themselves and ruin their lives isn't an easy thing to witness. When a family member or a friend/s is addicted to this derivative of heroin you see them slow losing their tight grip on life, the only thing that matters to them is when and how that person will get their next high. It is easy to obtain on the streets and is abused on a daily/hourly basis, this so called "medicine" shouldn't be on the market any longer. Save people's lives and take it off the streets and out of the hands of people who are addicted and abusing this killer of a drug!
Ashley Ross	I recently lost a brother due to an addiction. I wish no other families had to go through this.
Carol Keim	This is a drug that should not be available to anyone no more than anyother drug is. There are to many lives that have been taken do to all these drugs. Something has to be done and done soon.
Kathie Carrigan
Karen VanBuren	My daughter dies 12/21/10 from an OxyContin overdose but was also prescribed Xanax, Soma, Flexeril, Tizanadine and Percocets in alarming amounts all by the same doctor. She bought them disgustingly cheap because she had insurance. I have no doubt that if she had not been prescribed them, she would not have been able to abuse them. They were cheap and legal and this HAS TO STOP! Her death was 100% preventable.
Christine Pollock
Laura Zukerman	I lost the love of my life to oxycotin, I will never understand how he became addicted or why.. all i know is he is gone and I will never be able to see him again. I think about him every day, I miss him so much. I wish that this drug never existed..
John Donnelly
marlene murphy
Stephanie Jean Navo-Griffin	My son, Christopher Dionysius Navo, aged 20, died May 2, 1998, from the drug OxyContin. He was one of 9 deaths in the small northern California county of Shasta who lost their lives from this dangerous drug. The doctor who was responsible for his death and the 8 other deaths went through the court system for about 5 years until finally all charges were dropped due to mishandling of a search warrant. My life has been a living Hell since the death of my son. Now, nearly 13 years later I still cannot accept his death, I have dreams of him coming home to me, dreams that he didn't die. I cannot put up a Christmas tree and cannot celebrate anything without my son. My life is forever changed by the loss of my only child. The grief I feel is unending. The sadness for his loss permeates my entire life. My son, my "sunshine" is forever lost to me because of this dangerous drug. Please remove this dangerous drug from the market. It is highly addictive and LETHAL!
Howard Nore	I overdosed on Oxycontin and almost lost my life. This is the devils drug and will cause depression and despair in the end. Take it off the market now!
Gail Richardson	I personally know three people who have lost their sons to this drug. All of them were over prescribed by doctors who were only interested in making money. This drug is so addictive and should be regulated properly or banned. Please act before more people die.
CATHY GIRAUD~DAVE'S MOM	I am very much FOR banning Oxycontin (Among other familar drugs) the reason Doctors continue to give out these deadly drugs, is because of "The Love of money"!!!! It's time these over-payed Doctors stop taking kickbacks from the Drug companies who make these and all prescription drugs... It's absolutely discraceful, shameful, and discusting.... These Doctors need to remember the reason they became Doctors...and that's just the point...they are DOCTORS NOT GOD!!!!
Rose Dunsing	This is a terrible drug that the Doctors don't seem to realise how easy it is to get hooked one and they just keep giving them out.Especially when they know a person is addicted to them. This really needs to stop now.
Deborah Tripp	This drug is destroying individuals and families. People have become addicted to this drug at alarming rates. These people are losing everything. But the most important thing they are losing is their life. Please ban this substance once and for all. Please save these lives. They belong to people who are leaving behind people who love them.
Joyce Beck	The sooner this drug gets banned The more lives that will be saved.
Cheryl Roy
carolyn oxendine	we are losing to many children because of this drug
JoAnn Flick
Amanda Bolzau	Lost my mother-in-law & a beautiful friend to this drug.
Crystal L Meibeyer	My daughter was addicted to prescription drugs.not sure what one.but some of these should not be able to be gotten aand shoud be banned.
carole schwartz
Anonymous
Cortney Smith
carissa silkwood
Angie Sellers
Carolyn Hopkins
Anonymous	My husband died on December 26, 2010. We knew that he'd been buying some prescription drugs from a man he'd met, but didn't know what the drug was. After he died I went through his things and found MS Contin pills that (of course) had not been prescribed for him, or anyone else in our family. We have 3 daughters and they are devastated, as well as his brother, sisters, and nieces & nephews.
Melissa Crenshaw	This is a class 11 controlled substance but somehow the majority of the kids 14-19 in my area are addicted. Please BAN. Drug dealers are making a fortune while our children are dying. Melissa Crenshaw
stephanie evans
katie crawford hees
jennifer
Ashley Ousterman
Anonymous	My brother was prescribed Oxycontin for pain relief several years ago. He was battling the addiction for years, and told me he could not quit. He was trying. He said the withdrawal symptoms were horrendous and painful, like thousands of ants crawling down your back. He has now given into it and refuses to get treatment. They have changed the pills so they cannot be crushed, but I believe this has now pushed him and other addicts to abuse other drugs also, such as Crystal Meth. Because of Oxycontin, a mother, child, sister, and family are helplessly watching a husband/father/brother/son deteriorate and eventually die.
Rachel
Danny Yearwood
Anonymous
charles moore
Angelica Shaw
Brittany Rubin
marilyn shaw	our youths of today are seeking to feel good from chemical means this drug has to stop SAVE OUR YOUTH AND OTHERS NOW
Sandy	I am a mother of past and current drug addicts, and I cry everytime I look at these kids and see the damage it has done and the damage it can do. They have lost people they knew bcause of the pills and still it has not been enough to stop them. I am proud that I have one that woke up and is doing so well. Now I pray for the others not just my own but all of them who can't break away from this horror.This has to end now. The abuse has caused many other problems, they get so messed up they can't remember what they have done. They are carrying guns, robbing people around them and abuseing their families. It is totally out of control and needs attention now. Families are and will continue to be destroyed. As we watch the ones we love we need to see the problems they are going thur. Pray for our childre and families so it stops and can't happen again enforce laws to provent it.
Janet Colbert	Close the legalized heroin dealers now!
Brian Thompson	I believe we need to make the doctors prescribing these drugs more accountable and lock them up when they act like legalized drug dealers. It's time to start making examples out of the doctors and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
Anonymous	RIP Kelin Jacobson
Tori Sladek	A classmate of mine recently died from OxyContin abuse. This drug should be banned so that it will no longer take the lives of young people and cause pain and hardship to everyone it influences.
jeanne schweitzer
Marissa Olson	I have two children (22yrs old & 20yrs old) who have gotten addicted to oxycontin thru a so called friend. They are both in county jail because they have gotten then selves into an unbareable situation. I am trying to work w/ the courts to get them treatment that they so well deserve instead of prision time. I do feel for all parents going thru the same situation as I am and my deepest sympathy to thoses who have lost loved ones to this drug. So glad someone is taking a stand to ban this epidemic.
Kathy Gonzalez
Anonymous	My son was hit on his way home by a women who fell asleep at the wheel. He went to an attorney in Jacksonville Beach. The attorney sent him to a doctor that prescribed oxycontin. He hung himself October 25, 2010 because he could not get over the addiction. Please help other families. It does start with the Pharamcutical companies that pay the doctors to dispense the drugs. Please ,I was not able to help my son, I have to live with this guilt for the rest of my life. I want more than anything for no other mother,sister or brother to feel the pain of losing someone who wanted so badly to get off this drug and was not able to. God Bless you Betty Wiggins
Peter Homan	This drug has killed so many and ruined so many lives we can not understand why it is still on the market.
elisha tomlinson	my son is 17 and addicted to oc...its hard when its made so easy to get.
Sally Courtney
james opsincs
Helen Opsincs
ROBIN CESARIO	I HAVE THREE SONS ALL ADDICTED TO THIS HORRIBLE DRUG..THEY GET THESE PILLS SO EASY FROM THESE PILL MILLS..SURPRISINGLY AT CHRISTMAS EVEN RECEIVED A GOLD COIN WORTH 50.00 TO COME BACK TO THE PILL MILL WHEN I AM TRYING TO SAVE THEM..OUR LIFE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT HELL...ROBIIN AND VINCENT CESARIO
Ian Macdonald
Amanda Jones	We have a 21 year old daughter currently in her 3rd rehab program. My family and I are raising her 5 month old daughter who was born addicted to drugs (but doing well in spite of everything). Her boyfriend visits 7 doctors per month under the guise of "backpain". He has an MRI which does show a bulging disc - thanks to the assistance of the MRI imager who showed him just how to sit to make the MRI show what he needed it to. At great risk to my family I found the list of his doctors appointments and the pharmacies where he fills each of these scripts including the date of his next appointment. I contacted my local law enforcement with the information, giving them my full name, and to my knowledge absolutely nothing has happened. This drug and other like it (Xanax), have basically destroyed my family. These kids aren’t making this stuff in their basements! I cannot for the life of me understand how Florida has and continues to allow this to happen “legally” right under their noses. I wish you the best of luck in trying to combat this, but I’m afraid there is way too much money at stake. If there is anything I can do to help, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, I urge everyone to see “The Oxycontin Express” on Vanguard TV. It’s a powerful glimpse into this heinous problem.
Joan Yezek
Lynn Reeves	Please ban all the pill mills and arrest all those doctors who are prescribing 100 + pills per prescription and some are doing 280+. They are killing our families and causing so much pain to us parents.
Don	My Wife & I are going through a living hell as I write this, With not one ,or 2 but three kids,One of which is in Jail. My son was recently in a car accident,The local hospital prescribes Oxycodone,and I have no say at all do to his age. Im here to help fight this.
Anonymous	My future son in law has had an addiction to this drug. It caused our families emotional and financial stress and pain. I only hope no one should suffer death or our pain. Please ban this drug.
Anonymous	I cant imagine the pain this drug causes the families of the abusers.... Get rid of it!
Cristina Collison
Amber Hannah	OxyContin has destroyed and devastated the lives of so many. I've watched too many people, a loved one included, let these pills take over their life. It needs to come to an end and it needs to happen now bedew any more are lost to OxyContin.
Jeannie McKeever	Rest in Peace Brian and know we are fighting this fight!
Margory arrieta	My son is addicted to oxycontin as we speak and we fear for his life! I have been trying to get help and no one will help me! I'm so afraid of loosing my son to this addiction that it is making me sick. I do not know what to do ! We have to stop this insanity.
Sheila	My 19 yr old son has been clean for 7 months, and it is a struggle every day. He attended yet another funeral last week for a friend who committed suicide which is a common side effect for people trying to stay clean. We are losing 1 person a day under the age of 25 in Pinellas County, Florida...and I would suspect that does not include all the young people taking thier own lifes. I encourage everyone on this site to make their voice louder...Purdue is still manufacturing and nothing has changed...1 person a day ...and we are not screaming loud enough to our local politicians, Mayors, Newly elected Governor Rick Scott....if we were losing this many people to the FLU something would be done....make your voice heard.
Kimberly Henderson	PLEASE get rid of this drug. I'm not saying it hasn't eased the suffering of some terminal patients, but I am in a very good position to say that it has caused so much more harm......such an exponential factor of harm.......than it has ever caused release from suffering. Marijuana is only scarcely and intermitently legal, alcohol is all too legal.................and oxy is legal and prescribed to a pathological extent by doctors sworn to the Hippocratic oath. Something is broken and out of time. PLEASE BAN OXYCONTIN. It kills.
Sharron Bennett	This is an evil drug that is consuming an alarming number of people and still being marketed for a HUGE profit by a greedy corporation that doesn't care about anything except a profit.
Amanda Burgess
Lydia Riley	My friend recently died of an overdose of oxycontin, and my brother is currently in rehab to treat his addiction.
beebe	Please people, lets ban oxycontin. It is an epidemic destroying entire cities. Broward county alone has 3 deaths a day from oxy's. It destroyed my ex husband. He is a shell of a man. No emotions, no love, no desire for life.There is no "rock bottom" or "cure" except for death. Its absolutely horrible.
lindsey brown	R.I.P. chad phillips
Jess Chiari	RIP CHAD!
Anonymous	These drugs are horribly and change people!!
jessica leard	This is a sad addiction that people cant kick. Ive known a few people who have lost there lives to this.
CHRISTIAN GRAY
ROBERT HOUSE
Anonymous	My daughter lost her father to this drug when she was only 4 months old. BAN THIS DRUG NOW.
Ellen Rose	For Justin and Malorie. R.I.P.
Erica Lazaroff
susan mckenzie
Jennifer Greene	Dear God... This drug is killing my daughter! The drug companies and Pill Mill Drs. must be STOPPED NOW!
skylar gorman
Anonymous
LISA STRINGER
Beckie Smith	Please pray for my son Jamie, he is addicted to smoking oxycontin. We have battled this for three years now and I know that God is protecting him. Beckie Smith, WV
Molly Gulbrandsen	My cousin has been addicted to pills for about 4 years now. He had all the girls, was muscular and was so smart. Now, I only get to see him only on holidays and when he does come to our house for the holidays, I have to watch him fall asleep in his food. It is disgusting and pathetic yet it is so easy for him to get his hands on it and was so easy for him to get hooked on. I may never get my cousin back to himself but if we get OxyContin banned I might have a chance of seeing my 29 year old cousin begin to function as a normal human being, and that is what I really want.I also for all the people who have gotten addicted to these horrible pills so that their families can have their loved ones back to themselves.
Anonymous	THANK GOD TAMPA POLICE ARE DOING SOMETHING THEY CLOSE A PILL MILL DOWN TODAY WISH IT HAD BEEN 13 MONTHS AGA GOD BE WITHALL OF US WHO HAVE LOST OUR LOVE ONES MY HEART IS BROKEN FOREVER
Raymond Fenner Jr.
Pearl Moyer	I am a mother of 2children hooked on these nasty drugs. Yes I call them drugs because I see nothing good about them. They are distroying my family. My son 30 who worked hard to establish a business lost every thing. I saw him almost die right here at home from detoxing. He was hallusinating. fighting with people in his room who was not there. He went over China to Rushia went fishing in Alaska and never once left his room. After he lost 40# in 6 days he finally agreed to go to the hospital there they said he had pancreatitis. He was extremely dehydrated. He hallucinated while there he saw some one out side the window calling him to come done he tried to get out but the nurses caught him and redirected him. I am surprised he didn't try to jump out the window. After he got out he was o.k for about a week he said he didn't know how green the grass was how the world look diferent. Just about a week I was the look again and I knew it was the drugs. He got connected with my daughters boy friend who sells these he uses my children to get them. Dr. Shopping and such. He pays for the pills and Dr.s appointments and sells them. He doesn't work and lives much better than I do. I have tried to tell my children what is actually going on what he is doing and they only see the drugs. yes he is back on them. I am worried have tried to get them help, no one will help some one with out insurance. I am angry with my daughters boyfriend, the so called Dr.s who prescribe these to my children with out cause. The government for not doing some thing to help before my children are one of the statistics. And I am also angry with them for doing them and not trying to get help, not seeing what my daughters boy friend is actually up to. My son who has never been in trouble has now been arrested 2 times over these pills. He knows not to call me because I refused to bail him out. I would rather see him in jail than dead. Now my daughter. She is a beautiful person who always had put her chidren first. She is 24 years old and has a set of twins 2 in april a son who always addored her he is 4. She has change so much. The drugs come first her children last, she has told me in front of her boyfriend out he asked her to sell the drugs while he was in jail to get off probation. She has also told me in front of him how he had her Dr. shopping 5 dr.s in one month. He is not just her boyfriend but the father of her children. He keeps her on these so he gets what he wants her to Dr. shop never before would she ever think of doing this. I went as far as calling the state on her because I am worried about her and her children. She gets dopped up on these and unable to function her boy friend will leave the children with her and leave. this is not a safe home for her or the children. She also detoxed in the hospital. She went in unresponsive and having seizures from detoxing. I stayed with her most of the tiem. she was hallucinating. She said she almost died 3 times, but as she felt she was slipping aways she said she would hear me call her name and she would come back. She was confused didn't know every one she had known in the past. I do not go to her house because her boy friend knows how I feel He know I will do what ever it takes to help my children. At this point I have just backed off there is nothing more I can do to help them. I just hope that my children will not become one of the stitistics. I do hope that they will become ban and soon so my children will still beable to live. My grandcildren witll grow up with a mother. they won't have to live the drug life.
Douglas Kirk
Kathleen MacDonald
Kim Kandel
Anthony Bonagura
Anonymous
Hugh Valentine
William D. Robinson
Charles K. MacDonald
Kathleen C. McCloskey
Brenda Meredeth
David Eric Gurley	Oxycontin has destroyed my son's life. He is a twenty-seven year old living somewhere on the streets of Orange County, California. Until he become hopelessly addicted to oxycontin after it was over prescribed for a back injury, he was a loving, productive young man pursuing a promising career as a highly trained custom car builder. While he was high on oxycontin, he attempted to steal a $25 dollar I-Pod charger from a department store. When store security stopped him at the exit, he struggled with them which resulted in a felony robbery conviction for a twenty four year old who had never been in trouble in his life. As a result of his addiction, he has subsequently been arrested a number of times for violating his reporting probation. As of now, no one knows where he is or how he is surviving. We suspect that he his selling the drug to support his habit. Currently, there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failing to report to his probation officer. This drug has consumed him and stolen his life; it is supposedly a controlled substance but, in reality, it is an uncontrollable, evil drug that should banned from sale anywhere.
Natalie Neff	I got into an accident, got addicted to oxycontin as well as every other drug my doctor just handed out. I was only 19 and now that I am 32 I am still dealing with the issue. Tried a methadone clinic 8 years a to get off, they just use your addiction as a stepping stone to get money because they know you need it. And treat you as if you are the scum of the earth. I left clinic and now see a pain doctor to finally wean me off this horrible drug. The methadone clinic convinced me to go up to 120mg of methadone, saying it was what I needed, sure, more money for them, longer it would take me to get off, imagine that. DO NOT GO TO CLINICS! This whole thing has flipped my life upside down, I am now on 5mg of methadone a day, and hope to God this will be over soon. Lives are being ruined, my teenage daughter said Oxy's are all over her highschool? What is it gonna take? Doctors, and pharmaceutical companies need to be held responsible!!
Anonymous	I would love to see this evil drug off the market. It has ruined my 7 year relationship with the love of my life. He was in a bad car accident a year ago, so he went to a pain management doctor who prescribe him 30mg of this drug 360 of them a month. I could Not believe it when the dr gave him that. So he started to sell them to his friends i dint want to believe that i even knew people like that but they hid it very well. Then i started to see a change in is attitude he started to treat me like shit , did not want to do the things that we always did he just changed. Then i started to see that we was going to the bathroom a lot i really did not think anything of it until I heard him sniffing. I questioned him and he flipped out on me saying how dare I even think he would do that and so on. Then eventually i just knew that he was doing it and then in a matter of a few weeks he said he was leaving me, and he did. I speak to his family and he has a new girlfriend who works in the pain management office and and works in a pharmacy how convenient for him.He is not doing good at all and I know this he looks like death and it kills me everyday knowing what he is doing to himself.This so called leagel drug is nothing but evil it ruins people's life's. And i would love to get this doctor in trouble for prescribing so many to him in one month I just don't know how to go about that. oh and I heard that the dr just uped his script to 480 a month.What kind of doctor does that and his new girlfriend I think is using them to taking them from the pharmacy and selling them too. Please something has to be done about this epidemic of this nasty evil drug.. Cause I don't want to see more peoples life's destroyed like mine was over a stupid little pill. That makes you hate the only people who actually loves them..
Brandi Reid	I have lost several CLOSE friends to this drug and most of my family members are addicts as well,including my mother.I would be thankful for their sake for this drug to be removed from market.IT KILLS PEOPLE!Something has to be done..hope this helps the petition..
Paula Wisdom
Lisa
Edwin R Gulbrandsen Jr	The benefits do not outweigh the addictive effects. I lost a friend who overdosed on this drug and have a nephew who has lost the last 5 years of his life due to this drug. It is only a matter of time before he loses his life.
Deonna Crowe	Get RID of this. It's KILLING our Youth!!!!
Joe Lex	I have 6 months clean from this drug and is very deadly.I've lost friends to this very drug.It has to be taking off the market so we don't lose anyone else to this powerful substance. Thanks for having this website.
jean martin	I am completely shock what i have been unaware of about this drug until recently when my 19 year old son whom has never had a prescription for it came to me begging for help to get off oxycontin after being on it since he was 16 years old. then to find out all them kids his age are addicted. My question is why is there so much avaialble to people if they are prescribed for terminal ill and is a narcotic why isnt it regulated by doctors and patients or administered in a doctors office like suboxene. I think Purdue Pharma should have to help the people addicted by paying for the very expensive suboxene treatment to get off the crap they put out on the street>
Cassidy Dune	We need to have this banned.
Becky Capewell	I used to have a step-mom that became addicted to oxycontin that was prescribed to her after a doctor accidently messed up a nerve in her leg. Oxycontin not only destroyed her life, but also the lives of everyone who cared about her.
drew stanton	I want this stuff off our American soil it kills kids adults teens its bad
Anonymous	My son is getting them off the street and apparently has been addicted for around a year. It is ruining his life!
Jessica Winthrop
Anonymous	This has completely changed the lives of loved ones in my family for the worst.... And 5 years later still has a strong hold on that person.Take it off the Shelf Please!
Cheryl Wylie	If we can't police them better than we have thus far - change is needed.
Robin E. Wilkinson	Hope this helps at least one person, then it will be worthwhile.
CLAYTON DELISLE	oxycontin is a evil drug it work from the inside out it takes your heart and soul it hurts the people that you love family friends evrything you worked for...... belive it..... its no joke
Hayley Samples
Anonymous	The devastation of this drug knows no bounds. It has placed children and adults (some unknowingly)in great jeopardy and cost lives and killed dreams. It has corrupted some of our medical professionals who rake in cash at bogus 'pain clinics'. Public trust has been replaced with skepticism of the FDA,drug manufacturers and doctors.
Torrie Gindlesberger
Lindsey Kramer	My thoughts are with those families who are dealing with someone who has an addiction! Lets do what we can to help make it a little harder for them to feed their addictions, and help get them clean (the ones who want to, and are having a hard time anyway)!
Maggie Larson
Brandy Moore
erin armstrong
Justin Barton
Rita Scott	This drug is addictive. The worst drug dealers now are the doctors. It is a shame this country has gotten to this point with medication.
Anonymous	My son 29 is right now in a facility in detox over his addiction to Oxycodone. He tried to commit suicide because of his addiction and trying to find help is almost impossible when they don't have insurance. He has wanted to get off for some time. I KNOW of many people who are using, including his girlfriend, right now we struggle to help them the best we can. There are places called Pain Management, that as long as they have cash and an MRI can walk into these places and get drugs. Something needs to be done with those pain clinics that aren't legitimate or they need to move forward more quickly with the drugs being dispensed from pharmacies. My sons girlfriend got hers through CVS Qty 210 pills, it was prescribed on December 1st and it was gone as soon as the 17th, we found the empty bottles! Something has to be done ASAP. Thank You,
jeannie morgan	My daughter is addicted to this drug and has been for years now. I have seen kids locally dieing to this drug everyday and pray that I don't lose my daughter the same way. Jeb Bush ought to be in jail! When will this be taken off the market?
Amy Casamo
Laura DeVinney	My son Ryan committed suicide while taking this drug. My life will never be the same. Since then I have so many friends my age in my area who struggle to keep their children alive and wanting to take their owns lives due to this drug. Although our area works deligently to solve how this has happened the bad guys are still out there. Stop this maddness before it happens to any others. This drug was intended for use in critically ill people who are terminal. Not for sore backs, etc. Take this and it's kind off the market.
Shanna	Lets do it!!!!! I'm tired of losing friends
Antoinette Bejarano	Sorry to all of you who have lossed a family memeber due to this horrific drug. My prayers are with you all.
Brooke Cook	This drug is getting way out of control. It should be banned everywhere. I lost someone who was pretty much my brother that i grew up with to a addiction to oxycontin and it was the hardest thing ever to see our families go through. All because doctors handed them out like nothing. I also lost a friend of mine to this 5 days later, who too got massive amounts from doctors. Oxycontin is one of the worst things that doctors could give, and they apparently dont care how much they are giving out and the affects that drug has on people. More than half the people i know/used to know are addicted to this. I just want it to go away. This needs to be banned ASAP. I support this with everything i have. Rest in peace Chad Taylor Phillips i love you so much and miss you more than you know. as well as Nick Nesbitt, Miss you terribly. They will never be forgotten <3
Terri Gomer	These pills are killing our children.. Can someone please take them off the market. Our family has seen numerous deaths due to this medication..
Lisa Phillips
debbie malin	this is the devil and it will kill you and yours
Karen McDaniel	I have seen too many deaths all around me,over this dangerous drug and I would like to see it off the market!
Anonymous
Toni Boswell
richard john medved	it kills people destroys life and is a menace to society
Christopher Champoux
Dawn Marie Roeder	A good friend lost her vibrant, athletically active son to being prescribed OxyContin for an injury to which he quickly became addicted and died.
Anonymous	too many dead friends because of oxy. Took me years to get off it
Alicia Edson	I have lost a sister and a great friend is 80 days sober today!!!! Please realize that life is way more signifigant than banging a fucking blue!!!!!!
sigrid light
Laurel Mooneyhan
Anonymous	R.I.P. Joe Brown. I love you and miss you everyday <3
Pamelia Sanders
Amy
Jason Davis
Nicole
Megan
john leote
Angel Torres	Seriously, stop making this drug!!! I used to be such a good kid, until introduced to opiates, and scalated to OC... Can't stop thinking about it. Have withdraws from hell and somehow i always go back to them, paying up to $85 for one of these is crazy enough of an addiction. PLEASE STOP ALL OXYCONTIN!!! by that I mean stop making the OPs as well!!! My sincere condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one to this bs of a drug... Hope this petition goes through, and all of you be storing.
matthew	i have seen a great friend go from sports and a's in school to total junkie on these. now surving jail time
Anonymous
brandie
rita griffeth
Anonymous	My husband was prescribed Oxy 5 years ago after he had his leg amputated. He is now a full blown addict. Even after two overdoses which nearly killed him, doctors are still prescribing it to him for pain relief. He uses them to get high.
Dave Brier
Anonymous
Jerry Weller	It is an epidemic much worse than Methamphetamine and needs to be pulled up from the roots - it is the only way to stop it. It is definately not justifiable to continue it's production as there are plenty of alternatives for those patients actually needing something. To continue to produce this drug is like pouring cancer cells - live and malignant cancer cells into healthy peoples bodies...
Rhode Island	Just lost another friend to this terrible drug and sad to say that he is just one of the many I have lost. It's mind boggling that this drug is still widely prescribed and readily available whether it be through doctors or pill mills. With perscription drug overdoses becoming one of the leading causes of death or injury in the US, WHY are they still being prescribed?? Who is it benefitting from their distribution?? I fear that I will have to bury more friends in the near future. It terrifies me to know that our government's loyalties lie with the pharmacutical industry instead of with the families who have lost a loved one to the terrible disease of addiction. Instead of helping addicts, we incarcerate them, yet Purdue Pharma doesn't face imprisonment because they can buy their way out of it. It's not right!! Addicts are stigmatized by society and blamed yet the blame should be rightly directed by the systemic forces producing the problem-Big Pharma and the Government that allows it!! I have been clean and sober for 7 months and I thank God everyday for getting me off of this terrible drug and pray for all the still sick and suffering addicts. I am so sorry to all the others who have lost a family member, friend or loved one to Oxys and I only hope something will be done soon to curb this epidemic that is killing so many and intoxicating the next generation! BAN OXYCONTIN!!!!
sheena fadil
Anonymous	oxycontin ruins the lives of those who abuse it as well as their families'.
Cynthia Trujillo	this is a terribly abused drug which has damaged many families and taken the life of all too many people
Anonymous	To anyone who has lost someone to OxyContin, I am truly sorry for your loss. I knew a couple of people addicted to OxyContin. People who once were focused on improving their lives now to be so consumed by the drug that they no longer care about anyone or anything but getting the next fix. Even so much as stealing items to pawn to pay for their habit then filing a false police report saying their house was broken into; but not paying any bills only to be evicted and forced to sleep on a family members sofa with their young child. It got so bad with a certain person that I had to cut all ties with them. OxyContin needs to be taken off the market and doctors need to stop prescribing it to their patients. Its a very addicting drug that is just as bad as herion and crack cocaine.
Mose Berreyesa
Michael Paquette	Oxycontin destroys lives. I myself was addicted to oxycontin but was'nt prescribed the drug in which I used introvenously for three years. I have been clean now for 3 years. I have personally watched a few close friends die from this drug.I do realize that it was a bad choice to use the drug but once I started I could not find a way to stop. I felt extremly ill each day I did not have Oxycontin I did things I'm not proud of and hurt many people to obtain the drug. My life took a downward turn and I just did not care anymore even though people were dying right in front of me. The powerful grip of Oxycontin destroyed me. In three years time I knew 8 people that died 4 who went to jail and I myself ended up a derelect on the street. I really hope that the FDA will ban this substance before others who are abusing this drug die.
jennifer stout	I know several people on this drug and are at their worst. they can manipulate it in so many ways and most of them are shooting it up. i hear of this drug all the time and no one uses it as a pain pill. there are robberies, murders, and other bad act's happening just to get these drugs for those that are addicted. Its ridiculous how much they know about this drug though they keep prescribing it and selling it. The new drugs you hear kids doing at a young age is oxycontin. Seriously... Is this what american has come to? save our future and get rid of it.....Every other week i hear of this drug and nothing good. I am saddened by the fact it has such a strong hold on people and they cant break free. i know a son who stole his mothers cancer medicine that she used to cope with the pain as she was dieing. He was addicted to oxycontin but she took it from him and he was trying to get clean but could not. So when she was asleep he crawled in her room and drink her medicine and re filled it with water... WOW that is the worst if i say so myself. I hear stories after stories just like this and this drug. please please quit making oxycontin..... thank you
Angela Wittke
Anonymous	I have a friend whose son is in prison because of oxycontin. I would like to see oxycontin banned in the state of Florida. There are better alternatives for pain medication that will not kill our kids.
Anonymous	IHAVE A FRIEND WHOSE SON IS IN PRISON BECAUSE OF OXYCONTIN AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT IS RUINING OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND IS MORE HARMFUL AND ADDICTIVE THAN HEROIN.
Carie Gulacsy
Melissa Cintorino
April Belew	May all the Children Rest in Peace , Please remove this drug from the market, all my love to the familys. April Belew. Little Elm Tx 75068.
Donna Ingram	As a grandparent of a victim of this horrible drug perscribed without exams,in repeated doses, I absolutely believe it should be banned.
Joanne Garcia
Jennifer
Christina Hance	I LOVE YOU CHAD TAYLOR PHILLIPS!!!!! This is for you.
Cortney Daugherty
Christina Hance	I LOVE YOU CHAD TAYLOR PHILLIPS!!!!! This is for you. We will can all we can in your honor!!!
naomi
Debra Pille
Anonymous	My sister inlaw suffered greatly for the use of this drug.
Tracy Johnson
bruce beang	Jeanne. I'm sorry for your loss a year ago. God bless you and your family
Jeannine Lumpkin	My son died with oxy in his system...his addiction was intense. He NEVER had a prescription for any pain killers. He got them on the street and developed his addiction. He was found dead 12/23/09 in a hotel room after he had gone missing. Stop manufacturing these drugs that are killing people!!!! This is factual information, and I am reading the Medical Examiners report as I write. All of these opiate poisons that are mass produced and available like candy must be banned. There are alternatives for pain control.
Robert Nies	No medical purpose for OxyContin, its more addictive than heroin. I run a detox center and its almost as bad as methadone, both of which are full agonists. Patients should be given a medically managed duel diagnostic treatment services program with suboxone and therapy as compensation
Cathie Daugherty
karen griffin
Debra Pille
Priestess Kandi Ranson
Wendy Johnson
stephanie bowman
Jennifer Crane
AUDREY MOYE
TAMMY L HOHNSON
jack phillips
charles dean
joy phillips
Michelle Oliver	Hi. My name is Michelle. My family has suffered so much from the drug oxycontin. My whole family at one time was addicted to the medication. My mom was prescribed it for pain. My sisters, and I started stealing it from her. We all became addicted to it including my mother. My older sister Dottie also became addicted and starting doing illegal activities to get the drug. Her and boyfriend started stealing prescription pads from doctor offices, and was writing their own scripts. They were probably getting two thousand a month if not more. They eventually got caught, and was in jail for a while. My sister was released after nine months still pending more charges in another county. She got out of jail on July 1st, and was in a coma on the 3rd. She died on the 5th of July. All of this was becaused she had overdosed on oxycontin. I guess she overdosed because maybe she thought she could do a dose she was doing befor getting locked up. She had been clean off of it for nine months in jail, and overdosed her first time doing the drug after being released. My other family members and I have all been clean for some time now. This drug has done nothing but destroy my whole family. I wish so bad that this drug would be taken off the market.
Carol Jervis	Please stop the madness. Ban this drug.
Brooke Cook
Benita Whalen
Paul Whalen
Kara Manning	This drug has caused me to lose everything, including nearly losing my life. ITS NOT WORTH IT!!!! I have been clean for 45 days now, and when I look back at all I have lost, it is heartbreaking. Please ban this killer drug!!!!
Garrett Phillips	i lost my brother about 3 months ago to this deadly drug.
Isa Blunt	I am currently struggling with detoxification of my youngest son from addiction to this drug. He has lost friends to this drug and yet the addiction to this drug is so strong that even death does not scare them. It's every where; even schools. I have friends whom have lost their child/ren to this monster drug and I fear for my son and our family that we may also end up with tragedy. Even in some cases, where death is not the case, this drug has affected our community by the rise of crime. People addicted will commit crimes of theft and prostitution in order to obain the money to support their habit. Our country is suffering from an epidemic of addiction, crime and death. We need to stand together,put a stop to this NOW; Before it's someone close to you addicted.
Francis Brady
Kay Knerr
Anonymous
jerry landrum	We have enough pain killers available for physician's needs, one less won't hurt. Stop it NOW!
Debra Bates	I have a 25 year old step-daughter who is completely incapable of raising her three year old child because of her addiction....and these things are just TOO easy to get....please do something before anyone else dies or is enslaved by addiction. I you have lived this nightmare, you know what I mean.
Loydene A Ried	My daughter's best friend lost their son at the age of 20 this past September due to OxyContin in Orlando, Florida. His name was Chad Phillips. We really need to get this off the market.
Ashley Martin
Laurie Cook
Pamela Dampier	My mother took this drug from 1998-2005 (the year she passed away). I saw the effects this drug had on my mother and I would not wish any of that on my worst enemy. People are getting a hold of this drug and selling it to our children. PLEASE BAN IMMEDIATELY!!!!
C. Henderson
Lynzie Wheeler
Tyler Renee Evans	I am dedicating this signature to Chad Taylor Phillips - I may not have known him, but I know that he was really important and a blessing to so many people! This shouldn't happen to anyone else!
Mary Filardo
Kara Rodman
Ray Russell
Anonymous	My 20 year old best friend/brother Chad Phillips was kiled my OxyContin. He went to a pain clinic on a friday and was dead on sunday night from an over dose. Its not right that they can hand out so many pills when these kids have no medical problems.
Amy Leas
Landon Thomas
Minushka Rodriguez De Arrigoitia	My family and I support this cause!
Bruce Cook	This is a very serious problem in our area and we have lost a very special young person in our life. no company or insurance company or doctor should be able to distribute such a drug in any quantity they see fit under any law in any state. They are making millions off a drug that is killing our young people daily. These losses are more than any loved one should have to live with. Our hearts have a whole in them where Chad once lived because of this drug.
Wanda Baez
Kathie DeBardeleben	please help our kids
MARY ANN FIVES
Anonymous
Cari Phillips
James Ward
CLAUDIA BAEZ	Please save our youth.
david foster
Glen ward
Dorothy Wroblewski
Timothy Damoulis
Helana Kowatch
Vanessa Damoulis
Ronnie Damoulis
Anthony J Damoulis
Tami Woronec (balazs)
Marie resta
Amanda DiCarlo
Jane	I became addicted to this horrible drug because of my own stupid curiosity. Within weeks I was lying, stealing, isolating, depressed, hopeless, and a completely different person.
Alex Seeback
RON ANDERSON
michelle cairns
Clayton Taylor
Justin Taylor
Kelly doan
Tiffany Taylor
Amanda J Cimorelli	Bless the family that is destroyed by DRUGS!!
Carrie Sellers
Jill McGuire
Meredith Lidstone
anna hanlon	Doctors and there patients are abusing prescriptions of oxycotin, a friend of my families son died at age 19, overdose of poisonous oxycotin for the stupidity and greed of money.Drug dealers and there doctors should be prosecuted for man slaughter!!! the drug should be banned, it's taken to many unnecessary lives, very sad, my heart goes to those families who have lost family members to that poisonous drug OXYCOTIN
Sharon St. John	It's my hope that one day this drug will be banned. It has surely destroyed too many lives.
brian henkel
MICHAEL JAMES MCGILVARY	THIS DRUG HAS DESTROYED MY LIFE AND ALMOST KILLED ME , ADDICTION TO THIS DRUG IS THE WORST NIGHTMARE A PERSON COULD LIVE , THANKFULLY I DID NOT DIE AND WILL GET HOME TO MY FAMILY ONE DAY . I AM CURRENTLY SERVING TIME IN PRISON BECAUSE OF THE ADDICTION ,PLEASE , LETS STOP THIS DRUG FROM HURTING OR KILLING ONE MORE PERSON .
Megan Beers
andrew Presland	i have lost more than one class mate to the this drug and now its taking my friends dad PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
Raygan Crosson
Rusty Dial
Marie McGilvary
julian light
Thomas E. Martin
Ken Dow
Celia Patrick
Kara Manning
stephanie gandee
Mark Lash	It is a very sad story when the FDA does not fulfill its mission to protect the American public from the dangers from drugs of this type. I can't imagine a medical rationale for them allowing it to stay on the market and can only assume that the undue influence of the drug manufacturers is what is behind the FDA's lack of appropriate action.
DEAN PARKINSON
Danielle Guzik
TERRY MCLEAN
Ron Tower
Glen Dias
Anonymous
catherine martin
Enrica P. Yero	As a mother with a son addicted to Oxycodone, Hydrocodone as well as Zanax and other Opiates, I ask that these pills be banned from being sold at any "Pain Clinic". I know some people need these because of a terminal disease and truly may need them to live but the pill mills are not the answer for them. Just WHY do mant of them operate on a cash only basis? Why are they against following a national Data Base? The answer is; they know they are not acting in good faith! Please, please ban these medications once and for all! On behalf of all of our children, living, and no longer with us, Ban the Pill Mills and Ban the Oxys' Sincerely yours, Enrica P. Yero
Carlos M. Yero Sr.	As a father with a son addicted to Oxycodone, Hydrocodone as well as Zanax and other Opiates, I ask that these pills be banned from being sold at any "Pain Clinic". I know some people need these because of a terminal disease and truly may need them to live but the pill mills are not the answer for them. Just WHY do mant of them operate on a cash only basis? Why are they against following a national Data Base? The answer is; they know they are not acting in good faith! Please, please ban these medications once and for all! On behalf of all of our children, living, and no longer with us, Ban the Pill Mills and Ban the Oxys' Sincerely yours, Carlos M. Yero Sr.
Carlos M. Yero Sr.	As a father with a son addicted to Oxycodone, Hydrocodone as well as Zanax and other Opiates, I ask that these pills be banned from being sold at any "Pain Clinic". I know some people need these because of a terminal disease and truly may need them to live but the pill mills are not the answer for them. Just WHY do mant of them operate on a cash only basis? Why are they against following a national Data Base? The answer is; they know they are not acting in good faith! Please, please ban these medications once and for all! On behalf of all of our children, living, and no longer with us, Ban the Pill Mills and Ban the Oxys' Sincerely yours, Carlos M. Yero Sr.
Kayley	Please ban this drug - it does WAY more harm than good. It's extremely easy for kids to get, and has become a serious problem everywhere.
Richard Ducker
JAMES M MCGILVARY	HEY YA ALL , WE NEED YOUR HELP , WE MUST STOP THESE KILLER DOCTORS AND THEIR DENS OF HELL FROM STEALING OUR PRECIOUS LOVELY CHILDREN RIGHT OUT OF OUR GRASP , PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND GET AS MANY OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO SIGN IT . THIS BATTLE IS UP TO US TO FIGHT AND WIN , THE POLITICIANS WONT HELP , THE GOVERNMENT WONT HELP , IT IS OUR CAUSE . WE , THE LOVED ONES OF ADDICTED VICTIMS BOTH LIVING AND GONE MUST STAND OUR GROUND , TELL THESE KILLERS , THATS IT , NO MORE , THATS IT , THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS .
cayla hawkins
beverly sampson	Many families are suffering with love ones addicted to oxys.it's a family disease that hurts everyone. No one is exempt. One use and your addicted.
Patricia R.	Please ban this drug, its killing lives..
linda patterson	Having two adult children originally addicted to Oxycontin then to the less expensive street drug, Heroin, I believe it is imperative to remove the extremely addictive drug Oxycontin from the market.
Jessica McDonald
Anonymous
Anonymous	This drug tore apart my family. My husband lost his job and was unemployed for 5 months. He still continues to struggle with it and it has been 6 months. He was in a car accident 5 years ago and he started with 50 mg and ended with 1200 mg a day. This drug is horrible. Doctors should be held accountable for making people addicted to this. Please ban this!!!!
Vicki Gray
Jamie Kraft	I graduated high School in 2006, since them I have seen numerous friends have their life devoured by this drug. This drug appears to be a serious epidemic that is only getting more wide spread as time goes on. My observation is the drug is very easy to get addicted to, and we all know what happens to people when they get seriously addicted. Lives are destroyed.
Brandi Woodruff	This must be stopped. Too many loved ones are being tragically lost for no reason. This is a horrible cycle that needs to come to an end. Today.
evan noland	Get em outta here
Tim Pickard	This is an evil and terrible drug. I have watched it kill dozens of people and steal hundreds of peoples souls.
Doug	I have known people who use this poison as bartering material for money, food, sex or other drugs. It is addictive, harmful and a drag on decent society. Ban it, make it illegal to obtain and prosecute the trafficers.
John H Eastman	How many more lives have to be cut short? I want something done and I want it done NOW!!!!!
Anonymous
Claire Walsh	Lost a best friend from this
Brady Murphy	Ten days ago today i lost a friend who was struggling with a severe addiction to oxycontin. His death has affected me and everyone close to him in irreversible ways. This drug needs to be taken off the street. No one should ever have to go through what me, my friends and the family of the deceased went through, and i don't want to go through it again.
Tammy Jaeger
whitney munro
Joie Coffey
Anonymous
Anonymous	On December 7, 2009 I lost my husband and the father of my two children due to polydrug toxicity. He had been prescribed OxyContin as well as a muscle relaxer. I was addicted to OxyContin for four years as well. This drug destroys families and takes the lives of our loved ones. My husband was 27 years old. He left behind a beautiful son and daughter who will forever have to live with only their memories of their loving Daddy. His mother and father had to bury their only son. Please help to outlaw this wicked and dangerous drug.
Kailea Tamblyn	One of my good friend recently commited suicide due to depression caused by wrongful use of oxycontins I also know many teenagers and adults who have struggled with this addiction and many who are still struggling. It is quite sad that is so easy for people to get their hands on these drugsthat are being used as a to get high on and not as a pain killer.
Ginger
Shelly L. Meheriuk	I am happy to sign this petition being a mother of a daughter who has servived (is serviving) her additions.
Jessica Meheriuk	I myself just recently beat my addiction to OxyContin, and i wish no one has to go threw what i have. I hope this petition suceeds.
Anonymous
Colin Merry	it has ruined the lives of MOST of my friends
Megan Richardson	i have watched many friends and even family struggle through dealing with this addiction. i have lost a couple friends along the way also, its not something that is easy to deal with ... but there is nothing that can be done to save them, except rid of this horrible drug !!
craig barker
Tara Sutphin
Candy Sigler
Amanda O'Reilly
Anonymous
Lisa Innis
Margaret Deans	I want my children and other children from the future to be safe from this.
steve Baker	I've seen this drug destoy so many lives please ban it
Cody Keegan
abigail Johnson	god bless to all those struggling with addiction and to their families
victoria blundell
Anonymous
Josie Wells
Anonymous	i've yet to lose a loved one to oxycontin; however, i personally know six young, once healthy adolescents/young adults who have become addicted to this drug (without a prescription). some eventually moved onto heroin when oxycontin wasn't available. all of those kids have been in rehab at least once, have missed their opportunity to graduate high school and matriculate to university. half are still using. another is trying to find the motivation and funding to get back into rehab. this drug ruins lives. people who are using oxycontin legally have other options.. and frankly, a number of those people are likely addicted to the drug as well, and other options should be given anyway.
Amanda Foster	Its really good to see people trying to do something about this! I have seen many lives go down the gutter because of OxyContin.
Carrie
Samantha Blake
Sarah Whalen	this is a horrible drug. Destroys lives. Scary b/c it's given freely by hospitals and is addictive. My friend is currently battling his addiction to oxys after being given them by the hospital after breaking his back in his mid 20's. He has relapsed several times. It's heartbreaking. Please do something!!! Find a replacement and ban it all together!!!
Ashley Cavanagh
Leanna Boeck
Chantal Baker
Sabrina
jenna brooks
RYAN DRISCOLL
jessica lynn brooks
C. Schroeder	Send this link to your friends. Lets put a stop to OxyContin once and for all!!
Nico Farback
Marisa Caporal
Synova Cats	YOU KILLED MY BOYFRIEND YOU MONEY GRUBBING ASSHOLES.
Sasha Huff	I come from South Florida where OxyContin is heavily abused. I have lost friends too many friends because of it;Some that I have chosen to walk away from because they are too addicted, others who have been taken away from me because of death. I think it is awful, and absolutely think it should be taken off the market and banned.
Ella Bullis
Scott Marshall	It's gotten 3 people I know and tried to get me. Oxyfree since '03. Thank god. There shootin errbody up in here in my neighborhood. Death to all dirty docs! Oxys=Death.
anne agnew	My life has been destroyed by oxy contin and I have never seen a pill my 23 year old son is alive but in jail my beautiful 36 year old sister in law is dead mother of three devasted children my friends. 19 year old son died nov 29 2005 their lives were ruined .........how many and they pulled darvocet cause it causes heart problems ............this needs to stop now purdue pharma is in this for the money they should be taken down by any means possible
Anonymous	Ban it!
Anonymous	I became hooked on this drug after a friend gave me percocets after a car accident.. Its much easier for a person to become hooked on a prescription drugs as you think its not as bad because it is possible to legally obtain it.
Anonymous
Zach Wilson
christa
Thomas Workman	...oxycontin are horrible...
Anonymous
Sam VanWilgen	It ruins lives.
Catherine Kyle
Cody Lobdell	My best friend almost lost everything due to this malicious drug. It is far too easy to get and is ruining futures with it's intolerable addiction.
Lauren Goodkin
Anonymous
Jess	This is a very sick drug and there needs to be a stop to it. We're losing too many young adults to this. I'm glad more people want to put a stop to this!
hayley higgins
Joanne Baker
Elaine Abercrombie
Anonymous
Eric Fields
Anonymous	My older brother and 80% of my friends have a problem with this disgusting drugs. Ive had 3 friends die this year from it and i need it to stop.
Anonymous
Liz McDaniel	OC has ruined friendships, and is about to take the life of one of my friends if he doesn't change soon. Please ban this horrible drug.
Kimberly Sellers
Ashley Hickson
Seth Wheelock
Chris Green	This is the worst prescribed so called medicine in the world. My son has been hooked on this for about 3 years now. Almost died twice, and is in recovery again. It has ruined our family. PLEASE, PLEASE ban this garbage.
Bob Vitale
Josh Gaddy	This takes peoples soul.
Luis
Ashley Baker
Robyn Larson
Susan Haynes
claire semnacher	Due to oxycontin abuse, I lost my friend over the summer and I have a friend struggling to quit right now. This needs to stop. I don't know anyone who uses it for the right reasons. The only person I've seen doctors actually prescribe this drug to is my mom, for a serious surgery called a bone graph. She won't take it because she says it's too strong and makes her sick. There are so many downfalls to this drug. RIP BRIAN K
chloe bruusgaard	ruinin peoples lives for no reason should it be legally prescribed as a medical drug to the public.
Anonymous
Amanda
Devin Beckley
Stephanie DeLuca
Shanleigh	I have seen too many young people loose there lives to this drug, it's a problem, not a solution of any kind.
Richie incognito	Enough is enough. I've lost to many close friends to this addiction. It ruins the life of the people who abuse it as well as their friends and families. It's time for drug makers and dr's to take responsibility for this growing problem.
Don Clem
Scott Owen	Had to deal with family addicted to this stuff for years. Ready to see it off the market and banned.
Anonymous
Anonymous	Please stop this killer. I have watched too many people loose everything to this horror.
jk	I have first hand experience in my community being overrun with this stuff. IT IS AN EPIDEMIC IN FLORIDA!!!! I have experience as a user prescribed it for "pain" legitimately, and of course got hooked on it. Luckily I made enough money to support a 2k a month habit for the next TWO YEARS....yep, approx 50K in CASH GONE. I am now off of it with help from their "solution", suboxin, which in itself is a nasty substance. How funny right? They get people hooked on oxycontin, then they give them another opiat to get them off of it. It did work, but it sure wasn't easy WOW. only in America could ciggarettes and THIS CRAP be legal and sold legally by the criminal enterprise knows as government callaboration with the RICHEST COMPANIES who pay the least taxes and THEY BOTH KNOW WHAT THE PRODUCTS DO TO PEOPLE!!! Anyways, I also have the experience of a business owner with 40 employees. To see 10 out of 40 have some type of problem with these oxy's, is amazing to me. We are in FLORIDA where this is an epidemic. If they are not doing them, then they are getting prescriptions and selling them to others, cause at 10 per and getting hundreds at a time, you do the math, its almost easier for them not to work.
Brittany G.	My brother is struggling from an addiction to this, something needs to be done!
Natalie emerson	I'm tired of watching people destroy their lives because of drugs like this.
Stephanie Kingsley
kristy garrity	I am a grateful recovering addict. Oxycontin is ruining the lives of young children, house wives, businessmen, and just about everyone I knew. It almost ruined my life. Instead of making money off people...we should be trying to save their lives. Banning oxycontin would be a life changing epidemic.
Marsha Schorr	Today, I attended my first Compassionate Friends support meeting. It is an international support group for parents who have lost children, no matter the cause or the age. I would encourage any parent out there - oxycontin or other - to seek out a meeting in your area. I met some amazing people today and look forward to more meetings. I lost my beautiful son June 21, 2009. He was 24 years old, and his name is Aaron Fender. My life will never be the same. I continue to email Purdue Pharmaceuticals and politicians in Florida who allow the pill mills to succeed there in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. I grieve for the grandchildren my son will never have; for the life he could have had. All my hopes and dreams died with him. We have to do what we can to get this killer off the streets.
Robert Whitelaw	I have many family members addicted to this drug. I want to see an end to this!
Denes Nagy	I lost the love of my life to this drug on Thanksgiving morning. I watched it turn her from a beautiful, caring, talented girl with a bright future, into a drug seeking manic individual that could not stop taking this drug. She went to Rehab for it, but once she came back, she slipped back into the path of this drug. She was found dead, thanksgiving morning. Two months before this she was telling how great it felt to be away from these pills and how she was truly scared to death of them. She was afraid to see a pill because she knew she had a weakness, the urge inside her was too strong. She was scared to death of these pills but they were so powerful that she had to take one when it was put in front of her. I never enabled her, I fought with her addictions so much. She was only 24 years old. Now she is gone. Im left alone and heartbroken. Her parents and family are all distraught beyond belief. Everyone was afraid this would happen, we tried everything to help her, but no one thought this would happen like this. Two months out of rehab, and gone.... Its great to write on here and voice my feelings and read everyone else's hatred for this drug. But, when, where, how can we actually see something being done about it??? Where are the lawsuits seeking justice in criminal court??? Where are the leaders that are ready to protest and begin the battle to correct this huge mistake??? This drug is still on the market only because of the financial power behind Purdue Pharma. Where are our FUCKING government leaders that NEED to be demanding action!!! I'm convinced they are all getting paid from the suffering that our country is going through. That is the only reasonable explanation as to why this drug was not banned years ago. This drug is destroying a generation. It is ruining our country. When is Washington going to show us all that they hear us and that they are ready to seek justice. This is complete crap. I am losing faith in justice by the day. I am losing faith in my leaders by the day. If this doesnt change and soon, then 15-20 years from now our country will be so much worse off than it is now and no one will have any faith in our leadership. Where do I sign up to start protesting on the streets in large, angry, demanding groups??? I will take my vacation days just to make sure my face and voice are heard among the many. This is such bullshit.
Alexis Modaffari	I lost my dad to his addiction.
Penny E. Hess	I lost my mate of 15 yrs. in 2001 and my only child in 2004 to OxyContin. This drug simply MUST be taken off of the market. There are other equally as effective pain medicines available.
Anonymous
Todd McCombs
Andrede Showver
Donna S. Wirt	This drug is destoying my community and tearing families apart. It is much more of a terrorist threat than all those imagined or real reported by the authorities. It is literally destroying a generation which has to carry this country to the next level of sustainability. I want this drug banned and stricter legal punishment for those possessing it and distributing it.
guy hefel
kayla martin	my best friend just got a liver transplant from blues; he still smokes them to this day.
Janice Frey-Leet	I recently buried my 55-year old brother. He died from complications due to prescription drug addiction. He began his nightmare with Oxy and it "blossomed" from there. What a horrid drug. Thankfully he was a well-respected retired firefighter and he was given an honorable funeral thanks to the men he knew before his addiction. I did not enjoy watching my mother bury her son.
Anonymous	Oxycontin almost ruined my life and I am proud to say that I am 7 months sober. I thank my higher power every day for helping me get my life back and pray for my many friends who are still abusing this lethal drug. Addiction can happen to anyone-I am a 25 year old graduate student of high socioeconomic status who risked EVERYTHING I had because I was under the spell of this drug. It is time to decrease stigma of addicts and put the blame where it so rightly belongs, on the corporations that are marketing this drug that ruins families, relationships and futures. Once I finish my graduate degree, I plan to dedicate my life to helping those who struggle with the terrible disease of addiction and advocate for policy changes that will prevent this drug from coming into the hands of another potential victim. I truly believe that if oxycontin is banned, tens of thousands of lives will be saved.
Brittany D. Richardson	My brother is a nineteen year old,smart and talented young man, however he can not use his talents because he is highly addicted to oxycontin. I hate this drug for not only what it has taken from my brother but also that it has taken my brother away from me.
Dana Randall
Erica Hall	Oxycontin took one of the best people I have ever known away from our group of friends. I wish I could've been there Brandon Allen Ledbetter. We all love and miss you Brando. 10-03-10♥ tatted forever friend.
john carruth jr.
melissa massey	i am sick of my friends dying stop selling this to addicts
shane goldfeder
Sue A Bailey
Anonymous
John	The drug is has overtaken western canada as the drug of choice it should be outlawed and doctors who prescripe should be monitored closely. It is the devil's pill and Pharma should be sued yet it will not happen. Education of the youth will only prevent the continual growth and plaque on our society
bryan hellmers
Ronnie Jacobs
Hadasha
Deborah Hazel
Johnnie Easton	Please ban Oxycontin! My family has been horribly affected by the addiction to this killer! Thank you.
Anonymous	I HAVE LOST 3 FAMILY MEMBERS DUE TO OVER DOSING ON THIS DRUG AND THEY WERE YOUNGER THAN 35 AND MY EX BEST FRIEND IS NOW BADLY ADDICTED TO THEM AS WELL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE BANNED AS WELL AS OTHER PAIN MEDICATION AS WELL!!
Maryann Cowart	This drug truly is the devil. I dont have a story to share but i am very sorry for the losses of others and the lives its taken.
Patrick Rhodes	I was prescribed Oxycontin after a bad car accident years ago and became quickly addicted to them. My whole life was centered around using them and i'm sure I was close to death many times. I have now managed to get off of them and get clean. I know a large number of people who have died as a result of abusing this drug and I am greatful I was able to find a way out before I too became a statistic. My heart goes out to all the families who have lost a loved one to this powerful drug and I hope at some point the government can do something about it.
josh goldfeder
Lisa Grady	SERIOUSLY, how many people under the age of 30 would actually have the "severe pain" that the use of this drug calls for? Short of any severe injury or chronic life-threatening disease why would any doctor prescribe more than 1-5 tablets of this to young people who SHOULD NOT have chronic pain issues UNLESS they have a serious illness? Follow the money and there you will have your explanation. THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED!
Anonymous	This drug has gotten a hold on my son that I never thought anyone but his Momma could have. It has taken a good, focused, bright young man at 16 and turned him into a drooling, snoring, drug seeking, manic. It has claimed the lives of 5 of his sister's friends in the last 3 years and she is frightened everyday that she looks at the little brother who had so much potential. I am a RN working on a post Cardiac surg floor and now make sure that every person who is prescribed this drug is given the information (and lecture) by me about how addictive and strong this drug can be. For now, I go to work everyday praying that I do not return home to my own son lying cold in his bed. I urge lawmakers to please avoid the lobbying by those who profit from the deaths of so many and BAN OXYCODONE REFILLS without DOCUMENTED SERIOUS ILLNESS AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES SOUGHT OUT FIRST. Too many people are dying and/or suffering!
Summer Haggard
Blake Forrest	I think the drug, although helping some patients w/ chronic pain, also hooks said person on an endless cycle and in time and prior has shown proof that it is a deadly drug indeed.
Austin H.	My ex GF was/still is/was on them very badly. I'm NOT sure if she is still taking them, but it wouldn't be a surprise. Hopefully one day she'll come to.
Hannah Fox	I agree with this website onehundred percent... If my friends and loved ones aren't dying; they're on their way to it. I'm tired of seeing my friends that I've grown up with have this horrible addiction and I believe this is the worst drug ever created. It should never be on the shelves again. I'm sick of watching everyone slowly kill themselves and do things they never would have dreamed about to get this pill. Please, ban it.
jackie burrows
Eric Livingston	Agreed with Matt Oliver
Matt Oliver	I'm tired of seeing my friends and loved ones friends DIE because of this drug and the doctors who are prescribing it to anyone with a doctor visit fee. Not only does this drug need to be taken off the market; the doctors who are running these "Pill Mills" should face criminal charges!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous	This drug & Rocky's is still taken over my family.I hate drug dealers..We as a Country need to get this drug under contol..Right now this drug has a lot of power, but maybe if it was sold right my son would not b where he is now..He is in the Gutter and I still do not know how to help him any more..How can a DR.. write a scrip to a young man for 200 or more and the pharmacey fills it..I hate drug dealers...I want this drug off the streets..Give our cancer patients pot...This drug has just about killed my son and I have no idea how to begin to stop it...
John
Walter Sirotich	May the premeditated murdering bastards at PURDUE PHARMA FOREVER ROT IN HELL. Im doing this for my daughter .
Scott	I think banning Oxy would be good, pain suffers can achieved pain relief with Opana its a good safe drug and we can get rid of OxyContin for ever!
christina marie raithel	My parents, 2 brothers, 2 sons, and many friends are addicted and I am very fustrated and don't know how to help them. This dam drug needs to be taken off the market before it wipes out our youth. The president needs to get involved. Its all about money for the drug companies and the goverment. Isn't the goverment who provide our service men with heroin back in ww II? Please help!!!!!!
Joe Carnevale	Pain management doctors hand these out like they're candy, I've seen 2 people die, some attend methadone clinics, some become vagrant criminals. They don't just swallow a pill anymore, they crush them and snort them, then crush them and inject them, they have urban legends which ones are the best to take intravenously. Anyone against this, surely, has not been around the abuse of it.
Anonymous	Son almost died,twice. There may no be a third. to easy to get, get them of the street. Please our childrens lives are at STAKE.....
ariana kalinic
Bryon Grosvalet
Deborah Whiteside
Jacob LeCroy	i'll never forget the morning i found my best friend dead R.I.P Brandon Ledbetter love you homie 11-21-89 10-3-10
cassy goldsmith	This is the most addicting and deadly, detrimental drug out there.
Connor Marshall Kelley	Ridiculous this drug is and ever was legal.
leone davies
Anonymous	my beautiful son died nearly 5 years ago from oxycontin. there is not an hour of the day that i don't think of him. the pain never goes away. his cousin was addicted to them and then switched to heroin when the oxy became too expensive to buy. many overdoses later, he is still alive and trying to rid the addiction from his body with methadone. please get rid of this horrible drug.
malcolm higgins
joel jeffries	I am a psychiatrist who does consultations on narcotic addicts. Most of them nowadays were addicted to OxyContin which was prescribed to them unnecessarily or to others in such excessive quantities that they had surplus to sell to the people I see.
ashley coakley
Meg Ozbirn	This drug is a monster and killing millions!!! STOP THE ABUSE! TAKE CONTROL OF THE PAIN CLINICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous	My husband just got past an addiction to oxycotin and he went through hell battling it. Everytime he quit he started up again because the epidemic was so bad in our neighborhood and the pills kept getting shoved in his face. We had to move from our town out of state to get away from the pills. I wish luck to any spouse/girlfriend, son/daughter/or boyfriend that is going through this with their loved one.
Puneet lally
tecla fuller	my son has lost two years of his life so far from this readily available street drug. they have now discontinued darvocet last week which has no street value due to the fear of being sued over cardiac issues. why cant purdue pharma be held accountable for the horrendous numbers of lost lives? when Quaaludes made by rorer were banned decades ago it was because it was so obvious that they were KILLING people... what is wrong with the FDA that they can't see what's happening? my 4 children have all lost many friends to this "hillbilly heroin" Havent any high ranking FDA officials lost loved ones yet? The profit margin to the street level dealers and " pill mill" doctors is obvious... what is the FDA's motive to not address this epidemic?
Michael Dillon	I lost five years of my life because of a addiction to this drug. It is a shame we lost so many good souls. This drug is the devil.......... Appreciate websites like this.
Shannon	I went to pain management for a chronic illness and was prescribed Oxycontin and other pain medications. It destroyed my life and I lost everything. My doctor never told me of the side effects and how they are addicting. Oxycontin didn't do anything for my pain except mask it. The sad thing is its a legal drug and can be easily prescribed.
Cynthia Greene	This drug killed my girlfriend last week. She had a problem with drugs years ago but was clean for many years. She began to suffer from back pain and the doctor gave her the OX like he was giving her candy. She started using more and more for the same pain relief she had been getting in the beginning. Then, one day her heart just stopped pumping. She went into Sudden Cardiac Arrest and now she is dead. We'd been friends since we were 4 years old. You can't imagine the suffering. This drug is worse than herion and doesn't belong on the market.
Brittany	This drug is to strong to be even legal.. it needs to be banished!
Anonymous	I believe this drug is horrible my best friend was addicted to it for two years and later started using heroin saying it was the same Hugh just cheaper. If there is a legal drug giving someone the same high as an illegal drug there is no reason at all it should'be been approved in the first place. It is obvious how much pain families are going through because of this drug why is it legal to make and distribute as easily as it is?
Anonymous
Jordyn muller
Allie	I see how this drug takes over the lives of people, it must be banned!
Judy Easley	This drug has killed so many young people I know....Please make this drug go away!!
patty case
jennifer obiedo	My family recently lost someone due to oxycontin. please take it off the market so that other family's won't have to suffer like mine is.
kelly rae butler
Giana Lalios	requesting the FDA to immediately ban the distribution of OxyContin to new patients. You are asking the FDA to create a compassionate program to be put in place for the people who are presently taking OxyContin with a realistic time frame that will lead to the complete withdrawal of OxyContin. The compassion we feel for those in pain can be achieved without OxyContin.
Denes S. Nagy	I am a 29 year old college graduate. I have my own construction company and I work hard 7 days a week. I thought I have done everything right in my life, including meeting the love of my life. She was 19 when we met. She was beautfiul, blond hair, blue eyes, tall, athletic, always smiling, always laughing, and going to college herself. We started dating when she was 19 and I was 24. We talked about growing old together and starting a family.... She was my soulmate. Somehow, someway, she came across oxy and became addicted. She hid this addiction from me and she hid this addiction from her family. Within the past year her addictions all came to the surface... She was hospitalized. She was sent to rehab out of state in CT. She just came back to Florida a few months ago. It was great to see her again. She looked healthy again, she was putting on weight, she was getting her life in order. She talked to her Dad about marrying me. We were still very much in love. I talked to her Dad and we both felt it best that she learns to stand on her own two feet before she jumps into marrying me right out of rehab. So, I gave her some space... I thought she was doing alright, and then her mother called me on Thanksgiving night. They found her daughter, the love of my life, that morning at 7 a.m. in a car with her lips blue and eyes open. Apparently she was with an old ex, a dealer, a user, an abuser. He left her in the car all night long after the two of them had been using. She was knocked out, so he says he kept checking on her in the car throughout the night. Now... She is dead. She is gone. I didn't even get to say goodbye. I didn't even get to hear her voice. I would give anything for one last chance just to hear her speak and to know that she can hear the words I want to say to her. I blame this on the drug companies, the politicians, the doctors. They have pain clinics set up in South Florida were people can walk into them and walk right out with a prescription for this "synthetic heroin". All you need is an x-ray showing that you have some condition that could cause you pain.... And these clinics load you up with whatever you request. They have their own on-sight dispensing. How is this legal? Ethical? Justified? These people are all responsible for her death. These people are all responsible for ruining her young life. For ruining mine. Now, her family, her loved ones, myself... We all have to be ready to say goodbye on Monday and bury her this tuesday. I don't want to say her name out of respect for the family. But this is tragic. This is as bad as it gets. A senseless death. I hope that the drug companies and politicians lined their pockets with enough money from her death. I hope they can sleep at night knowing that they have another death on their hands. Im not naive, I know that she took these drugs. The drug company, the politicians, they didnt hand them to her and force her to eat, or snort them, or shoot them... Whatever the rhetoric may be. But they created and maintain the channels and avenues necessary for these EVIL DRUGS to be so easily accessible. Something so dangerous and deadly should not be so easy to get ahold of. This is pure evil and corruption run away with no brakes. What will it take to make an honest change?
Niki	This drug has caused so much trouble for so many families and each story just keeps hitting closer and closer to home. Having worked in a pharmacy for over 13 years, I feel there are so many alternatives to true pain management for the people who are actually critically suffering from pain from cancer and treatments and other actual disease states. There is no reason for this drug to be on the market and continue killing America. I hope that someday, a resolution can be found and "pain clinics" are replaced with those same doctor shopper pill pushers forced to convert into and only serve as proper detox centers. RIP Tony! RIP Katie!
Anonymous	I began with something as simple as giving birth to my daughter at 17 yrs old and they prescribed me percocet and I remember thinking I love the feeling they give me...I found myself hooked on the feeling then slowly have worked my way up to roxycontin which I am finding that I am starting to have a powerful urge for it even though I have only taken it twice. I am 23 yrs old This is the drug that drives people to insanity. It desperately needs to be removed from the market. Its sad how people actually in pain from surgeries,giving birth,accidents etc. can get hooked so easily then have bigger problems. I'm not yet addicted to pain meds as I can live without having them just like the feeling but that is just the start of an addiction! Please ban this drug before I make it worse for myself and others make it worse for themselves.
Howard SBurket	I hate to say it, but this is falling on deaf ears. Purdue is obviously too powerful with politicians. They fought and band four loco in in MA in one week yet this stuff continues to kill everyday. I will never forgive this country for allowing this to continue. losing hope, RIP Thomas
shirley tirella	i just lost a 18 yr old neice that left behind a 18 month old son and since 11-19-2010 when they found his mommy dead says mommy mommy mommy what else does gov due they kill our kids thats want they do and it seem its does not matter how people die they just dont care and kids are dying everyday. so please god get this off of our streets. R.I.P CHERIE. also the same day my brother from his daughter he cllaps and had a massive heart attack.
Anonymous	TAKE THIS DRUG OUT OF THE MARKET!!!! KILLERS!!!
Teena Rucker
Anonymous	A loved on has been addicted since age 14. The quantities he has been prescribed have been lethal. The medical community is completely out of touch and unable to self-police the situation. People are ruining their lives on this synthetic heroine. Please ban this drug.
Sandra Taylor	May my brother-in-law James Staley, RIP.... If only I knew what to do to help my nephew,Jamey Staley, it seems like the system keeps him addicted...
Steve Roos	This dangerous drug has proved once again that the FDA does not have the interests of American at heart - only the profits of drug companies. Ban this rubbish immediately please. It should never have been approved in the first place.
JoLynda Bierley
Howard	My 26 year old son gott hooked after he got a perscription from his doctor for severe back pain.
john mcneill	oxy's have ruined my life--costing me my freinds,family and assocites. I am one step from being on the street
Melissa Traylor	I am signing again in memory of my son, JEREMY TRAYLOR, who would have been turning 20 years old, Friday, November 26 had he not have died from an Oxy overdose. He had been in rehab and had been clean for 80 days. He had just graduated from High School exactly one week before he decided to do Oxy one more time! That one more time took our Son, brother and friend away from us forever! He died. 18 years old. My heart is still in pieces! As the day he was born approaches, I weep,not only for him, but for all the things he will never accomplish in life, the Mother,Son dance at his wedding, we'll never have,a nd so much more! But I also weep for all the other senseless deaths caused by this drug! People, kids, think that "its a Rx drug" it can't be that dangerous! But IT IS DANGEROUS! IT KILLS DAILY! Speak up if someone you know has a problem! They will die without getting the needed help! PLEASE!
Elizabeth Dessert	Get this horrible drug off the market!
Donna Main	Please stop making this horrible drug that is causing so many of our children to become addicts. Please, my son is addicted and I am afraid of how far it will take him. I do not want to lose him or hear of any more deaths. Please stop making it..
Michael Johnson
Frances Kipfer	It is so sad how many people I see addicted to this drug! And how many people I have seen die from it! Too many of our youth are throwing their lives away because of it, we need to stand up and do something about it!
Anonymous	My 70 year old father who was in to natural medicine and yoga his entire life (not a drug or alcohol abuser by any stretch of the imagining) was prescribed Oxyctonine after a double hip surgery 4 years ago. Now this 70 year old man is addicted, his life is in ruins, and is on the verge of homelessness. I am outraged and saddened beyond belief that this could happen. He's on social security and his medicare won't cover treatment. I don't have $25,000+++ to pay for a treatment program. My God help those evil souls who are out there dispensing this stuff on every street corner just to make a buck. Julia
Simon	I am only 25 years old and I have already seen for the past 6 years of my life, how Oxycontin ruins lives! Please make it illegal! Stop producing that terrible pill. I have dealt with an addict of that terrible pill and it has been hell. It really has been the cause of unhappiness in our relationship. Lies,stealing, violence... Just hell! BAN OXYCONTIN!
Amanda Bierley	My step-brother went to rehab using this drug. My step-brothers friend might loose his kids due to this drug and his addiction. My husbands uncle possibly died from this drug, we don't know yet. My husband recently informed me that he is addicted to this drug and knows 15-20 drug dealers he can buy it from. He actually left my kids and I for a week to drive north to get himself away from it to try to get off it. I'm pretty sure he is still taking it. My husband's uncle is prescribed this drug, but uses way more than he should and gives his pills to people without a prescription. My husband's cousin might loose his kids because he uses this drug and had a seizure the otherday from overdosing. At my waitressing job numberous people have told me people they knew that died from this same drug.
Emily Andrews	I have lost too many friends to this....
Michael D. Vaughan	Oxycontin OCs are available in every high school and college campus across the country. Because recreational use far outweighs any medical benefit, Oxycontin should be banned. There is no use for it in dentistry and minimal benefits in medicine. Abuse of Oxycontin is a serious threat to American society.
Matt Major	Get it off the streets!
Joshua Lovelady	I fucking hate these pills they nee to be taken away. There messing peoples lifes up.
Marsha Schorr	I am a mother who lost my only son to Oxycontin intoxication 17 months ago. I have posted on this site before and I don't remove my 'Ban Oxycontin.com' bracelet. If I could say or do anything to change what has happened to all of us, I would do it. I feel as though I have lost my twin - as we were so much alike. Still, I feel guilty because I didn't know he was even taking this poison. He had asthma, and so when it depressed his respiratory system, at 24 years old, 6'1", 230 lbs., he died. Everyday, I live with the guilt, with the hopelessness and with the horrific loss. I miss him - even just being in the same room with him. Purdue Pharmaceuticals continues to manufacture this poison and these idiot pain clinics in Miami keep giving it out like candy, while our most precious ones die. Please contact Purdue and tell them what you think - I have done this and also contact your representatives (especially in Florida), where there is little DEA laws. There is enough crazy doctors in south Florida to bring this entire country down with their reckless distribution of Oxycontin. Please take a stand - let them know what you think. Who knows, maybe they will turn their attention to human beings dying because of this drug.
Minerva Cruz	This needs to stop , all these prescription drugs are ruining the lives of all these young people and also killing them. THIS NEEDS TO STOP
brandon lee harris	just have to say i have friends that have died from this so called medicine.....plus ive worked in a pawn store and seen the worst in people selling vcrs for 5 dollars and using it for a pill and not to feed their hungry kids and lets no forget those kids had dirt all over their face plus holes in clothes.
Jenn Schubert	My name is Jenn and I am 26 years old. I have two children who are 6 and 7. As of right now they have lost their mother to the use of oxycontin. I started using oxycontin when I was 22 and it wasnt because of any injury I had. I was abusing it illegally. I got to the point where I couldnt even get out of bed without taking something. If I didnt take them throughout the day I was extremely sick. Oxycontin ruined my life. I lost temporary custody of my kids. I lost my job, my house, friends and so much more. It is possible to turn your life around. You can exist without the use of oxycontin. I did it and if I can do it anybody can. Im just now starting out and I have a long journey ahead of me but I have been clean now for 90 days and it has been the best 90 days I have had in a long time. My theory is.....Why give up everything for ONE thing, when you can give up one thing and have EVERYTHING!!!!! I am signing this petition to hopefully save someones life. So they dont have to go through what I went through. Everyone who is suffering from the disease of addiction....you are in my prayers. And to everyone who has lost someone to the disease of addiction.....you are also in my prayers. God Bless.
Tiffany
judy lohmann
Max Bondi	These drug needs to be banned. The consequences of this drug far out weigh the bennefits.
Aileen Rosado
marc tourville
Brandy Baca
Lisa L Smith
Crystal
Cory Carlson	I was addicted to oxy-codone(90mg a day, minimum) for a year and a half, i do not have enough fingers and toes to count how many people i know who have died from them. This drug is meant for people who are terminally ill and in pain. It is destroying our teen-age generation, and its entirely too easy to acquire. Doctors should be held responsible just as much as the manufacturer of the drugs.
Courtneu Orwin
bishop schneider
Glenda McGurn	As many others who have signed this petition before me, my family is also the victim of this horrible drug, due to a physician who prescribed oxycotin to my 18 year old daughter after a minor surgery. My heart goes out to all of the victims of this "plague". I can only hope that our numbers will grow and our voices can be heard and this drug will be banned from further distribution before it destroys a whole generation of minds and souls, if it hasn't already. I would also like to see Purdue held accountable for the destruction their "wonder" drug has caused, but we all know that will never happen.
Mark bauer	This is a growing problem in our community families and over all state and nation. People need to realize These things are killers and family takers PLEASE BAN OXYCOTTON
Meredithraen Hernandez
Amber Perez
Lisa Steadman	OxyContin abuse has become an epidemic in our small Northeast community, indicative of a national fallout that is being ignored, for the most part, by the FDA, law enforcement and physicians. It should be outlawed immediately and production of this highly addictive drug should CEASE IMMEDIATELY. It is ruining the lives of our young people and their families! The long-term effects of this drug epidemic will be felt by generations to come, and the makers of this drug should be held accountable and punished for their gross negligence. All profits from this drug should be used to create the VERY MUCH NEEDED rehabiliation centers for those suffering from addiction, as so many people want to seek help but cannot find or afford treatment. It is such a disgrace and was avoidable.
heather reel
Nick Fisichella	My next door neighbors, who I grew up with, are addicted to Roxycontin. They are completely different people now. They used to be so productive and intelligent with a great amount of ambition. One went to college to be an engineer and the other went to business school. When they came back for vacation, they were zombies! They ended up staying here because the area I live in is the worst when it comes to Oxy. I know many Roxycontin addicts that burglarized their next door neighbors. Who's stopping my neighbors from going on a binge? One day, I found a syringe in my backyard! I know a lot of people dead or in jail because of this drug. The addicts I know that aren't dead or in jail are on their way. I'm sick of seeing a "Roxy-head" every where I turn. I'm begging you people...Lets get this drug off our streets!
Adam Drake	Almost everyone signing here is probably doing so because they, or someone they care about has had their life controlled, or maybe even completely destroyed by this drug. Synthetic heroin pushed by doctors, supposedly in the name of treatment, but more than likely in the name of profit. To the guy a bit down from me, this is not a "conservative issue." In fact, it was the GOP that lobbied so hard in the name of supposed "privacy concerns" to keep a prescription tracking system out of my state. Finally the tracking system has been signed into law, but it, as of now, has about half the funding it needs to function. I see people argue, that they are legit pain patients that NEED the drug to function, and therefore it should be kept legal. I can't speak to whether or not this is true, but seeing a pain clinic every mile or so on any major road here in Pinellas county, Florida, and each one having a hundred person line every morning, I can only conclude that this drug is doing WAY more damage than good for people. These clinics take cash-only, as to not arouse suspicion from insurance companies, and have on-site pharmacies. That means they profit extensively from addiction. And let me tell you, you don't need ANY sort of medical condition to obtain whatever you want from these criminals. They're raided regularly by the police, but not much can be done. The laws are just not in place. The easy solution? Ban oxycontin. It enslaved me for years, and while you're it's slave, you're not a very good person. After several arrests and 5 overdoses, I decided it was enough. Some people never get that chance. Thankfully I am young and withstood it, but I've seen people younger than me die in their sleep because of it. Looking back at photos of myself from the time, I can't believe I didn't realize how close to death I was. Ban it now, save a generation of young people. Save their families grief, tax payers money for health care/prosecution etc. BAN IT!!!!!
T.Stewart
Kaitlyn Stefanowski	I have been addicted to prescription pain pills for a while now, i have been addicted to oxycotin for the past two months it has caused alot of problems in my life.
Alexandra N	I'm doing an essay on oxycontin, and as I look up all these stories, i realized that this isn't some small drug, but a huge epidemic that each pill causes pain to a family. This needs to stop.
Barbara Waldon	I AM shocked and find unacceptable the amount of unregulated, Pain Management clinics dispensing narcotics in my Community. (Ft. Lauderdale)Integra Health Care, now there's an oxymoron. Run by two Chiropractors. Sign me up. I'll write letters - what else can I do. My family has been destroyed/torn apart by two nieces drug addicted to pain medication. 3 addicted babies - the fourth is on it's way. So Sad and so painful. There is no help, it's a viscious cycle. ChildNet's right there to keep the addicted family united. Everything is so different looking on the outside - get involved, evil evil evil.
Sylvia Esser Gleason
Justine Panzeca
Sherry Mullins	MY brother was 23 years old when he died. I don't want what we are going through to happen to another family. This drug should be banned and the doctor that keep writing the prescriptions, not just for Oxycontin but also any pain medicine freely, should be held accountable for contributing to a death. They are too freely handing out medicine to people that do not need it.
Linda Turley	My thirty one year old daughter received oxy after an automobile acident. She has been unable to get off the drug. She is currently injecting, receiving medication from a pain medication doctor who has been cleared of indictment on professioinal standards charges. She combs the community nightly for a fix, she has lost numerous jobs due to this addiction, she cries for help and is put on waiting lists. She has medicaid and we are not financially able to use a private clinic. She has been to the Harbor detox and Community Hospital for mental health and detox, but without appropriate follow up she returned to using. She has asked for residential treatment, she is not stupid, she realizes she is clinically incapable of kicking this without significant medical and psychological intervention. I cannot believe Pasco county cannot get these harmful medications off the street and at least provide more low cost beds to assist those who have been affected by the rampid misuse of this powerful painkill.
fawn murphy	To Whom it May concern: I was addicted to oxycontin and I feel that it is much too addictive and easily prescribed in this country. I see on the TV how someone has robbed a drugstore of oxycontin. This happens often where I live and the perpetrators are not interested in money just the prscription drug. This is how powerfully addictive this drug is. I know the company that makes it has made it so that the hardcore addicts can not shoot it up anymore but they are still eating them and dying from overdoses. I think it should be banned.
mary donnelly
Anonymous	I lost lost friends and family to this drug, please, ban this awful drug.
Albero p.
kim hoy
Coby Joy
Kathy Sparks
Gary McQuiston III	This drug almost killed me. I watched a high class, well built man, turn into a skelton, and almost lose his life. I myself have lost, stole, lied, and done things I would have never even thought of due to this drug. Now that I am straight and have my life back on track I agree that this is the WORST drug out there.
Danyel Martin
Anonymous	I don't know who this is going to so I will not give personal details. But, let me tell you this drug, Oxycontin has ruined my family's life in so many ways.
donald murphy	Lets stop this madness and take this dangerous drug off the market or at the very least limit its dispensing. Enough people have died. The new face of addiction is the average young person.
butch mcneely	How can this allowed to be continued. this drug is horrible
amber brown	I've watched a long time friend get hooked on oxycotins and now she shooter meaning she is on straight heiroin now shooting it up now she is slowly dying due to this drug.now her kids could be with out a mother permenently as of now they have because the addiction has taken her life ove. This drug needs tobe gone or other ways of not being able snort or shoot them up.thank you
Kimberly Talkington
Natalie Timm
ann wendroff
Kristina Steinberg
vanessa	We recently just had to bury another victim to this horrible drug! He was my husband and I 's best friend he was dearly loved by all! His funeral was on 11/15/2010 he had everything going for him. He started using about 2 years ago and 3 weeks ago went into sober living I wish I knew what was going through his head because on 11/05/2010 he turned to heroin and shot up in that split second he was gone and quit breathing immediately! Oxy is the devil andneeds to be banned no matter what it takes! No one deserves to watch people they love go from having so much life and life goals, to having nothing! RIP R.L.B
Randy Lee	Any drug that causes hurt should be ban.
Leigha	Lost a great friend to this. Fought to get a loved one away from it. Don't want to lose anyone else to this poison.
Anonymous
NathanBridgeman	My brother got addicted, its horrible to watch, I still love him always
Annmarie Skolnick	Absolutely no reason for this powerful drug to be unleashed anywhere other than with Hospice. It has ruined my family. I have a 21 yr. old in for his third detoxing and rehab. And my 27 yr. old is in prison on a 3 yr. sentence because of what it turned him into. And our fl. legislature sat there for 10 yrs. watching it and condoning these pain clinics. Shame on them!!!! And still the police can't go after the individuals selling this poison.....are you kidding me. I have turned in all those that have sold to my sons and still they are selling out of their houses.!!!! I can take the law enforcement to the houses and nothing happens to them...
Billie Lynch
Chris Bukowski	Someone close to me has been fighting to kick the addiction for over a year. Oxycontin is destroying lives. This needs to stop.
Mary L,	My nephew and many of his friends are addicted to this legal poison. Purdue Pharm should pay for rehab and pay family members a sum for their loss. My fear is that if this pill is banned or changed to avoid abuse, then people will turn to heroin. There is no easy solution. It's time we all pray.
Valerie Hill	This drug has become an epidemic and needs to be taken off of the market. How many more people must die or be killed because of this horrible drug?
Anonymous	I'm so glad that people are taking a stand against this horrible drug. God bless those who have lost loved ones.
Jaimi Putzke
Denise Taylor	Oxycontin kills Over three years ago my son became addicted to oxycontin, which was initially prescribed to him after an eye accident, which required surgery to save it. After the prescription ended, his addiction did not. Without our knowledge that he was addicted, he began buying Oxycontin in the streets. He tried to quit on his own and with the help of a physician, too embarrassed to come to us for help. But after this failed him, he came to us with the shocking news of what he has been going through. We detoxed him for months and placed him in rehab but nothing seemed to be able to break this deadly addiction. He ended up robbing pharmacies to get the drug as he could no longer afford the very high doses he was now taking, and was soon arrested. He now is serving a 2yr sentence in prison. The doctors felt he was on such a high dosage at that point that he should be dead. He is doing the best he can with the circumstances of where this nightmare has led him. But often feels depressed about how it has stolen such an important time in his life, having graduated from high school and finishing an equipment operator course. He was so looking forward to a new chapter in his life, but definitely not the one that has brought him here. He is now 21 and unfortunately been on the ugly inside of our prison system, and believe me...it's bad, but that's another battle. He also feels a lot of guilt with how it's affected our family. (Parents, grandparents & siblings) We are all fighting this with him. Initially not knowing how or where to start this fight I wrote letters to the health minister regarding my hefty concerns with Oxycontin and the drug company Purdue, but was soon dismissed more or less to the effect of it's not our job or problem, try this or try that. This drug should be banned and someone should pay the price of all the young people losing years, a future, and sometimes their lives to this deadly drug. Very committed, concerned mother. Langley, BC Canada
Eric & Terry Hellman	This has opened our eyes. Larry is a passionate and honest friend and we are so pleased to see him heading this effort. He is saving lives!
Anonymous	Ban oxycontin!
Eleanor and David Standiford
Tyson Mason
Jennifer	This drug has destroyed my sons life he is still alive and has a chance..??? But his fun loving nature is gone, our money is gone, his future is restricted. One pill which should be illegal has totally changed this young adults future ..he is no longer the son I knew, he is hateful and resentful. I have never in my life wanted to die but because of this drug...and its destruction...I sometimes wish i was not here to face what we are going thru...I love my son and would give up my life for him...But i'm here in case I can help. Please take this drug off the market so what is left of our children may still have a chance. Are you children addicted to Oxys...I mean those who work at Purdue or the Fda. How ABOUT THE DOCTORS AND PHARMACISTS..WHAT ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES..HAVE YOU LOST ANYONE...OR R YOU JUST FILLING YOUR POCKETS WITH DEATH MONEY...TAKE A FEW OXYS YOURSELVES SEE WHAT I MEAN...ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE WE SUFFER BECAUSE OF YOU...
Anonymous	The only way we can stop this epidemic is if the Doctors and Pharmacist would help by not perscriping and filling these perscriptions they know who really needs them. These professionals who went to school for many years to help people are now helping to make drugs addicts out of our children and young adult,s they should be ashamed of themselves, they have a good profession and make enough money doing it right...STOP perscribing..STop filling them ,Purdue PHarma can take thier own death drugs that they put on the market... My sympathy goes out to the families that have experienced what I have because of Oxys, etc.
Jillian
Linda Sue James	Our family has also been infected by the virus which is OxyCotin. Our Niece on my side of the family and our Nephew on my Husbands side are both doing prison time due to their addiction. Even though they have never met and live in different parts of the country they have both fallen victim to this highly addictive OxyCotin and a failing probation and rehabilation system that allows the users to continue. Our families no longer have any faith in the goverments ability to take care of this epidemic. Hopefully we,together, can put some wheels in motion to help all the families of this narcotic epidemic.
Sheila Norcia
Anonymous	I live with 3 people that are addicted to oxys....and two of them are MY CHILDREN!!!!! It has ruined there lives... they cant get away from this drug cause its everywhere!!! This drug makes me sick..im slowly watching my children kill them selfes
Anonymous	My boyfriend of almost 5 years went to rehab for help with his addiction to OxyContin. OxyContin ruined our lives. I had to move out with our 9 month old son because of his drug use, and our lives remain affected to this day. We tried living together again after his 30 day treatment program, but sadly it didn't work out. He has never been the same and his personality has been so negatively affected as a result of his year long addiction to this drug. He is very unstable and isn't the father or partner that I know he could have been and still could be. I have a very strong feeling that he is using again after being clean of it for a little over a year. I have noticed his attitude change negatively, suddenly over the last few weeks. He is resembling his old self when he was using and it is once again tearing my life and our family apart. He is once again uninterested in our son who is a little over two now. That is what hurts the most. He gets the drug illegally and it is way too easy for him. My son has been cheated of his father because of this drug and I have lost my soul mate. Please make this drug go away. You can spare millions of lives that will be taken and destroyed from it. I cry myself to sleep too often watching my son sleep and wishing he had the father he deserves. As long as this drug is available the suffering will continue for me and too many others.
Jax Resto
Anonymous
Mike Walsh
Laura Tanksley
Danielle Lake	Please discontinue the distribution of this dangerous drug.
Anonymous
Caitlin Graffius	This deadly drug needs to be taken off the market immediately! I cannot even count all the people that have had there families destroyed because their loved ones are addicted to these pills. They gain these pills, lose their souls, and eventually their lives.
Anonymous
Vanessa Deusch
Shay Lesko	I am the Mother of four young adult children. Two of which have been battling the addiction of Oxycontin for four years. Our life has become a living hell. We went from a happy close knit family to complete dysfunction. My children have stolen everything we own to pay for their pills. I live in fear of the day that one of them doesn't wake up. We have invested thousands of dollars on rehab and are in foreclosure on our home. Our health has been destroyed and the anxiety and depression is unbearable. Please ban this legal pill pushing that is killing sooooo many people everyday. We have been to more funerals because of this drug than I can count on one hand. How many lives have to be lost before you see what you are doing? How many families have to be destroyed, how many babies have to be born addicted to this nightmare drug, how many of their parents will die? This is truly taking down our country. You would think that this was some terrorist plot. How sad that it is our own government that is allowing it and that one of our own drug manufacturers is producing it. You should be sooo ashamed of yourselves. How do you sleep at night? I find it hard to believe that you too have not been affected by the addiction to this drug. Either by a family member or friend. Please BAN this drug. Don't let another day go by. Life is too short. Stop the murder that is legally going on by Pharma Pharmaceuticals. Stop cutting short the lives of our fellow brothers and sisters. STOP KILLING OUR SONS, DAUGHTERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS, SISTERS, BROTHERS, AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS. JUST STOP...
patti branham	This drug must be removed from purchase. I have a son who almost died from this drug twice. Something needs to be done!!!!!!
Courtney Rickman
LAWRENCE FACAS
James Sergent
Barbara Monnig
Ashly V Flores	My mother was prescribed OxyContin and she recently died on October 16, 2010, from accidentally mixing it with other medications she was prescribed. She would never have taken it if she knew that she was going to die from mixing it with another medicine. I cannot believe this happened and feel that her doctors did not pay close enough attention to her. OxyContin was to blame as well as the doctors who prescribed it.I feel so bad for anyone that had to go through a death caused by this drug. I am still suffering from the loss of my mother but know that I can be of help to others.
Sharon Wasserman	This is such a demon drug, It needs to be banned...
Lauren Gonzales	I have had two friends overdose and die because of these pills and numerous friends lost to addiction. Ban these horrible pills. If they are needed that bad they should be given in a hospital under doctor supervision.
matthew johnson	this drug is nothing but evil, period. ban it.
Tyler Haskins
Boh Phillips
Damian Holt
Jodi Labate
Samantha Piccione
Anonymous
Deborah Puricelli	Healthcare "professionals" have been prescribing Oxycontin to my sister for 7 years. Her physician, Dr. Larry J. Carry, MD of Springfield, MO is currently prescribing her 180 pills at 80 mg a piece EVERY MONTH!!! She has an 8 year old who has grown up watching her mother's addiction to one of the most horrible drugs that is LEGALLY being prescribed by physicians around the world-OXYCONTIN. Our 8 year old niece will continue to watch her mother/my sister as she continues to lose pieces of her life every day. We can only hope that it will only be my sisters life and not the life of her 8 year old by falling asleep or going into cardiac arrest while driving her daughter to school. The sad thing is.....there is NOTHING we can do to help save either of them.
Melanie Steadman
Tina Davis	My son has been addicted to oc since the age of 17. He is now 22 years old....it is KILLING him. Please take this drug off the market, it is the devil! My son is in his 4th rehab...GOD help us!
Lindsay McMaken
Anonymous	I watched my brother become addicted to this drug and then watched it slowly, over 8 years, absolutely destroy he and everyone who loved him until he died from it. He was found basically dead and we had to make the decision, and then watch, as he was taken off of life support and died. This drug is supposed to be for the likes of cancer patients in severe pain. Unfortunately, doctors are prescribing irresponsibly. It is extremely addictive and once in it's throes, there are few who make it out alive. It's insanity that it was ever passed by the FDA to start with. Get the drug company lobbyists out of congress and make accountable the doctors prescribing it irresponsibly, as well as the pharmaceutical companies manufacturing it knowing full well its' addictive potential. How many lives must be destroyed before those responsible own up?
eric schwarz	THIS DRUG ALMOST DESTROYED MY LIFE AFTER BEING ADDICTED FOR TWO YEARS I BECAME A HERION ADDICT BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET OFF FOR TWO YEARS AND NOW HAVE FOUR MOUNTHS CLEAN BUT I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE PLEASE SAVE PEOPLE AND THERE FAMILEIES THE PAIN THAT I AS WELL AS MY FAMILY WENT THROUGH GET RID OF THIS DRUG
Isabella Maafu
Kathleen McCallan
Melanie Burns
Samantha Fields	My sister died from those pills. All i want now is for them to be gone.
Cindy Zerella
Karen Angely
Jennifer Applegate
Kim Webster	I am sick to death of these death pills killing out loved ones. My nephew died at 31 years old, 15 months ago, I had to find him dead. He fought his addiction for 10 years, he went through drug rehabs, prison and now paid the ultimate price with his life. Now my beautiful , smart, son who is 21 became addicted after a motorcycle accident he started using oxycontin, and as a result, he lost his scholarship to college, got suspended from college, cant keep a job. Started stealing to support his habit, crossed a line and started injecting the drugs, got convicted of 4 felonies, went to jail, got hepatitis C, and is now in a drug rehab facility. These drugs are deadly and need to be banned.
Anonymous	my friends dad just died of an over dose and it made me think about all the ppl i lost becuz of drugs! my two uncles , my brother , friends . its horrible ! we need to do something about all this ppl dieing from these stupid drugss .
Katt H. Green	This is the most dangerous pharmacutical drug on the market today. I have has my two teen-age sons addicted to this drug, my mother from a back injury...and my husband from a broken neck...it is almost impossible to kick this drug. Please the safety of our teens and all those who are prescribed oxycontin are in danger!!!!
Janet Romsey	shame on you, you must act on this immediatly, we are losing a whole generation of children.. what a horrible disease it leaves behind......
Jacqueline Tuner
KiiM D
Bridgett Wells	Know lots who became addicted... and it destroyed their lives AND the families'
Shannon Anderson
Josh warder
Anonymous	My son has been addicted to oxconton for a couple years now He's been in and out of trouble and rehab. Right now he's facing prison time but the worst thing is,he has a lot of memory loss from that period. He's been clean for 6months now and his memory is starting to come back. Oxyconton is such an evil drug it doesn't spare anyone.
Lisa Earlywine	AS A PHYSICAL THERAPY REHAB NURSE, I UNFORTUNATELY SEE PATIENTS AS THEY START THEIR OXYCONTIN JOURNEY. ALOT OF THESE WELL-MEANING FOLKS EITHER SELL THEIR PILLS FOR MONEY TO PAY EXPENSES OR TAKE TOO MANY DRUGS! I AM SOOO SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR LOVED ONES!!
Anonymous	I feel as if this drug was taken off the market that it would start saving many people's lives.
Christina Robillard	OxyContin is killing 7 people in Florida a day!!!
A Johnson
lisa tennant
Karina Carullo	I agree this should be banned....it's a horrible addicting drug that get abused more than it is helpful.
Kasey Hanning	I'm Kasey and I am a recovering addict. I am 18 years old and have been using Oxycontin since I was 15. My addiction has hurt my family and other relationships. Im slowly building my trust back with myself and others. They have stopped making the drug in WV but the black market finds other places to get them and bring them here. I have seen so many of my friends lose their lives because of Oxycontin and if they havent lost their life they have lost everything else. I am so grateful for the support of my family and the help of my Higher Power because without it I would never be able to believe in myself again. I love my sober life, its the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I feel alive again, I AM alive again. This pill is nothing but false hope and an false escape from reality. It saddens me to see so many people hooked. Wake up everybody! We have to live in reality!
Lindsay McMaken
Brittany Jean
Tammy Copley	Been through hell, my family fell apart, trying to pick up the pieces and get my husband back to normal. This is the most evil drug I have ever seen.
Bryan
Anonymous	Oxycontin is the devil that has lead to the death of a few people I know. Pain killers are horrible!! Oxycontin is the worst is leads people to heroin!
Kimberley A Connors
DallyGrimm	dad past from pills
Jennifer Ridley
K.N. Olson
Laura Olson
Tara Trager
Adam Scott Patrick Ferguson	Do to my addiction to oxycontin I have been through hell and back. I am now working a program of recovery!! They need to take this shit off the market ASAP...Heroin is on the rise is anybody surprised?
Nicole Burkett	7 months ago I lost my big brother who was my best friend to these pills. I spent a week in the hospital waiting for some sort of good news, some sort of hope that he was going to be okay. but with every glimpse of hope I recieved, it was only shattered with bad news. He was fighting for his life from the time we found him on easter morning to his death on April 9, 2010. He was a month shy of his 23rd birthday. When they officially pronounced him brain dead was when my entire world fell to pieces. I will try and do anything I can to try and get these pills off the market. Josh, I love you!!
Joshua McMaken
Anonymous
Vicki Ferguson
Toni Phillips
Shannon Cherry
Lindsay McMaken
Nicole Burkett	7 months ago I lost my brother who was my best friend to these pills. I spent a week in the hospital waiting for some sort of good news, some sort of hope that he was going to be okay. but with every glimpse of hope I recieved, it was only shattered with bad news. He was fighting for his life from the time we found him on easter morning to his death on April 9, 2010. When they officially pronounced him brain dead was when my entire world fell to pieces. I will try and do anything I can to try and get these pills off the market. Josh, I love you!!
robert lee
carey meeker
Brevard Springs	My daughter was prescribed OxyContin after a surgery. That was all it took. Six years later she is still in addiction teatment and her life so far has been ruined. She was in her last year of college finishing her degree in Education. A life ruined because of this drug! Ban it, there are many other drugs that can replace it.
Joyce Martin
Jennifer Cathcart	My baby cousin is battling addiction to OxyContin and is in rehab as we speak. He has gone in several times and been kicked out due to insurance reasons, I am just hoping one of these clinics/hospitals can fix him before Oxy gets the best of him!
Guy Prokay	Totally agree.
Ruslyn Prokay	I know first-hand of very fine people whose lives have been completely destroyed by oxycontin and families torn apart forever by this extremely addictive drug. They have all said that they were addicted within 24-48 hours of first taking an oxycontin pill prescribed by their doctors. How could the powers that be allow such a pill to ever even be an option?
Brittany	I have seen way too many people addicted to oxycontin, in and out of rehabs, and finally resorting to the use of heroin. I want with every inch of my being to see this drug DISCONTINUED and destroyed, as it has left many lives just the same!
Vasilios Svolopoulos	I just participated in a town-wide presentation about how OxyContin has swept into San Diego. It's not the image of drugs we knew in the 80s and 90s - used only among homeless and criminals. No, this menace is probably in the hands of your average middle class student, regardless of ethnicity, intelligence, or social status. This has to go NOW.
patricia	Oxycontin is Poison to our children.
Kathy Wilburn	Please stop this drug from getting to our loved ones and ruining lives.
Anonymous
Stan Roche	It's effected my Family far more than I can realize.How a Doctor can utter the words of "Do no HARM",and prescribe this is beyond my understanding.
Joanne Anderson
Michelle Lang
DENISE JOLLY	THIS PILL IS HURTING MORE THAN IT IS HELPING ANYBODY!!!!!!!!
Rayetta Hull	I have family members who are struggling with this drug and other family members who worry to death about their children. Why are the Drs. who write these perscriptions and the pharmacies who fill them not being prosecuted. It is rediculous and distroying our county and country. Everyone is in danger because of what addicts of this drug will do to be able to buy it. It definitely needs to be banned from the market.
Anonymous	we need the address of the fda and any otheraddress so we can start writing letters to get this drug ban. and for the medicaid paying for people to be able to get this drug is a disgrace when there are so many people who need insurance and cannot get it my prayers are with everyone who has lost a love one from this drug i truly know your pain i have lost both of my sons from this evil drug this pass year my heart has been destroyed forever
Kristin Failla	this is killing too many people .. these doctors need to stop giving them out..!!! STOP THE KILLING
Sandra Beair
Anonymous	i would jike to say i am sorry for thr lost of love ones i would like to save my self and loved ones please bann oxy
Diana Gore
angela prater	I have seen and lost several people to this drug. If it was being used the way it is meant to be there wouldnt be all of these people abusing and losing their lives to this horrible addiction. It is time for people to let it be known that we as a nation are ready for this drug to be stopped no matter what it takes.
jennifer
Shawnda Smith
KARLA PLUMMER
Stephanie Cooper Lykins
Jenny Falcon	Stop the madness!
patty truesdell
Ashley Lawson	These things ruin so many ppls lives. They really need ban
Heather Foley
Anonymous
Maria Jolly
Madison conradis
joyrama greco	I have seen many of my friends get addicted and some lose their lives to oxy...the rest that lived their lives are changed forever...my heart goes out to all the families affected by this epidemic...so sad that $ can mean more to people than precious life.
Cheri Klavano
Tracy Oliver	My husband and I were adicted to these pills. My dear husband has beeen deceiced for 10 months from injurys recieved in Mva; caused by impaired judgement because of taking oc. And now one of his best friends and like a brother to me was found this am dead due to an overdose. This so called medication has cost me more than I ever dreamed it would one heartach after another.
garnet royal
Danelle Kranock
Susan Stanfield
Margaret Gayheart
Pauline Smith
Allysha Edmond
ashlie snyder
Tammy Snyder	There are a lot more pills that need to be off the market that plague our families. This one being number one that I know of. It is disheartening to know that too many lives have already been lost and is on the uprise. I am proud to have a part in this and hope many more pills are next. Thank you.... From a mother of a Young son who is addicted to pills...
Denise Werline	I lost a very close friend due to this horrible drug. How many more lives have to be taken before this nation does something?
Kathy Spencer
terri
James Ball
Lori Griffin	Everyone suffers from this. The addicts, family, friends, and society. Time to put an end to it all.
Amelia San Martin	My husband asked me for a divorce after almost 16 years of marriage. He is on his way to dying from this drug. My daughter is living with me. My son wants to be with his dad. Florida is NOT regulating these painkillers. What if my son dies in a car accident. My now ex.. lies, cheats and steals. He is no role model for anyone. Mainly his children. He is an empty shell. No longer the person he once was. My daughter and I are barely making ends meet. Our family is destroyed and I feel that the state of Florida and Pharma should be compensating our family for this terrible loss. We know that my children's father WILL DIE. It is only a matter of time. He doesn't feel any pain or any emotions. No one in his immediate family will seek help. I have read many stories of people going into detox programs 3 and 4 times and still not making it. When is this going to end? How many woman will be without husbands and how many children will be without fathers? There is something truely wrong with our society. Where profit of a prescription drug is worth more than the life it made to improve.....
Kelsey jackson
Anonymous
Melissa Scott
Anonymous
Cheryl Marino
Sharon Bellows	This drug needs to be banned from the market. Too many of our kids are dying from this drug. Prescription drug abuse is horrible in the state of Ky. I know first hand what it can do to a person and it devastates families.
Sandy Johnson	I have several special loved ones that have been addicted for awhile to oxy. It breaks my heart every day, to see this drug destroying their lives. Oxycontin doesn't only destroy their lives but everyone else's, too. I can not believe my eyes at how many people have been tormented by this drug. Brothers, sisters, children, moms, dads,co-workers, and friends. PLEASE, PLEASE, BAN OXYCONTIN!!!!!
shamron mitchell
nicoletta norcia
ada riggs	this drug needs to be banned i kmow there are people that need it but it is out of control with how many people are hooked on it and lost their lives because of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
toni moore
Anonymous
Kristina Noah	Painkiller (especially oxy) abuse and death is an epidemic in my town & needs to stop!!!
Kelly Anne Bell	We need to put an end to this awful addiction to these pills. These pills are ruining the lives of great people, and causing their families to suffer severely. There's only two endings to a life of prescription addiction, and that's death or prison. My husband is now in jail, and my brother almost lost his life due to their addictions. It's going to be a tough road, but it's a road I'm willing to take to clean up this world, so count me in! God Bless!
Anonymous
melissa fink
Anonymous	Florida is the epicenter of this deadly epidemic that has affected a loved one. Please, please, please stop making this synthetic heroin.
joseph	i was addicted to oxycontin..and it is about time we ban it it is causing nothing but death and hurt
Matt	I work at a local chain pharmacy and it has gotten absolutely out of hand.
Lynda Knapp	I have an 18 year old oxycontin addicted son. He left outpatient rehab and has just walked out of his second chance at inpatient rehab. He now lives on the street without a job, without a home, without money and no car or phone. This is not how I ever imagined his beginning as an adult in the world. I only hope he gets arrested and sent to jail rather than to get called in the middle of the night that he is overdosed and dead. I am an RN and I remember when they first started marketing Oxycontin in the late 1990's as this miracle pain drug for everyone in pain---no necessarily severe pain. My son is in profound denial and told me the other day "like I'm really gonna die from an 80 of oxy" (equivalent to 16 Percocet) His respirations during his last rehab were dangerously low as well as his heart rate. His "gateway" drug was Marijuana another drug that he is addicted to. I pray every day that he sees the light and that he does not die.
Trish Irby
barbara yolles-hill	I am supporting the ban.
Christopher Major	This stuff destroyed my entire hometown. End it now.
Nancy Swiger
Kelly Patton	My daughter and her friends are servers and I have been devastatingly apalled at the abuse of this drug among this crowd.
Geddy Scott
Anonymous
M.J. Chouinard	I've lost a good friend to an overdose. Another young man I knew died of an over dose. My son had a problem with this drug. He did things I never thought he would or could. He stole things from me that were his dead father's and things his dad bought for me. It made him do things I never dreamed. He's clean now. Thank our sweet and wonderful God. I see so many of his friends and former friends who are not doing so well. They've lost children, family relations, and many are homeless. It is all do to the addition these pills have. It's our children and these pills are making them into criminals. They need help. We need help to help our children. Please, get these pills, blues, out of the pharmacies and off the streets, and out of the hands of our children..... Please.
Vanessa Tucker	My brother just died because of this drug.
Robert Paulson	Let us end this terrible terrible scourge!!! As conservatives, which its safe to say this is a conservative issue, its important that we all stand together and tell government they need to act! Its THIER job to protect innocent lives, and THEY need to do something about it!!!
kelly corbett
Pamela Lorenzo	Not only is this drug used and over used by all age groups Doctors over prescribe it and do not monitor their patients who are on it. I have seen my daughter get 60 pills and 2 days later another 60 and a week later even more.The really sad part is that this has gone on for years. Tell me on what planet does this make sense? This is a very, very, very additive drug and in alot of cases a legal alternative to heroin. This drug is everywhere and very easy to get.
Sara Thomas
Anonymous	Please ban this deadly drug. I cannot continue to watch my firends and a loved one ruin their lives.
jennifer jones	I have a sister that is curently in rehab for oxycontin addiction she is 20 years...I am mother I am so worried about prescription med abuse...Washington NEEDS to GET INVOLVED
Jennifer Goucher
Lisa Houck
Christy Good
Anonymous
Sharon Sims	My 21 year old son is an oxycontin addict. We found out about the addiction 4-11-2010. I feel like I now know the meaning of a living hell. What it means to have your heart ripped out. Pain clinic in our town has continued to prescribe it after I called and told them he was an addict. My husband visted the clinic after they continued to prescribe it. Im not sure if they are still prescribing it our not. They refuse to take my calls. Our nightmare continues. He has been in 3 facilities and walked out. He has stayed out of town with different relative 2 different times. Made it clean for about 30 days each time and then back to the drug. This drug does not need to be on the market. My son was once a lvoing, determined, well adjusted young man who loved racing dirt bikes and loved being with his friends. He is now defeated, disconnected, mixed up and a very very sick kid. I pray for him to stay alive and not overdose constantly. This drug has taken my son away, caused grief for our family and all of his wonderful friends. My heart breaks for all addicts and their families dealing with oxycontin addiciton
nicole brandt	Administrative Note: Nicole died about 10 days after signing this petition - 11/3/2010
Jacqueline Beck
Anonymous
Sara Dunkelberger	My husband is addicted to opiates, some of which include OxyContin. This is absolutely positively avoidable. Doctors are not being cautious about whom they allow to receive prescriptions for OxyContin. These individuals are using their prescriptions in a harmful way by selling their drugs to addicts. This is destroying families, such as my own, with a 19-month-old beautiful daughter. Doctors need to be held more accountalbe for their prescriptions, no doubt about it. Fix this now. Too many people think this is a joke or the definition of our current culture and all those reasonings are pathetic lies and excuses to live imprisoned by the effects of prescription drug abuse. My daughter and I are begging you to outlaw or restrict the prescription of OxyContin and other related drugs to give our own family a fighting chance. Rise up to the occasion.
Justine Velez
A J Drake	I got addicted to this stuff at the age of 17. Stayed that way until last year at 23. I really, truly, had no idea what I was getting myself into. I know many people who have died or are now in prison because of oxy. I live in Florida, where it is all too easy to basically get as many scripts as you want from as many doctors as you want. One may say, "Who cares? It is the addict's choice whether or not to ruin their life!" That is true - but this isn't cocaine. It's not being pushed covertly by foreign drug cartels. It is being manufactured and sold by American corporations who are profiting from the suffering of others. Here in Florida, the Rx lobby successfully stopped an Rx tracking system several times, supposedly in the name of privacy concerns. Pain Management doctors write scripts with reckless abandon. It's also not just the addicts suffering. Robberies, Murders, DUI fatalities are related and happen to completely innocent people. Then, there is the addicts' families. There are people that need pain management. However, nobody ever benefits from addiction. If we can't regulate this, and similar substances to be distributed only to those in chronic, terminal pain, then it needs to be banned altogether. It is causing more suffering than it is relieving.
Anonymous	This drug alomost destroyed a very close and loved family member of mine
Debbie Bailey	After watching my own daughter fight a horrible addition to oxycontin, I feel there is no excuse for this drug to still be on the market. Luckily, she is almost 3 years into her own recovery, but many others are not as lucky.
laurie porter
ron knight
Tonya Beach
Ashlee Giannetti
Jack Snyder
steve kuhlman
Gail Snyder
Renee Peyton
Jill Dible	My nephew has been struggling with his addiction to Oxycontin for years. He is only 24 and it is destroying his life.
Steve Maudlin
Cindy Kelley	This drug has devastated so many families I know personally. Something needs to be done
Robin Ives	Not only have a known a number of children who have become addicted to oxycontin and have lost years of their life to this, but also know a child who has died due to this drug addiction.
Anonymous
Brandon DelleChiaie	It's a shame our government would rather pay Dr.'s to sling drugs than to stop this epidemic that they created.
Katie Pontius
victor swope	oxycontin is the most addictive drug I've ever been hooked on. it's not fit for man nor beast
mary grogan
Kathy Lear
karen lawrence
JIMMIE YOUNGBLOOD	This product must be outlawed. I have a son and daughter-in-law who are addicted to this drug.
Linda Kuhlman	PLEASE GET THE FDA TO STOP THE MANUFACTURE OF OXYCONTIN SO THAT PURDUE PHARMA MUST STOP MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING THIS TOXIC, HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, DESTRUCTIVE DRUG!!!!!!!
Lee Holloway
David camacho
Jennifer Tyler
Nicole
Rosella B Roxberry
Meghan Sutlive
Nelli Kowalik	A friend of mine just recently passed away because of this DRUG. If something can take one's life with a single dose, it shouldn't even be on the market. BAN IT!
Samuel Fuchs	Oxy ruined my life for almost 10 years. Thank god I am clean and have started to put my life back together, but the years of damage caused by OxyContin can never be restored! OxyContin should be illegal!
lisa mulholland	My only son passed 07/11/09, he was only 21 years old. Addiction has no boundries. It started with pot, then xanax which le to percoset then oxycontine which ultimatley led to herion. I wish this nightmare on no one. If this can save just one person, then ban it!!!
Average Joe	My Medicaid pays for the Oxycontin so why do you care. I'll just find another doctor who is willing to write me the prescriptions. I love Oxycontin!!!!
Trying to Recover	This drug completely destroyed my life. It stole 8 years from me. I am facing up to 7 years in prison because of the depths I sank to obtain it. I am just praying for a lesser sentence, so I can stay on the road to recovery- as we all know prisons do not rehabilitate addicts, they facilitate addicts. I am only 23 years old and addicted since I was 15. I almost died from an overdose countless times, and almost killed myself from the pain of withdrawal countless others. I hurt my family, I hurt innocent people. I am trying to pick up the pieces of my shattered life in the wake of oxycontin's destruction. At times I am so hopeless now, I keep trying to tell myself this isn't a losing battle...I keep praying that this drug won't take 7 more years of my life. I beg of you, anyone out there reading this who doesn't already know how dangerous this drug is, don't start down the long and twisted road of oxy. You will wind up hopelessly addicted and dependent just to function, incarcerated, or dead. I realize some of you in pain management may think its wrong to ban a drug - but there ARE other ways; treat the underlying cause of your pain, don't just continue seeing a legal drug-dealer (doctor) to dull it away. Oxycontin is just as destructive as heroin, even to those who take as prescribed; it should be no more legal than heroin is. To all my fellow addicts potentially reading this, I have sound advice I wish I'd taken myself years ago. There is hope for you - get clean while you still have the chance! Get clean before they lock you up and throw away the key! Get clean before your family has to bury you! I am desperately trying to recover myself now in a program for opiate addiction. I know where you're coming from and where you've been...it's a long road, longer than the one that lead us here..but there is help and support out there for us. I know we can do it, guys! Don't ever give up and let this horrible drug win. You are worth more than that!
Ivy Hall	I have experienced death after death of friends who became addicted to this horrible drug. Not to mention losing the only man I've ever loved. This drug destroys families & is a toxic epidemic within our society. These drug companies (ah em, I mean drug lords) HAVE TO BE STOPPED! They are making billions of dollars at the cost of innocent people, and they know it! It's sickening!! WE HAVE TO STOP IT...NOW!!
Becca Sharits	I have lost far too many friends to this dreadful drug, and even more I've watched destroy their lives with this sardonic poison. Enough is enough. It must be banned.
Ryder Michael
Collin Michael
Chelsea Steward	Ive had 4 personal friends die since high school(class of 05) Ive know of about 10 deaths and I know of more people who have been addicted then i can count on my fingers and toes! This will strike anywhere and can strike anyone! lets stop this vicious cycle and help our friends and family!
Zelora Simpkins	My son, age 25, died from oxycontin on October 7, 2010. This drug is very addictive and easily obtained.
Melissa Castruita	I recently lost a loved one to an addiction and OxyContin was a drug of choice.
Christina Robillard
Anonymous	I am doing a project on oxycodone and have discovered how many people die from this drug and how bad the consequnces are if someone uses it just once. It is way too addictive to be used as a painkiller and it should be banned so that it is not available illegally or legal!
Rachel Sowers.
Jonathan Creasap	I lost a good friend and have seen many friends ruin their lives because of this drug. It causes nothing but problems. Its time to get rid of it.
Rachel Cayo
Ruben Gerzeny	Have a grandson second time around in treatment where Oxycontin was involved. Mfgs. of this drug should be arrested and imprisioned. To make matter even worse,we also have a nephew in Mo.who was on prescription OxyContin while driving and accidentally hit and killed a pedestrian while working, and is now serving nine years in prison. This never would have happened without that drug!
Kelsey Kerce	I'm doing this for a friend.
Mark Bacon	Oxycottin has ruined the lives of countless friends of mine. It is a horrible disease that has altered the course of life for us and millions of teenagers. We can no longer do any normal activities without oxycottin. "Hey lets go to the beach. Ok where are we going to find oxys?" Once on the pill, it is epidemically challenging, i would say almost impossible to live life a day without it; mentally and seemingly physically.
Ayisha
Matt
Brittany Horden
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steven cyr	ruined my friends life :(
Taylor Banks
Mary Gacanica	BAN OXYCONTIN!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
James Pietzyk	This is Worse than Crack Cocaine.... Its Destroying People
Clay R Roush
Kyle Sopata	Very bad drug.
Tyler Wilkerson	Why is our government allowing the sale of heroin to the masses? This is the scourge of this generation, and it must be stopped. Even if intentions are good, doctors are righting scripts TOO easily, and making the drug more easily avalable to anyone with $10. Stop the production, and you stop the dealers in the same step. THis will not be controlled by arresting dealers and distributors. We must stop the drug production at the source.
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Mark Turnbull	Just wanted to thank the FDA and the PurduPharma gang for destroying BOTH of my sons lives. 22 year old now has TWO felony charges (Sober because of detention and probation) because your fine product and the 26 year old makes a fantastic living selling the product on the streets. (Adicted as well) THANK YOU so much! I hope you demon bastards rot in the depths of hell come judement day. Because of your product my wife and Ihave alreay been to hell and back...thanks once again. Sleep well sons and daughters of Satan. Hope you execs. Try to spend your money in HELL!!!!!
a. klein
Daniel D Walter LADC	I work in Drug court most of my clients are addicted to opiates and most are addicted to Oxycontin. The destruction this drug causes far out weight its benefits.
maryann williams	i think the drs who fill these prescriptions need there licsese took since they have taken so many lives. they don't know the pain that these families have gone through or going through. the kids of the people who take these pills and the parents are the ones that they are hurting the worst. i can't stand to watch what is happening to people we love the drs have the power to stop this the amount of money they are making isn't worth the pain they are causing.
mike c
Rita Ervin
Renee Pronko	Too many doctors with a license to kill..BAN IT!
Summer Crews	In the past year ive lost at least 5 friends due to overdose on roxies.i dont wanna lose anymore.
Anonymous	It is my pleasure to sign the ban against Oxycotin. I have a niece and newphew ages 22 and 24 that have problems with taking OxyContin. My niece is in detox as we speak. It has ruined our whole family. Thank You Katherine Mullnix
David Gerzeny
Michael Gerzeny	THIS DRUG DESTROYS LIVES AND TAKES NO PRISONERS!!!
Heather Kracke
Beth Cantrell	My 25 year old brother struggled for several years with an oxycontin addiction. He recently died from an accidental overdose.
Andrea D Cody	I have known way to many people that have overdosed on this drug.They all were given this DRUG when they never really needed it. It is used to get high and nothing else.This is how I feel even though many may say different.It's killing our youth!!!
Susan
william lennox	HAS RUINED MY GENERTATION!
Derrick Greer
Anonymous
Tiffany Fulker
william vandeven	plz get off the market
Amanda Allen
joshua p dudley
Johnathon Combs
Dianne Bourke
Janet Gremmert
Marcus Prince	I have lost 2 famlie members to this drug.
Brandy Diner	I lost a member of my family to Oxycontin addiction. He was only 23 years old. He had been introduced to the drug through his paternal grandmother and his own father. They were both addicts and they began giving him the drug when he was only 13 years old. They brought him into the addiction because they wanted to sell to the youth of the area. They succeeded. Now it has been over two years since he passed away. His father passed away a year later of his addiction. The grandmother is still doctor shopping and providing the youth of the area with this drug. Please ban it. It has taken too many lives already.
Anonymous
Brittany Lynch
Monica Ball
Sheila Willis Baxter
Leah Fleming	It's too late for my son who would have been 25 years old this past August. We have to do something, we need better, more affordable access to rehab services like the program offered at Schick Shadel hospital in Seattle, WA. I cannot understand why insurance does not cover longer hospital stays and more combined treatments for people looking to over come their addictions. I will sign whatever it takes to get rid of this stuff.
Jenny Trainor
Bruce Heather Jr	If there is a serious issue needing a pain reliever then let's work towards a substitute that has a less addictive base than oxy.
Dimitrios Tsigistras	My daughter was addicted to oxycontins for at least three years. She just turned twenty. I have pretended to be a user to find out how big this problem is and I found myself in a different world previously unknown to me. As far as I am concerned first make the criminals that make and market this drug give it to their wives and children and relatives to take when they "hurt" a bit (it's safe isn't it?) as well as the drug dealers oops sorry Doctors that get kickbacks and a repeat client base for this poison. By the way, has anyone seen the FDA do anything about it? How about a well planned class action to put these assholes behind bars and out of business. I could go on and on. I have seen what this man made SATAN has done. Enough Enough
Andrea Lifton	my boyfriend is addicted to roxycodone. it has ruined every aspect of him as a person. i feel like he will definitely die from this drug. it is just a matter of when it happens. most of the people that take this drug, do NOT use it properly. they snort, smoke, shoot the pill in extreme doses. obviously this is why people are addicted and overdose from this drug. i have lost a lot friends and know many people that continue to use this drug in excess. in south florida where i live it is an epidemic, with pain management. its disgusting-making money off of drug addicts that all die in the end. i just wanted to say my peace, thanks to whoever reads this.
Abby Langevin
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Linda garver	For god's sake what is wrong with our country....Really, why would we pass out toxins to our community. It is almost like terrorists invaded our country...I was so saddened the other day when a bank teller at my bank informed me that both her son and husband died from this lethal drug recently...When is enough , enough i ask......Thank god i never have taken the junk and i never would, knowing what the end result is......straightened up, Locked up or covered up....PERIOD! I pray someone steps in and FINALLY BAN'S the devils drug fast before we loose one more mother, father, child to this awful drug....Fast!!!!!!!
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Lin	very sad and greed is the reason for all of this abuse!
Anonymous	My son was a recovering heroin addict. He got his primary care physician to prescribe Oxy for pain management due to a stomache problem and following a MRSA infection in his foot. He was so excited about a new job, his new apartment and felt like he was finally getting somewhere in his life. He had made plans to spend the day with his mother at the family mountain cabin but when she came to pick him up, he was found, July 14, passed away, in his apartment. The coroner said a lethal amount of Oxy was in his blood. Why does a doctor prescribe Oxy to a recovering addict? I wish I still had my son.
katie connors	I have lost three friends this year all under 30 years of age to OxyCotin abuse. I think the drug does more danger than it does good, and it should be banned.
Anonymous
Tony	Serves no purpose other than to make big money pharmaceuticals money.
rebecca gill
Sarah Teixeira
danielle coombs
Deena Hawkins	My cousin died in February from Oxycontin overdose...please ban it and many friends are hooked some has died also.
Leona Baisley
Alison Van Brunt	I have known so many people that have been affected by OxyContin... both abusers of it as well as family members of addicts. I would give anything to stop the abuse! It is a horrible thing that is happening. VERY sad.
Angela Martin
Angelina DeMarco	I have watched oxycontin destroy so many life’s, it makes me sick. This drug was created to assist people in pain but I swear the addictiveness of the drug is not worth the benefit. They need to just call it what it really is, legal heroin. I know we are adults and we are responsible for our own decisions, you can’t completely blame drugs … on the other hand it just seems like there is a large trend of responsible people who have no history of addiction who end up destroying their lives on this particular drug…so what does that tell you?? Something needs to be done before more lives are lost.
Anonymous	My heart breaks for each and every one of you who have had to live through this nightmare. I just found out my daughter is being prescribed 30mg oxycodone, 100 /month. To be taken every 3-4 hours for pain. She does not suffer from any form of pain or disability that warrants her being prescribed them. The Dr prescribing them has been in violation of his medical license in the past, yet still has a license to prescribe them and dispense them from his office. My daughter has witnesses close to a dozen of her high school friends die from this drug. I love my daughter and couldn't bear to lose her to this horrible drug.
Howard SBurket	lost my son how many signature's will it take? I can't believe this country has let this happen, and continues to let it happen. This country lost what would have been a great military man but this crap took over his life. makes me sick
Dan Sheets
Matthew Sonnemann
Stephanie Carafa	Please take this dangerous additive drug out of the hands of our teens and young adults. My child is completed addicted to smoking Oxy which he purchases on the streets from the scum that are prescribed these drugs by their doctors. They are making a hefty living by selling each pill for $60.00. The withdrawls are so painful that the only option for our youth is to keep using or die. Opiods are killing our youth...... Shame on the doctors, dealers and Pardue Pharma!
Kathleen Mellone-Kindt	My teen daughter's life has been destroyed. Society is in the midst of a historical epidemic. This is my first stand to ban a drug and I intend to research as much as possible to help. I feel strongly about psychosomatic treatment for chronic pain.
CAROL DEROMA	LET'S FIGHT TO STOP THIS MADNESS!
justin frick	Ban it NOW!!
Tracy Barron
Billie Miranda	Ban it! Our children are getting it...the sick part; adults are selling to them. NASTY!
Jessica Carter	It's really sad how popular this drug is. And it destroys lives and families. It seems the pill industry is more common than any other drug out there. Or least that's what i've noticed.
sharon guerra
Troy Coomer	As an addict myself... I never saw myself in the situation I am in now a year ago. I have lost my best friend from oxycontin from when he robbed me to get high. He isn't the friend I recognize anymore after 11 years...oxy stole his soul, and our friendship will never be the same. It starts out as a fun new thing to experiment with recreationally, but slowly , but surely after 6 months of this devil in my life I realize it has got me hooked. You can be addicted to things like TV, shopping, etc. , but there should be another word for this drug to describe it other than addiction because it is unlike anything out there besides heroin. It controls your thoughts, ambitions, decisions, attitude....it's a curse. I wish I never have experienced the drug. It has ruined a lot of kids I went to high school with. They are not the same. FUCK OXY!
Amber Hale
Deborah Donnelly	I lost my beautiful son and only child on April 3rd, 2009. If this drug did not exist, there is not a doubt in my mind that he would still be alive today.
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Debbie Harshbarger	Several of my sons friends have died from OxyContin and I really would love to see that OxyContin be banned.
joy m gillespie	I feel so sad for those who have lost loved ones.My 24 year old son is addicted an can not get off the oxys and does not want help.
H. Marvelli
Betty Smith	My son is addicted to Roxycotin and it has destroyed his life. It has torn a very close nit family apart and we have lost thousands of dollars due to this drug. I live in West Boca Raton and there is a pain clinic right up the street where it is a known area for drug users. It's disgusting that this is allowed. Please get this drug of the market.
Mike Malmquist	I have seen addiction in young people, friends of my kids, due to doctor prescribed oxycodone/oxycontin for "pain control" after injuries or surgeries. Having read and thought about this a lot, I believe the risks far outweigh the benefits of this very addictive drug in most applications, and always with young people. Use ibuprofen or other similar painkillers, suffer a little pain (its ok to feel a little pain, its part of the human condition, trust me, it will be ok . . ). Doctors and the pharma companies have evolved this "pain management" function that is making them gobs of money, but is costing young people their lives (sometimes through suicide or accident, other times through a wasted dissolute future), their families untold anguish, and huge expenses to society in terms of theft, rehab costs, medical expenses, etc. In a nutshell, ban this except in the most extreme cases of chronic pain (maybe, if no other alternative works), manage it much more closely (as with Xyrem and other drugs that require a very tight chain of custody), and never, never prescribe it for young people, its simply not necessary.
Tracey Brafford
Leslie Yount
lisa bandy	I lost a friend's son and eight months later my own son who was 22 years old. They got this drug on the streets and partied with it on the weekends and who knows how often in-between. Oxy is easy to obtain and very dangerous and deadly. The OD's occured on Dec 24 2006 and Aug 4, 2007. This drug has devasted many family and friends. Lisa Bandy
charles north	I have been hurt by oxycodone and many of my friends as well. I have seen girls throw away their boundaries for that drug and their lives ruined. This must be stopped and banned FDA BLACKBOX immediately. It is also a national security risk. With it available easily to cartels and their widespread activities across the nation, it could lead to the degradation of a percentage of our society. We have no percentage of our society that we can waste without being unamerican. We save lives, not kill them. The development of a better scheduling for the drugs is necessary and which should also include all ayurvedic medicines.
Ellie Lobaugh
Cheryl Ozmer
Whitney Lyles	Luckily, I have not had to experience the death of a loved one to this harmful and addicting to drug, but if you are referring to "losing" a loved one that I have. I lost my sister and several friends to this drug several years ago. Although my sisters and friends are alive and breathing they cannot live without this drug. My sister is 28 years old and she recently had a baby boy. We have put her in rehab and she signed herself after a month. We can't find a way to have her committed until she is better. I know it has to be her that wants to change and we do not want to give up, but what is the point anymore. We cannot change her..it is soo hard to have to see my older sister whom I looked up to like this. She was captain of her highschool cheerleadingg squad, won most beautiful girl in highschool, graduated from college when she was 22 and had a lot going for her. Now she has lost it all due to her addiction. She told me when she was in rehab that she shot up the equivalent of 6 80's and was suprised she didnt die. She has track marks all over her hands and arms that she tries to conceal. She tells us her addiction isnt as bad as we make it out to be, but it is. How can we help her? We have done almost everything!
sheri mcdeerman
Elaine Kight
lee keen
Michele Mandolini
Victor DeFrisco	My 33 year old son is addicted to oxycontin. It has ruined his life. From a productive, happy young man he has become a useless, lying, stealing junkie. He is in the hospital for the 3rd time from an overdose, he was taken by ambulance and if someone didn't find him he would be dead. He was in the hospital for 6 weeks in January with endocarditis from injecting it. Than is an infection in the blood that settles around the valves of the heart and eat away at the valve. He also has developed Hepatitis C, been in 5 in patient rehabs, at least 6 detoxes, 3 halfway house, and a number of outpatient programs. THe way he's going he will be dead before 40. His liver and kidneys are damaged and who knows what else. What do you people this is costing the taxpayers by having this drug on the market. 2 people get hurt from a product like an electric blanket and it is immediately banned, 11 deaths a day in Florida alone from a drug, nothing. Too many people making too much money. That would include the kick backs and percs the doctors get from the pharm companys as well as the money the politicians get from the lobbyist. It needs to stop now. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and smells like a duck, it is a duck. This looks, walks, and smells just like heroin, we need to get rid of it. Look at our neighbor to the North, Canada. It is prescribed ONLY to terminally ill cancer patients, and before that prescription is issued it must be approved by the Ministry Of Health. That's control. Everytime I mention to someone what I am going through, they already know someone going through the same thing and more often than not, it is someone close or is them. Victor DeFrisco
Caitlyn Miller	i WAS ADDICTED TO IT WHEN MY BOYFRIEND 20 AT THE TIME WAS PERSCRIBED 80 MG AND WE BOTH STARTED USING THEM THEN EVERY DAY THEN GOT ADDICTED STOLE FROM PARENTS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY STRANGERS TRIED TO ROB A PHARMACY AND GOT ARRESTED AND STILL COULDNT STOP THEN WE STARTED DOING HERION CAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO KICK THEM THE WITHDRAWL PAIN I WOULD NOT WISH ON MY WORST ENEMIE ILL NEVER GO BACK I LOST EVERYTHING FAMILY CAR HOME BOYFRIEND IS IN PRISON FOR IT WHEN IT SHOULD BE REHAB OR THE DOCTORS FAULT BUT YAH IM CLEAN NOW FOR 6 MONTHS AND ILL NEVER GO BACK TO IT FUCK OXY COTTON ITS GOING TO START GETTING TO KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL THEN WHAT THEN THE NEXT GENERATION WILL ALL BE JUNKIES NO EVEN JUST JUNKIES THIEFS CAUSE THAT ALL YOU DO WHEN UR ON IT IS DO IT AND FIND MONEY TO DO IT
Dustin Lewis	One of my best friends struggled with an OxyContin addiction and finally took his own life. I had many friends in high school who were OxyContin users and are still struggling.
Laura Bryant
Anonymous	I have two nephews who are addicted to the pain killer Oxycontin and we have been going through a hell of a time trying to get them off of the drug. They are both in the criminal justice system and cannot stop and have been addicted for over 3 years.
Chelsey Evanoff	My boyfriend and I got addicted to Oxycontin for about a year. It got so bad we both sold stuff we loved, his music and my ipod. I also spent my life savings i worked so hard to get. I checked myself into the hospital to get clean and get away from this drug. My boyfriend and I both supported each other when it came to getting clean. I love you Robert Beers!
Clay	I was an addict to O.C for a 4 Mo. it is a terrible drug!! i did things i never would have done sober i hurt ppl that were close to me and never thought once that it was that bad will i was on it. i would be sitting there and doze out for like 10 sec at a time and couldn't even hold a conversation. this is one of the worst drugs that they ever made they need to stop making it it is hurting kids and family's all over the U.S and I'm lucky to have stopped before i ended up dead or badly hurt I'm 25 and i don't want to see ppl go through what i did so that's why I'm signing this please stop making it...
Sara Hale	This drug should not be legal. Because of it's potency it's very expensive to those without prescriptions, which is why I believe it's so easily accessible to anyone who wants them. This is a very dangerous drug and shouldn't be on the market.
Laurie Burnett	My nephew died last Sat. from this awful drug
Robert Beers	I got hooked on oxycontin and followed by introducing the love of my life to the drug. I have a passion for hip hop music, collecting cd's all the time with more then $2000 invested into them. I turned around and sold them are for Around $150 just so i could buy 3 80's. Me and my girl are clean now, but it wasnt easy.
Breanna Johns
Lauren Brady
Donna Anderson	My name is Donna Anderson.My son (27years old) has an active addiction to oc.I myself being a recovered acholic,thought he would find himself in a recovering atmosphere. As I have discovered thruout my relationship with him that he is in greater danger than I realized. He has visited graves of friends that could not be saved. I WILL DO ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATIONOF THIS EPIDEMIC TO TAKE FULL FIANCIAL RESPONABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank you, Sincerly, Donna N Anderson
Matthew Marzolf
Christina Romano	Please i plead with you today. I live in a small town in Florida where this is out of control. An 18 year old kid just had his head blown off around the corner from my house over these things. We as people, individuals need to stand together to help this SICK NATION. It effects every single person in this country (in your families)in one way or another. The only way to stop this is to hold these doctors, pharmacies, patients responsible. This is a community and global effort because it's more of an epidemic than we even realize! Please lets start helping people and not our pockets Thank you:)
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Penney S. Snyder	My Son died May 21 st. 2010 due to being an Oxycontin addict. He had neck surgery and was given Oxycontin. After his Doctor cut him off one day, he decided to try Heroin because an aquaintance told him that it does the same thing as Oxycontin. Please ban Oxycontin!!
marlene mezza
Jenna Steinberg
Anthony	We want our loved ones back.
Anonymous	Having lost a wonderful, young nephew to this drug, we know firsthand the destruction it leaves. It is disgusting how some doctors PUSH this for pain.
Stacey & Margie Bradberry
Maribeth Bradberry	We lost our son 6 months ago from his use of oxycontin. He did not want to die, it was an accident. He got his meds from a pain management clinic. These places should be outlawed and shut down. It's just a front for selling drugs legally to anyone willing to pay.
Kodi	I am crushing and cooking an OxyContin as I write this portion of the petition. I cannot stop. I want to once again be a normal being, in control of my own actions. As long as powerful narcotic substances like OxyContin and other related pain killers are on the market I will be hooked and loathing every moment of it. Back surgery left me hooked to pain killers and now I do not have a prescription, just a habit. I am paid once a month from my salary based job. I earn quite a reasonable salary most would love to have yet I have less than most. Within one week of receiving my pay I have spent every last dime on pills and Heroin when I cannot find the pain killers. I keep trying to enroll in some sort of treatment program; everywhere I turn there seems to be "The Fine Print" which usually leaves me ineligible or out of time. For instance, one program claims that my income earned is too high for their program. The specific program is designed for lower income addicts who cannot afford treatment. Although I make a fair salary I do not have any money either; I am in the same boat as everyone else. I get paid, make one very large OxyContin payment and I am once again, broke for the rest of the month. Why cannot I get help? This is Bull-Shit.
christie L. Thomas	I have 2 sons (23 & 24) that, despite jail, rehabs, restoration house program, SLE's, continue to be in bondage of this drug. Traditional medicine that treats this with suboxen, subutech, Klonopin and Soma, are trading 1 drug addiction for another. It is a crisis amongst young people.
Molly Hall	My name is Molly Hall I'm from New Port Richey, Florida and I'm an Addict. Today I have been clean off of drugs for 15 Months. I couldnt be more happier. I have had 5 close friends die from useing this drug, And it is time for it to STOP. So I'm Signing =]
Don Voorhees	It is time to make the greedy pharmaceutical companies take responsibility for their 'product'. They need to free treatment to anyone requesting it. This includes free Suboxone and counseling. At this point in time they are making millions off of OxyContin and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals are raking it in selling Suboxone.
Anonymous	I have been praying this drug would go away. I have SO many friends that I do not speak to anymore because this drug has taken over their life. Some are in jail, others are selling it, and some are on the run. One of my best friends commited suicide while he was heavily under the influence of oxycontin. I KNOW he wouldn't of done this otherwise. He was smart, and he is very missed.
beverly bishop	this drug has cost me love in many different ways! it steals your personality your character and then u! Mother, and sister to ones that have totally been lost! then steal their life by death! at the cost of their love ones trying to pick up the broken pieces how do you explain this lost to the children they have left behind! By the grace of GOD I still have by Son alive sitting in jail!Thank u JESUS!!!
Samantha	this drug destroys lives. It destroyed mine and my familys and many friends. Thru the grace of god im on my way to a new way of life...without these evil pills
Amanda Mitchell	My husband walked out on myself and my 6 month old son because of this drug.
Patricia Hill	I have two daughters and both are addicted to Roxycodone. I have tried everything to get them to quit and be well again. My oldest daughter spent 6 months in rehab, only to come home and use again. I need help!!!
Marla Evangelista	I have a son that was addicted and fighting for his life, I have family members and extended family members,and freinds but not only oxycontin....methadone, xanex etc. All that prescribed by a doctor and for some people it's NOT ENOUGH and the street drug Heroin comes into play even more so because it is cheaper!?!! I want to become an advocate of getting these people 'help' at a known rehab facility where our tax dollars should go, not jail where they can get more drugs and not get well. I am holding a fund raiser Nov 5th at Phx Hilton for these funds, anyway to get help and assistance in selling tickets or get this venue known, please help. Marla Evangelista 602-300-3703
Kathy Miller	My 20-year-old son who is also an insulin dependant diabetic is addicted to OxyContin "Blues", as they are called on the street. He was almost killed in a car accident and had to have his spleen removed because of being under the influence of these drugs. He has a 1-year-old daughter that he hardly ever sees because of his addictioin. He has been in and out of rehabs, as well as in and out of jail because of these drugs. It is just heartbreaking to see my son literally dying in front of my eyes because of these drugs. It is a sin that these drug companies could even make drugs so addicting as these drugs to be allowed to be legally given out as prescriptions and so easy to obtain. These drug do not only destroy the lives of the addicted person, but also the lives of everyone who loves the addict. It is just way too heartbreaking to live day to day knowing that your loved one is most likely going to end up dead due to a drug that was produced by money hungry self-centered people who manufactured them in the first place.
Michaela Clark
Braden R Sneath
Michael Bradberry	4/8/2010. We lost our son to an overdose.
Angela Scarbrough
Matt Arnold	I lost my brother and bestfriend to oxy addiction both which passed away from multiple drug intoxication. Here in Florida anyone can get them in a matter of a couple hours. Docs are dispensing insane amounts to people I kno that admit they have no legit medical reason to be getting them. Sometimes up to 240 30mg pills every month....then they can gust go to anoth clinic that same day and get another bottle from a different doctor. This drug has ruined my life. Family friendships everything. Something MUST be done. Thank you
Linda Melman	My daughter is presently in treatment desperately trying to oercome oxycontin addiction. This drug is too readily available and prescribed by "pill doctors" to anyone. Addiction happens very quickly and is extremely difficult to overcome. My daughter and I are very fortunate that she did not die before she "hit bottom". Oxycontin must be banned and the "pill doctors" must be prosecuted. My sincerest condolences to anyone that has lost a loved one to this nightmare drug.
Anonymous	This drug Oxycotin is evil it ruined my marriage and my husbands emotional part of his brain. We got married in 2000 and my husband was very much in love with me. One year after we were married we purchased a home and he started acting different like he did not care about anything emotional that is. He was a father left with two daughters who needed stability and morals and were very hurt losing their mom. I never understood why they acted the way they did until my mom passed away. I called his Doctor 3 times on this through the years he had him on them and he said he was going to wean him off. Finally my mom passed away and I was taking it very bad with know emotional support from my husband as he was numb. Know hugs, communication, cuddling nothing and we were newly married. I was so lonely and I would tell him all he did was stone wall me and get nasty and go to sleep. When I was trying to talk with him in our bed his eyes were always closed or back would be turned. It was horrible I wanted to have a baby as that part was not going very well. No intimacy and it got worse and worse as the years went by. I was a emotional wreak I ask him several times to get off of this stuff I told him it was killing him and ruining our marriage he was to addicted by this point. This was on going for most of the marriage as we would have been married 10 years. The days he was not so bad we did things together but nothing intimate or emotional. Finally 6 months after my mom died I called his Doctor and said get my husband off this stuff. My husband went to pickup his meds the Dr said take this Suboxone your wife is going to sue me, my husband came home like a nut. What am I going to do about my pain as he was in a motorcycle accident at 19 and hit by a truck a year later he had arthritis. He said he needed them to get out of the bed to go to work. He hated me for telling the Doctor and said I am not going to be different. Now mind you I just lost my Mom I was a nut we were fighting all the time. I gave him a list of AA/NA meetings and told him he needed help take this list go to your dads and come back after you go, I cannot deal with morning my mom and you coming down from 8 years of drugs with know help. He left and never came back. No therapy at all not working a program just making the coffee and socializing and back on his harley like a child. He is out of charactor completely the last 20 months have been horrible a nightmare as he turned on me and has been mentally abusive telling me I gave him grief through the years and he wishes he never married me and hates my voice, my face, the worst mistake he ever made was marrying me. I can go on and on. Slandering me in front of all these strange people he thinks are his family. I was a loyal wife always home, cooking for him etc etc..he always said I was a good person with a big heart. He cannot even talk about anything got worse as time goes on. Seems very confused when he is here. Cannot do anything but ride his harley, meetings and work. I have tried everything from going to a marriage retreat last year it was to soon as he does not know who he is. He slipped into a very bad midlife crisis. My dog go very sick in July cancer I asked him please give him a good last few weeks of his life. He didnt even care to spend time with him and the last night when he could not get up off his legs to go to the bathroom, which my husband was here helping him. My husband left me knowing he could not get up and how would I get him up, he was a German Shepard. He didnt care. The dog pooped all over himself it was the saddest thing I ever seen. Than he comes the next day when I was putting him to sleep like for his own quilt. It seems like he was never married to me only to his first wife who had passed away 3 years before I meet him. This man should be in intensive care therapy. I am devasted, heartbroken. I called his Dr several times he will not return my calls. My husband filed for divorce for know reason they are serving me as we speak. I would like to sue that Dr for sabotaging my husband brain and my marriage and my emotional state going through all this. Please ban this horrible drug it is ruining lives and taking lives.
elizabteh hicks	i lost a brother to oxys and i know a lot of family members that are addicted to them
ashley nipper
leyley
michael teegarden	i have never been a fan of drugs especially one that have the potential to take lives a dear friend of mine was on them for a while whose name is also on here and when she stopped i have never had so much respect for someone in a long time and i am very proud of her. love you kiddo (you know who you are)
joshua coppens	OXYCONTINS KILL EVERYDAY!!!
Anonymous	I lost the love of my life to this. He was able to kick heroin on his own with the assistance of counseling and meetings. He was clean for three years, and went to the doctor for back pain. Although the doctor knew of his battles with addiction, he still prescribed him with Oxycotin.
Brittany Shaver	My father was addicted to these and he tore my family apart but he is clean now and all is getting better my heart is with all and any family's who have lost family or friend's to this drug...
Gwen Cochrane
Loren Cochrane
Anonymous
Diana Jones
tiffany	so many people are addicted an loose their lives bc of this drug
Sophia Hunnewell	PLEASE GET RID OF THEM TO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND ARE GOING TO JAIL FOR THESE DRUGS!!!!!!!!
Nicole Burdick	It does nothing but take control of someone and ruin their life!
Ryan Wetor
Anonymous	I lost a loved one to an Oxy overdose
Brianna Sawyer	I've basically lost my little sister. We barely have a relationship. And I miss her. Please ban oxycontin and make stricker perscription drug laws on the other hard narcotics that are taking over peoples' lives.
John Hinton	im a recovering addict and this drug is no different then heroin and it leads you to look for that next fix just like a junkie even though it is medically prescibed.
Casy Butler	I really hope somone does somthing about this epidimic really soon!!!
Anonymous
mindy barnett	this drug ruins lives ......i would love to get this drug of mind cuz it always ends up on the streets.....god bless to all those that have lost loved ones....
Justine Jenkins
Heather
Anonymous
cylee sawyer	I will admit, that I myself WAS addicted to this prescribed death trap, I am now horrified and disturbed that I ever put myself through that hell, and that it is after all this time, after all the statistics, and all of the deaths, is still legally prescribed! This petition will NOT be my furthest action to outlaw this drug.
Danielle Bernard
mandy koblischek
Larissa Al-Amir
Danielle St. Amand	I've had family members struggle with OxyContin addiction and even after trying to quit themselves, the horrible doctors kept perscribing it to them and they kept taking it until they nearly died. Too many people have died or nearly died from OxyContin, it's time to stop making and selling it to people.
Diane S	I'm amazed at how liberally doctors dispense this drug!! Perhaps they need to be better educated on the facts. If it hit close to home for them, they may think twice about writing so many scripts. Worse yet is how easy oxycontin is to get on the street! Tougher drug laws are needed and interception of these drugs before they arrive on our shores!! Drug crimes are on the rise and we're loosing the battle!!!!!!
Justine Jenkins	i have been one of the lucky ones to servive this addicton. my heart goes out to the everyone that has lost someone close to them because if it. iv seen my hole world fliped upside down because of them & my family be ripped apart over it. it starts off just one an thats all it takes to be hooked. not many can over come it an its really sad. iv seen all my friends either go to jail, do things they would never normally do lie steal cheat anything for a next fix, be deadly sick, or worse die. an this is all caused by a little pill. please please please save the rest of the ones that are fightin this addicton an the ones that have a choose. band this drug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or see this world come tumbleing down more then it already has!
Anonymous	The devil drug!!!!
Melissa Criscuolo
Devon R
Carlynn Ashlock	I have lost too many of my friends to this harmful drug. Some have died and some are slowly dying and are not the same people anymore. This drug does kill people and the sad thing is, is that they are labeled as numbers and forgotten. Not remembered for any of the positive things that they did in their life just remembered for how they died as a drug user and just painted as another sad story of why not to get involved with these drugs. I miss my friend and I can never have her back, I can't call her just to say hi and I have to miss her all because someone filled their prescription and sold her these nasty pills. End this legal killing spree!
Lindsey Leal
Megan Badolato	My name is Megan Badolato I myself have suffered the effects of Oxycontin. I am in recovery from a 2 1/2 year heroin addcition which sprouted from the use of Oxycontin. I am now an intake counselor at Narconon Arrowhead where I on a day to day basis see the effects of this drug. A high percentage of the heroin addicts we treat state their addcition to heroin started after becoming dependent on Oxycontin first. I believe this drug is closely related to the rise in heroin use in this country ,and should be banned. I would love to take part in any way I can to have this drug pulled off the market. Please contact me at 6368754644.
Randi	all i have to say is that thi drug is the devil!
Nancy Locke
Karissa mursuli
paul oyler
JOE CICARELLI
john
tamara crouse
Valerie LaMonte
Anonymous
Matt Rickard	I completely concur with Mrs. Cummins statement...
Michelle Wiesman	I agree it needs to be ban. Ive lost many people and watched even more slowly slip away on them. It needs to end....
Nicholas Froustis
tecla fuller
Tecla Emily Cummings	Please take this drug off the market. I have lost 3 friends in the past year due to this drug and all three were under the age of 22. This drug is EXTREMELY addictive, I have watch my own family member go from a high school graduate, collage student, to taking more than 10 of these a day, no job, kicked out of school, begging for help. There are many other ways to manage pain that is just as effective! This drug is causing more harm than good so please tell us why we are still selling it? I demand to take it off the market!
Blake Cantu
Anonymous	my best friend since i wa saround 2 yeras old maybe three is addicted to theses dam roxies they r absoultly crazy there have totaly turned people ino a monster i just wish they would qukite making them i've also had my nfriends die on them! I HATE ROXIES OR BLUES!!!!
Stephanie Marchand
Cassandra lowe	I have seen this drug ruin people in more ways than one. Some are addicted and have lost focus of what is important in their life and others have turned to making profit off of them by selling them and contributing to the growth of this drug in our communities and it's dependants. There is nothing beneficial from this drug on the streets and it needs to be stopped.
Anonymous	Please stop making OxyContin!
Michelle Casciano
Sherri Pelski	My family is living proof that Oxycodone kills. Please do something about this and help to stop the downward spiral of families in addiction.
Doug huff
Sherry Stewart	It is frightening to realize how widespread this drug abuse has become and how easily it is prescribed and dispensed. This drug has reached and destroyed so many lives. I firmly believe that this drug needs to be taken off the market or at the very least have tighter restrictions on who and how it is prescribed.
Kathy Lemcke	I am currently losing my 20 year old son to this evil crap. I'm so afraid I'm gonna find him dead. STOP THE MADNESS!!!
Gabe Caimares	Get rid of this garbage.
Heidi Sherman	I lost my wonderful son to an oxy type drug overdose four weeks ago. He was 21, kind, gentle,loving,happy. A family, my family, has been shattered. A young man, my son, is gone.
Patricia Brooke North-Rivet	Ban this drug, PLEASE!!!
Frank Sfalanga Jr	My girlfriends son was admitted to the emergency room because he overdosed on this highly addictive drug. There is a huge black-market sales force dealing in this prescription drug. Doctor shopping can earn a person $4,000/wk just to fake their symptoms and get a script. Lee county recently put a family in prison for this. It's epidemic. Let's stop it. - Frank
Shadd Price	Do it
Arian Arias	THEY ARE EVIL, THE DEVIL
Adrian Arias	Please do this. Too many doctors and patients are scamming the system and it is ruining our community. I personally have lost a girlfriend of 5 years and a cousin to this horrific drug. The politicians, pharmaceutical companies and opium traders are getting rich and powerful while destroying communities all around our country. Please do something to put a stop to these evil people.
Danielle Roth
nakia fretwell	I hate this drug so much it has ruined so many peoples lives broken up famlies. put families on the streets and taken mothers and fathers away from thier children forver. I got caught up in them myself and am on my way to recovery now I never want anything to have a hold on me like that again
Sarah Cage
Erin Dennison
Anonymous	I have been working for an imaging company and have seen many people who are abusing this medication. They cant keep their eyes open long enough to fill out their paperwork or to keep an eye on their kids. It is very scary. Recently I found that it has gotten to people close to me. I feel that it is turning people into zombies in a way. To think that the medicated are on the streets driving and carrying on as if they are capable is beyond my understanding. People who have been addicted will go to any leanghths to get their pills. I am for the BAN!
megan brousseau	Just please get rid of this poison.
Teresa Stahlnecker
Kristin WInkel
sarah hardy
James pinter
Jamie Lachance
Jonathan kurtz	i am completly baffeled as to how heroin can be made illegal, and yet oxycontin with the same aftermath is still being losly persriped for things as small as having a toth pulled. where is the justice? im here to help
Anonymous	BAN IT....ITS KILLING ME!
ruby bradley
Marsha Schorr	My son died from oxycontin - nothing can bring him back. I loved him more than anything in the world. He was only 24. Please, please take this killer off the shelves and off the streets. If it's left alone, it will slither its' way into every home in this country and it will choke out life and take away the most precious ones. Please stop this ravaging our our children!!! Support the ban on Oxycontin.
Cory Keenan	Ive been addicted to oxycontin for 5 years and it is the worst thing that could have ever happened to me.
Paulyn Scrivner	Purdue has now reformulated Oxycontin into un-abusable tablets - they are called "OP". This tablet can not be broken down (crushed) in order to be snorted and abused. This is going to save so many lives!!! I have been lobbying against Purdue for years to stop this outrageous killer drug and they have seemingly now figured out a solution. The oxycontin addicted communities are going completely crazy!!!! They literally can't find it anymore! Oh happy day - let's all celebrate this giant leap toward answering all of our prayers! It is almost over everyone ... We can now watch our children and loved ones grow to a ripe old age! Never thought I'd say it, but KUDOS to Purdue!!!
Ray	I am addicted to oxycontin and could never ever have imagined my life becoming this way just a few years ago. I definitely underestimated the power of this drug; it is a horrible addiction which drains my wallet and is tearing my family apart at the seams. And i just cannot seem to stop. Sad, really.
Jessica Raynak
Anonymous	I work in a pharmacy and I see all too often the faces of addiction. Pharmacists can expect to be robbed at least once in their career over OxyContin. It is extremely dangerous.
Anonymous	The father of my two children is badly addicted to Roxies and Oxies, as is two of his brothers. He is a whole different person when on these pills. He has committed crimes in desperation just to get these drugs. His brothers have as well. One of his brothers has even lost his child because he and his girlfriend are so wrapped up in the pills, that they care more about their next fix than their poor 15 month old son. Addiction to Roxies and Oxies tear people's lives apart. In the area that I live in, I've seen it happen to more people than it hasn't happened to. It's like an epidemic. From what I've seen people's lives become over these pills, I wouldn't even take Roxies or Oxies if a doctor prescribed them to me. Even if you don't have a loved one pass away from these pills, they change that person so much, you still feel like you've lost your loved one. They are not the same person at all. There are dozens of heartbreaking stories around here of people who have lost everything they ever had just over these pills.
Renee Doyle	Thank you for this petition! I lost my son last year Dec. 5. Although Blayne was hit by a car, he was a product of the pain clinics and fought addiction the last 8 years of his life. Our organization is called Stoppnow (stop the organized pill pushers. Our website is Stoppnow.com We all are in this together and together we shall win!! Thanks Reneé Doyle
Nicole Koscheka
stacey thompson
cathy batcher
Betty Crosby
Andrew Hughes
Annika Martin
Alyssa Adams	My mother is addicted and my fionces best friend has beed addicted for years and thretened to commit suiside last night. He was high on oxyccotin.
Brittany Johnson
Susi Johnson
mike richards
Adam B Jalbert
Suzanne	My beautiful 22 year old daughter is losing her life to this wicked horrible drug. She's been through rehabs, may be going to prison because of it. When sober, she's the sweetest, nicest, most generous and talented smartest person ever. When sober, she had a great future ahead of her. She made A's in college. But the progressive disease of addiction to this horrible drug has caused her to lose almost everything. Friends, family, self respect, Her family has paid thousands upon thousands of their life savings in legal fees and rehab fees. It's destroyed the family. We want our daughter back. We want her to be well. She wants it too. We don't want other kids falling victim to this terrible drug. It's probably the cause of most all the crime in this city. Knoxville Tennessee is INFESTED with this stuff. STOP IT! BAN THIS AWFUL DRUG! Or come up with a permanent vaccine to make it ineffective!
Donna DeSimone
Jess Meow
jessica barkowski
Jessica barkowski
Nancy Robinson
Donna DeSimone
Emma Anderson
Leslie Kim Copertino	My daughter is now an addict, what started as a social high became an addiction. She has friends that have died, I attended my first funeral of a 25 year old mother of 2 little girls that died from overdose. I want the manufacturing and marketing of this drug to stop.
jamie	This drug literally steals your life. It is the most destructive drug I have ever seen their are no words tell of how painfully and terrible this is for the addict and families. I know because I am was addicted for 4 years but u can stop. The devils drug
Sarah Kehoe
sarah
jessica barkowski	ITS AWFUL, IT RUINS LIVES
NYC doctor	Oxycontin a month. So the drug trade has been cute by 33% per Medicaid abuser. They continue to harass doctors for prescriptions and I know there are many doctors who write it like it's candy. They never check the patients for drugs (blood and urine testing) and keep dishing it out. google Diana Williamson harlem drug ring. I suspect she made a few million dollars selling Oxycontin. Wake up people. The FDA is not doing enough. Perhaps the congress and senate have both been bought by 'lobbyists'. Mr Obama please do something about this!
Kristina Steinberg
Diane Fields	My 19 year old daughter was addicted to OxyContin and died within 2 years of use. She was never prescribed the drug, however had friends who would supply her pills. OxyContin should be restricted to only hospital use as too many doctors are overprescribing. Stronger addiction labeling is needed because this drug is highly addictive and not enough is being done by the FDA and Purdue Pharmacy to warn the public of its dangers!
Crista McLean	I'm Canadian. I have a postal code not zip code. This is a huge problem evrywhere not just 1 place.
Mark Ramsey	This drug distroyed my whole family< My son became a addict and its cost $40,000 ( no insurance) in rehabs just for him to maybe have a chance at life. My Wife and daughter had to move out (more expense) just to feel safe(i am now getting a divorce). I was robbed by addicts many times. I live in a very nice community in Northern Calif. I wish everyone envoloved in this drug to go to jail, pay fines and for the FDA to pay for all the rehabs and personal damage they have all been a party to. Shame on ALL of them.
Anonymous	This product should b banned!
Michelle Edwards	These pills are killing people daily and something has to change for it to stop! Most people that take these pills have no idea what is about to happen or the long road of pain and addiction that is about to be bestowed upon them and their families. I know! People that have good families, great jobs, and NO prior use of drug abuse can be led down the path of destruction. I am truly sorry to all that have lost loved ones to these pills and to the pain that the disease of addiction has caused. It can be stopped! Banning the pills, making it impossible to crush and abuse the pills, stricter laws on prescriptions, severe penalties for the doctors that prescribe these meds, jail times for street dealers, and most importantly help and support for those suffering from addiction. For those lucky enough to break free and get clean, share your story, pay it forward and help those suffering. BAN OXYCOTIN!!!!!!!
Irona Carr
Irona Carr
Anonymous	IM SICK OF GRINDING 80 DOLLARS A DAY TO GET THIS SHIT 2 YEARS STRAIGHT!!!!! STOP FUCKING MAKING IT!!!!
trey	rip THOMAS SUTTON!
Trey	I was addicted to oxycontin for about 6 months and am now in treatment ( taking suboxone) and it was very easy for me to get past my drug addiction because i moved out of state to college. However, I lost a good friend to the drug and as bad as it is i watched him nod out in his last few hours of life. even though I am off of it, almost all my friends back home are addicted to it. My friends are even pitching a fit about the new OP instead of OC and how they cant snort it. I wish i had never taken oxycontin in my entire life. I stole from my family and there are just somethings that i have done to score another pill that i can never forgive myself for. as much as i love the high i got from this drug, i hate it. its time oxycontin gets off the streets...
Danielle Krerowicz	I lost a friend yesterday because of this drug. And 5 years ago I left my fiancé because this was more important than anything else. He is in prison now for charges relating to heroin. I am sick and tired of this drug ruining lives. It should not be legal, at all.
Tina Hollowell	This drug is highly addictive and should be banned. Thank you, Tina Hollowell
Nick Merino
Sheila Curr	My 19 year old son was addicted for 1 year, ended up in jail for 4 months which saved his life, he detoxed in jail in his cell. He now has memory loss and is still not back to the vibrant person he use to be. For those who think this drug has any useful application you are wrong. The CEO and CFO of Purdue are currently in prison for false documentation to the FDA. This drug was manufactured for late stage cancer paitents who were going to die to relieve thier pain. It was never intented to be used for any other purpose, my son bought his on the street, we live in Florida and it is readily available. Yesterday I found out that a dear friend who lives up North is fighting the battle with his 19 yr old son. I read a recent news report that in my county we are losing 1 person a day to this drug, enough...stand up speak out...
Aldea Simon	My 25 year old son died from this medication. It was prescribed to him for a broken nose. The doctor kept refilling the prescription despite knowing my son also suffered with manic depression.
Net Browser	This stuff is lethal. Only idiots controlled by the drug industry could possibly support the sale and use of this additive drug.
Anonymous	How can this continue? How many families must be destroyed? How many lives must be changed before this oxycotin abuse is allowed to continue? Doctors who prescribe this poison should also be held responsible and charged for they are no better than a drug dealer on the street. My family has been changed due to a family member's addiction to oxycotin. Our family will never be the same and the final outcome is very dismal. My guess, certain death is the outcome due to this drug and poor doctoring. How can this continue?
Anonymous
Noria V. Blank	As a parent of young men & women I have encountered numerous friends of theirs who have either overdosed,died,ruined their own lifes,lost relationships with partners and young children, lost friends, experienced incarceration, etc... from the easy access to this drug. Please REMOVE from the market!
BRANDI CICORIA
TAMARA VOSS
KAREN VOSS
Anonymous	Please God just allow them to ban all of these drugs from young adults that really can't speak up and say "No!" Please just get this crap off the streets! Im so sick of dealing with the "One last time" crap I could scream. Im going through the detox's and withdrawling as we speak now. The high isn't even worth the pain after a while. I've been doing OXY (off the streets) for about 6 years now and it is a miserable feeling. Once you are on them, you are on them, not saying that you don't have hope because you DO!! Alot of people give up when they realize they've become addicted, and can't wake up in the morning without having that pill. It hurts to wake up, it hurts to sleep, after so long it hurts to do anything, unless your numbed by the medicine. Your tolerance to the medicine goes up, so you will then need more doses. This is a VERY expensive drug, and you will probably find yourself sleeping around, or selling the drug just to get your fix. Its terrible, and everyone sais "I will never do that" Well if you are on the drug, YOU WILL. If you are on it, never tried it and want to, or know someone who's addicted to it please let me know. You can talk to me about anything. I am no police, no D.E.A, nothing of that matter. Im a very beautiful and bright 21 year old female that has almost lost EVERYTHING because of this drug. Im going through the pain right now to get off this crap, YES it hurts, BAD!!!!! All I want to do is sleep, can't eat, every time I use the bathroom its nothing but liquid, THIS SUCKS and I almost pray for God to take me!!! I figured I would get up and make myself do something, so I came and got on facebook, NOW if this isn't a sign from God I don't know what is!!!! This is the 3rd page i clicked on, and didn't know what it was about, CRAZY HUH!! Its crazy im going through this EXACT thing right now, and have the support from people I don't even know to keep doing it before its too late. I dont want to have to go through that "One last time" again! I dont want to see another pill, thats why they should BAN it. If you are addicted to oxycontin, and CANT get off but know its not for you, SPEAK UP!!! SPEAK LOUD!!! let someone know, ANYONE!! I promise YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!!!
Evan Tremoureux
Cheri Miranda	I am about to lose my Little sister to these nasty killers. I a, trying my best to help her but she wants nothing to do with quitting. These stupid pain clinic's give you anything you want. How many more lives are we going to lose before you pull these off the market? I am confused. My sister has to children 5 and 6. What am I to tell them when their Mother is dead? What do I say to them when they find her dead. Wanting to know why MOMMY NEVER WOKE UP. She has crashed the car already because she was nodding out on these with the kids in the car. But because she has a prescription for them.... The police can not do anything. Maybe the PRESIDENT should step in and close down all the pill mills. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
antoinette lopez	I too have a son who was prescribed oxycontin for a motorcycle accident have seen the devastation this drug leads to my son became a addict.
miss christy	well i am a addict of oxy cotin and i would like to ban it i just recieved the new oxy perscription and it even said on the info page they give you at the pharmacy that it cant be snorted or injected well i tried it anyways all it did was make a big ball of goop in my nose and then i got it down and instantiounsly i became high once it went down my body recieved it so fast that i immediatly became ill and almost died luckily my brother was there and he called 911 he did his at the hosp and died there in the bathroom i think this new oc is very dangerous more than the old one i know 10 ppl who have died from the new version and who did the old version everyday and never died
Tami Chin	Caused my boyfriend to steal, and it was proscribe by a doctor for pain in his knee's
Robert Goulding	There has got to be something other than OC that cant help people in pain without the social and medical side effects...the drug companies should be responsible for their parts in this addiction...
Anonymous	I work in a pharmacy, and the overwhelming number of patients that come in with OxyContin scripts, who obviously do not need it, is just amazing and disgusting.
Anonymous
Gina
lucas read
Allison Brisky	kill the monster
Emily Starr	OxyContin is ruining my brother Andrew's life. Please Stop selling it.
maria	just an update.......... since the new forulated oxycontin has hit the shelves,, drug addicts are talking crap, why because they are findibg it harder to abuse ,hahaha they don't even want it anymore, so my friends that should tell the tale about oxycontin better known as hill billy herion,,maybe purdue will realize now that they have created a mess and will ban this shit all together.it's a worthless piece of crap and now with a lot people screaming about they can't snort and inject,,,they don't want it. pertiod....
g lamb	it destroys lives & should b bannned.......
Deborah Hoag
Megan Adams
Jami Kiecksee
Anonymous
leeana richey
Jennifer Merino
Allison Flanigan	I have lost too many friends and family members to this drug. when they could have been taking a less stronger medicine.
Rosemarie Dziedzic
tammy ford	Death after death, robbery after robbery, Stealing, and robbing.Numerous families torn apart.I could tell so many stories but don't have the emotional strength at this time.EVERYONE I know knows someone affected by this so called "MEDICATION"!!!!! What about the Doctors also ... who OVERPRESCRIBE and get away with it.THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!!!!!
Claire OBoyle
Ezard Merriweather	In Spanaway WA. kids are smocking it and they have become addicts its really bad.
Samantha Corvello
Brenda M Merriweather	In Spanaway WA. kids are smocking it and they have become addicts its really bad.
Samantha Weaver
Karen McCabe	Too many families are destroyed by the ease of getting OxyContin. My friend's children have been devastated by this drug as has her entire family. It must be stopped at the source. Young people are not aware of the addictive quality and are being misled by the medical community who continue to prescribe it - who else can you trust if not a doctor? I say STOP it now and ban it entirely.
Ruth Savage
Louise Jorgensen	Although I live in Canada, in the Toronto area, we see the exact same problem here. It is an epidemic. My two older sons and many of their friends are visiting a methadone clinic daily to wean themselves from street Oxycontin. I am very sad that they made the decision to take this drug in the first place, but they did and without understanding how very addictive it is. My older son who one year ago I would have trusted with my life, began stealing from us anything within reach so that he could buy more Oxycontin. He is a shell of his former brilliant self and it is killing me. He tells me that it is any extremely easy drug to get on the street... "Everyone" is doing it. My middle son's ex-girlfriend made a full-time career bouncing from doctor to doctor to get prescriptions for this drug. And she got prescription after prescription with no problem which she turned around and sold on the street. The Ontario government is meeting today to dicuss this huge problem. We'll see what happens. Something needs to be done immediately. Thanks for putting up this web site.
Teresa Owen
George Arce
Carolyn Burgess
Deborah Bilinski	My husband and I discovered our 26 y/o son was addicted to oxycontin with some near medical misses. He had probable drug related seizures the last one in the presence of his cousin and his cousin's 6 year old and 3 year old children. He has been in a treatment program and is now in outpatient rehab and attending NA and AA meetings..60 days clean! He says it is everwhere and very accessible. My sister-in-law was given a prescription for oxycontin for a MILD foot fracture!! She knows how bad it is and did not fill it. I think these M.D.s need some educating about the addictive problems. These docs prescrib too quickly and too easily. That is really a part of the problem as well. An older son was addicted to amphetamines and when he moved 4 hrs away from his doctor, she let a friend pick up his prescription (who sent it to him). He is drug free today. I had to call this doctor at home in the evening when she was putting her own children to bed and let her know what she had done. She had not seen my son for 3 to 4 months and was prescribing amphetamines! Something is very wrong in the medical community!
briana liles
Kyndra Howard	I personally, or known anyone that has been effect by this dangerous drug, but there are too many kids/adults that get their hands on this drug and it needs to stop. We are losing too many people to this, and enough is enough... when will it stop?
teresa l warren	I am so tired of picking up the pieces of my son's lives,as they deal with being addicted to stupid oxy's! I hate oxy's and everything they have done to SO many people! And for what, so the drug companys make millions!
Lisa Amatulli	Almost lost my nephew to this bullshit. I am pissed!!! What kind of society are we living in when no one pays attention to the next generation. If we don't get a handle on this situation soon, Florida will be a land of Zombies. Out Law Oxycontin. Is arsenic illegal to the public? Arsenic is a deadly posion, Oxycontin is a deadly posion. The pills are stronger than the liquid form. I will not participate in any prescription drugs period. I think we should put the prescription companies out of business, GO NATURAL. The prescription companies run this country. Let's see what they do when people stop taking drugs for minor problems. The body is made to heal itself. It is made to last a life time. We don't need pills. We have the plants and trees for healing. That was God's plan. He put everything we need on this planet. Man is dangerous to this planet.
Faye Heyde	Oxycontin was a horrible part of my life and I never even did the drug. Through my younger brother and boyfriend I saw the worst that the drug has in store. It's true that addiction is something that only the addict can change but I cannot help but think that this drug is FAR too addicting. I have been reading up on it and even in senior communities there is a rise to oxy addiction. Some abuse it knowingly but, there are many who became accidentally addicted. Either way, the powerful drug has power over people and should be banned. It is too easy for people and it show how irresponsible the makers of this drug truly are. For the sake of families young and old please BAN OXYCONTIN.
sandra	I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND WHAT DRUGS DO TO PEOPLE YOU LOVE, I HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE, MY FIRST HUSBAND, WHO TRIED TO HAVE ME ADDICTED AS WELL, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD I DID NOT GIVE IN. SO HELP BAN OXYCONTIN BEFORE WE LOSE ANYONE ELSE WHO CANNOT FIND THE STRENGTH TO SAY NO
lala blacksheep	sad but this needs to end and end soon i wish i knew where they made these pills i burn the place down
Taliae Rodriguez
Anonymous	I Found out today that it was Oxycontin that killed my husband
Theresa Mongoven (Calkins)
Elena Girardi
Samantha Johnson
Amber Kravarik	Ive lost too many friends to this pill. Ban them NOW!!!
Dora Vasquez
anonymous	oxycontin is definitely the strongest drug out there by far and it shocks me how its legal. Ive smoked it before afew times and am happy to say ive never got addicted to it but I guess im just one of the lucky ones... I know many kids and friends who are sickly sickly addicted to this drug. I live in a small town and youd be surprised to see how many kids do it here and what they will do to get it... its sad and it needs to go away ASAP.
Sarah Scalzo
nani wilford
Carole J Seymour	My life has been forever altered and destroyed by "Oxycontin" and my childrens lives too...I have lost relations with all of my siblings over this drug and my husband of 24 years, all for breaking my pelvis (on stage in my church)..I was a singer back then. Well, the story is way too long to tell here but I am so glad I found it so I could sign this petition and plead with the world to get this drug off taken off the market so our kids have a chance at life! As I type this my son is a dealer and has is choosing to raise his children this way..we have no relationship so I don't get to be a grandma to 3 great kids who live right down the road..this drug angers me,,these CEO'S and Mayor Guilliani and many others anger me. The blood of thousands upon thousands is upon their very hands..the blood is crying out from their graves to do something! So let's get busy!!! I'm alive, I am very very lucky..but I have lost alot to this drug. I'm currently rebuilding my life and this is going to be at the top of my list along with my support group for the chronically ill to see this drug annihilated before I leave this earth!
Honora Giumenta
Dana Eckstrom
Anthony P
Heather P
Jammuna	I applaud those who have taken taken on this cause and making everyone aware of the consequences of taking this drug and thank you to the people who have shared their painful stories.
taylor hudson
Patricia	My daughter lost her boyfriend to this drug end this hell!
Maryann	I Have lost too many loved ones to this drug!! It needs to be banned! My Boyfriend died and left behind a beautiful 2 year old daughter she will never know her father because of this drug!
Ken Sherman
john mougenel
Anonymous
Camille	this drug has taken over many members in my families lives. my husband and i had a baby and he started taking this drug. it made him numb to the world he had no emotions nor did he have any feeling. also my father started this drug and got them prescribed by a doctor. he def. abuses them. snorts them and all... I can't stand to have my family ruined any more!!!
Rhonda Rogers
Katherine A. Rose	Oxy has directly effected me and my family. My two children have been addicted to it, as well as many of their friends and the children and relatives of my own peer group. It has ruined the lives directly and indirectly of so many people in this community that it is sickening!
carlo andrea della valle	There was a former tutor at my school that lost her love of her life and I don't feel that she shouldn't have gone to go through that
Megan Blanchfield	all my love hope and repsect
Tia Deluca	please ban these pills. they are killing people.
william vandeven	I was on this drug and it has wrecked my future but I am trying.
Bridget Labadie	My son has had an addiction struggle for the past 4 yrs. His addiction to Oxycontin robbed everything from him. This demonic drug has gripped so many young people in our community, Tulsa, OK. We have seen friends of our son lose their lives to this epidemic. It must be stopped! My son is 22 and is now in prison for stealing and attempting use of unauthorized credit card. He would have never stolen if he wasn't trying to pay for the Oxycontin. I have much more to say, however, for now I will start by saying WE MUST STOP/BAN this drug so that other lives can be restored and SAVED. B. Labadie
Anonymous	OxyContin MUST be banned in the state of Florida. This has become such an emergency and people are overdosing and dying from taking this prescription medication. It's easily abused and one is easily hooked on this. Too many doctors are prescribing this medication and in mass quantities. This NEEDS TO BE BANNED!! I am suffering from an addict in my immediate family who is still alive, but barely. Please, I beg of you to put a stop to this madness.
Greg Gummersall
Anonymous
Jackie	May God be with all of you thru this horrible time. I saw a very dear loved one live on the street, see things come thru walls and eventually die...
Jessica	I lost my little bro to this horrible drug less than 1 month ago, i think about him all the time and can't believe he doesn't get a chance to grow old, get married, have children, hear his favorite songs, watch his favorite movies, he no longer exists because of this drug and someone needs to pay.
Sherri Lange
Natalie	I have 2 parents addicted to it. It is taking over them. I pray they ban it.
Steven Commander
Natalie DIggs
Brenda Bilbo	There is no reason for doctors giving this medication out in such large numbers. They apparently are getting some kind of kick back. My daughter was prescribed 190 every week by a doctor and became highly addicted. This has impacted our entire family. We have national databases for all types of things. If this country wants to get a handle on this, they could create a national database and every time a pharmacist fills this prescription they should be required to check this database. If people are Dr. shopping or exceeding what the standard should be, the Dr. should be reported. If it continues, pull their license. This would stop these doctors who do this. Simple as that and I would love to be a part of putting this all together. Very simple!
Brenda Bilbo
Kristena Brown
Anonymous	I blame the makers of this drug and those who prescribe oxycontin for millions of deaths and has caused the drug abuse in America 100%! please stop making this drug!!!!
Kylie Leona Valenti	just got out of rehab for this shit.. still addicted. fucking sick of it
michael lynn	i was addicted to oxycontin and have luckily made it into recovery. This drug needs to be banned
Justin David Williams	Lost 3 friends so far and several more are referred to as "dead just haven't hit the floor yet"
Levi Mark Turner	How many lives have to be claimed by the addiction before you stop it?
Samuel Isaiah Parker	BAN IT!
Mr. Nehemiah Jackson Walker	Oxycontin should be banned. There are alternative pain killers that can be used. People should not have to suffer, but they should not have to become addicted either. Find another way!
bruce kyser	i lost one of the best friends i ever had to an oxycotin/methadone combo overdose. he was a veitnam vet,honorable discharge,a true brother. i knew him for 25 years. like so many young men in nam he was addicted to herion. he beat that. his leg was injured by shrapnel,when the doctors gave him the ocycontin it was the begining of the end.I LOVE YOU MY BROTHER AND MISS YOU EVERYDAY. wish you were here. look foward to seeing you in heaven KENNY i'll know where to find you.love bruce
Krystal Adams
Patricia Ollivier	This horrible drug robs the user of his/her life, and their family of their precious loved one. We have an entire community of Oxycontin zombies, without hearts or caring. get rid of this horrendous drug. An intensive investigation should go into the seeking out of dealers of Oxy. Do not just look on the streets, but in medical offices, and all levels of government.
Anonymous	No words to express the emptiness you feel, only hope that we can end an addictive pill from harming others.
maria	for some people to get on here and uphold the makers of this and the drug itself surley don't have a clue about it's effects and the toil it takes on the human body, and this is what pisses me off,hey did you not read where the makers of this drug were fined for lying about the addiction of this same drug that should have never been given to any walking human being,,,that right there to me me was hoax!!!! so for everyone who supports this drug then build your on site and support it, but it's a shame that you have to get on this one where our families have watch our loved one either die or become a shell of a person after using this crap and yes a lot is dr. prescribe and still changes that person totally to someone you never dreamed they would become,,
Carolyn Carson
Mary Miller	This drug is killing way too many people and is prescibed by the physicans too easily!!
Michael Lawson
Tammy A. Werth	I would like to see very tight control of the med, but that has not seemed to work. Too many people are in danger!
Michael Jester	Oxy has taken everything from my life and put me in jail, took over my life....this stuff should be outlawed there is no doubt about it I did drugs for several years all sorts of pain killers and in huge quanitity but this shit here is horrible
Nadine Busch	My daughter is battling this addiction. It is heartbreaking and scary.
Brenda Collins
Anonymous	IMPACTED MY FAMILY, LIVED WITH A ADDICT WHO STOLE FROM ME & MY FAMILY OVER AND OVER. DEVILS DRUG
JULIE GOTT	I would personally LOVE to see Oxycontin off the market. I have lost friends and loved ones while they were taking this medication. It changes people and ruins their lives. I wish there were more people that felt the same so it could be discontinued for good.
Patricia Donnelly	The cost emotionally and financially to my family ever since my son was introduced to Oxycontin at college has been enormous.At every treatment center that he has been to I see bright, sensitive young men(mainly) all 20 something whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by this drug. This is an epidemic that no one is addressing because of the stigma attached to addiction.I am sick of the silence.
Patricia Donnelly	The cost emotionally and financially to my family ever since my son was introduced to Oxycontin at college has been enormous.At every treatment center that he has been to I see bright, sensitive young men(mainly) all 20 something whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by this drug. This is an epidemic that no one is addressing because of the stigma attached to addiction.I am sick of the silence.
Judi Kirkirt	They should not be prescribed for you unless you have terminal cancer with no hope to live
Melanie Alcorn	My 22 yr old son became addicted to this drug so much that when he had no money to buy it he broke into a drug store and stole it (not sure why this drug was not locked up) after being arrested for the breakin and looking at many years in jail and losing his girlfriend my son went in bathroom of jail and hung himself on 6-15-09. This drug needs to be taken off our streets.
Pam Taylor	One by one I watch the teens in town die from OxyContin. that of course is after they have battled to get off it and cant. It's common knowledge people peel off the coating from the pills so they can then cook it up and shoot it just like heroin. OxyContin, Methadone & Alcohol = the worse drugs EVER!!! what do they all have in common other than destroying lives? the government makes money off of all three!
Laurel O'Neill	This drug is killing people! I cannot understand why something isn't done about it. Doctors don't seem to stop writing the prescriptions even though know we know just how addictive these pills are! They need to be banned or under a really tight control as this is a HUGE EPIDEMIC!!
eric carlomusto
Reyna	This drug is destroying my husband & my marriage. please help !!!!!!!
Pat West	My best friend was found dead on his kitchen floor, by his older sister. He was 53 years old and had suffered from chronic pain since breaking every bone in his foot at the age of 18. He looked into other ways of managing his pain but still could not break free from the oxy. We, his friends and family, did not know enough about the dangers at the time to force him into rehab. He was convinced he could control it and had us convinced as well. With the apathy of the medical community toward non terminal chronic pain sufferers and the push by the drug companies to solve all our problems with a pill, is it no wonder there is an emidemic. Why, though, do we only hear about the Michael Jacksons and the Heath Ledgers? How many deaths are there each day from these Rx drugs? More than any of us know and it can happen to any of our loved ones. It happened to one of mine, and since then I have heard others report of friends with this adiction. I think commercials, like the anti smoking "truth" commercials would heighten awareness and hopefuly make the addicted come out of hiding and seek help. How can this knowledge become more mainstream?
Michaela Clark	my father has been battling an addiction for over 12 years. it has torn my once tight knit family apart. =[
Darlene Newland
S.M. Baker	I lost one of my best friends to OCs when i was 18 yrs old. He died in my house, in my bed, in my arms... Please help get this pharmaceutical "cash cow" off the streets and out of these dirty doctors hands.
Tonia McEvers	From someone who became dependant on legally prescribed OxyContin for a pain condition: The process I have gone through to rid my body of this drug has taught me many things. One thing I know for sure is there are so many other pain relievers in the market that aren't as addictive and ARE as effective. OxyContin is not necessary. If you don't agreee, do your homework!
Jessica
Daniel Dunbar
heather withers	IT'S SO SAD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN LOSE THERE LIVES FROM THIS DRUG!!! IT TURNS PEOPLE INTO FRAIL SICK LOOKING VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES SOOOOO SOOO SAD!!!
Krista Braly	i live in a small town, where everyone knowes everyone, and these pills are a serious drug problem here.
Nina LaPiana	All of this shit is coming from the Miami area. Fucking candy doctors. Now it's in Brevard and my friends are losing themselves.
Dustin Ferlind
Stephen McDonald
Taylor Wyrick
Laura Driggers	I know MANY people in my small little town of Indian Harbour Beach who have been tainted by this new found addiction. A lot of my own friends are shooting these roxies up, in place of herion, to cope with deaths, insecurities, or depression. I know a 17 year old girl who has the world in front of her, she has so much potential, yet she chooses to also inject this substance into her veins. Feinds, walk around our streets at night because they have no place to stay, and they are trying constantly to find a shelter that these "BLUES" give. I'm actually scared to go out of my house at night because these "BLUE HEADS" have no right judgement in there mind. I have seen someone incredibly intoxicated off these pills try to drive. I had to call the police on them to pull them over, otherwise he wouldve hit someone quick. There are too many people faking theres MRIs and then, going to different doctors, eceeding the amount of scripts they're "allowed". Yet no one does anything. Why has it taken so long to get these doctors on this computer system they are talking about? The government and Purdue Pharma is making money off of people dying, lying, cheating, stealing, and slowly killing off a good portion of america. These BLUE HEADS are having children, mistakingly. They are only raising idiots! Do you care about our future? Then pass this, please!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous	My son is addicted to oxy and it has ruined his life we got him into treatment and if you can believe this the doctor they took him to for his pain management prescribed oxy for him while he was in treatment for his addiction to it. He is presently living with a group of people that are all addicted to oxy...we must get this product taken off of the market. Also the doctor prescribed tramedol I am reporting the doctor to the California Medical Board for an investigation.
Terra baker	What is not commonly mentioned are the mental and mood changes caused by long term use and abuse of this drug. As a result of my mothers addiction she has episodes or rage amd anger and loses time. She has a distorted view of reality and does not remember things they way they actually happened. She has become a liar and a thief, developed severe narcissistic personality disorder and can no longer be trusted around me or my kids!
Raymond Sylvester
Stephanie Nichole
teresa Jones	On nov.14th2009 my 19yr old daughter was the passenger in a terrible car crash in which her boyfriend was driving. He gets his oxycontin legally. The state trooper found an empty oxycontin bottle in the car. They tried to charge him with vehicle assault but couldnt because they couldnt prove he took to many. He was charged with no drivers liscence,no insurance and false registration and wreckless driving and thats it! he never bothered to show up for court. he is driving around everywhere and I cant seem to get anything done about it. She suffered traumatic brain injury and is lucky to be alive. She finally got to come home in march. She is having to learn how to do everything all over again. she uses a walker now and her speech has a long way to go. she has to have constant supervision and I have not been able to work since she came home. That pill took my daughter from me as far as i am concerned because his doctors keep giving him more and more drugs! This drug is reaking havoc in my town! crime is out of control here in newport tn. They go to florida and get them and people are dying almost daily in east tn. from overdosing on this beast of a drug!! In the name of everything good and holy please get this drug off the streets!
Terra Hopkins
Lori Holmes
Jessica Thomas
Lisa Sirabella	My name is Lisa Sirabella, and I'm 27 yrs old. My home town is New Port Richey, FL. I moved to NY in 2001 to get my life straight and to get clean and sober. From that time to present, I have lost 8 friends/acquaintances from this horrible Oxycontin epidemic. I've learned that Florida alone has the most deaths and oxy abuse out of the whole country. I watched a documentary called "Oxycontin Express" which shows in detail why this situation is out of control. So my hope is that since its known that Florida has NO narcotic database, and that there are soooooooo many Pain Management Clinics, and doctors in on this hidden business of writing prescriptions to ppl who have NOTHING wrong with them for cash...that we can ban this drug "Oxycontin" for good! My heart goes out to all family and loved ones who lost someone related to Oxycontin. Something NEEDS to be done, something...
rachel moore
Stephanie Randolph	My brother died fighting his addiction to this drug.
Debbie B	I'm a nurse, and I just learned that one of my new patients is prescribed 80mg Oxycontin: 4 pills in the morning, 3 pills in the afternoon, and 4 more at bedtime. He receives 330 pills/month. I understand he has built up tolerance over time, but this guy is 30 years old...how long will he last at this rate??? He still sees the MD for huge amounts of pain. Im just sayin...
Marisa Revak
Denise Moeggenberg
DeAnna Hill
Jennifer Baptie	This drug is destroying so many people and there families. If we don't stop it soon the worse is yet to come.
Sara Jansen
the VanDeven's	To all you people in pain. there are other drugs that won't have you on herion. your a drug addict and don't relize it.
Anonymous	I just learned of my 24 year old son's addiction to this drug. I hired an amazing interventionist, and got him immediately into rehab. He's been a week in the rehab center. I do not know what is ahead for us. I pray daily for my son. This drug is too powerful and should be rigidly controlled. My heart goes out to everyone who's life has been negatively impacted by this drug.
Anonymous	I DO NOT KNOW WHO YOU PEOPLE ARE THAT IS AGAINST OXYS, OR ANY DRUG BUT YOU MUST HAVE NEVER LOST A LOVE ONE TO THIS HORRIBLE DRUG I DID LOSE THE MOST PRECIOUS SONS A MOTHER COULD HAVE OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN FOREVER SO THINK ABOUT ALL THE FAMILYS THAT HAVE LOST LOVE ONES BEFORE YOU WRITE NOT TO BAN OXYSS
Susan Scofield
Thomas Tedrick	Enough is enough, the difference between medical doctors and drug distributers is becoming an increasingly thin line.
John N. Crook	They call it "pain management" when really its OPIUM ADDICTION. Theres a big conference going on about it in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where they are already targeting Ontario's new policy to help people LIVE. I want to thank our Premier, Dalton McGuinty for the courage to take the lead against overpricing, overprescribing, overaddicting and overkilling with so called painkiller medication. The only thing it kills, is people and a persons' own natural ability to fight pain. Its, and I think it's fair to describe it as, almost a DEATH CULT, UNETHICAL EXPERIMENTATION, anti-human rights etc.. It would be nice if our hospitals were reconverted back to what they are supposed to be....It's also interesting that PURDUE PHARMA up here is located in Pickering, Ont. very near the local CEMEMTARY DUFFIN MEADOWS, where my sister was buried due to OXYCONTIN ADDICTION. NO THANKS AT ALL TO THE 4 OR 5 DOCTORS WHO WERE PRESCRIBING IT TO HER AND THE 4 PHARMACIES Dispensing it or to PURDUE PHARAMA. THEY ALL (Directors/Shareholders) PROBABLY HAVE OUTSIDE INTERESTS IN CEMETARIES, FUNERAL HOMES, THE STOCK MARKET AND EVEN THE WAR IN AFGANISTAN. Please sign this petition to save lives!
christena rauchbauer	too many people are taking these death pills.my sister is now hooked and i am afraid she will die. :0(
Shauna duke	I am a recovering oxycontin addict. I know how horrible And powerful this drug is. I have friends that have died as the result of abusing this drug. It will only continue to get worse and something needs to be done about this. BAN OXYCONTIN!
Julia Krueger
Melody Huie
Brenda Taylor	My 18 year old son, Matthew, overdosed on oxy at a party.
brandy mcelroy	i have lost 3 friends to this drug have a few in jail due to doing anything to get money to get another pill. friends who have lost there families, homes, everything. this is one of the worst drugs made killing so many people & the goverment allows its production & sale. they know screwy doctors are filling scripts to people who def don't need it and who really needs 300 of these prescibed to them each month. something really needs to be done now not later, my own mother in law was addicted to these she has really bad disabling arthritis the doctor prescribed her 5 roxycotin per day he said you may get addicted if taken improperly - after a year and taking them exactly as prescibed that poor woman lay in bed for weeks very very sick. taken as prescibed or not these are addicting not you may, they are deadly and should be discontinued NOW!!!!!!! before more people die- goverment needs to open its eyes not there wallets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jackie Cochran	This is a very sad epidemic and must be stopped!!
Patrick Anderson	My Son is on an evil path of destruction with Oxycontin! He is ruining our lives, my family and my business. I fear he will end up dead which will ultimately result in my own demise. We love him and have taught him right from wrong since birth but feel we have no control. The advice I hear and read is to kick him out but that scares me more since he has no way to support himself. I want to crush the evil that follows him but am afraid i will end up in trouble or worse. I am already in trouble witht he law for hurting one of his associates in self defense on my own property. OMG this is an absolute nightmare that wont go away! I cant believe it has come to this and pray that i am not pushed to open Pandoras box!
Anonymous
Chris Porter
Cheyenne Smith	I have a son in prison, my grand daughters mother in prison and on drug related charges.As a result of this, at 55 I find myself raising a beautiful and amazing child. A step son court ordered to rehab today after 8 years of oxy, roxy and xanax abuse. I have seen it all...our small town in SW Florida has buried 12-15 young people under 25 in the last 2 years from these drugs. My husbands ex wife, age 49, went to sleep and never woke up last month, an overdose of these same pills taking her life. When does it stop? When we demand it stop...
pugsy deluca	ban this drug it is hurting my brother
pam o'neilln	I am a 55 year old woman who has lost a 28 year old career in which I made 336,000 per year, my retirement, my homes, my vehicles and ALMOST MY LIFE AND SOUL to oxycontin addiction. I have an amazing story but each day I feel like such a loser. I had 20 years of sobriety and a wonderful life until pain became a daily part of my life. A doctor initially prescribed a benzo clozepam even though I indicated my sobriety. As a result I relapsed got hooked on oxys and it has left my life a shambles. Anything I can do to help this movement would be worth my surviving this nightmare. This trash is making pharmaceutical companies rich and killing innocent lives and familiies. Please respon and give me a purpose for this pain emotionally and financial pain because I still have my faith in Jesus, my spirit and my life. Pam O'Neill satans two greatest tools of destruction in evil warfare greed and addiction!!!
JESSICA SKINNER
Victoria Blasi	Please ban this terrible drug. My father came inches to dying from overdosing on this trash years ago, and now, he is disgracefully back on it!! I hate the dr. for prescribing this to my father who has had drug problems in the past. That is a sin. It is tearing my family apart and ruining my life. The people who produced this are evil and I am so sorry to all the families who have lost people they love to this horrible drug
Kristin Mann	This is a heartbreaking and murderous drug. How can the people at Purdue Pharma sleep at night? Disgusting!
Chris Keenan
Anonymous
nicia zak	I am dealing with 2 brothers (29 and 31) who's lives are ruined because of this drug. One has been addicted for a few years and before he discovered the drug he had always had a job, money, cars, and a pretty good life; now he is over $50,000 in debt from maxing out his credit cards, he sold all his cars, was living in abandoned houses, and was doing whatever he could to get his next pill. He is now living with me and getting sober which is great, but now my other brother has started his own addiction with it. This pill has become an epidemic around the country and it needs to be stopped!! There are too many good people losing their lives to this!
TJ Murren	oxy has had effect on my life and an even worse effect on my loved ones. The cons defiantly out weigh the pros with this drug having personal experience first hand and second hand. I am clean no and will not touch the drug again, but to prevent others losing their self and their families please ban OXY~!!!! I do not wanna lose any more friends to this devil of a drug!!!
Brittney
Annette Heard
Greg G.	This epidemic seems to only get worse every second of the day, i hope this works.
thelma louise bailey	please email everyone you know the link to sign this petition please help support this and maybe we can change at least one life. its worth it. I love you william rainer vandeven and will help you recover anyway I can. love your, mom
rick whittaker
spanky DeLuca	so many people are hurt by watching someone they love go through this addiction each person should encorage 10 people to sign this petion so that maybe someone will listen
kathryn DeLuca	please help before we lose a whole generation
Brent C.	I am addicted as all hell to this drug. I started out snorting (only once or twice that year) small amounts (20-30mg) my senior year of high school. I took a brief brake from it my freshman year of college because I was pledging a fraternity, but as soon as that period of my life ended, I was back on it. I am now a senior in college by hours as well as years (I'm not sure how I've made it). I have been using for a solid two years, but lately I've been doing it every day. In the beginning, the high was amazing. It was like eating 5 or 6 Loratab 10mg. pills without ingesting all the Tylenol. Now, I can snort 80mg in one sitting and go to the library and act totally normal. I hardly hang out with my non-user friends anymore because I'm always high or trying to get high, and they hate that. I snort at least 40mg. a day. If I don't, my joints and back KILL ME, I get the upset stomach, etc. I'm not sure how much longer I can handle this. If I can't get in to grad school, there's no way in hell I can get a job without rehab(my parents havn't a clue). Please, get this drug off the market. No on deserves to go through the routine I have to go through every day to function. If all you parents think its bad now, wait ten years. Hopefully we will not have to!!!!!
Melinda Van Deven	This drug isnt something to mess with guys, it needs to stop cuz i'm AM NOT losing my baby brother to this mess..Sign it and help make it stop..
Heather Pexa	In just this year alone (2010) I have lost 8 fiends and many friends that are addicted to it! My husband was given it for back pain and got addicted to it and it tore our family apart. Now my BIL is also addicted to it. Please help these families out and ban this drug!
Stephen H Overstreet	I deeply regret to say I have too many friends who have had their hearts broken at the loss of children from this drug. I could not in clear conscience refuse to sign this petition.
Anonymous
Edith Smith
John N. Crook	It's great to see that Doctors,Paramedics and Nurses are signing this petition. Pharmasists, Coroners, etc... should be the next. Seeing my sister on Life Support because her Liver had failed and her Brain had swelled was too traumatic to put into words or characterize. Those who are on it (OXY) might want to look up what can happen when the brain swells and the pressure pushes the brain downward onto the brain stem. I don't want that to happen to one more human being anywhere and thats why i'am signing this again.
Rachel Logue	signing this again cuz the point has to get across . i lost my cousin in april and i havent been the same ever since . someone has to do something about this or any other kind of drugs .. before it too late for another person .
justin horan
Anonymous	BAN OXYCONTIN!! Its made way too many of my friends go downhill. Can't stand to see that.
Jackie Perlstein	There are so many people I know that have had severe problems with this drug. Please stop making it. Drugs should be tested more before they are legal to prescribe.
cynthia vandeven	please take these off market. just put 22 year old son in jail he was shooting up roxie and oxys please I thought I was going to loose him.maybe we can save just one person its worth trying god bless all.
christina antilla	this drug has taking too many of my friends and just needs to be outlawed...get rid of this 1 drug and save hundreds if not thousands of lives.
Anonymous
Paula	The people that are getting these pill prescribed to them are selling then so they can pay their bills! My daughter was not prescribed them but by selling them she was able to keep upn her addiction. Please take these drugs off the market.
Laura Stalheim
Tiffany whitaker
Dr John Geddes	I am a family physician who has seen many, many people whose lives have been altered negatively by the abuse of Oxycontin. Patients seek this drug regularly and once dependent they have a difficult time extracting themselves from the curse. They seek medication from multiple physicians, often with convincing stories about pain. I hate prescribing this drug. It would have been better never to have been put on the market.
Tiffany whitaker
Jessica Thompson
Kevin Butcher
Courtney Landreth	i know the effects that this drug puts on a family, because my brother was addicted to them for a very long time
Anthony D	As a paramedic i have responded to hundreds of overdoses due to this evil drug. It's a gateway to heroin.
Carl Smith	Evil.
Siobhan Clarke	It is awful when you know more people addicted to oxycontin or that have died from oxycontin abuse than you know people with cancer. Even worse--these addicts usually move on to buying heroin off the streets and at that point have no idea what they are actually smoking or shooting in their veins. It's tragic.
amy
Bryce	Iv seen to many of my close frends even my brother get hooked on it and I struggling to get off of it. It would be wonderful if it wasn't available it would help so many people.
Megan King	My sister in law was addicted to oxy and when that wasn;t enough turned to heroin. This drug has ruined so many lives of poeple just thinking it was a casual party drug and then realized they couldn't stop. Thankfully she is sober after attending a rehab for 30 days bbut every day is a constant struggle to stay sober.
Sean Greco	have had way too many people in my life become addicted to this horrible drug, please stop production and distribution
Deborah OMary	My late husband and son had become addicted to this drug. Pain Clinics (legal drug pushers) are handing out this medication. Pharmacies are filling the prescription and making a fortune. It tears me up to see what this medication has done.
jackie hofmann
Karen Bohanan
Carl Bohanan
Bonnie Hazen	This drug is horrible. It took my two son's from me. PLEASE ban Oxycontin. It has taking way to many lives for it to still be distributed.
Megan Hazen
Anonymous	OxyContin is a "virus" !! OxyContin is now being known as a "street drug". plz ban it.
jody combs
TRICIA York
Sabrina Bohanan
Sean kelley	I'm at a loss for words as to why these scumbags who produce these poisons are allowed to make millions upon millions of dollars by addicting and killing our friends and family to this toxic disgrace.
Lillian Perez Paniagua	This drug has taken many young lives and is the reason for the rise in Herion addiction. This drug is a tragedy. Please ban it.
Dex Ter
Sarah DeClark	I am losing my brother to this HORRIBLE drug....we need to get rid of it!!
Anita McClellan	My son is still alive but his behavior has turned from a sweet caring honest person to a lying cheating stealing selfish junkie that is destroying our family. We have done all we can and it is still not enough. At this point it is difficult to have hope that he will ever get away from this far to available drug. It is a disease/sickness that tells him he is fine and does not have a problem...or need help. Oxycontin physically destroys part of the brain that is needed to stop using it. I found out this morning as I was kicking him out of our/his home that he has no self esteem. He feels so bad about his behavior but seems powerless to turn things around. He admits to using daily (at $150-$300)for 4 months and was using recreationally long before that. It started with a prescription for a soccer injury 4yrs ago. Anita McClellan
Gail M. Gonzales
David Roberts	Please abolish this pharmaceutical venom. It has ruined too many lives, one of which being my dear friend.
Leanne Martin	My cousin started smoking it and I'm afraid she might overdose. The doctor is giving it to her because she has migraines every day.
MaNessa Downey	It's so hard to live with this drug available to people I know.
Anonymous	Ruined so many peoples lives I know.
Leah Harrison
John	Please ban oxycontin I am 19 and all my friends are addicted it's completely taken control of their lives I try to help them but they always go right back please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kalei Barbour
James Mollohan	i have had my fight with the addiction to opiate pain killers, i was addicted for several years and theres nothing in the world any worse than being sick from not having pain meds, it took several times thru detox fighting the same fight over and over, finally i made it thru the detox. they came out with a miracle drug, it's name is suboxone, it took away all my withdrawl symptoms and now i am finally clean, i have friends that died from oxycontin and methadone and others, now people are going to doctors to get suboxone, even people that dont need it. they get it and sell it now. suboxone comes in 2 and 4 and 8 mg pills that dissolve under your tongue, they sell for 15 to 25 dollars a piece. after i found out about what suboxone can do, i had a couple friends that was addicted to oxyconting for years with me, i got them to buy some off the streets and try them. now they too are off the drug oxycontin and other opiates, doctors wont accept medicaid for visits for suboxone and most doctors wont even prescribe it, WHY NOT? if they would start prescribing suboxone, there would be so many more people getting off of opiates. and suboxone is also a opiate blocker. i think they should just stop making the drug oxycontin and give their patients suboxone for the withdrawls and they could stop all that madness and killing and crime rate would go down. GET RID OF OXYS
Anonymous	The FDA recalled 500 million eggs because of 1300 sickened from Salmonella poisoning. NO RECALLS for oxycontin and addiction and deaths attributed to it. Mariquana criminalized and illegal and still oxycontin is legal with a prescription. The irony of it all is unreal. I am for banning oxycontin. Too many lives lost not just sickened.
Mary B Archie	To many lives wasted because of this drug
Katherine Vagen	This would be the happiness day of my life if they remove Oxycontin from the market, this drug has been a nightmare in my family, with a son addicted to it, our family hasn't been the same he has almost totally broke us and he doesn't care. all he cares about is getting his next pill...we use to have a normal family, now I have to say it's a house of abusive people noone smiles or laughs anymore..if this is true and their taking it off the market my prayers have been answered..
Laura Arnold	Any doctor giving this medication to young adults without notifying the family should have their license revoked. There has to be a stricter check on these doctors that are willing to give out this drug. Many have died from overdoses of this medicine. It should be taken off the market. The doctors are more than likely getting a percentage of the drug they perscribe.
Matthew A Whobrey
patty jude
mary archie
Rochelle Baccari	It is long overdue that the FDA take a stand and ban this destructive drug. Children are losing their life - we are pouring thousands of dollars into trying to save lives as well - detox, treatment, recovery - the emotional, spiritual and financial cost is insane. 634 million is a drop in the bucket compared the destruction.
Anonymous
John N. Crook	I've just signed it again.
lynn bonilla
John Norman Crook	I've just signed this again and I'll keep signing it till my last breath. The world-wide political cover-up about OXYCODONE has even gone so far as to not perform post mortem examinations on it's victims? and even altering toxicology reports? and denying any inquests at all! Ontario and Canada should be ashamed of it's blatant denial of Section 15(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedom. The G20 has knowingly allowed a corporate GENOCIDE to occur using chemical warfare on citizens. The WHO has also tried to cover it up with fake pandemics like of SARS, H1N1 etc...which were/are in fact large amounts of people dying from resperatory depression due to OXY+Tylenol+(whatever else) overdoses. My sister recently died from it and it was totally preventable. Three different doctors and three different pharmacies in SCARBOROUGH,ONT. dispensed approx. 5,140 mg. of OXY to her from Jun 18 - Jul 21. Ontario does pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world as recently mentioned by our local M.P.P., but what about the price of human life?
Nicholas Donaldson
lea Bohanan	I don't understand how doctors can continue to give these prescriptions knowing what the end results will be. How can this be legal. My son was on OxyContin and then on to a more powerful pain killer, Fentora. These doctors know what they are doing. Something must be done to stop this. It's only by the grace of God and the love of the family that my son is alive. My prayers go out to the families that have lost loved ones, I pledge to do whatever it takes to get this mess out of the hands of people that are just using it to get high.
cheyenne hardesty
Anonymous	My husband became addicted and it is ruining our lives both financially and emotionally. Now he is trying to get clean and is going through extreme physical pain. Trying to get him into rehab has been a joke. We cannot even get messages returned.
Travis Bohanan	Please ban the sale of this drug. It is far too easy for innocent pain sufferers to become addicted. This drug and the pill mills that dispense it without discretion are no more than drug dealers on the street. This should be a crime and the people who traffic in it should be dealt with just like dealers of illegal drugs.
phillip mattei	i am a lucky survivor of an addiction to oxy, however it ruined my family
Anonymous	This drug that is so high in demand because of it's addictive properties and potential abuse must be taken off the market or controlled better than it is or has been. There are way to many Dr's getting rich and falsely prescribing them for profit not to aid in patient treatment. This drug is tearing families and communities apart bit by bit, turning otherwise fine people into theives, liars,not to mention murderers and a burden on society. When will this vicious cycle end?? Man up and grow some balls PurduePharma and to hell with your profits, it isn't like you aren't already getting rich off of other medications you develop. I know what this drug can do to an otherwise productive person..I have lived thru the hell and havoc it causes not to mention the heartbreak and financial hardships it causes on the innocents(family members). This is not just a one addict problem, it affects every single member of a family.I know because MY child became an addict and I hate to brag on her and compliment her on staying sober because I've done it before and it came back and bit me in the ass!! Finally I pray for my child everyday that they have the strength to fight the demons inside them, my beautiful child will never be the same and I do not know if I will ever be able to trust them again..That in itself should be enough to take this medication off the market, my story is like that of 1,000's of other parents who have children addicted to this hillbilly heroin..sad but VERY TRUE!!
Mike	Please ban this along with other drugs such a pot and crack.
patricia baca
rose hanks rn	As a registered nurse certified in addictions and working on an addiction unit I know Oxycontin kills. These patients are haunted by this drug. Rarely are they able to be drug free.
Van	Too many of friends and love ones have become addicted to this drug and is suffering. My entire county is effected, it is an epidemic and I would love to see it banned.
Dianne	I have seen what this drug does to a great young man. It takes away everything. OxyContin is a VIRUS. Older people in Florida are selling their prescriptions to our children and are getting away with it. Stop this epidemic.
Jon D'Anna	i had a rough struggle in life because of this drug and nothing would make me happier than to have it gone.
caitlin c
Rachel Fitzgerald
Rachel Fitzgerald
rachel passio
rachel passio
Kelly Bryson	This is the most dangerous substance out there, and should not be legal. It takes the lives of people everyday, and is prescribed by doctors as if it were candy, it has unbelievable addictive properties, and people are not aware of just how damaging it can be. There is no need for a pain killer of this strength.
richard york
L.S.	I have unfortunately seen this drug and others of its kind tear apart my brother's life and devastate a strong Christian family. Please help fight for stringent laws and to bring those crooked doctors and clinics to justice. I'm ashamed that my wonderful state of FL is the "destination" for obtaining prescriptions for OxyContin.
Renee MOONAN
Jessie Firth	I've known 2 men to die from the combination of Oxycontin and alcohol, both unintentional, both within 6 months of eachother. 1 in Arizona, he was 26, 1 in Oregon, he just turned 30. Ban it.
Deb Perisho
Christopher	for my friend that died b/c of complications goin through detox in pcJAIL,and other friends of mine who i have seen change for the worst and struggle with its addictions
marilyn Thompson	Oxycontin cannot be allowed to be given as a prescription. It is killing our children
Anonymous	Hi, I have watched my son turn into someone I barely know, once he was happy, beautiful and a very smart person. Now because of this drug I am waiting for the call that he has died at 21. It breaks my heart everyday, I don't think a day in two years has gone by that I have not prayed, cried or tried to talk sense into him. My question to the State and the doctors is how is it legal to perscribe mass amounts of this drug? Someone should be held accountable! Why is it that they can perscribe OxyCotin but you need a special doctor to perscribe Soboxone which helps with the withdraw? And why does the Soboxone doctor not take insurance? Because they want our children to be on this drug it makes them all alot of money. I wont stop fighting for my son ever, no matter how much it costs or what I have to give up. The doctors know this and it's sad!
Dianna
Candace
Allison Brumit
Denise Carol Langley
Charlene Johnson	This medicine has destroyed my life as a 46 year old with a wonderfull family,great job and home. Now I have nothing I believe my story is very typical. I started going to a Dr for pain in various places and next thing you know I was a full blown addict. I would never imagine being in this position had never been in trouble never did street drugs.I could write a book but its just to painfull. PLEASE IM BEGGING GET RID OF THIS STUFF SAVE OUR SOCIETY.
James Livingston
Joseph	Fuck oxycotten this drug ruins live I know of 2 people that have over dosed and several others that gave lost their homes jobs and their health do to these pills. Please stop the manufacturing and distributions of this narcotic before it kills one of your kids!
Michelle	Hunter should be punished for the death penalty for what he knowingly did to Jeremy...
Molly Costa	I had a wonderful son working his way up the ladder of success. His friend gave him oxycontin. Within a year, he's robbed a store, his friend, his family and is now going to have an intervention and be admitted into rehab. This drug is so dangerous. It needs to be banned.
whitney
Er ica Griffin
Robyn Christopher Vowell	if you dont want yours you cansend them to me in ocala fla. im pay shiping.. my crack dealer died on oxycontin, im need buzz fast!
claudia morris	God help our children!!!!!
Tatiana Bergstrom
Anonymous
I.N.	my brother is on oxy and we don't know how to get him off of it. he had it all. he is about to have a second baby next month and his family is falling apart. it's terrible. i pray every single night for him and it seems like the world is crushing around me and my family. i can't even explain what this drug did to our family.
Patrick N. Gordon	My brother worked all his adult life to get a law degree. He graduated from Law School at the age of 41 in '00 Shortly after 9/11/2001 his military unit was activated to deploy to Iraq. While in Iraq, he sustained a back injury. When he got home the doctors were feeding him Vicadin and percacet. He became addicted to them. He then became immune to them. He found a doctor in Harrisburg, PA that will prescribe anything that he wants. He has proven to me that his pain is not as severe as his addiction tells everyone. His life.......Lost his house, wife, children, and I think he is very close to losing his Law license. he came back from Iraq. Lives on the street as far as I know. This is a mess and I am powerless to do anything. My heart sobs for my brothers plight. Before all this he never took an aspirin. He is now taking 4 Oxycontins per day so I am told. There should be more than a ban on Oxycontin, there needs to be tighter control and communication between ALL Doctors AND ALL Pharmacies. A centralized Nationwide Database. Right now I have to get Life Insurance for him without his knowledge just in case I have to bury him. This is a Calamity that doesn't have to be.
Ingrid Ness	Both my sons are on Oxy/Suboxone, Oxy/Suboxone,.......One of their oldest friends just died of an overdose. Doctors want so much money to monitor them on a Suboxone program. Why can't the cooks at Purdue Pharma set a certain amount of money aside to start free programs to get these children and adults off Oxy and then wean them off Suboxone too. Our future is going to be hell, can you imagine??? Really think about it.
Sally Kress	having had loved ones, peers, family and friends affected by this medication, I find this a very worth-while cause to "band" together in order to ban this drug - hopefully our numbers will grow to a quantity where no one can ignore us any longer -
Anonymous	I have seen quite a few wonderful people use this drug and quickly get addicted and abuse it. Some made it out alive, other still struggle, and some are no longer with us. I hate what this drug does to people we care about.
Marsha Schorr	Here I am again - trying to do whatever I can to let everyone know that Oxycontin is a murderer! It not only took my son, it robbed me of the grandchildren I would have had and being able to see my son grow up and accomplish his goals. He left behind a niece and nephew who desperately need him. It has forever changed the lives of his family. He's been gone a little over a year now and we miss him and love him so much every single day, though he is not here. Oxycontin can kill people but it can't kill love. My son is Aaron Fender. His friends that gave him this drug were Aaron Spiller, Karianne Spiller and Robert Waters all of Cape Coral, Florida. They crushed it and snorted it. He had asthma and so, he apparently went into respiratory arrest. They were apparently to busy partying to notice or care and he died. Part of me and his sisters died with him. I love you forever, Aaron.
Jody Young
Rick owens	This drug needs to be stopped!
jeremy bagwill	I was addicted to oxycontin on and off for 10 years. I started to take pain killers while i was playing professional soccer. Oxycontin was the hardest thing to get off of and the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life. There is no reason for them to be on the market, I would not wish them on my worst enemy.
Jaci Fournet	I've lost 20+ people since my sophomore year of highschool to Oxycontin overdose. I'm now 23 years old and in the last month, I attended 2 more funerals from Oxycontin overdose. Point made.
Anonymous
Anonymous	OxyContin ruined my dad and the lives of my family. And the hold is still there and so is his piece of shit physician prescribing 120 40 mg OxyContins a month, Dr. Aixa Skelton.
Nora Poole	You asked for my zip code but I have moved from the area where I and my children were raised. The zip code for that area and the area where Oxycontin and Heroin abuse seem to be complely ignored is 06415 Colchester Connecticut. a small town where I was raised where my sons father found oxycontin and snorted it with him and my son found him dead on the morning of 1-9-2009. My son now smokes oxycontin and I fear his death but hope for his incarceration to save his life. Please PLease stop this deadly drug. My ultimate fear is that he will turn to heroin. Thanks and god bless!
Anonymous	Opiates took everything from me. I would love to see them abolished!
Arnold Buhmann	Sooo many hours we've spent thinking and reacting to the addicting effect this drug has had on my family fiends and neighborhood.... it's time to start thinking about nice creative things again, instead of the twisting truths and drug angles. When you are close to it, it's hard to see the change in a person who is addicted to oxy. They function normally when they have it... we don't see the slow progression, They will lie to you about it, they will steal from you and you neighbors to get it. Be very aware of your people and then ask the hard questions! do the right thing and don't enable them... otherwise one day they won't wake up... save thousands of lives a year, ban oxy! Arnold Buhmann
Courtney Orwin	My mom was perscribed a criminal level of Onycontin by the Lifetree ( should be deathtree) Clinic in Salt Lake. She lies in a hospital bed as I write this in and out of conciousness
Susan Booth	My daughter is fighting an oxycontin addiction. This drug should be ban!
Roxanna	im singing this petition because i have alot of friends batteling with oxy addiction and i also had a friend, Jeremy Traylor who passed away last year because of it... Someone has to do something about this. This is getting out of hand...
Anonymous	too many people are ODing on these!! they should ban the drug!! my heart goes out to all the families that have lost someone from this horrible pill!!
james vicknair
Suzanne Wright	My beautiful talented 22 year old daughter is a victim of this horrible drug. Her addiction to it has caused her to become involved in crime; stealing, lying, etc... this has destroyed our family and cost me my life savings. She's in rehab for the second time and I pray she will get a second chance and not have to do prison time...IF SHE WILL stop using this horrible Satanic drug that has ruined her life. After the first rehab she really did try, but relapsed friends from rehab pulled her back into the gutter. I am almost without hope but I keep praying that she'll stay alive and do what she needs to do to conquer this horrible disease that this horrible drug created. This oxycontin drug is PURE EVIL!!! QUIT MAKING IT. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heather Riley
Timothy S. Stoudt
Ashley Sellars
Vesela Simic
Anonymous
Pamela Moll
Carla	I beg you to please take this addictive drug off the market before it ruins even more lives than it has.There are other alternatives to taking this drug. It should be banned immediately before anymore people become addicted to it. Thank You.
Pam Talbot	Well it has been a year since my son Joseph Thomas Hall IV passed away 09-19-84 - 08-10-09. My heart aches everyday just as it did that horrible Monday. How sad that this drug is still on the market. I don't understand why if all supporters on this website we can't file some kind of class action law suit against them. I am sick and the pain never stops. I have been on the worst roller coaster ride of my life this past year. How do we go on without our kids, I still would like someone to explain how this can happen! My prayers, thoughts, and the tears I shed not only for my son but I shed for all of you. We need to rise up and stand up and this petition to every contact we have and ask that they sign. Love and prayers to all of us, so unnatural for a mother to bury her child just isn't RIGHT. I hope they rot in hell!!!!! And to those of you that may still be using for the love of God please get help, don't put your mother or parents through the nightmare that each of us share on a daily basis. Should anyone need to talk you can email me at: pam.talbot.initialsecure@gmail.com. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
Anonymous
Debbie Messer
Anonymous
Kerri Finley
Alison Clare Southwell	This drug has destroyed so many peoples lives that I know. It has done nothing but bad things, even fatal. Please ban this drug
Rhonda Collins	Oxycontin should have been banned the very minute this country knew there was a problem. It has done nothing but destroy lives. I would bet that there are few who actually have this drug prescribed that are actually using it. Most are selling it on the streets to your and my kids. My heart goes out to all the ones who have lost someone dear due to the lack of judgement in others. I am proudly signing this petition and would encourage everyone else to do so. Let's take our streets back and send the drug dealers to jail where they cannot hurt us anymore!!!
maureen Oliver
Britney Oates
Melissa Hoover	I lost my mother to OxyContin addiction earlier this year, at the age of 49. First, in mind, as the withdrawals from attempts to quit cast her into the bowels of depression and schizophrenic, paranoid delusion. Then, in body, as the constant pain, insomnia, depression, and hallucinations became too much to bear, and she took her own life. All because a doctor thought that heel spur removal surgery was worth getting addicted to heroin. Patients should not be misled by their trusted doctors into thinking that this drug is safe. It has taken too many lives and ruined countless more. Please prevent any more people from suffering as my family has.
Danielle Currey	I DANIELLE CURREY WANT TO PUT A TIGHTER SECURITY ON THESE DRUGS. I JUST FOUND OUT MY BOYFRIEND FOR TWO YEARS HAS BEEN ABUSING ALL KINDS OF INJECT ABLE DRUGS!! PLEASE IT HAS RUINED ME!! I WILL DO ANYTHING TO PUT AN END TO THIS!
Dee
sheila katlin	I have lost a son to this addiction and would like to see it off the market.
Kevin Hall	My nephew is battling addiction with Oxy right now and it has ruined the financial health of my sister's family. He has lost 5 friends to this drug and if he can't win this fight, we'll go down as just another statistic. He's already relapsed several times, threatened suicide, has drug dealers calling his parents home, and continues to struggle with the side affects of withdrawals everyday. But he hasn't given up. Something needs to be done NOW. Good luck to everyone who is struggling with this awful disease.
kelly Wilson
ANGELIC JOHNSON
Cindy Tanski	We must ban oxy before it takes the life of any other person. Thank God my son is finally off that crap. This has taken the lives of so many it needs to be stoped at the resource. NO MORE OXY..................
Abby Merin
Ashley Dudak	This drug sucks the life out of people. It takes away their spark, energy, motivation, sense of humor, shining personality, creativity, uniqueness...it just takes away their hunger for life. There are too many amazing people in my life who I love to death, but I don't know who they are anymore. They are somebody else. This drug has killed too many people, and the ones that are still alive and using are practically dead as well, just going through the motions of life. Maybe if this drug is banned, the world will finally wake up and get that spark back.
Ashlyn White
Noelle M. Perez
Constance McCall
Juanita Hansford
John G Damron
Concetta Schack
Anonymous
Valerie Drushella	In honor of of my brother who died from an Oxycontin overdose and his 2 daughters he left behind.
Mary Scattergood	One son incarcerated, one in rehab. This drug has caused so much pain and suffering to my family. Please stop making it!
Austin	My momma died of a accidental death due to Oxycontin on April 14, 2010
Nevgul Katran	My husband addicted to that poisson that brought our life to almost to the end. I had been married for 6 years and know each other for 9 years. I learned just 2 days ago about this. He lost his job he became complately different person than the man I met.He is still wonderful person I am still madly in love with him to see the person like him can be slave to that legally given to the people and get them addicted than let them to finish their lifes to keep up with that poisson how can it be legal... Our life was typical American dream came through but now I am sitting here writing to the banks, Mortgage company and countless job sites to put our life where it was again.Same day I learned about this we went to rehab and he is checked in for Detox. It has been 2 days and he is so willing to get out of this. Am I convinced or Am I relax? NO NO NO Now we have bigger chalenge to keep him away from that drug and keep him clean..PLEASE THE COMPANY MAKES THIS DRUG CAN'T YOU SEE ALL THIS STORIES AND STILL CARRY ON TO PRODUCE IT IS NOT ANY BETTER THAN MAKING DIRTY DRUG MONEY...WHICH CHILDRENS, WIFES, PARENTS, AND ALL FRIENDS AND FAMILIES SUFFERING TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE YOU GETTING ADDICTED TO THIS POISSON.....PLEASE STOP THIS LIFE RUINNING DRUG.......
Robbie Sternberg	Ban this drug, its destroying many young lives that don't deserve to die. Its a hoax, prescribe them something else!!! Marijuana instead to relive pain!!!!
Janet Kohn	My son Brian died on 2/15/09 to an overdose of OxyContin
Anonymous	2 young men that were friends of our family died from using Oxycotom. A family member became addicted and it was a long, hard battle for them to get set free from this addiction. The State of Florida does not have any laws regulating the dispensing of this very addicting, highly dangerous drug.The crime rate has increased in our county; pharmacies are being robbed for their oxycotin, break ins nd thefts have increased because addicts need to find ways to earn the money they need to purchse the drug. They are not "bad" people, just people who became dependent on this medication and it is one of the most difficult drugs to stop using.
Henry Massingale	Do you all wish to see a truth that has started to unfold ? This is my work and investagation of this Oxycontin. A untold truth that fits right in with your report. The Afghan People are slaves to a Drug Empire and as it would seem, information support that because of American Companies attempt to take over this Heroin Empire is in part of why the attack on 9/11 took place. The stink of human waist in Afghan is a sur-real as the day of 9/11/. Government Officials now look for a way to pull out of Afghan, but the Arabic Drug Empire would kill all who stood with the USA. So will the United States Government betray the people of Afghan ? When the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration step aside and allowed Heroin to be sold in the USA, this shows a miss use of power given to Government Officials by the People. Oh no, no ,no my friends, this is not a conspiracy theory, this is 3 months of put the data together. Other reports of Afghan children and American children born addicted. Also linked to , Scientific data that the use of Heroin / Oxycontin ,is linked mental disorder some call it RAGE, and the break down of the human bodies ability within the em-unity system to fight off colds and it has also been noted that soars develop. At the very first use of this drug, addiction sets in. Now, with in a data search that, 45000 people have died from using Oxycontin. This link is from use not abuse. Abuse sets in from the starts of use .....got it. What is important is that few stood against many and a tyrant and before all is said and done that new life will come to this nation. As it would seem, the Social Grace of the Rich is above the Law as long as the dollar support is at the back door. Do you wish to end this War / drug, then stage a protest march that will awaken the American People, then take this War issue against Purdue Pharmaceutical Company.... I am tired of seeing our Men and Women of the United States Military die as the America Dollar supports our enemy. Join Us...in the web search the following.... International Boycott Of The Arabic Drug Empire Phase 2 ___________________________________________________________ pharmaceutical company purdue linked to 9/11 ___________________________________________________________ So join Us International Boycott Of The Arabic Drug Empire Phase 2 Henry Massingale / FASC Concepts in and for Pay It Forward covers the web post on google Drop by and see why we built a anti crime / war form in a Health Care Reform Concept. To strategically Rebuild America www.fascmovement.mysite.com on google look for page 1 american dream official site
vivian illel	THIS DRUG IS AN EPIDEMIC. IT IS PRESCRIBED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN FLORIDA'S PAIN CLINICS USUALLY RUN BY CHIROPRACTORS. IT RUINED MY HUSBAND AND TOOK HIS SOUL. HE NOW LOST HIS FAMILY, HIS MARRIAGE, HIS HOME, HIS FRIENDS AND HIS CAREER. HE WILL LOSE HIS LIFE NEXT. I AM PERSONALLY GOING TO GO AFTER THE DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBED IT (XAVIER ESCOBAR IN BOCA RATON) AND PERDUE PHARMA. IM DONE. ANY LAWYERS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO GO PRO BONO?
beebe sisso
Jeff Steinberger	This drug is dangerous, and should highly regulated, if not banned all together.
Clayton Johnson
Karen Steinberger
Rosemarie Dziedzic
Richard G. Gionfriddo
Kelli	Makes me sick.
Anonymous	It is very upsetting to me that this drug is legal and distributed in our country--the same country that bans marijuana and holds the highest legal drinking age. It is an outrage to me and it is time to put an end to something so harmful. I have lost cherished friendships because of this drug. Enough.
david zischang
Joel Dziedzic	I have know quite a few who have become addicted to these drugs who are intelligent, good people. My Nephew is now one of them. IF you can ban marijuana, you can ban these drugs.
Anonymous
Beth McCall
Rachel Depasquale	I have taken oxycontin and I have been severly addicted to it. I have since had a problem staying off of them because there everywhere. I agree completly that we should take this drug off the market!
Joshua West	Dear Purdue Pharm. You have done a brilliant job of destroying millions upon millions of lives. I am one of the very few fortunate people whom have escaped your curse. But with all of us combined there will be more and we shall prevail! Purdue we will unit and become one. We will rise against you and your monsters.
Patricia Sims	God Bless us all Everyone
Ashley Janes
Barbara Dziedzic	They need to stop this outbrake of these drug mills in florida today! That is where most of our teenagers are getting this drug. Oxycodone is very widely use in florida.
Marsha Schorr	It was a Saturday night, much like any other. My son, Aaron Fender, was closing the store and he got home around 10:40 p.m. With him was his "friend", Aaron Spiller. While my son, Aaron, was changing clothes to go to Ft. Myers Beach, I didn't make any special effort to hug him - but I didn't know that was the last time I'd see him alive. He told me he loved me as he left and said he would probably not be home as they were staying at the beach. The next morning was Father's Day, 2009, June 21. Around 10:00, I got a call from my son's girlfriend, saying that she wasn't able to awaken Aaron by phone. We got the phone number for Aaron Spiller and talked to him - he said something was wrong with Aaron but that the paramedics were working on him. This was more like noon - we left for the hospital. I knew he was gone. By the time I got to see him, he was cold and rigor mortis was setting in. He had been intubated and had an IV directly into his shin but it was all to no avail. My sweet baby, my only son, was gone. He was with Aaron Spiller, Karianne Spiller and Robert Waters all from Cape Coral, Florida. I thought that maybe my son was not going to drive because they were planning to have some drinks; however, the substance du jour was oxycodone. The method was to crush and snort it. My daughter and I asked if we could clean and dress my son at the funeral home. I cleaned his nose with q-tips and found a lot of blood. I'm sure there was some sign that he was in trouble but these fools he chose to be with that night were too messed up to notice or to care. I miss him every second of every day. He was only 24. Please tell everyone - stay away from oxycontin. It's a killer. If you live in the Fort Myers area - avoid Aaron and Karianne Spiller and Robert Waters; they were no friend to my son and they would be no friend to you.
Julie Follman	It is horrendous that this drug is still being manufactured and sold to the American public. It's pure corporate greed and it's totally wrong.
Rachel
Kristen
Will Maguire	R.I.P. Joe Brown.
debbie lee	I've seen so many people throw their lives away for this disgusting drug, along with roxys. A lot of good people turn bad and get get out of it. GET RID OF THIS DRUG NOW!!!
Brian Felberbaum
alyssa paponetti	Personally i have not lost anyone close to me from this terrible drug, but my oldest brother was addicted to them and has been sober for 4 years now. But i do know many people from my high school, people who i have known for years, yet no close friends who have died because of this horrific epidemic that has effected my community. To those families who did lose a loved one, i send my deepest and most sincere condolences. This pill which is so powerful and harmful is so accessible MUST be banded, it is doing more harm then good.
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Elizabeth Maguire	Please get these pill mills shut down. This"medication" is dangerous and more often than not due to its ease of access this legal street "heroin" is a piss poor way to stimulate the economy. I as im sure countless others lost a family member to suicide. He later admitted in a note that it was "unpreventable due to his addiction." There are hundreds of different medications on the market to help people like my mother who is currently prescribed to roxycontin without the devastating effects of this terrible concoction that i strongly believe is on the market to make money for the pharmecuitals who have their hands in washington. A single visit to a Dr. in a clinic can cost min. $400.accepted only in cash, just to have someone look at an mri and fill your script.
Anonymous	This killed 2 of my close childhood friends and nearly destroyed the life of many relatives
Stephanie Johnson	Oxycontins are horrible addicting drugs that doctors give to innocent people and they end up stuck on them because they didnt realize the high risk of addiction this pills cause!! I have seen way to many people go down the wrong path due to these awful pills. I wish our drug administration would stand up and put a stop to this!! They kill people and ruin lives everyday!! I am sorry to all that have been effected by these pills or have seen the effects these pills have had on their loved ones :(
Ruth Cottrill	I lost my baby brother to an overdose of oxycontin one June 2, 2001. He had been my life long best friend now he is gone. He left behind a ten year old daughter who worshiped him. We, his family will never get over this loss. I am aware of five other deaths from oxycontin just in my little piece of the world. Please, please, please, get rid of it.
Anonymous	I lost my baby brother to an overdose of oxycontin one June 2, 2001. He had been my life long best friend now he is gone. He left behind a ten year old daughter who worshiped him. We, his family will never get over this loss. I am aware of five other deaths from oxycontin just in my little piece of the world. Please, please, please, get rid of it.
Brittany Potter	A little over a year ago my life was taken over by Roxies, living in south Florida this drug was all around me and consumed me. Everyday was a struggle, I lost friends, stole from loved ones, and was killing my parents everyday. I've been clean for almost six months now, gave it up, I had to disconnect myself from all my other using friends. A little over two weeks ago my ex and good friend hung himself to escape this horrible drug. We had grow distant because I had to get away from everyone. He felt he had no other choice, I wish I could have been there to tell him he did. Joe was a great person, smart funny, charming and very handsome. He had a lot of potential which was destroyed by this evil drug. I wish he could have escaped like I did. I miss him everyday.. R.I.P. Joseph Michael Brown 4/17/88 - 7/19/10 I blame all the pain doctors and pain clinics. This drug is too easy to get a hold of, to get a prescription of roxies you have to be 21 years of age, have a MRI no older than 5 years I believe, and a lot of cash. They do not except insurance and sometimes even have a pharmacy in the clinic. They prescribe perfectly healthy people 240 roxies a month, that's more than they send major surgery patients home with. I know this because this is how my friends and I would get them, it is way to convenient, just driving around in south Florida every 10 minutes you will see a pain clinic, as well as advertisement in local papers for discounts "first initial visit free" "fill the script here and receive 10% off" there are even billboards to advertise these legal drug dealers!! All the while these doctors and clinic owners are banking off this horrible addiction. Shame on you all! This country needs to do something about this corruption before it is too late for other fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, lovers and friends.
steven pearson	i know alot of peopla who has died and reuiend their live from oxycontin. i say get rid of it all.......
Danielle Cremeans	i know alot of peopla who has died and reuiend their live from oxycontin. i say get rid of it all.......
Ginger
Velika Maxam
Diana Ballato
stephanie walker	This drUg is ripping peoples lives apart
stephanie walker	This drUg is ripping peoples lives apart
joshua hedger
julia rivett	This is the sadest excuse for a death. The fact that it is the medical community's responsibility and fault and so preventable is just disheartening. Where is their moral creed? Although all too late for many, perhaps we can still save the lives of the upcoming. Best Wishes from San Antonio, Texas and Thank you for supporting our anguish.
Joshua Wadley	Oxycontin is a drug that destroys more lives than saves them.
Savvy Salino	I have a loved one who is losing the battle with drugs. She was an amazing girl, had tons of potiental, a wonderful n loving family, she could of had a wonderful life. She's been on and off of drugs for over a decade now, in rehab countless times, she's gotten oxys from doctors and from the streets. She just won't stop untill she destroys herself. There are way too many people who abuse these drugs! These drus should be completly removed from the market!!!
Jayne Deupree	Praying only............
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LR	Any doctor that prescribes this drug to a patient that walks into their office is nothing more than a dope pusher. If a person is capable of walking, they do not need this drug. The best thing that could happen would be for doctors that prescribe this drug for anything less serious than terminal cancer be brought to justice, and put in jail. Another great idea would be for everyone in this post to get off their butts and get outside with a great big sign protesting government approval of this horrific drug. Walk in front of your own city hall if you can't get to the White House. Do something! Do anything! Find out who your loved ones are getting the drug from and REPORT THEM! Do anything you can to help get this drug off of our streets. Purdue makes the drug so make sure you give them a phone call and let them know what you think of it.
mark a. Howell	this drug is killing and messing with many of my friends and family
Erica Corn
Jacob M. Walker	I have seen the full effect of oxycotin. I have seen families and friendships get tore apart do to oxycotin addictions.
Kristin Underwood	I have friends an family members that are addicted to Oxycontin or some other form of prescription drug. Something needs to be done about this epidemic we are having. If marijuana can't be legal, than either should these drugs.
Shari Ritchie	I also think Doctors and Pharmacists should have a database of some kind to check into where a person's name and info is kept to see when and where they've gotten other narcotics due to those who Doctor-shop. Those who don't comply with it by checking first before writing the script or despensing it should be held criminally responsible with jail time and a hefty fine!! JMHO
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Sharron Blais	I am fighting to save my son who is addicted to Oxycodone. There is an epidemic in this Country. Our children are dying from this drug. Contact your State Legislatire and Congress and ask them to pass legislation for a National Tracking System for these drugs. Florida is the number one offender. People drive from the North to get their scripts here because they are easier to get. Wake up America. The to e to act is now before more our children die!
jenifer walker	i think they suck and even if a dr. gives them to u they still get abused and i think they should b outlawed like meth and crack cause they screw up peoples lives
roberto velazquez	I would hope in the future the FDA will take a harder look a drug before it is approved.
jennifer burch	Ive lost 3 people to this and at the age of 24, i shouldnt be able to say that
susan minor-morgan
Amanda Chafin	this drug is more than a virus its a epidemic sweeping across this nation....=(
Aleshia Crimmons
Patricia Proulx	My son passed away in 2006. This is a deadly drug.
Jonathan Jones	I've had way to many friends die from usig pills and i think it needs to stop forever. please just stop doing them!!!!!!!!!! 1
Garrett Hann	It is despicable that this drug is actually put out on the market. My heart goes out to all those who lost any loved ones.
Jessica Miller	I will do whatever it takes to rid of these horrible drugs that are taking away and killing todays youth. Something MUST be done!!
jay conner	I think a class action lawsuit should be filed against the FDA for ever allowing LEGALIZED HEROIN to be put on the market. what is the cost per life?
John Norman Crook	Goddamn the pushers of OxyContin. My sisters life has recently been taken. I cant tell everyone reading this how painful it was to see her on life support. It was absolutely preventable and I tried, the week of June 10, twice to get help for her. In a short space of time July 17 to July 26 her liver failed. This is too painful to write anymore except STOP THE GENOCIDE.
Guy Monnin	My son is smoking this stuff, there is no place for this drug.
Nancy McGuire
Patty Cowling
Kristen Lollis	Hopefully if enough people stand up and say something it will make a diffrence!!!
Joseph O'Riordan
Chad Thompson	If manatees where dieing at the rate this drug is killing our friends, family members, and people we have never come in contact with, PITA would be all over this. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE and especially in FLORIDA!
Mark Turnbull	I simply wanted to thank PurduPharma for all of the lives they have destroyed or innocent people they have MURDERED. A special thank you for keeping East Tennessee pill slingers well supplied as you continue to produce your poison.
stewart hanick
Andrea Svensson	I am in recovery from oxy... this drug that is handed out so easily is rediculous not only has my life been completely altered by this drug but also my family,my mom my son so on and so forth they need to almost slap a lable on the bottle that says... IF YOU TAKE THIS MEDICATION YOU WILL MOST likely BECOME DEPENDENT/and ADDICTED! I will keep praying for all the families that have been affected by this and hope one day soon we can over come this epidemic! Oxycontin has caused soooo many catastrophic events its just absolutely sickening!
Anonymous	This drug is devouring the lives of some of our most valuable people...OUR CHILDREN. Families who are dealing with oxycontin addicts are left asking themselves "How did this happen?" We've got to do something about this problem! Please FDA, help us get rid of this terrible drug.
Alexandria Pierce	This is a dangerous drug that has hurt and taken control of too many of my friends and family members. It's just not worth it.
Tyler Butler	Please take this drug off the streets. And throw away these doctors who are prescribing it to people knowing what it will do to them.
Lynda Robinson	My son an artist and wonderful man is addicted to Oxycontn. He works in the restaraunt business in sarasota florida. It is prevalent. My neighbors husband who has just passed retired from Purdu Pharm. She gets a great pension. I cannot stand to even know that she gets this. Making money off of herion that has ruined my whole family. Is there anything I can do to stop this madness in my community. Please let me know. Thank you Sincerely Lynda J Robinson
Joyce Stackpole	My Son has been on them ever since he was injured in an auto accident 2 years ago, he has had several friends die from overdosing, and still continues to use, I guess they have a much stronger hold on him! The doctors in Florida hand them out like candy...It has to stop!! My son was finally admitted to the Hospital today for detox ,and hopefully from there Rehab! My heart goes out to all the families that have lost loved ones due to this unnecessary drug.
Alexandria Lindner
Anonymous	I have seen this drug affect my family and friends. Here in pinellas county florida this drug is an epidemic. It is highly addictive and can be found so easily here. My brother gets them perscribed to him for back pain from a slipped disc and he is only 20 years old. He is high on them and not just using them for pain. He is mixed up with the wrong people and his life is goin no where. I also had a friend hooked on them and she stole so much from me and pawned all her dead grandma's jewelry to pay for these drugs. This stuff ruins people!
Carrie Wilson
john mcdonald	I was addicted to oxycontin for five years and it ruined my life. My brother is in prison for six years for stealing them from a pharmacy because he was so addicted to them. Oxycontin has destroyed peoples lifes and will continue to do so unless something is done about it. I want to thank the ones that have taken the time to help stop this epidemic. Respectfully, John Mcdonald
Rhonda Waterhouse Melton	This drug needs to be taken off the market because it is so addictive and has caused so many kids that I know personally to get hooked and then they can't get off it and they start stealing in order to get more. Please stop distribution to new patients and set up a program for those who currently use this drug as perscribed.
diane boyd	Satin's drug, Satin's drug, Satin's drug, Satin's drug my daughter's friend just hanged himself in a hospital bathroom because he was in hell going thurgh withdraw from this evil....stop satin from taking any more lives stop this drug !!!!
kristin mcdevitt	Heres the deal and we all know it. These doctors charge anywhere from 75-150 for a vist they write a PRESCIPTION FOR oxycodone then expect the patient to come back in 3 to 4 weeks then the patient has to pay the doctor again etc... COME ON!! Americas not stupid we know its a game with certain heartless doctors. Any pill that leaves you with suicidal, my skin is ripping out of my body type withdrawls from one flippin day um HELLO!!!! why would anybody prescibe it??? It doesnt make any any sense what so ever for there to be any pill or doctor made like this. If a person cant go one day without a pill then why prescibe it?? Is this noraml I dont think so!!!! There are other pain killer narcotics that have a similar effect and these doctors shouldnt being writing presciptions for oxycodone on a first visit anyway.... there a million other narcotis they can try before going to oxycodone.. AGAIN!! FDA.. why ever make a pill that you cant miss one day because if you do you'll miss out on the rest of your life because you'll kill yourself because the withdrals are so bad now if this doesnt have a valid point as to never make a medicine that you cant go one freakin day without it because it has such horrible withdrals DONT MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
D. Roberts	I have family members and some friends who are addicited to oxycontin. it is messing up peoples lives. PLEASE band this drug.
Carrie Johnson	I personally have became addicted to Oxycontin and now am thankfully clean. This is a horrible drug that is very addicting. Many friends and family of mine have died from this drug. I am thankful I am here today and no longer using, not so many people are so lucky. I wish my brother was here today, because of this drug, he is not. Please, save other people's lives and ban Oxycontin. Thank you.
Christie McLaughlin	I am a RN and worked as a nurse in a county jail for five years. Prescription drug addiction is out of control and we must stop pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma from selling addicting substances. They should be held responsible for the deaths caused by OxyContin. If we have any politician with a conscience or any intelligent member on the board of the FDA, we need them to stand up to these diseputable pharmeceutical companies who continue to lie to the public and only care about their bottom line. If left unattended, the OxyContin problem will unavoidably touch each of their lives personally. Please ban OxyContin now! The numbers are in! We cannot afford to ignore this vice any longer.
Chase Chandler	Please help me stop this addiction!
Tanya Evett	My child's addiction to Oxycontin is destroying her. This drug is running rampant and causing a plague in my community. If it were a virus causing this situation, everyone would scramble to find a cure. It has to stop before we lose our youth.
Samantha Beran	My best friend's suicide is what started my addiction to oxycontin. Ironic; since he killed himself to escape the withdrawals he was going through, to escape the dealers he owed money, to escape the insatiable urge to do absolutely anything to feel that warmest blanket on the coldest day. I started snorting them immediately; at first, just a quarter of a 30mg roxy, once a week... before I knew it, I was wrapped up in a 10-pill-a-day habit just to not be dope sick. I built relationships, platonic and romantic, based solely on our mutual sickness. The craving made us all closer. When my (now ex-) boyfriend got arrested and sent to rehab, I decided it was time to get clean as well. I didn't leave my house for a month, and with the support of an incredible family, made it through the first 10 days of absolute hell. I would not wish oxy withdrawals on my worst enemy. The feeling is best described by Burroughs in Naked Lunch: "He stood there in elongated court room shadow, his face torn like a broken film by lusts and hungers of larval organs stirring of the tentative ectoplasmic flesh of junk kick (ten days on ice at time of the First Hearing), flesh that fades at the first silent touch of junk. I saw it happen. Ten pounds lost in ten minutes standing with the syringe in one hand holding his pants up with the other, his abdicated flesh burning in a cold yellow halo..." We've been there, or we've seen it, or we're watching it happen right now. And I can promise you, that the only thing I wanted in the world when I was in the grip of active addiction, was for someone to shake me and say, "I know you're not okay, and I'm willing to do anything to make you yourself again, if you're willing." Don't be afraid to confront the person in your life who is using; you just may save their life.
Amanda Sarlo	RIP Trevor Russell!!! Forever missed and loved!!
Aaron Makinson	My best friend has overdosed and the doctor doesn't think he's going to make it. I'm going to see him in the hospital and do everything I can to try and wake him from his coma. He has so much to live for being 19 and I just can't accept a reality without him.
Anonymous	I was addicted for 3 and a half years and am currently almost 2 years clean. So many of my friends, if they are still alive, are addicted and what it does to you, if it doesn't kill you, is so sad. It changes you into a completely different person and you care about nothing but getting more to get you through. The sickness it causes when your out is the worst sickness I have ever felt in my life. The muscle aches (causing you to flop around like a fish out of water), cold sweats, yawning, shits, and emotional sadness are unbareable to where you will go to any extent to get more to feel normal, like everyone else. That's when you know your hooked. When you no longer get high, but feel normal. This "medication" needs to be taken off the market so no one else will ever have to go through what I went through. It took rehab and many caring family members and friends to save me. Not everyone has those options though. My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone else who has lost a family member or friend to this terrible addiction.
Jessica Smith	The addiction to OxyContin is ruining families and claiming lives of our young people.
Kevan Tolley
Steven Prescott
Nikki Reynolds	Two of my friends have passed away because of this. It is an epidemic that hasn't halted a bit in my area. I don't think I should have to count on more than one hand how many people I know who are using this drug. When I ask how someone I haven't seen in awhile is doing, and other people respond with "oxy user" I already know how they are doing, and it isn't living. It's as if they are slowly dying. I don't want mothers to bury their children.
Shannon Unrue
Lori Ann Hoffman	My husband just got out of detox for Oxycontin. I consider my husband to be one of the "lucky ones". It was only because I informed his family doctor that he was abusing the Oxycontin, the doctor refused to write him anymore scripts AND I was ready to leave him (because I told him that, while I absolutely adored the person he USE TO BE - he was no longer that person - he was a stranger - I absolutely REFUSED to watch him kill himself and the man that I fell in love with) - that he agreed to get help. This drug consumed him. It was ALL HE THOUGHT ABOUT - IT WAS ALL HE LIVED FOR. This Sunday he will be clean and sober - Oxy and alchohol free 2 WEEKS!!! The man I fell in love with has returned to me!!!
Roger Hambleton	My son is addicted to this drug and I'm afraid I will have to attend his funeral before mine. This drug is as easy to get as cigaretts but much more deadly.
John Norman Crook
lauren R	this is a horrible poison.
Cody Nelson
jessica Nelson
tracylyn spiller
Danielle Emiliano
Shannon Garber
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Susan King	Oxycontin almost killled my daughter. I blame the Doctors for placing her and this as well as Methadone and Xnax together. She was rushed to the er t least 3 times and they revived her. ALL OF THE ABOVE DRUGS ARE BEING SOLD ON THE STREET. If you have any of this stuff in your medicine cabinet please hide it from everone in your house and be careful the combination of the drugs Will KILL YOU.
Frances Calzaretta
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Melissa Heatwole	OxyContin has affected my life in the most destructive ways. I have lost family and friends to its addiction properties. Its substance abuse also stems from its easy avalability processes to obtain illegally.
David Blondin	ocs dont help people its way to easy for people to get them on the streets its time to get rid of them so we can make peoples life better.
Maureen Henson	It is about time something is done.
amy loulan
Amber Stegall
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Bonnie DeMoss	My brther & sister were addicted to this drug. My brother lost the love of his life to an overdose of it!! So Ban it Plaese!!!!!
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Brittany Henson	OxyContin, RoxyCodone, etc should most definitely be banned.. it ruins lives, I know first hand, as I was addicted to the pills myself.. some people are not so lucky to get out of the addiction alive or at all, I have lost many close friends to this drug as well as a few loved ones die from this drug. <33 RIP - C.A., M.B., C.W.
Maureen Henson
Nicole Brogan
Anonymous	I have had friends get addicted.. lose jobs, friends and family memembers due to this drug.. I call it the blue devil. It is horrible.. it is worse than heroine.. it is a syntheric heroine that causes permentant damage... It is amazing to me how many people get these persribed to them. It is horrible.
Emily Beckstrom	I was addicted to Roxycets when I was 17 years old and I wrecked my car, lost my friends, and almost died in the hospital because of them. I have also lost a friend who overdosed on oxycontin.
Heather	I feel that is very important to ban OxyContin and should be taken very seriously. I have watched this drug destroy one of my family members and I wish it was never available to them. I watched him steal from his only family with no thought of anyone else and what he was doing. Also watched him lose his own new family that he started and take no care about his wife and kids. It was an evil evil drug that took over him unfortunanlty and I would hate to see it do that to someone else. He transformed into a total different person that I NEVER seen before.
Jonathan	Ban this drug, its ruining lives and killing thousands of young people! Ban this killer once and for all!
skyler andrews
Candace Reyes
Melanie Higgins
Jennifer Goodwin	Simply ruining lives of young people.
Tiffany Gonzalez
Shawn Riddle	I have had many people in my life badly affected by OxyContin. 2 of which I tried to get help for. I would take them to the clinic once a week for medication and one I actually made stay with me while he was being rehabilitated. It is a horrible drug. I tried to help these two but they just kept finding it behind my back and as soon as they would take them I knew. I knew because they would become angry for no reason or begin crying out of nowhere. Long conversations going in circles and very repetitive were also a sign. I'm afraid this drug might kill them one day. Either from an overdose or get shot by a drug dealer. Hope this will help to influence someone that can do something about this vile drug.
Amber Livingston	This drug took my best friend of 14 years..and the result of her death was because of this addiction..she was too young to die. Someone needs to put a stop to this..SOON
Amber Livingston
Anya Booher	one of my dear friends lost her boyfriend do this drup and i believe it should be banned
VITO CICORIA	COME OUT WITH MEDICATION THAT HELPS PEOPLE'S PAIN, WITHOUT MAKING THEM HIGH. GOD BLESS.
Michelle Christy	Have lost too many good friends to such a horrible drug! Please get rid of these things!!
Ballentyne Murphy
heather	stop killing my geration with these pills.
ERIC DUBERKE	I HAVE LOST TWO CLOSE FRIENDS AND KNOW OF MANY OTHERS DUE TO THIS DEVILS DRUG. ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS OF OF OUR STREETS AND AWAY FROM OUR YOUNG KIDS.
Andrew C
Anonymous
Dana L Flint
kendall binkley
Erin Kelley
Anonymous
Melissa Bruno
Christopher Carpenter	This drug has killed way to many of my friends and family and has destroyed plenty more peoples lives.
Anonymous	This is A Drug you really don't want ANYONE in your FAMILY to take, It's just going to KILL them, or get them HOOK on this DRUG.... The DOCTORS LOVE TO GIVE THIS OUT FREELY.... I HOPE YOU HEAR ME, I KNOW, Because My SON was on it, and we almort LOST HIM....
Alycia Burke
Juliette Huerta
Patricia Toney	I am fortunate that my son was able to complete a residental treatment program recently and get out from under his addiction to this drug. He had to go out of state to get help. More needs to be done to make this drug less available and to make treatment to addiction more available.
gary roberts	Oxycontin is responsible for taking and ruining too may lives and cons completely outweigh the pros. I myself aquired and abused oxycontin illegally. It has become very easy to obtain dispite the fact it is "only" available by prescription. There are safer alternatives to oxycontin. and suboxin is only a band-aid. Realisticly, it seems as though a way that drug manufacterers can further profit from this epidemic. I support a ban of oxycontin, and would do so publicly. P.S. I have gone sucessfuly 18 months without the use of oxycontin.
Rachel Humphrey	Lets not lose any more teenagers or young adults to this drug...get it off of our streets and put doctors in prison who are selling it like drug dealers legally or somewhat leagally!!!! NOW we can lose any more!!!!!
armand savoie jr	I was addicted to oxys for a long time 3 months ago i decided to change my life... On July 8, 2010 i lost my girlfriend of more than three years... Pain killers were responsable for her death.... Some people need really need them for pain... I think they should be more controlled... the question is how... idk... but something really needs to be done..... This drug kills and ruins familys...
Kenneth Bridgeman	I disdain what oxycotin is doing to ggod people, its ruining lives and the lives of those who love the unsuspection people who get addicted. BAN IT NOW
Anthony Croce
Rob Cartwright	I have 2 friends that are brothers who are in their second trip into rehab from this stuff. They were stealing LP tanks and weedwackers from their family and neighbors to come up with money for their fix. They lost all their friends. They wrote checks from their girlfriends checkbooks and cashed them. I found one of them sleeping in a bowl of spaghetti when we were supposed to be going out on the lake. This drug is horribly addicting and it has ruined their entire life. They lost all their friends, their family has no respect for them and has pretty much disowned them. Its a sad but true story, and I'm sure that there are people who have seen worse. And I feel for you my friend. I really do!
Leslie Walker	Ban it! People need to be educated about the dangers that exist. Leslie Walker
David Olson
NICOLE CICORIA	PLEASE LET THIS BE REAL.
Melissa Hassan
Nabila Gomez	Ban this drug it has ruined many people's lives and lost a good friend due to an overdose. This is drug is not helping people it killing people and destroying many young lives including my closet friends. For the love of God, Please!!!
Tori Miller
Devon Plante	Ive wasted too many years due to this drug and its ruined too many of my friends lives. Ban this evil drug from pharmacy Hell and find some non heroin related way to kill pain.
Daphne Shapiro	I'm all for the ban of OxyContin! My son was addicted to them, and many of his friends have been as well (and some still are). Though my son has been through withdrawal and is now "clean" I still worry that he can relapse and go back to using. I live in South Florida--the haven for pain clinics which dispense these drugs. Our community and children would be better served by having ALL of these clinics closed and their owners jailed. Ban this drug!!
John Norman Crook
Alyssa Abe
Joshua Owens	I was a victim to oxycotin and I am now off them now that I went to a rehab..
Brian Nielsen	This drug almost took my life and has caused a lot of pain in the lives of my family and friends. My condolonces to the families who have lost someone to OC
james hensley	oxy's, and roxy's are bad mkay.
Alyson Purdum
Sharon Kirkman
michael monroe	this drug and any other like it should be banned.. ive lost many friends to death and ddiction to this idiotic pill form of heroin.....if anyone feels the same about their friends and family they should sign thi s too
Mayumi Togawa
Kayla Hodgkin
Antjelina Newman
Anonymous	HEY DR's get a clue. I've seen only ONE Dr. on this and i wonerdered why until i drove down all the beach front homes. To all the docters out there, your sitting pretty in your awesome home while humans are dying... becuase you can't figure out a plan to resolve pain, you just write a script and call it a day...... STOP the prescriptions and start being a true DR. the BAN starts with YOU. With all do respect to the DR's that are not prescribing it. I had a good friend who was a physical fitness instructor, had an injury and turned him into a walking time bome after the prescription. tried getting off and could not. didn't speak to him in mths and one morning he called at 7 am wondering why i left his house with all his pills and repeated the voice mail 52 times ending at noon. That's only a taste of what happened to him, hope he's doing better these days.... : ( STOP THIS DRUG NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
mike pishioneri
Daniel Dieppa	Ban this drug, its ruined many peoples lives and has taken the life of my dear friend Justin Krempasky and has broken his beloved fiancee's heart and has tore his family's heart apart. RIP 4/8/84- 7/2/2010. This is horrible, prescription drugs are supposed to help people not kill people!!! Please, for the Love of God and its children!
Coogi Knight	For my mommy... J33ZY!!
Randy Sexton	For J33ZY!!
Anonymous
Matt Day	For J33ZY!!
HOLLY GRAFF	Please, for the sake of my daughter
Jennifer Erramelli
Julia Grande
lanie walker
lanie
nikalette weinhofer	IT RUINS LIVES.
Tammy Tesauro
Christina Secondo
Danny Roberts	Let's do something about this!
Chrissy	This Drug is HORRIBLE!!!!!!It has taken many lives around me please Ban this drug!!!!!!!
Yesenia Sanin	I am 23 yrs old, my fiancee of 7yrs was 26yrs old; he was prescribed Oxycontin for 2 years since the economic crisis started. He was laid off from work and went to a pain clinic for anxiety and back pain. The doctor prescribed him 90 xanax and 150 Oxycontin per month; that is just insane! We were going to get married this year in Vegas and get a place together; he was the perfect most smartest man I ever laid eyes on. He recently passed away due to Oxycontin and witness the love of my life pass away in my arms. I want to see this drug banished; it is lethal and will cause cardiac arrest at any given moment. I will never be the same without him, he was my life! All of these pain clinics must be ban as well; these so called doctors don't care!!
Peter maat	Ban this drug, it does more harm then good!!
mark Oschmann	This drug is doing way more harm than good, it is killing our children. There is no control of it, how many lives and familys need to be ruined for the drug companies to make enough money. Stop it not before more people die Mark Oschamnn
Reagan Atkins
veronica shaner
Reba Kelly
Grant Temple	We have watched a family member fall from grace and it took many years to get her back on her feet. She still has an unsteady gait from this experience and will never truly be free of this addictive and life altering experience. Unfortunately she still requires this drug, though at the lowest dosage possible.
Jenna Mahramus	Epidemic.
gina powers
Melissa Napierala	How many loved ones will you lose because of this awful drug? I've already lost a few....This drug needs to be pulled off the market.
Robert Wood	For those I know, that need the help.
Lunden Curns	My dad died last year from being year from abusing this medication. I am only 10 years old and I miss his every day, I was robbed of not having my daddy here. Please don't let another kid go through what I went through. I love you daddy. Kyle Anthony Curns 7.9.1977 - 1.24.09 RIP!!!
Keri Santos	In January 2009 my son lost his father because of his addiction to this medication. He abused them and his doctors handed them out like a person giving away candy on Halloween. They must be regulated if not banned, so many people are loosing there lives to this drug. People are loosing there children, parents, sisters and brothers. Stop the abuse of Oxycontin and save lives.
Anonymous	There is no need for pain clinics. It's causing more people to get hooked and do horrible things including die.
lisa ioannou	My best friend Kyle Curns died two years ago January from liver disease due to Oxycontin. He was only 32 years old and had been addicted to the drug for about 10 years. I hate this drug. I also have at least 20 other friends who are addicted. All of them were present at Kyle's funeral and are still addicted regardless. This is in my opinion the most dangerous drug in the world. I have seen people kick heroine habits easier.
Anonymous	Please ban this horrible drug. They gave it to my mother after surgery and she is so afraid of running out. It can take hold of you faster than you realize.
Linda Williams
Anonymous	I would like to see it banned.. My brother has developed a problem with prescription drugs due to friends who have obtained illegal and fraudulent prescriptions and sold them!
dominic
johnny zaferis
jeff zaferis
milton zafeis
marrion arrington
christina arrington
dawn baggs	I have had 5 surgeries, none of which i was given opiates for pain-i survived just fine=life hurts sometimes, deal with it. i believe that these herioine type drugs should be limited to terminal patients like they used to be. My family has a large history of cancer and the terminal patients did not get it till the very end when they needed it to have some quality of life left. the dr.s nowadays give it out like candy-i work in a hospital and have seen addicts in real trauma situations suffer needlessly because they had such a tolerance to the pain meds. soooo sad. govmt-do something positive for a change-strictly regulate who can get these drugs-only terminal patients who won't have to detox or rehab later but can die with a little dignity-it might be you or a loved one day suffering needlessly because of abuse.
Jill Marselle Vargas	I wish strength and perseverance,to not only the poor souls addicted to this horrible drug, but to their families as well.
Steven Michael SykeS	I mistakenly took half an oxycontin thinking it was just like a vicodin or percocet. The next day I had a seizure and had to be rushed to the hospital. This drug is no good.
Anonymous
Anonymous	This prescription drug is becoming an epidemic in USA. Young adults and adults alike are getting hooked, and it's too frightening to ignore. To all the parents who have lost their loved ones to this precription drug, my heart goes out to all of you. Please FDA please hear the crys of American parents.
E. Brant Ross	Prohibition didn't work and neither does any method of trying to 'control' oxycontin. Let's stop making it so nobody can get it and die!
Debbie Speak-Ross
Chris Nuzzo	I have many friends addicted to this drug and woul love to see it gone from the pharmacy shelves.
Kaley Mack
Ariana
Rossi Holland
Victoria Rockwell
Reanna Witt
Holly LIs	It is much easier to take a away this pill....than take away someones life...forever loved!
Anonymous
Tracy Cherry	I have a very dear friend whose son is battling addiction and I fear the addiction will win and break her heart. This stuff cannot do anyone good...it needs to be banned!
Brittany Bickel	I was 17 yrs old when a dirty doctor prescribed me to oxycodone. It almost destroyed my life and it killed many of my friends.
Janet L Cabascango, LMHC, NCC
Marcia Rosemeier
Pam Finne	For Billy Foulkes and all the other really good people who get hooked on this stuff, I want to be included in the efforts to stop the OxyContin drug from even be produced.
Sandra Finne	I have two grandchildren who are addicted to oxycontin and would love to see that drug banished forever. I fear I will lose both of them to this horrible addiction.
Deborah Cliver	There are less addictive ways to deal with pain. This drug should at the very least be so restricted as to be virtually impossible to obtain.
Lou-Ann W	My son is currently 3 months in recovery from Oxycontin. At least 5 of his friends have overdosed/died as a result of Oxycontin. Please help get this drug off of the planet.
Shawna C
Lindsey Foulkes	For my brother, Billy Foulkes, as he continues to battle his addiction daily. He has made it 3 months and counting! Thank you Open Homes Orlando. In memory of Joshua Burkett. Always in our hearts.
Anonymous	/i was hooked on this stuff since 2003 owed to a car crash and tried twice to get off it. each time the doctor gave me more, i was on dilaudid which chewed up half my pancreas. i have serious issues with my digestion tract that may not be able to be cured. right now even as i write this i am in detox at home on my 3rd day and still fee likee hell. if it doesnt get better i will kill myself by 2 days from now b/c i can not sleep, and have diaherra all the time. thisis one of the wrost drugs i have ever encountered and the makers ofthis med should be shot, or at least tmade to take thisd drug themsleves and see what itis like to detox from it and see how they like it. then maybe they would understand. i lost 54 pounds on this drug and my hair fell out. i am 54 yrs old and if i dont recover from this soon i want to kill myself with a gun in my head.
Justin Jones	Lost a lot of close friends to this dangerous drug, shouldnt even be on the market.
Amanda Herbert
keri boyer
katie sutherland	doing this for one of the best people i have ever known.. and for all the other ppl this drug has taken... i love you peanut
dayna patterson
Anonymous
Lisa Lamb	my ex-fiance was addicted to oxycontin, never could get off until he finally went to jail. it was a definite downward spiral in his life. he knew he was addicted but he just couldn't get off the things until it was too late. shame on the medical field for continuing to prescribe to unknowing patients.
Briana Knapp	It is so sad to see so many young people dying from this drug.
max m. will
sg	Those we have lost can never be replaced, and the minor pain which this drug eases will never be worth the misery it puts in its place.
Jenna Akins
Kurt Kirby	Just spent a month in rehab because of Oxycontin. Something needs to be down to get this epidemic under control!
Mary Moran	this stuff is killing to many people and destroying to many lives. Needs to be stopped today,before we have an epidemic of drug addicts addicted to this crap. Im amazed the FDA ever approved this crap
Joanne Hock	I just had my best friend pass away from oxycontin we have got to stop this!
Michael Buckner	It's common sense to take OxyContin off the market.
Tom Blauch
Larry C.Miller	A good friend of mine in Tampa Florida died from this drug(Oxycontin)in April 2010.He was only 38 years old with a young wife and beautiful 9 year old daughter.
Robert Kouveras
Cindy Weinrich	My son, Tyler Quigley, would be celebrating his 20th birthday on July 28, 2010. Would be - if it were not for the fact that his uncontrollable addiction to Oxycontin resulted in his death. Local drug dealers gave Tyler the pills for back pain. Once he was addicted - they started charging him $15.00 per pill. He spent all of his savings, lost his job, nearly lost his girlfriend of four years and flunked out of college. He tried desperately to stop the pills, but ultimately decided that he would never beat the addiction, so on December 14, 2009 he took his own life. He had so much to live for - but these killer drugs took away any feelings of hope or happiness he could muster up. The sad thing is - he didn't have to die, nor did the countless others - the production of these drugs and the greedy "pill mill" clinics that dispense them need to be stopped.
Nancy Everidge Congelio
Erick Pacheco	Used to be addicted to this horrible drug. I wouldn't wish this nightmare upon anyone. It's truly a world changing addiction that will envelop every little thing u do daily. If u know anyone doing it intervene as soon as possible it only gets worse never better.
Shannon	This drug should only be available to those who are in Hospice.
Addict	...its what needs to be done!
John Hendricks
Kellie Martel	I was a pharmacy technician, and I was robbed at gunpoint by an oxycontin addict. It was over a year ago, and I still have issues going to ANY store alone. The addict was caught (after he robbed 6 other pharmacies), and has been setenced to 32 years in prison. It's a rough way to overcome an addiction, but by not having access to it in prison, he will. How about we prevent the addiction in the first place and ban this drug?!
Joe G.	these things are soooo good, they're bad.... big problem in florida in the last 10 years
Anonymous
Ryan	THESE PILLS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET ASAP! TO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE DIEING OR RUINING THERE LIFE DUE TO A DAM PILL...DO ALL OF US A FAVOR AND GET RID OF THEM
Kristine Bland	I am a victim of this epidemic and would like to be heard regarding this manner. Please contact me anytime at this number 813-735-3206.
Matt Harris	My county, (Pasco), in FL has one of the highest addiction and fatality rates in this state (Look up OxyContin OD and arrest statistics for Pinellas and Pasco counties). My town of Holiday, FL has a huge drug problem with crack and "blues", (at last count, there are 17 pharmicies within a 5 mile radius of my 'hood!) Because of a lack of people taking a stand against this drug, millions of people across the state are losing thier lives, thier families, and thier freedom to big government drug dealers. The first step to taking back our streets and communities is to become politcally aware and pay attention to anyone in office who can get this drug out of our schools and our homes. God bless all those who have recovered from addiction to this and other opiates. Until the right person comes into office, we will all suffer and Florida will continue to have the "blues".
anna tucker
Marion Trimble
Cynthia O'Donnell	My son died of oxycontin overdose on May 31st 2010. I found him in the basement and tried to resitate him but nothing was working. 911 was called and still no response from my son. He was a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph H.S. Honor Student and was going into his second year in college. I had no idea that he was doing this drug. Please Ban this drug before it kills any more children.
Anonymous	I have walked as a parent and know what you have faced. Still after 6 years of losing my son to this nightmare I see it getting worse. Stop this drug
Daliah Deloria	I've lost an uncle && almost my own life to oxy, this stuff is honestly no joke ; anyone addicted needs help before help isn't an option anymore.
Rachel Logue	I lost my cousin a little more than 3 months ago due to a drug overdose, although it wasn't on purpose. Throughout this whole healing process, it kills me inside to know it was over something so stupid. I hate hearing about any types of drugs exspecially now since i lost one of the closest people to me. I don't associciate with anybody that is into the pills.
rachel ruge
Susan Glass	My bright and beautiful 21 year old daughter is addicted to oxycontin. She has been to rehab twice and has gone straight back to it. She has found ways to still use despite receiving naltrexone opiate blocker shots.This stuff has becoming an epidemic in my area. I have read the typical person starting oxy abuse is a teenage girl. There were many young heroin addicts in rehab that started with oxy and switched to cheaper heroin. My daughter smokes it, her boyfriend has started injecting it.The doctor at rehab said he thought we were going to lose a generation to this stuff. One man there had been ordering his own oxy off the internet. I know of three people who had it prescribed to them (for back injury or cancer)who were selling their excess pills to my daughter. FOR MY DAUGHTER'S AND THIS YOUNG GENRATION'S SAKES PLEASE BAN THIS EVIL STUFF!!!
Marsha Schorr	My son, Aaron Fender, was 24 years old last year when his "friends" Aaron Spiller, Karianne Spiller and Robert Waters gave him oxycodone crushed up - they all snorted it. My son died before morning. He had asthma and the oxycodone depressed his respirations. He was a strong, vibrant, and beautiful person. Now, my life is over; his father's life is over; his sisters mourn for him and his niece and nephews will scarcely even remember him. He was my only son - we have to do something - put people in jail for longer than a couple of days for supplying this poison. Try them for second degree murder!!! We were living in Cape Coral, Florida at the time of my son's death. If you know these three people listed above - stay clear of them or you could lose your life too!!
Laura Post	To all those families that have lost someone to these horroble drugs: I to have lost friends and family members to this drug. I fight everday with coping with an addict in my home to keep him alive and to pray for the best. These pharma companies need to end this now. My pryers are with them that they will never have to live through a death of one of theirs because of this drug and if they do after God save their souls.
Nicole Burkett	I lost my brother, Joshua Burkett on April 9, 2010 to these awful pills. I hope something is done to get rid of them and fast.
Justin Hensley
Christopher J Pack	Let's clean up the streets....one drug at a time!!
Anonymous	Our family has been devastated by this insidious drug. Two of our three grown children are addicted to "Oxies". They are no longer human beings to us, just simply drug addicts that lie, lie, lie. Our one daughter didn't get her ears pierced until she was 24. She got over her needle phobia instantly with just one shot of liquified Oxie into her hands, which she hid from us for over a year. Now our beautiful green-eyed beach baby has needle scars and lots of tattoos all over her body. We are raising our one and only grandchild, as her mother is not interested in her precious baby girl, or even her own life, for that matter. She was once employed, attending college, fun-loving, funny as all get-out, sweet, and a joy to be around. She is sleepy-eyed high or short-tempered, in a hurry, irritated, and even at times down-right vicious. But most of the time she's just gone, not answering the phone, whereabouts unknown. I've been in the middle of several crazy brawls in this past year. I feel as though our two girls are pod-persons like from the movie, "Invasion of the body snatchers," because they look like our kids, but some evil monster is occupying their body and ruining their lives. It's almost as though we're all in a bad dream we can't wake from. We are trying to keep our family in tact with the day-to-day struggles anyway, but this situation with this horrible drug in unreal. If there is anyone out there that has any suggestions, any support groups, any help would be appreciated, and we don't want any money from anyone. They of course have no insurance (not any hope of ever having a normal job for either of them). We are just working schmucks who don't know the right things to do or say or think. We don't want to enable them to keep this insanity perpetuating. Right now we're just in "save ourselves" mode. We want our children back, but I guess we're resigned to the fact that they're already dead and just still walking around. Five of their friends have died just this past year to Oxie overdoses. One thing that we would suggest is that the pharmacies only take E-mailed prescriptions that are cross-checked against some kind of a national database to see if certain people are doctor shopping or some doctors or clinics are just blindly handing out prescriptions to just anyone for any little reason. Just a thought.
Anonymous	My co-worker,andfriend-just lost her Mom to an oxycontin overdose. She was just released from the hospital following a knee replacement. Her doctors shouldn't have prescribed her any more Oxycontin, for she had surgery for the painin her knee. I blame part of her death on the medical community itself! She did not need to be on the med anyhow, because her MD knew she was already taking Xanax for anxiety! Why would her Doctor even let her take this at all! Now she's dead, and her husband andchildren and grandkids are without the woman they cherished-all because of Oxycontin abuse!
Walter Scott West	My now ex-wife had an addiction to this drug. I saw her through treatment after treatment, relaps after relaps. I have attended many ALANON meetings to learn how to deal with her addiction. This is a drug that is to often over prescibed by doctors. It's so hard to fight with a drug dealer with a PHd. This drug has cost us our marrage and the person I love is no longer the same person. I hope that one day this drug will be banned for good.
Dianne Sigismondi Leach	another prime example of greed. Purdue should pay for rehab for the individuals they got hooked, and death benefits for the people who have overdosed. They knew the risks and hid them, they are worse than street pushers because they are intelligent and knew the facts. $634million is a small price to pay, they have made that many times over.
Dianne Sigismondi Leach	another prime example of greed. Purdue should pay for rehab for the individuals they got hooked, and death benefits for the people who have overdosed. They knew the risks and hid them, they are worse than street pushers because they are intelligent and knew the facts. $634million is a small price to pay, they have made that many times over.
Stacy moore	My husband is currently battling an addiction to oxys. He has been through a inpaitent rehab. He was clean for six months. Just last week I found out he has relapsed. He said " I'm so sorry. I love you with all my heart but I don't know what to do Im already out of control." we have two small children. The damage this drug has done to our family is horrific. It breaks my heart.
Anonymous	My brother spent 40,000 shooting up this drug, his arm became infected and was almost amputated. i would like to see some sort of control and regulation that is missing from this area from the government, as controlling as they can be, they seem less concerned, possibly considering this to be some sort of population control.
Anonymous	My brother spent 40,000 shooting up this drug, his arm became infected and was almost amputated. i would like to see some sort of control and regulation that is missing from this area from the government, as controlling as they can be, they seem less concerned, possibly considering this to be some sort of population control.
Terry Blanc	My daughter is currently in recovery from this drug. May I say, my daughter and her entire family, as we also suffer the effects and the pain of her addiction. I cannot believe that this has been allowed to continue. Shame on this company and on our government for not having already banned this evil destroyer of our society. Anyone who profits from pain like this will have to face his maker in the end.
Josie Lady	I just lost a cousin yesterday in Florida while on a pill run to an overdose. I have a brother who is addicted to percocet and several other family members who are also addicted to percocet(oxycodone). Not counting the numerous friends and family of friends who are addicted to this drug it is very addictive. My boyfriend has been clean since March 10, 2010 and says that oxycodone is the hardest addiction he has ever had to fight in his lifetime and he has had several addictions(alcohol, hydrocodone, cocaine, marijuana) just to name a few. Not saying that these addictions have occured during our relationship but the oxycodone addiction was during our relationship I watched him turn green and gray even and sweat and chills and withdrawl from me and our children. This drug is killing helpless americans who don't understand it's addictive nature. Please ban oxycontin and all drugs related to it.
Anonymous
Diane	It's about time to remove such an addictive and destructive drug to protect our loved ones.
TallT916	Oxycontin is a terrible drug, I mean come on.. It's synthetic (man-made) heroin! And these doctors prescribe it to people who would most likely benefit way more through medical marijuana.... I've been to 4 funerals in the last year. 3 were oxy overdoses, and the other was a dirtbike accident. But the point i'm trying to make here isn't that oxy's more dangerous than dirtbiking, we all know it is... I just want everyone to realize that it's NOT ABOUT THE MONEY as much, it's about POPULATION CONTROL!!
Anastasia Amatulli
jamie burckard	this year we have lost 6 very special people in 6 months to this drug. All of the people i grew up with are addicted to. watch them get worse abd worse is very sad. my boyfriend is also addicted he is in prison right now half the reason is cause of this drug. please ban this drug so these people can live a normal life and we dont lose any more loved ones.
jamie
christina arrington	i have lost three family members this year b/c of oxy one of those was my 21 year old brother that should of had his hole to live.please ban oxycontin R.I.P JOHNNY ZAFERIS MARY MANIS SANDY ZAFERIS
christina arrington	my bother johnny was a good looking loving man that died at age 21 b/c of oxycontin.he had his hole life to live but it was tooked b/c of a drug that drs think its okay to had out to any one.i have lost three family members this year b/c of oxycontin R.I.P JOHNNY ZAFERIS,MARY MANIS,SANDY ZAFERIS.
christina arrington	my bother johnny was a good looking loving man that died at age 21 b/c of oxycontin.he had his hole life to live but it was tooked b/c of a drug that drs think its okay to had out to any one.i have lost three family members this year b/c of oxycontin R.I.P JOHNNY ZAFERIS,MARY MANIS,SANDY ZAFERIS.
Laura Stephens
Lynn Foote	We miss you, Will Foote! 2 Young 2 Fly Away : (
s. koch
Sienna Koch
Beth Gorrell
Casey Govedich
Casey Govedich
erin
Khristina Stackpole	ive lost too many people to this drug and my brother is an addict were trying to get him help! this drug is evil and it HAS to stop!
Anonymous	We are losing a generation due to this poison. These pain clinics are about nothing more than making money. Pain clinics should be closely monitored with frequent random undercover checks. In my humble opinion, they should all be closed! Leave the prescribing to also closely monitored individual doctors practices. A dedicated clinic for "pain management" is NOT necessary... The mere existence of this highly addictive and life devastating OxyContin IS NOT NECESSARY. The production needs to be stopped! and the FDA.. OxyContin as well as many many other approved drugs by them have proven to have devastating side effects... including as low on the totem poll as antibiotics. The FDA needs to be regulated and accountable as well.
Theresa M. Babor	THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUGS AVAILABLE. ANY DOCTOR IN MY EYES WHO DISTRIBUTES THIS DRUG TO ANYONE FOR ANY REASON SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEATH OF ANY PERSON HE HAS WRITTEN THE PRESCRIPTION TO.I KNOW OF SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO THIS DRUG. MY OWN SISTER HAS DEVELOPED HEART DISEASE FROM WATCHING HER SON DESTROY HIS LIFE. 5 OVERDOSES AND ONE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND THE REVOLVING DOOR KEEPS TURNING.THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO ARE ADDICTED THAT THERE IS NO ROOM AT THE INN WHEN YOU NEED A REHAB. A DEAR FRIEND HAS LOST HIS SON SON FROM THIS DRUG. JUST THIS WEEKEND A CUSTOMER'S DAUGHTER {21 YEARS OLD} DROVE HERSELF IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRUCK TO END HER DRUG PROBLEM.UNFORTUNETLY,ONCE HOOKED YOU LOOSE THE ABILITY TO BE HAPPY SO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO USE IT IN ORDER TO FEEL HAPPY AGAIN. YET - EVEN IF YOU WANT TO QUIT IT IS INPOSSIBLE TO DO IT YOURSELF SO IF YOU DON'T BREAK AWAY FROM IT AND DO A REHAB PROGRAM THE NEXT STEP IS USUALLY SUICIDE IF THE DRUG DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST.
Lissie Krauss	I strongly encourage the FDA to ban the distribution of OxyContin to new patients. In addition, please create a compassionate program for those individuals currently taking and addicted to OxyContin to facilitate a safe withdrawal/detox, finding alternate therapies to address chronic pain. A detox/treatment/recovery program for those addicted to OxyContin is critical to restoring health and well-being, allowing them to return to a fully functioning life.
John Nilsson	My wife started taking my prescribed Percocet. I was blind to it at the time, She would later get involved in car accident and be prescribed them herself. After some time her doctor would decide her pain level would need stronger medication and gave her Oxycodone it has turned into a nightmare. She is taking 10 to12 if not more per day. I was crushed between two trucks and I'm sure she has pain but this was ridiculous. I will now get away from Percocet so there is no temptation for my wife I have but I will deal with it. By the way I have two children. If I cannot get her off these EVIL drugs it will destroy my family. The pain management quack that is prescribing these meds has lines at his office on any given day. This guy or any other so called doctor prescribing these amounts of this drug should lose their license. I
John Nilsson	My wife started taking my prescribed Percocet. I was blind to it at the time, She would later get involved in car accident and be prescribed them herself. After some time her doctor would decide her pain level would need stronger medication and gave her Oxycodone it has turned into a nightmare. She is taking 10 to12 if not more per day. I was crushed between two trucks and I'm sure she has pain but this was ridiculous. I will now get away from Percocet so there is no temptation for my wife I have but I will deal with it. By the way I have two children. If I cannot get her off these EVIL drugs it will destroy my family. The pain management quack that is prescribing these meds has lines at his office on any given day. This guy or any other so called doctor prescribing these amounts of this drug should lose their license. I
kari	Killin WAY to many of our young!!!
Anonymous
Ban it	ban it plz. save america, save people. overdose rates are higher than car wreck deaths and everything else combined.
sean tumlinson	I was an addict of oxycontin for almost a year and a half. I was able escape from where I was before it took my life. I have now been clean for 5yrs, 6months. I have lost 2 close friends and a couple acquaintances. I wish they would stop production on it. It has taken to many good people and ruined so many lives.
Vanessa Alexander
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Candis Willis
Ami Smith	My brother in-law is/was addicted to oxycotins for almost 2 years. He is lucky to still be alive. We seriously need to ban them for GOOD
Shauna Madewell	My brother is/was highly addicted to Oxycontin. He is currently undergoing treatment and is doing well so far. This drug is a nasty nasty drug and should be banned from the market, completely! Opiates are a horrible addiction and almost worse then heroin. Oxycontin and Vicodin are only a few of the Opiates that are too easily accessible on the street nowadays and they need to be banned. There are plenty more pain-killers out there... WE NEED TO BAN OXY'S FOR GOOD!
Anonymous	Hate this drug with a passion... GREED is why it EXISTS.... meantime ...KILLING sooo many. LET'S do something NOW. BAN OXYCONTIN
Danielle Marie
Michael Powers	I completely agree to the banning of OxyContin. I, myself, have struggled with the addiction to this prescription drug in the past and it ruined many years of my life. I hope the FDA does ban this drug from the pharmacies because of the many addicts. It is a very difficult drug to overcome and the withdrawls from it are extremely emotionally and physically draining. I strongly advise everyone to stay away from this drug due to the side effects and destruction it does to your body and life. I will admit that I never thought I would become a drug addict and it was never prescribed to me. I received it from a "friend" and was told to snort it. Stupidly, I did and enjoyed the feeling of getting high more than anything. The addiction spiraled out of control and led to injecting the pills, stealing, and lying. This drug is very addicting and leads directly to an out of control lifestyle. If you have not tried it, I strongly suggest to stay far away and have will power against it. I never thought it would ever come this far, no one does, but this is a very intense & addicting drug that needs to be taken off the shelves as soon as possible!
Todd Lewis Rayno	i am a recovering addict and so is my girlfriend. I Know three people who have lost there lives to this drug. All were under 21. Where I live in south florida it almost seems like the pain clinics are above the law. Every ad in the health and wellness section is advertising this drug, even offering discounts or coupons for you to go to them. I was blind to all this before and now that im sober it literally sickens me. Its the culture here. Something has to be done. Im scared for my future children.
JOHNNY TAIT
Rebecca Delgado
Dr. Jason Cleveland
Richard Alexander	My son lost a friend this week. He was 17 years old and died of Oxycodone. This nice kid went to sleep and never woke up. How in the name of God can these people keep selling a drug that addicts and kills so many innocents? Richard Alexander Parker, CO
Nadya Ben-Jabr	This drug is everywhere in my area, I know of 2 deaths, jailed, theft, rehab, relaps, friends still addicted, these are children, including mine!!!! Purdue is the biggest dealer around, what are the concequences??
Angela K Tishler	I have lost a lot of my friends to this drug. Please end all this by banning the drug.
Ashlea Reilly
Anonymous	hi folks just wanted you to know i live in pigeon forge tn and well not only do we have one of the most visited national park but we have a baddddd drug problem here just like everywhere else in this country so just know that.for example one of my nephews friends died in my sisters home a few years ago over dose. my brother,1 niece 1 nephew and my only 2 children have a big problem my other brother has been robbed a few time and owners have gps on anything not nailed down in you rental cabin. sound like a fun get away then don't contact your congress and become a statistic
dick rivett	on april 28 2010 i lost my 38 yr old son because of oxycontin, i battled with this addiction and pain clinics and pharmacists for 2 yrs or better only to be defeated by these legalized drug pushing doctors and pharmacists, ban oxycontin is my cry as it is no good to anyone dick rivett proud father of dean rivett
Sandi Reilly	This drug has affected my family and also my friends' families. Some have overdosed, and fortunatly it has not at that point with my son yet. 3 years fighting to get him off of this drug...
Brian Hall	please remove this horrible drug from the market.
Ronald Brown
Heather Magness	I work at a job which has required I meet and speak with hundreds of people from all areas of society. They tell me about their lives, problems, stress, etc. It has really shocked me, the things I've been told about family members and friends who have become addicted to oxycontin. It's disgusting how this drug can control lives. To sell such an addictive substance to people seeking help with pain management and to make such a drug available to others who already have addiction problems is unfair and inhumane. There are other solutions.
michelle wilson
Krystal Losinger	I have lost 6 friends in 2 years, that is 14 childrens whose lives have been ripped apart. When will it end??
rose Lopez
Angie Farmer	My beautiful 20 yr. old son smokes this poison and I pray to god that it doesn't kill him. I obsess over it constantly. If I am not looking right at him, I am convinced that he is sucking in his last breath, and it is filled with Oxy. I can't sleep, and at this rate may loose my job due to my inability to stop the constant terror I feel. I don't know what to do.
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Abby Lynne
Mick Gray	Miss you Ben. YNWA
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karlee squires	I am forever a fighter. I am 19 and I lost my 2 best friends to the drug no to mention countless people who have fallen around me from it. I also had to save my father while he was overdosing. This drug is truely the worst thing out there. Its broken my family as well as others, I can't go on with this epidemic. Something needs to be done now, and I mean serious precautions and actions.
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Richelle Andrews	My husband died in April as a result of an accidental overdose of Oxycontin. This drug is too powerful to be in the hands of its users. Please don't let another life be lost. Take this drug off the market NOW!
christiana	As a nurse, I have seen a very high rate of addiction to this medication
Christian ODonnell
Lisa Krautheim	I lost my husband last year to Oxycontin overdose. I have a very hard time understanding why it is so easy for any and everyone to get. This drug must be stopped!! How many people must die before something is done?
Anonymous	im so tired of my friends and family member's dieing from this damn drugg. the FDA needs to ban this drug before more people die . people die everyday around the world from this drug . its unbelieveable how many people have signed this petition and they still HAVENT banned oxycontin. the storys people have told on here are horriable you would think that the FDA would care enough to ban this drug so we could all feel relived and get on with the mourning of loved ones .. BAN THIS DRUG!!!!
Leigh Congdon	OxyContin is VERY addicting, i know because i went through the addiction. I have had family memeber and friends suffer from this drug, some whom died. Its obvious that this is a very harmful drug and causes many deaths and addiction, even not meaning too. If you take it for pain, not even for the high, and then you try to come off it, you withdrawl just as if you shot up/snorted some herion. Save a life, remove this drug!!!!!
Danielle Nash	This drug is dangerous, look at all the addicts it has, people shooting them up and snorting them, selling them like they are gold all the fights and stealing something needs to be done!
brandy conley
Leisa Lynette Moore
Larry Herrin
Lyndrel Lathers
Linda Lathers	Jeremy Traylor
April	I have been adicted to pain medications myself, they were prescribed...but it didn't matter. I never messed with Oxy/Roxy, but I knew and know plenty of people who are using them now and have been on them in the past and they are nothing to play with. Bless everyone whos having a hard time coming off them. I know its one of the hardest things in the world to do. and for the ones who has thought about getting help, I hope you find it soon rather than too late. heretohelp.com is where I found help, Maybe it will help someone else. Bless You All.
Stacie Tindall	This is a big problem in my town! Something has to be done. It is now effecting my family and it's not even purscribed!
Anonymous
Patricia	Ppl who are prescribed oxy for legitamite reasons are also overdosing and dying. Even ppl who aren't trying to get high, they build a tolerence and have to take more and more and they experience the same withdrawl symptoms also. Learn the facts Oxy usage is an epidemic.. There are other pain meds on the market that work just as well without the side effects.I am a nurse and I've taken care of plenty of terminally I'll ppl in pain and I can't remember any of them being on oxy. Orginally oxy was suppose to be for ppl with cancer. Now most everyone is on it for bck pain...get in a car accident, have a herniated disc.,.oxy,roxy..,it's ridiculous and not needed.
maxim	a true drug that has ruined lives, is masked by the doctors and lies spread to the people. very addictive many lost their lives or are in the process of dying because they cant handle the come off effects, which turns innocent people into addicts. and addicts into heroin addicts.
cindy bonato
Nancy Pattison	I respect everyone who has taken OxyContin. I used to work in a halfway house for women and many of our residents were addicted to OxyContin.
Toni Zietlow	There is no need for these potent drugs to be in homes. In stay hospital if needed or anything else, but these are pain killers as well as brain bleed killers.
Maryann Maston	As a chronic pain sufferer from a back injury, I understand the need for pain medication and the proper prescriptions and use of it. I am not taking narcotic pain medication to get high, to sell or to give away, but to alleviate the pain I have. As a patient, I have been offered this medication - Oxycontin/Roxycontin. I have taken it while hospitalized; however, it did NOT work for me and I asked to be switched to something else. Every person in pain has the right to say NO to a physician and what they prescribe, just like I did in the hospital. I thank God that my physician is a wonderful, caring person who knows and understands and will not prescribe that horrid drug. The addictive quality of Oxy/Roxy is amazing and as I sat and read the stories on this board, said silent prayers for each and every one of you. I agree that Oxy/Roxy should be taken off the market. There are other medications out there that are just as effective, if not more effective for patients who truly do need medication to live their daily lives, not to get high. God Speed my friends, you are all in my prayers.
Rae Switzer	im smack dab in the middle of oxy city, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA. this drug has ruined more lives than i can count on my hands and toes, and everyone i know is somehow affiliated with this drug, wether they like it or now. im an ex addict of oxycontin, and have seen a total of 8 deaths in relation to this drug. ive lost my girlfriend over it as well. shes in jail now. My best friend shane is dead because of mixing this drug with xanax. ALL OF THESE DRUGS NEED TO BE TAKEN AWAY! its just a scheme for the drug companies to keep making money, and someone, ANYONE, EVERYONE needs to stop it, BAN OXYS AND ROXYS FOR LIFE!!! F*** THIS DRUG!!!!!!
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renee winter
Kelly Byrne
Anonymous
Anonymous
Cyndi Howard	My daughter's best friend died from an accidental overdose from Oxycontin. She went to a boy's house, both he and his mother had prescriptions for Oxycontin for their "pain". Instead of taking them, they sold them to others, and now our beloved Ashley is dead. They still get their prescriptions! How many others will lose their lives from this! It is becoming far too prevalent to just do nothing. Please help us stop this epidemic!
michelle guynn	I hope more people sign this petition, people dont realize the effects of this drug and the damage it causes. I alone have known 2 individuals who have died from overdose using this drug, whether it is for prescriptive purposes or party use. I wish the FDA would ban oxycontin.
Lisa Ruma	In loving memory of my beautiful daughter, Ashley Nicole Blount - 5/17/89 - 12/30/08
Stephanie Drago	i lost my best friend to this drug on Dec 30, 2008. Please take this drug off of the market......not only does this drug ruin lives, but it takes lives as well.
valerie hallmark	My sister lost her 19 year old daughter on Dec 30, 2008...a high concentration of OxyContin was found in her system..please take this drug off the market.
Anonymous	THEY NEED TO TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET, IT'S THE DEVIL'S DRUG!! I'VE WATCHED MY FRIENDS LIVES BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THIS DRUG. IT'S HEARTBREAKING THE HOLD IT HAS ON PEOPLE. I HOPE THIS HELPS.
Anonymous	Ban This Drug!!
Anonymous
Ariel Whittington	For Jeremy.
Sirtaz Ranauta
Anonymous	It breaks my heart as I signed this petition about 6 months ago and the number was way below 5000. This petition doesn't even represent the amount of lives and families that this drug has caused harm to and that is sad. I will never get over the loss of my daughter. She was a victim of the drug combined with alcohol.
Melissa Infantino
Anonymous
Sherri McDonald	I am losing my beautiful daughter to this drug, and have had to take cutody of my 17 month old grandson. It is the same as any terrorist threat we have encountered, it is killing young, old, male and female. Please stop making this drug.
Fran
Talitha Nelson	Way too many of us have lost family friends and loved ones to this horrible "disease"!!!!!!!!
Charles Crawford
Candice Cross
Denise Gallagher
patricia alonso
Candace	God help anyone that is dealing with this horrible addiction!
Erin McCamey	In honor of Jeremy.
Lucy Johnston	Rileys mom, your poem says it perfectly. Thank you for sharing. I wish I had known about this site before April 26, 2010 -that is when my son Ben (20)died from oxycontin. Is there any group in Canada that is petitioning the government? The facts are so clear. Why are we so powerless to do anything.
Riley Michaels Mom	A Poem about the reality of OXY, I destroy homes, I tear families apart, Take your children, and that's just the start. I'm more costly than diamonds, more precious than gold, the sorrow I bring is a sight to behold. If you need me, remember I'm easily found, I live all around you - in schools and in town. I live with the rich; I live with the poor, I live down the street, and maybe next door. If this scares you to death, well it certainly should. I have many street names,… Kicker, OC, Oxy, OX, Blue, Hillybilly Heroin…but “oxycontin” is the one you know best. My power is awesome; try me you'll see, but if you do, you may never break free. Just try me once and I might let you go, but try me twice, and I'll own your soul. When I possess you, you'll steal and you'll lie, you do what you have to -- just to get high. The crimes you'll commit for my narcotic charms will be worth the pleasure you'll feel in your arms, your lungs, and your nose. You'll lie to your mother; you'll steal from your dad, when you see their tears, you should feel sad. But you'll forget your morals and how you were raised, I'll be your conscience, I'll teach you my ways. I take kids from parents, and parents from kids, I turn people from God, and separate friends. I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride, I'll be with you always -- right by your side. You'll give up everything - your family, your home, your friends, your money, then you'll be alone. I'll take and take, till you have nothing more to give. When I'm finished with you, you'll be lucky to live. If you try me be warned - this is no game. If given the chance, I'll drive you insane. I'll ravish your body, I'll control your mind, I'll own you completely, your soul will be mine. The nightmares I'll give you while lying in bed, the voices you'll hear, from inside your head. The sweats, the shakes, the feeling you need, I want you to know, these are all gifts from me. But then it's too late, and you'll know in your heart, that you are mine, and we shall not part. You'll regret that you tried me, they always do, but you came to me - not I to you. You knew this would happen, many times you were told, but you challenged my power, and chose to be bold. You could have said no, and just walked away. If you could live that day over, now what would you say? I'll be your master, you will be my slave, I'll even go with you, when you go to your grave. Now that you have met me, what will you do? Will you try me or not? It's all up to you. I can bring you more misery than words can tell, come take my hand, let me lead you to hell.
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Dianna Clark
valerie musto	It only took my boyfriend one time of taking oxycontin to get addicted. It is 6 years later and he is still addicted and had to get checked into the methadone clinic. He has been at the clinic for 6 months and finally got out. He relapsed and is using oxys again. Help!!!
LANCE MOCK	I WILL PRAY THAT GOD REMOVES THIS DRUG FROM HIS CHILDERN
Brianna Mae Soult
David Hancox
Cynthia
Susan Kieffner
Jessica Vaughan
Michele Cook
Luke Smith
NICHOLE GIANNETTI
Sherril Shepard
S. Standen	My 22-year-old son is addicted to this medication which I believe is the prescribing physicians fault. He kept increasing the dosage, got him on a high amount, then sent a letter stating he could no longer see him. The doctor made no effort to wean him down off the drug properly. Now he has lost everything and stole anything he can get his hands on (cash, credit cards, checks, jewelry, etc.) in order to buy the drug on the black market. I want justice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Janice Moen	I used oxycontin for two and one half years. I was prescribed this product for severe back pain after 4 surgeries both hips and one knee replacement.I realized I was becoming addicted to oxycontin when my mind was not working as it should and I was needing a stronger presc.every time. I decided to stop taking OxyContin and with my family's help I started withdrawl. It took me four months and a lot of sleepless nites and bad times, but I am now drug free. I realize I am a lot luckier then a lot of other people. Please add my signature to this petition and we will hopefully BAN OXYCONTIN from sale in CANADA and the USA. I am seventy-three years old June 21,2010
geoff	2 of my best friends who I grew up with and loved and cherished since 7th grade have devolved into drug addicts and it makes me sad as fuck. when i hang out with them all they do is try to get their pills when possible. the cuff of my friend's jeans have blue, red, and green dye all over them from rubbing the codeine off his pills as he prepares it to SMOKE. it tears me up inside to see 2 of the most amazing people I know devolve into nothing more than the people you look at on the street that you know lost their way at one point in life.. i have tried intervening but to no avail.. i pray to God, if that asshole exists, that they do not die from this BULLSHIT NARCOTIC..please sign this petition, dont allow it to become a pandemic. all these pharmacy companies care about is profits, they don't give a god damn about you or your friends lifes! disgusting world we live in
joan oliveaux	My daughter is an addict, it is not a personal issue this is a nation wide issue we have to do something.
Anonymous	I find it incredulous that OxyContin is still on the market and is still prescribed. There is ample evidence of its strong addictive nature and devastation of human lives. Purdue Pharma should do the right and wise thing and take it off the market. If they can afford to pay $634 million in fines, they have more than made their money off this trash.
Anonymous	I just lost my little brother in October 2009 due to an accidental overdose of this drug. It just breaks my heart. He was only 27 years old and had so much life ahead of him. He died alone. Noone, not even the medical examiner will tell me for sure whether he died a painful death or not. I guess I will never know. The idea that he died alone is painful enough to me. It's somewhat comforting to know that others have lost people due the same drug. It just seems so senseless to me. He got hooked on the drug because he was released from the hospital with this prescription in hand after he was hospitalized for month due to a traumatic injury. The drug was supposed to be "as needed for pain". He died 6 months after being released from the hospital. It only took 6 months for that drug to take his life. Now all this pain is left behind because of what that drug has done. I hate it.
Maryse Bergeron	My son is addicted to oxycontin. After several fail programs he still strugling to get of this poison!Please Please bann that company from distributing to new patients!My prayers goes to all the people who lost a love one from that terrible prescription drug!
Anonymous
Elena Yobaccio
Dale A. Bianco
Michael Bianco	I know first hand the effects of oxycontin addiction. My beloved son is currently in rehab. for the use of Oxycontin. It has taken it's toll on him and our family. While we attend family meetings with others it is evident that this drug has no barriers. It's easy assesebility to all is a crime. This is no different then the use of heroin and must be stopped.
DOUGLAS TALBOT	AS WE TRAVEL DOWN THIS ROAD, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS A HEAD FOR ALL YOU THAT HAVE LOST SOMEONE I PRAY FOR YOU GOD HAS PLANS AND WILL NEED ALL TO STAND STRONG AND MOVE THIS DRUG OFF THE PLANET ONLY THEM THAT HAVE LOST CXAN ACHIEVED THE IMPOSABLE GOD BE WILL YOU ALL AND AS WE LEARN THE THINGS SOMETIME WITH SO MUCH PAIN THE PASSION OF LIFE IS NEEDED,, TO HELP BUILD A BETTER WORLD,,YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW WE MOVE FORWARD DOING THE NEXT RIGHT THING AND HELPING THE NEXT PERSON IN NEED,OXYCONTIN IS A DRUG THAT KILLS SO MANY AND IS NOT CONTROLED IT HAS BECOME A STREET DRUG EASY TO GET AND EASYTO KILL.. GOD BLESS ALL STAND STRONG AND SIGN THIS PETITION JUST DONT READ A LITTLE, AND SAY WELL DONT HAVE TIME BUT MAYBE TOMORROW TOMORROW IS NOW CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE DIEING AND THROUGH SO MAY LIES OUT THERE THE DRUG IS STILL ON THE MARKET DO IT SIGN AND STAND UP
Anonymous	i am an addict and i need help i am 32 year old mother i dony want my kids to grow up like this i have been searching for hlp for months i take about 20 oxys a day i need hlp anyone know how i can get it please help!!!!
Krystle Perez	Why was my comment deleted? I really need somebody to report my actions to the police, honestly. I am too embarrassed to tell my parents how far it has got, even though I have no clue how they haven't realized I am an addict yet. Anyways, I really need someone to get the police to catch me because it this the only way people will realize that I need the help I do. I don't really blame OxyContin honestly, I do seek it out to abuse it, especially smoke it, but that is really my choice. I heard about OxyContin after using less potent opiates and then went looking for it and now I can't stop! Not only do I not stop abusing OxyContin, I constantly am stealing from friends and strangers and I have no remorse b/c I just want to get high. I lie all the time also, I tell lies about what I do, who I really am, basically about everything to everyone. I think that you should report me to my school also b/c maybe then they can get me the help I need. I go to Front Range Community College in Westminster, Colorado. I also live in Westminster right near the campus around 113th and Sheridan with a roommate that also abuses OxyContin and other opiates with me. I can't report myself because honestly I am scared and also I know that if my dealers find out that I reported my abuse & addiction to the police they would come after me for ratting them out even if I don't say anything about them. And my roommate would be so upset too that I forced her to stop also because I made the report. I also think they may not even believe me if I just call and admit to all the crimes I have committed and all the laws I have broken. They won't even believe that someone would ever call themselves in on sooo many illegal things! I have done so much wrong to so many people and I feel horrible about it, but I know I will just continue to hurt many people with my addiction because I will seriously do anything to get my drugs and get high. I will steal and even from friends and family, con people, bribe people, hurt people, and almost anything when I need to get high. I take all kinds of opiates like percocets, oxys, vicodin, methadone, pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I also take things like xanax too and it makes it even worse. I guess the worst thing is that I get all of those pills from tons of people right around where I live and just buy them illegally on a daily basis. I become such psychotic person when I don't get my pills or I can't find any. I just really need to be stopped and the only way I think that can happen is for the police to arrest me and all of my dealers by watching me make buys and taking down all of us because I know these dealers supply other kids all over the area and I am only 20 too! I can't be responsible for anything really, but especially for calling the police on myself, my friends, and the people who give me access to these drugs. I am experiencing the problem of just opiate addiction like every other oxy user. I know so many so I should know, right? All the people I know that abuse oxys abuse so many other opiate pills also, its just like oxys are a treat when I find them. I find them so often though that oxys are now really my drug of choice but that is just because I am an addict. OxyContin should maybe be regulated and controlled better and they should definitely crack down on people like me and the people who sell this stuff, but I think banning it is not the answer. I know this is coming from an addict, but I have realized that because I use oxys the people that really need them and get real relief from them are having a harder time now because of people like me who constantly buy them illegally and abuse them. I usually get the oxys from older guys that pretty much extorte old people who need these for bad injuries and even cancer and they help them pay for their scripts so they can end up talking the old people into giving them half of their script or something like that. Or they just ask people they know that are on them if they can buy some so they can have money to pay for their next prescription. The worst part about it is that they then sell them for like a dollar a milligram and I am just giving away thousands of dollars to these dealers who get them for like nothing. This is what makes me want to steal and makes me actually do it and also it has been making me think about actually stealing old people's or someone's oxy script myself. I am realizing what I am saying and I know it is sounding crazy but I don't have anywhere else to release my feelings about my addiction and what I do. I have nobody that will stop me or the dealers, not even my family, they would probably help them if anything and that is why I really need someone's help on here. Anyone that understands how bad addiction is and what it makes you do and how many laws you break will you please report me to the police anomymously or something and please have them catch me and my dealers. It will save me and so many other people as well as help these poor old people not being forced into crime. This really needs to stop and I have nowhere else to turn to! My name is Krystle Perez and I live in Westminster, Colorado. I go to Front Range Community College there. I live near 113th and Sheridan in Westminster and so do many of my dealers. My family lives in Aurora near Denver but they don't care to help and I don't even want to go into it. I don't want to give out too much info because I am scared and at least maybe I will have some way to escape somewhat from completey blaming me. If the cops just figure it out from some random person on here, that I really hope will call, that this is going on then nobody will no that I had anything to do with it and I doubt all these people would find this website unless they are looking for oxys. Please report me you will save my life seriously. I am a young 20 year old girl with no options here and I need help so that my family and some other people will know that me and all my friends need help and will realize how big of a problem this has become. Please call my school, the local police or the county police, it can be either the Adams or Jefferson County police because my town is split in both and more importantly the dealers live in both of them too. I don't really care who you call as long as whoever they are will put a complete stop to all of this, force me into rehab or detox by jail and stop all my friends from using and all the dealers from selling this stuff to so many people. The dealers need to go to jail the most, give the cops all the info I put on here and they will find me and see me buying the pills from all these dealers and then they will be able to stop them also. This is the only way I can solve this problem and all of us broke the law and hurt so many people so many times that I really belong in jail and definitely everyone else. Please do the right thing and save some other person's child from dying from OxyContin and other opiate pills and call me in so me and my friends don't end up next. Who knows, with all the dealers I know and all the people they sell stuff to maybe someone else will die too because of all this. This is really a big and very real problem, especially right now. Its only going to get worse too! Please, please do not delete this post......I really need someone to please help me and report me, Krystle Perez, to the police to finally end all of this horrible stuff. Someone has to have the heart out there to help so many of us possibly don't die if this keeps goes on. You can help an addict and stop dealers from selling all these pills totally illegally! Please do this because these dealers will be so mad if I call and they find out. My school needs to know or the police need to catch me and stop me from being there because I am just a bad influence on everyone I come in contact with. I need your help so badly, please put an end to this! Someone has to do it sooner or later, this is effecting so many other people other than me and we all deserve it! Thanks soooo much, this would be the best thing that could ever happen to me!
Krissi McGee	I don't even know where to begin with how Oxycontin has destroyed my families life's. I come from a pretty large family... 4 brothers and 1 sister. With that comes that husbands and wife's of my siblings as well. This pill has affected 5 people out of my family and has almost taken the lives of 3 of those people in my family not to mention almost completely destroyed there lives. To give a little history on my family - we were raised in a great family atmosphere... we were raised with morals, manners, respect and we were all blessed to have such a loving family. One small little pill has come into this middle of the family i once had. We are all still a family yes... but right now a broken one. It began about 3 years again when Oxycontin first came in to my family. My brother got into a car accident and had a few slipped disks and has had continuous back problems ever since. Instead of showing other alternatives to take care of his problems doctors immediately put him on oxy's. We're not talking about a normal dose either... prescribing 220 pills in once month. Think about it, that's roughly 7.5 pills a day. He slowly became addicted. Around the same time it started to become a fun little habit that people would take one here or there cause they hurt and it relaxed them after a long day of work. Soon later my 2 sister in laws, 2 brothers, and brother in law were all addicted. One was able to get away with it by quitting cold turkey but having the worst week of his life, sick on the couch and unable to function.... the remaining 4 aren't so lucky and continue to fight the battle of addiction each day. My closest brother who is only 2 years old then me i think has been hit the hardest. He is 28 years old. He was a honor student who went to school at the Center for Advance Technologies, he always had a GPA of 4.0 or higher, was a motivated go getter determined to accomplish everything in life. He bought a new house, had a great job, and was living the high life. After his accident things slowly started to change. The brother i knew... wasn't there. When you look into his eyes you see this dark emptiness... He just looks like the life is slowly being sucked out of him. Having conversations with him began to become difficult as he couldn't even stay awake during the conversations because he was so doped up he continually nods off. Things became worst and the pills became a problem at his job... he lost his job. From there it spiraled worst... he lost his brand new truck and is now currently at risk of losing his house. He is losing everything that he worked so hard in life for because of this stupid pill oxy. Everyone blames the individual which yes ultimately it was there choice to take it... but this pill is so addictive and so deadly no one thinks about that. In the past 4 months my brother has been pulled over 3 times and received 2 DUI's. He is about to lose his license... which costs again in the job situation. Worst of all about 1 month ago my brother tried to slowly ween himself off of the pill and it had a adverse affect on him. He went into a daze, became dizzy and confused and passed out after getting out of his truck at a store. He went into a seizure for about 7 minutes and nearly bit his tongue off. This was probably one of the scariest days of my life.... The worst part of all is he knows how horrible this pill is... he has seen the affects it has taken on the rest of the family, he wants to quit but needs help. The family supports him but quitting is not so easy. This pill needs banned! Everyday i constantly fear that I'm not going to be so lucky anymore. I'm not going to receive the phone call to bail my brother out of jail, or to come visit him in the hospital. I'm afraid the next call is going to be to visit the morgue and it scares the hell out of me. It hasn't only affected my one brother. My other older brother also has an issue with it. His may not be so severe however he does them. He doesn't realize the affect it has on his 2 younger daughters who see him the way they do. His girlfriend (my sister in law) is a different story though. She has such a bad problem that she took to many one day and passed out and stopped breathing completely. My 3 year old niece (2 1/2 at the time) went into her room and found her non-responsive on the floor. Lucky for her she didn't understand it and simply went into the living room to let her daddy know that her mom was taking a nap on the floor. My brother was able to give her CPR and she was rushed to the hospital and survived but it nearly cost her her life. Child services was brought in and the children were then thrown into an unnecessary few months of turmoil. These pills not only hurt the people who take them but also the people around them. I can say first hand... I have lost a job over my brother because I wanted to be there to bail him out of jail and almost lost another job because i left to rush to the hospital. Last but not least my other brothers girlfriend (sister in law) who also was a very accomplished young lady has been crushed by this addiction as well. She once has a beautiful car, wonderful job, plenty of friends, and was an outgoing spunky girl but now she's been torn apart by this addiction. Once she would spend her whole day shopping for cute clothes or tanning with the girls she now spends her day chasing down pills. This is not a life for anyone. She lost her job, her car, and almost her life. She has been hospitalized 2 times in the past 3 months alone from seizures.... Something needs to be done to ban or control the use of these pills. I mean in my family 5 people alone have been first hand affected and the entire family has suffered the consequences... Imagine how many other similar stories there are out there. People need to understand the adverse affects of this pill. Anyways thanks for taking the time to read my personal experience with such a horrible drug. I hope this can make a difference.
Jayne M Billion	I had this prescription after foot surgery.It left me emotionless.I got so depressed that I quit my job moved out of town made irrational decisions,cashed my pension plan and rrsp`s and scared the hell out of family and friends!
carol maccormick	I have 2 daughters aged 29 and 26 they were prescribes oxycontins for pain,Now 1 1/2 years later they now are on Methadone and still have the oxycotins prescriptions.I see no change in the wanting to come off the drug even the methadone is another addiction. in my opinion this drug needs to be band and used only for the terminally ill. I will sign anything to help get my girls back to the way they were sinmce i can't get answers anywhere about how this could happen. Thank you for starting theis website if there is anything i can do to help promote it please feel free to email me carol maccormick
Lori-Ann Janess	I was in an accident in 2000 and it has caused me to be on pain medication for 10 yrs. Many I have been able to get off of, however there is one that I just cannot even think of getting out of bed without. This makes me feel just as bad as the day I was in the accident....maybe worst now because like others said on the show, your body does get use to it and you need more. I am on 8 a day every day and am still in constant pain and depression because there is no way of getting any kind of relief! I also gave my drivers license up because I know I shouldn't drive with medication in me! I am only 45! I have just started life as a grandmother and I cannot pick them up most days! I didn't ask for this.
Steve Flood	It is evil. I do not remember who I was or can imagine anything making me happy in life again
Krystle Perez	PLEASE STOP DELETING MY COMMENTS! I am not disagreeing with anyone on here! I AM AN ADDICT and a very bad one! I NEED HELP! I have no family that cares or knows, I can't tell them, my dealers and friends would kill me if they found out I reported myself because they would all get in trouble and be forced to stop also! PLEASE, help me! At least tell me why my comments are being deleted! Why can other addicts post on here and people who have lost addicts, but I can't share my story of addiction to this pill and ask for your help? This pill and almost every opiate has destroyed my life, but oxy is my drug of choice and it causes me to steal from strangers and even from my family and friends! I can't stop myself and this is a huge problem not just for me but for my friends and all the other people my dealers sell to OxyContin also! Please just report me to the police so all these people can be taken down! Also there is no other way I will ever get the help I need unless the police intervene! I am going to end up dead just like all the other stories of addicts on here and none of you seem to care one single bit! I honestly do not get it! I really need to get some help and I need someone's assistance here! My name is Krystal Perez. I live in Westminster, CO and go to front range community college there too. I live right near campus around 113th and Sheridan in Westminster, CO. I am reaching out for some help here and I am just being shunned away by the same people who know how bad an oxy addiction can be! This makes NO sense! Why wouldn't you want to put a stop to any sort of OxyContin abuse along with my habit of criminal acts such as stealing? I thought this was a site to come and share oxy addiction problems and a way to reach out for help! What is going on, for real? I desperately need your help to get the cops to bust me and my dealers! I am doing horrible things. I realize this when I am not high, which is not very often and when I am depressed and don't have oxys I realize that the best thing for me is to get police intervention! Please help me out and please respect my problems as well as everyone else's that they post! There is no valid reason for you people to keep deleting my messages. This is all unfortunately ALL TRUE and I can't get anymore serious and real than this! Please report me, this is huge problem in my area if you care about stopping OxyContin and it it clearly in your hands to help put an end to some of it! PLEASE!
Hayley
Chelsea Carmack
Chelsea Carmack
Fran Lemire
Anonymous	Take this crap off the market..or give it to the family of the Purdue Pharma executives. What liar's they are and shame of the physicans that do not make their selve more knowledgable do they not see the devastation of this drug. My family has been affected by this drug..and I send my deepest regards to any family that has been affected. Why can't we stop the suffering?
Shelly Sanders
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Pam Culver	I have lost too many family/friends to drugs that are supposedly legal, but the doctors have no clue and don't care cuz all they care about is the money they get from the pharma companies. Lets stop the madness!!
Sharon Morrow	This drug has got to be banned. I know of many kids who have gotten addicted to them and made them do anything! My son is one of them. He is 20 years old and is now a felon. My heart breaks for anyone going through this pain and agony. I am fortunate that my son is not a death statistic. I am also so afraid that he could take just 1 pill and I will lose him for years or even death. Thank you for what you are trying to do!!
Tiffney almeida
gaetano denardo	oxycontin has ruined more lives in a year that it has ever helped BAN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Kathryn Moody	In memory of my best friend, Blake.
malaika briles
melina Finley
Sarah Meltesen
Dana Glenn Reaves III and Patricia Smith	In loving memory of my daddy Dana Glenn Reaves Jr.8/26/78- 10/24/09 taken from me before I was old enough to know him.
Adriana DiPietro	RIP DGR,Jr.
Gail
STACEY MALDONADO
Joe O'Riordan	My son OD'd on Oxys, lucky he was checking into rehab at the time and they knew what to do.
Patricia	I recently lost my boyfriend and father to my 18 month old son to an overdose of oxycontin. I have seen firsthand the pain and suffering this drug causes. Good people are getting hooked and dying. All it takes is one time. Please ban oxycontin!
Dr. Henry Chapeskie	My only son has now been an OxyContin addict for 5 years. He has said that the drug should never have been put on the market! As physicians, we have been grossly misled by Purdue and the doctors they have paid off in the "pain industry". I now do not prescribe narcotics for non-cancer pain. Dr. Henry Chapeskie Thorndale, Ontario, Canada
ARMANDO ALONSO	IN LOVIN MEMORY OF MY SON RYAN MICHAEL ALONSO PLEASE BAN THIS DRUG
Anonymous	i have raised 5 children by myself i work very hard all my life untill i was falling down and still i worked untill i could not walk and now i am 68 and became disabled. the kids well they all have kids.out of all my children i have one son who started this drug it has been a moms worst nightmare,he became someone else,like a zombie the drug was his blood.i have 3 grandchildren on it they are not my sons kids and they have lost who they were. this drug should have never been allowed on the market the only way it was is through lies proven in court. i love you all and i am sooo gratful for every story you keep your heads up and god bless everyone this drug has victimized.if they had to lie to get it on the market dont trust any product from this company and please ban oxycontin and we dont want any new mircle drug from purdue pharma like the new one palladon please fda no more
Bill Perkins
cassaundra cann	I just cant loss any more of my friends. Im only 18 and I have lost 4 friends this year its time to do something about it.
Heather A O'Riordan	Have buried 5 teenagers (my kids friends)and my 36 year old cousin, her 8 year old son found her dead! 1 of my own kids overdosed and was in a coma, but is alive and back in re-hab! ALL FROM OXYCONTIN!!!!!!!!! They need to be banned, they are killing so many people and ruining so many lives!!!!
Liz Caine
Meghan Byrnes
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Michael Joseph Gagnon	their claim is you didnt hafta take them,mine is if given ALL the facts,would you? 10 years now ive been a hopeless opiate addict now on methadone always trying to stop.oxycontin was a better introductory drug to those who dont know what a cadeuceus meant,(like me). (shall we keep you down instead of above? alchemy. i used to always bring my pre-scription, to the health food store and try the equivalent thats why 9 outta 10 times they worked,until i met opiates,i was ALWAYS able to quit something without so much discomfort of withdrawl,opiate are THEE worst drug on earth BAR(exam)NONE. return customers garnisheed. the receptors are called alpha,mu (like empire of MU or MU-sic) and kappa.like the speaker. still dont know why. well,i think like death or birth the worst part is the action and not after like opioids theres a depression and serotonin adjustment as we all know, for 6 to 8 months after withdrawl. i wish everyone the best and GOD bless you,who are suffering with involuntary autonomic,too late decisions or trust issues now,like myself.i wish us all the luck in the universe! maybe 2012?
Michael Joseph Gagnon
Steve Beyer	All you need to do is look at the facts. Is the money you receive really worth the pain you cause? I say no - Please wake up!
Anonymous	Ban this synthetic heroin now... too many lives lost..
Heather Slagle	This drug has spread as quickly as poison.
Anonymous	Please FDA PLease take this horrible drug off the market. The addiction to this medication in unbearable and people are dying every day because of it. I have lost a friend physically and many are now just no longer part of my life because this drug has taken over their being. Please Please Stop this!
Joline Argue	This drug took many things away from my brother, it took his friends, his money, his job, his quality of life, his self worth and nearly his family, it all stopped when it took his life at age 28. It has put our family thru hell for over five years! It should NEVER be perscribed to any individual! It is a death sentence, the makers of Oxy may you ROT IN HELL! I hope you have a healthy, happy family!
Heather Baxter	My brother died May 2, 2010 and he was only 29. He overdosed taking oxycotin. This drug and all addictive perscription durgs need to be stopped. I will miss my big brother forever and wish he would have just admitted he was taking drugs and had a problem.
Diane Perkins	People are needlessly dying everyday from this horrific drug. It's time to do something. It is INSANE to allow doctors to prescribe this drug; it is just as insane as if doctors were allowed to prescribe heroin or cocaine! There is NO difference. Death is death.
Tara	Today I lost an in-law to OxyContin abuse. This drug is available so easily, please stop producing it and ban it!
Margaret White
Scott Roe
joe beavers	lost 3 friends to oxycontin overdose. on the verge of possible losing a 4th.
N.Stewart	Something must be done a.s.a.p!!! I saw a report on this over the past weekend. I had no idea how dangerous this drug was!!! It's scary to learn the most doctors receive less 'pain relief' education than do vetenarians! The truth must be brought to the light so that EVERY CANADIAN is educated about the dangers of this drug!
Anonymous	please if you do not want this drug to be ban leave us alone.And if you have something mean to say about anything but this drug,do it some place else.Our families and friends are suffering.I love each and every person for sharing their stories.and none of us care for your mean spirited words.i am not with this web site i am all for it and every person hurt by this drug.
Jennifer scott
Joanna Lund	I am signing this petition because I truly believe that Oxycontin should be taken off the market. I was an addict for 4 years of my life. I will never get those 4 years back. I trusted in the healthcare system and it failed me, immensely. I will now always be an addict. That is something I can never escape.
Anonymous	I'm one whom is taking it for the last 6 years. Even though I used it for chronic pain from surgery which turned into nerve damage, I know it turned into an addiction due to the ways I feel. Example of right now I have the withdrawl symptoms and is trying my hardest not to take any till my next afternoon dose. I have took my first one as soon as I wake up and now it has only been 2 hours and I'm feeling ill. This has ruined my life...nobody wants to date me (can't have a relationship) OR it's the other way around where I know I can't date them cause he will see this and leave. I don't like that hurt/lost feeling in my heart! I go through MANY MANY mood swings NOTICED by a few family members & friends...worst part is, my very own child! I get very angry easily and very impatient, ah, too many to list. This is NOT the real me...I am a person now with an addiction that is not only hurting me but my family & friends around me. I am not socialable anymore-UNLESS I have taken a pill. If the pill is wearing off, I hide in my room. I can't even watch a movie with anyone. If they talk, I get up and leave the room or turn the volume up VERY loud. I guess you can say I am a very ignorant person today. I also can't work the kind of jobs I want to work...along with hiding it from my co-workers. If they had known I am taking this, I wouldn't have a job with the company. I could babble on hours worth but I will end my comment here. I've been taking this since 2003/2004? I would have to look back exactly to see when...but I know it's been at least 5 years.
Anonymous	Was made aware of the extent of the problem when I happened to view the program 16:9
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Judy Moore
richard rivett	ban oxycontin and oxycodone, they killed my 38 yr old son in april of this year richard rivett
JENNIFER HAWKEY
Marilyn Roche	So glad to hear of this petition. My son was involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident whereby he sustained a back injury. After many treatments of physio, acupuncture etc. He was started on oxycontin. His pharmacy receipts would make you sick to your stomach how Drs can give so many of those horrible pills to one person. He became addicted very quickly to opiates. Our family has lived a world of hell, stress, financially burdened for the past eight yrs. My son unfortunately has passed away recently on January 30, of 2010 at the age of 28 due to overdose. Our family is struggling to heal.
Sherry Trainer
M. Beirith	I dated a man with an addiction to oxycontin and percocet. He obtained these illegally, however, having them taken off the market completely would assist in reducing availability, prescribed on not. I fully support this movement to ban this drug.
Andrew Fik	I was injured at work in 2004 and I was a prescribed 25mg of oxycocet but over time my dosage was increased up to 1000mg of oxycontin by 2009. I was so addicted to the drug that I lost a good paying job and almost lost my wife and best friend and not realizing it.
John N. Crook	I would also petition Health Canada also to ban OxyContin.
Pam Erikson	I am in BC Canada, and our daughter suffered a serious accident in May 2008. The surgeon gave her oxycontin to help the pain (she had her leg reattached at the knee). For the past two years since the accident, our family doctor has continued to prescribe the oxys - even so far as increasing her dose to 200 mg per day. When questioned why he simply said 'she will always be on it'. That was until one day last month, when our daughter went for her regular visit to him and found herself banned from his clinic. Apparently something in Canada called PharmaNet had called his office questioning the amount of prescriptions she was on (also Flexeril, Cloraxipam and Effexor) so he in turn decided he would not see her as a patient anymore in fear of losing his license. So he sent her away. Since then, she has suffered seizures and is running out of control. She is now 26 years old and is barely on speaking terms with her family due to her overuse of these drugs and her insistence that 'she will get off them herself'. This is a dangerous drug - why are doctors still prescribing it if they know the harmful effects?
Natasha hedley	A very close close family friend's son, has to go to court tomorrow. While under the influence, he beat up an old man to steal his perscription. Please understand, this is not his character. This drug should be banned!
Jodi Dewar
Denise Taylor	Over three years ago my son became addicted to oxycontin which was initially prescribed to him after an eye accident which required surgery to save it. After the prescription ended, his addiction did not. Without our knowledge that he was addicted, he began buying Oxycontin in the streets. He tried to quit on his own and with the help of a physician, too embarrassed to come to us for help. But after this failed him, he came to us with the shocking news of what he has been going through. We detoxed him for months and placed him in rehab but nothing seemed to be able to break this deadly addiction. He ended up robbing pharmacies to get the drug as he could no longer afford the very high doses he was now taking, and was soon arrested. He now is serving a 2yr sentence in prison. The doctors felt he was on such a high dosage at that point that he should be dead. He is doing the best he can with the circumstances of where this nightmare has led him. But often feels depressed about how it has stolen such an important time in his life, having graduated from high school and finishing an equipment operator course. He was so looking forward to a new chapter in his life, but definitely not the one that has brought him here. He is now 21 and unfortunately been on the ugly inside of our prison system, and believe me...it's bad, but that's another battle. He also feels a lot of guilt with how it's affected our family. (Parents, grandparents & siblings) We are all fighting this with him. Initially not knowing how or where to start this fight I wrote letters to the health minister regarding my hefty concerns with Oxycontin and the drug company Purdue, but was soon dismissed more or less to the effect of it's not our job or problem, try this or try that. This drug should be banned and someone should pay the price of all the young people losing years, a future, and sometimes their lives to this deadly drug. Very committed, concerned mother.
Anonymous
Anonymous	I have had to take this medication for a couple years now and like I heard on your program I started out on the perks but needed a longer pain releaver and the doctor had been trying to get me to be on these instead and I had never even heard of these before and finally I said yes.It is supposed to be a twelve hour pill but I need to take it three times a day or else I get severe withdrawls.I very much wish that I could find a treatment center that could help me with my cronic pain so that I can get off of this crap for good. I have already gone to detox last year by my own choice (my doctor wasnt to happy)but I didnt have a proper place to go after the initial detox part. I was supposed to have a note by my name on the computer so that the doctor wouldnt be able to give them to me any more and after I tried acupuncture for a short time because of the cost I didnt have much choice in the matter, so I went back to the doctor and within a month or so I was right back to where I was with getting an amount of oxycontin that would probably kill most people because its covered on my dissabillity medical. I find it very frusterating that being on dissabilit that the system wont pay for a clean way of living but have no problem giving me as much of the ocycontin as the doctor gives me.. I could go on for alot more but have taken enough of your time so thanx and I'm glad that someone is doing something about this problem.. Don O'Dell.. P.S. Also I'd like to say that the first thing that I tell a doctor is that I am a recovering addict from my teenage years and was completely clean for close to ten years untill I trusted a doctor.... Thanx again..
Anonymous	BAN OXYCONTIN ITS JUST ANOTHER FORM OF HEROIN IT RUINS LIVES
sandy loeber	my sister lived in the us for the last 18 yrs about 8 yrs ago she got hurt her doctor then started her on oxy coton. she had never drank or taken any drugs before this. her life has spiraled out of control. her husband left her and her two small children. she is now living in canada and hoping that a new drug called suboxin will help her to get off the oxy coton.the problem is that it costs about 500 dollars a month which she or anyone in our family do not have. I truly believe that the company call purdue that distributed oxycoton should have to pay for peoples hospital recovery or what ever it takes to help them to get off of this drug. my sister is 40 yrs old and wants more than anything to get off this drug and be at least somewhat of who she really is. I truly hope that oxycoton is banned so nobody has to go through this horror again.
Jeanette Moore
Melanie Rainville	This is the best thing that could ever happen. I was prescribed oxycontin by my family dr. I became addicted right away. I couldnt get out of bed or even function if i didnt have a pill. I would get so sick without them, imagine the worst flu times ten. i became an addict. my whole days consisted of serching for the drug or suffer. I could no longer take good care of my daughter so she went to live with my grand mother. I was addicted to oxys for four years! I lost that precious time with my daughter. I wanted to go to rehab but there was a waiting list. Finaly after one year i got in. The detox was the worst most painful thing i have ever been threw. I detoxed for 34 days before i got to the treatment part. and still my brain did not feel right. its hard to explain. now im on methadone a drug to help heroin addicts.who knows how long i have to take this.taking oxycontin was the worst mistake of my life, and i will suffer for the rest of my life fighting to stay away!!!
Gloria	This is frustrating that a drug company can do this and people are dying from using this product. They are being like most companies--greedy and money hungry with no regard to the welfare of the patients.
Jennifer Warren	It took us a year of struggling with in and out of rehab to get my beloved 23 year old cousin off of this drug... When he was finally on a program that worked and "back to himself", his life was taken in an act of senseless violence. OxyContin didn't pull the trigger that killed him, but significantly contributed to a whole lot of decisions that caused a lot of anxiety, stress and ultimately grief in our family. I know if he were still with us he would be signing this petition and so I am signing in his memory. Miss you baby cousin, RIP.
Susan Sanderson	I am President of The Realistic Success Recovery Society. We operate three recovery houses for men in Surrey BC. We understand the need for thie, most if not all our clients use Oxycontin as a substitute for heroin and crack cocainer or a campanion with other drugs. It is well know fact in the recovery community and we experience on a daily basis the use of Oxycontin as currency in the drug trade, buying selling and using oxycontin is one of the main addiction supporting activities on the street. www.therecoverysociety.com
Carri McMullen	I now have a new member in my family. A daughter that I love she was homeless because her Mom is addicted to OxyContin and could no longer care for her children. All landed in foster care after extreme abuse. The Mother of these children is still being perscribed OxyContin and blames the children for not understanding her level of pain.
Christina Rickey
Herjot
Nadine Lagace	In my honest opinion, I believe that Oxycontin should be off the streets. I'm from a small town in North Eastern, Ontario, and oxycontin is running rampit. The people here do anything just to get high from it; they have been just injesting them normally, crushing then snorting them, smoking them, and in some cases injecting them. Now, I can understand how the older crowd could get them because people in some cases tend to be in pain as they age, but what I don't understand is how are the children getting them? Last week a twelve year old girl that lives down the street from me passed away due to an OxyContin overdose. A week before that a woman in her mid 30s passed away due to an overdose on oxycontin and a week before that a man in his mid thirtys as well passed away due to a stroke indused by Oxycontin. The biggest funeral I ever seen in this town was whenever a beloved friend of everybody in the whole town passed away due to an overdose. I don't know what you think about that but I believe we need a change. But in no way do I believe we should blame the manufacturers or the pharmacy's for what's been happening. I think that the ratio of people who desperately need them for pain as opposed to the people who are addicted will be greater. When you are perscribed a drug there is a set amount that is only meant to be taken by the recipient. Those people are responsible with their medication, but when that person turns around and sells that perscription to someone, I believe that person who sold the perscription should be held liable for his actions. That is how it gets on the streets. How is a 12 year old going to go into a pharmacy and get Oxycontincs? It wasn't the pharmacy who gave it to them; it wasn't the company that made them either. It was some petty thug on the street looking to make a quick buck. And their so easy to get addicted to that they will keep going back to that person no matter what it takes! In my opinion, I believe that either perscriptions should be regulated better so you have smaller amounts so if any dealing were going on the pharmacy could at least tell if there was physically something wrong with you due to withdrawls or they could see how quickly you go through your perscription or take the medication on site if suspected for selling. That, or they should test people thoroughly when they are perscribed any narcotics/pain killers. Now just for the level for pain but to do a urine test to see they are addicted to any pills and if they are addicted to any perscription drugs then they should go straight to rehab and learn how to regulate their medication. And if I offended anybody it was not intentional I just want you to know I feel your pain very deeply. I have seen to many people go from good respectable peope to down right desperate over these pills and it brings tears to my eyes because they all know what they're doing to themselves; they just can't stop.
Candace Savard	My 73 year old mother was presribed oxycontin approximately 5 years ago for hip pain. Ever since she started taking the medication her quality of life has deteriorated. She is a full blown addict and this has been hell for our family. The withdrawals are unbelievably HELL for her and everyone around her...many trips to the hospital because of overdoses and many trips just because of withdrawals....I pray for that they ban this drug - no one should have to go through this.
Bonnie Ellis
Cindi Hunt
Peter-Owen bisback	I am a recovering opiate adiccit thanks to bieng prescribed oxy and percect it destroyed my life and relationships with friends and family it should b banned. Thanks for trying your truly pob
Anonymous
Jill-Anne Hopkins	I have never taken an oxycontin in my life even though i suffer from chronic pain. However, i have lost everything important in my life due to other people close to me being addicted to them, snorting and injecting, whatever. i have had to turn my back on two childhood friends (we are all over 40 now!) and walk away from my husband of eight years who i still love dearly. i had to deprive his son, who loves him dearly, of his daily presence in his life becusae he was so messed up on the pills. i feel that oxycontin is a scourge of the earth and it is so shameful that it is legally pushed upon people looking for a solution to their pain. 634M sounds like a big fine but was likely only a weeks profit from selling oxycontin. This substance should be banned from the face of the earth.
Lin Steffler
Rik Chatter	After watching 16/9, it was heartfelt and I support the Oxycotin ban Rick
Ian Clark	I have seen firsthand how powerful the addiction properties of this drug is. It should be banned.
Michele Michael	In Loving Memomry of my son Riley. My son is still alive but amoung the countless shallow breathing, walking dead because of this drug. The man he should have become, the children he should have, the education he threw away and the jail time he is hidding from are all circumstances of his addition to this deadly drug. He now lives on the streets begging for money and shuns his brother, mother and father. The pain we feel knowing our LOVE isnt enough and the fear of that call from authorities to identify his lifeless body, haunts us 24/7. To every family living in our shoes or has already lost their loved one...our prayers are with you too.
Jeannette Fraser	Though my daughter didn't die of Oxycontin overdose, she did die of a combination of illegally dispensed prescription medication/narcotic (controlled substance)that obviously was NOT controlled and let loose on the street to dealers who than sold, gave or share it with my daughter and she died. It you can't control your "controlled substance's" than get rid of them, or pay to get the dealer's put in prison. People are dying. Stop spending so much money on media advertisement and pharmaceutical reps to sell the drugs and start spending your money on media advertisement and pharmaceutical reps to teach the danger's of them. Go to schools, neighborhoods, streets, parks, rock radio. Start putting up money rewards leading to the arrest of DEALER'S THAT SOLD THE DRUGS THAT KILLED A HUMAN. There's still families that don't supply their own kids with drugs and TRY and warn our kids of the dangers, but we're not multibillion dollars pharmaceutical companies, YOU ARE!
Amanda McCamey
clyda carol gonzalez	my baby boy who just turned 18 was hooked on this horrible drug i spent many nights sitting on the couch praying and praying that i would not get that phone call that he had overdosed i asked the good lord to do whatever it took to get him help he is now in yddc here in albuquerque,new mexico in the drug treatment program my heart goes out too every mother who is going through this i am praying non stop that when he gets out he does not go back but there is no way to tell until that day i keep every family and every one who is addicted to this poision in my prayers
wade radzinski	fuck oxys...
Anonymous
Rachel Salbador	In memory of Jeremy Traylor. I love you and miss you!
Anonymous	I am going to a memorial service on Friday June 11th for a 22 year old boy who died from using Oxycontin.
Anonymous	My son died March 1 2010 he was only 23 because of OXY it is worse then Heroin. It is so dangerous because Dr here in Florida give it out like candy and they have no restriction on it here. I hear that other states are all over Fla because of he many overdoes in there state. The prescribing Dr on the bottles of pill mostly are from Fla. Fla WAKE UP you are letting these Dr's kill more of our young people than the war ever could.
Shelly Wood
Ben Bloom	The Oxy epidemic has hit MD/DC/VA with full force. I've seen too many lives and families ruined by this drug. Easy access to such a highly addictive substance must be stopped!
Megan Brennan	Let's help get this medication off the market! And Pray for those who have lost a loved one to this "drug" and pray for those who are fighting their addiction to this medication. Lets hope they find the help that they need!
courtney tallman	Oxy is huge problem all over America. I work with juveniles and the main problem I see them facing is this drug. Small towns are affected by this as much as urban cities. The jails are filled with people who are there because of this drug. Please stop production of this drug to help our youth.
Vicki Thurston	This has become a terrible epidemic and needs to be stopped NOW!
Rebecca Brewer
Dale Gruenwald
Anonymous
Anonymous
Cory	Unreal simply unreal that something like this can be so easily obtained and abused. In my town there are several "Pain Managment" clinics, ll of them may as well have revolving doors and stay open 24/7. If the Government really cared about it's people this would have been banned from the start. Hate to break it to you, they don't care about us. This is only one example of thousands.
Chris Spurgeon	A epidemic that has taken over many communities, i am a survivor of the addiction, and can only take it one day at a time. My deepest condolences to the family's of former addicts
ROSE HANKS R.N.
Billy Rovzar	Oxymorons, the movie. Let's get the message to all kids in the world.
ryan haines	ex user... addicted for months... highly addictive and very easy to get ..
Annette Ponnock
Sheila Curr	This is the second time signing the petition,the first time I signed Anyonomus as I was "emabarassed" that my smart, beautiful 18yr old son was addicted to Oxycontin. Please do not suffer alone, stand up and fight for your child or loved one. I now wear a Banoxycontin arm band every day and have distributed about 50. My son is currently detoxing, and in a battle for his life. Something that is not talked about is the unrelenting depression addicts face while getting off this demon drug. Many commit suicide, which indicates that if counted the death toll from Oxycontin would be higher than the horrible numbers we are currently seeing. I learned of yet another overdose death in our Fla county today. Please buy an arm band and wear it, write your congressman, post the link on Facebook or tweet about it...do what you have to do so we can get this drug off the market. For all those who have lost loved ones, my prayers are with you and please continue to help us fight this epidemic and stop this madness!!!
lauren clark
patricia proulx	I have lost my son. He was 3 weeks short of his 23rd birthday. he loved Oxy more than anything in life. His facebook greeting page was: Oxycontin will you marry me? I don't really have to say nothing else about this deadly pain killer.
Anonymous	it's sad to see children suffer from the addictions of their own parents and not being able to get what they need..meaning their own personal needs...we hafta start thinking of our own families..and how we affect them
donna	I see alot of parents using this, and its breaking family homes, and kids are getting neglected. I have a neighbour who sells them and she 3 kids. And the youngest, she did oxy during her preganancy. Now the baby is 4 months old, very colicy. Parents are wasting their money on this, and should be using the money for their kids and househood.
Hannah Kelcourse	Please help us stop this murderous drug! Too many lives have been taken. Yes, people have choices, but addiction is not a choice and many people think they can "beat it" because they're stronger than all those people they hear in stories. Well, they're not and the death toll is clear proof. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop this!!!
Kyle Green	I have watched many of my friends start with abusing oxycodone but, once their habbit became to expensive, they switched to heroin. i think this is something that is often overlooked: oxycontin is a gateway drug to heroin.
Patrick Troullier	Jeremy Traylor
Denise Trapani
Erin Funk
debra green	This drug causes a lot of collateral damage; home invasions and even murder. These addicts need serious help and this drug is ridiculously addictive.
Anonymous	My daughter, to my horror, started shooting oxy about a year ago and it has brought nothing but devastation to her and our family. It's like she is not the same person anymore. Nothing positive has come out of this drug, and I, like the others think this drug should be banned. FDA you must do everything possible to remove this drug, period.
LYNELLE JOHNSON	IN MEMORY OF JEREMY TRAYLOR, LOST TO THIS HORRIBLE DRUG
debbi mcfarland
debra grimes	I have a son and daughter in law addicted to this drug and receiving threw pain management clinics every month there are four children affected by this the last child was born due to an oxycodone over dose she was born at 24 weeks 1# 10oz addicted to drugs our life is a nightmare due to their addiction it has got to stop
tammy payne	I have been addicted to this evil drug myself as a recovering adict i am happy to sign this petition.
Alexios Panagiotidis	I began taking Oxycontin about a year and a half ago. It was my birthday and my girlfriend, at that time, and I went to my friends apartment to celebrate. At that time I did not smoke pot and rarely drank alcohol. My friend asked me to come to his room so he could show me something. Once I got to his room he had an 80 mg Oxy broken up on his desk. He broke me out a 20mg line and I snorted it. From that point on I would fall in love with the drug and ruin my life around me. I took down my whole family. I was stealing, cheating, and lied constantly. I was spending about 1000 dollars a week to keep my habit. I wore the same cloths and did not care about anything. Fortunately, I broke down to my father and told him I really needed help and wanted to do it. Its been two months since I have been clean. This drug Continues to terrorize my good friends. When I lived in Massachusetts where my friends lived I could get it and now that I live in Vermont I can get the drug. It is everywhere and people that get it prescribed are making a fortune sitting on there ass. My friends are still very well addicted and need help. It was easier for me to stop using the drug because I moved to Vermont and don't have friends so I only have my own influence. I will not use this drug ever again. God Bless to all the families that have been plagued by this Modern Heroin. This Drug needs to be banned. If the people that are getting it that are in horrible pain can refrain to use it and sell it then they should not have it even given by these drug dealing doctors. God help us all.
charles holloway
Casey Day
Angela C. Allard	Because this is a legally prescribed drug, our youth think it is okay to experiment. They are getting addicted, lying stealing, and dying. Oxycontin is every bit as bad as heroin and should be illegal.
Kimberly Henderson	My beloved son Michael Dakota McKinney first used Oxycontin in High School ("recreational" use leading to addiction is rampant in Safford, Arizona's high school). He quickly became addicted and within a few years time went from snorting to injecting. My beautiful, brilliant, loving son is a degenerate addict who lies, steals, manipulates.... anything for his Oxy fix. Our family has lived a life of Law Enforcement conflicts, addicts reapeatedly robbing the home, and ongoing fear of getting THE CALL. In short, Oxycontin has made our lives a hell on earth. I moved to a different town, because Oxy addicts swarmed my home like insects. Cody has gone to treatment four times and on an Outward Bound for at-risk youth. He has loving parents. He should be in college, but Oxy has vanquished the high road and trumped the love of family. I lost a teenage son to cancer. My son's oxycontin addiction is worse, far worse. As mother of a son who did suffer enormous pain as he progressed to inevitable death, I can say from near vantage that there is NO JUSTIFICATION that serves for promoting and selling this drug. The physical, emotional, economic, spiritual agony generated by the addiction of hundreds(?) of thousands of our nation's youth, not to mention adults, is as evil as anything conspired by Hitler. It is a death sentence to the innocent, and it is a slow, agonizing death. Please ban Oxycontin.
Andrew Rau	This "medicine" has ruined the life of my best friend after a basketball injury.
J. Ferris	A senseless drug , there are much better alternatives to this poison ! These greedy,legal drug dealers are killing innocent victims. And BOO to the FDA !
Sandy Denton	My brother Jimmy died last June 14th due to an overdose of Oxycontin. Please don't make another family go through what I've been through this year... R.I.P. JIMMY BRACEWELL 1/10/1962-6-14-2009
Corrine Dean	Stop this Now
Lynn Bonilla
Briana Jade Porter
Lisa Davis
Vivian Bielski	My 23 year old twin boys have gone to 5 funerals of their teenage friends whom have died from overdoses of opiate drugs. My husband was prescribed Vicodin 3 times a day and became addicted,went looking for more on the streets, and got it easily. He began stealing from our family funds to get more money to buy it. He agreed to go to detox but he only stayed 4 days. He did manage to stay away from the drug for about a year. Then our family doctor/"friend" presribed Vicodin to him again because he was complaining of arthritic pain in his wrists. He was prescribed Vicodin again for 3 times a day. He is now addicted again and looking for it on the streets, getting it, and stealing from our family funds again. The doctor takes no responsibility, but agreed to deny him further prescriptions. I am working on getting him clean once again in order to preserve our family and keep him from dying, but am growing very weary. We live in Florida with no laws to prevent doctor "shopping" and pain management clinics are popping up in record numbers in this state. I have emailed every state senator and representative both at the state and federal level, the governor, and the president about this problem. Please help our nation! Did we not learn from China?
beth birli	This drug is simply making some people rich while destroying the lives of so many others. There are other drugs that can be used. We do not need Oxy.
Kim E Champlain	I'm a Phar Tech, I can honestly tell how many lives were cut short or put thru hell because of this drug and it's only getting worst!
Chasity Ogle	The use & distribution of opiates has nothing but negative effects for not only the people involved but for their families & loved ones as well.From personal experience I can say you loose everything-money, friends, morals,freedom,& eventually your life......
Andrea Morrow
Amber Bonilla
chadbonilla	ive been imprisoned by this shit for most of my adult life but finally i woke up from this nightmare after being in jail for about nine months which saved my life. Plus i got my nine month key chain the other day from na it gave me a chubby which is a plus so for any one who reads this there is hope keep your head up .And oh ban this poision!!!!
Jane Jann
joann mansfield	already posted just wanted to say the reason we have a senthic herion(oxycotin)is because it was long lasting.about the time the government decided they were going have to give this the show of attention.they made the 40's and the 80's have some sort of gelling so that people couldn't snort or shoot them,not even a bandade and then there were roxies 15's and 30's(ir)instant release so if it was made for long term pain relief why were these roxy ir made?now with that being said oxy and roxy sell for 1.00 per milligram on the street.now with roxy(ir)instant release there is no peskey coating to get of the pill so there are much easer to abuse,and the cost on the street is 15 to 30 dollars much less.and it has a much more trendy name roxie ir.great marketing ploy if you or willing to kill our children over a 1.00, 1.00 a milligram
jaimee Jones
Theresa Vavrek	Although I know people have successfully used OcyContin for pain relief and not suffered any consequence, that is not reason enough to keep it on the market. Although many can argue that THEY were successful therefore the problem lies within the "assumed addict" for the troubles. The problem is this drug CAN make someone into an addict and not just weak, pathetic people, but people who have everything going for them. Putting and keeping this drug on the market is the equivalent to now legalizing heroin, which is essentially what we have done. There are other alternatives for pain. Why take the chance?????
Bridget Barrett	YES!
Debora Ouzts
Joe Donavon	Please ban this drug.
Kayla Potts
Matt Massaro	Ban oxycontin immediately, people are dying every day due to it and there are people making money off of death and destruction of family.
Aaron Stafford	This drug is horrible. It stole 4 years of my life and almost killed me many times. Please ban this drug ASAP.
Anonymous	Anything I can do to help the cause. My good friend has had to deal with an addiction with her son. It is very sad for the one who is addicted and also his/her family. I will say a prayer this works so another family does not have to go through it.
Anonymous	I've already posted my comment, but if you have a Facebook account, please post this link on your page. The more that people know about what's going on, the better shot we have at ending this deadly mess. I posted on my FB page and had good luck. Pass it on!
Anonymous
Anonymous
Victoria Carleton
Shellie Gipson
Luis Ortiz	This drug has destroyed MY FAMILY !
Jessica Hellings	I have seen this ruin to many lives and I am one of the blessed ones that it came close to ruing but it didn't. It is an everyday battle but it is well worth and for those that didnt make it know that by the end it wasnt their choice, THEY COULDNT stop no matter how bad they wanted. Every addict is in my prays and for those who lost someone to this crap I am so very truely sorry and may God help you find a way to cope.
Jeb Ziegler
allison schmitt
cory thompson
Carlton Strawderman
Maria Howe
Kathy Brunelle	I have not lost my loved one, and I dont want to!! We had a few close calls..... I just dont know what to do or say anymore.. I had no choice but to give my pain in my heart to God because it is starting to make my blood presure elevated very bad. I was hospitalized because my presure was 170/143! Thats insane.. I dont sleep well, because I always think I am going to get that horrible phone call!! There are no words to describe the pain and saddness in my heart........ I pray, love, and try to be there when I am wanted.. When I try to talk to my loved one, I'm just shut out and doesn't want to hear me.. My love is unconditional!!! And yet, thats not enough.. My prayers go out to all the parents who have lost a loved one, or is in my situation. Thank You..
zachary netherton	oxy should defenatly be off the shelves seen too many people lose there lifes to it. lost a good friend to it as well as others would be awesome to never here about oxy again. and to who ever gets somebody to try it just for fun can go fuck themselves or jump off a bridge..peace -zak
Anonymous	RIP Ben, u were a great guy.
angela flem	Help me not lose any more loved ones.
Ryan Walstrom	fuck oxy
Kandy Huston	My daughter has been addicted to OxiContin for 3 years . She is now in rehab after practically loosing her life. This drug was given to her to " help her feel better " when depressed from the loss of her father. I am terrified it will take her life. This is a terribly addicting drug and she wants to get away but her body craves it. I pray this is taken off the market.
Patti Lamb
samantha pacurari
Cynthia Supan
Alex R	This drug has ruined the lives of SO many of my friends. It is absolutely repulsive. Ban it!!!!
Anonymous	Oxycontin ruins lives, there must be alternative ways to pain management, as the high number of addicts is becoming a national security issue. People of all race, gender, and socioeconomic statuses are falling susceptible to these addicting pills. Regulation isn't an option, it is a necessity.
joann s mansfield	herion should be legal before oxy or roxies atleast its a more natural substance i cannot understand pharmacy companies being allowed to do this you think research wasn't done to make synthetic heroin one of the most addictive drugs.i mean really how often does someone beat nicotine.they gave this drug names like oxy and roxie by accident.are we going to bury one more person made sick on purpose.how could this happen in or country.what is it going to take we use to stand for something in this country.we are all boble headed idiots is there nothing we can do we should joing doing marches do something.this crap is in every state.businesses have sprouted every where to supply them to treat the problem.insurances only pay for a month of treatment usally.the only escape is to just walk into the woods,jail,or death
tracy m roberts
Lucia Williams	Why is this drug legal...we should not all allow opiates to be prescribed by Dr.'s
Lucia Williams
Phylllis Blakely
Robert Parcher	Oxy, along with almost every painkiller is horrible. I'm practically expecting a call any day now telling me that a loved one of mine, severely addicted, is in the hospital for either a overdose or death.
Ian Collins	Miss you everyday Ben
Catherine Dunn
Kim Roberts
Nicholas Malgieri	Ban this drug it is dangerous and powerful
Francisco Domene	For my son-in-law's life.
Maria Domene	For my son-in-law.
Alison Hill
amber	I lost my uncle to OxyContin in december of 2008, not to mention the friends that I have that are addicted to it and affaid I'm going to lose them, I don't believe in it at all and I think it should banned and takin off the market without a doubt!!!
kevin roy	this is killing and ruining the lives of everyone i know.
jessica gonzalez-harkness	ban this awful horrible drug that ruins and breaks up families and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Julia Herman
Ian Brown	This must be put to a stop. We are all losing friends and family to this awful drug.
kim
Ian Brown	This is one of the worst drugs out there and we need to pull together and fight it until they are banned totally no more death's due to oxycontin!
Venus Acosta	This drug is the qualude of the times and that drug was taken off the market also. Make it go away, it kills.
Vicky Bass
Lacey Cote
Shauna
michelle berrier	Please, stop this..its ruining lives...My mother has lost her hearing has all types of nervous system issues...My brother has lost a couple friends from overdoses...My own brother puts himself at risk...its a hard addiction to stop..Everyday where I work there is a pain managment company and I see all the people hanging around that are high on pills...I watch the mom sitting on the ground going in and out of passing out while her 4 or 5 yr old little boy runs around without supervision with a butterfly net...its sad...This has to stop
Alex Fraser
Jamie Davis
yuriko chishiki
Karey Mize
Nathan Mize
Ryan Drouin	BAN OXYCONTIN!!! PLEASE!!!
David Maldonado
Amy Boatwright
Sean M. Chitwood
Brianna riani
Gabriela Domene-Corsa	After 6 years with my husband, he kicked me out because he couldn't admit he was still addicted to oxycontin and roxies. After hospitalizations, being so broke we had to eat cheetos for a week although he made almost $2000 every 2 weeks, him stealing money from our parents and from our bank account, his getting me fired on purpose because of my going to his parents for help, his not having a job for over a year because he got fired from the family business, the list is endless this horrible pharmaceutical needs to be banned and taken off the market. Florida is the gateway for many parts of the US because of its lax attitude towards the opening of pain clinics and now they have full-bore epidemic on their hands. Heroin wasn't a good pain killer and was removed from the market, neither is synthetic heroin. I wish all of those still struggling with this addiction to get help and accept the help your loved ones offer, and to those who have lost a loved one, I feel for you tremendously.
Kim Heller	We are losing too many of our young people to this horrible addiction and the ease of which they can get the drug.
Leah
robin cesario	please I have three adult sons addicted to this
John D	for Ben
Matthew Gignac
Anonymous
Ana	I fear I'm going to lose the father of my child. His doctor keeps writing his perscriptions and we lose more and more of him everyday because of it. I don't want to lose my family and will do anything to prevent it.
Courtney Kelly	End it!!!!!!!!!
Amanda Buckley	I hate to see what this has done to so many people I know! Get rid of Oxycontin.
Kimberly Olsen	RIP Matthew Markley... you will be missed.
Jessica Busch
Miguel Messina	I will also like to add, this drug has been over prescribed by physicians who no longer are prescribing less potent and less addictive narcotics for smaller procedures. But instead chose to prescribe OxyContin for toothaches, small fractures, migraines and many others. These physicians should take some responsibility for their very poor decision making and violation of medical-ethical laws.
mike mattison
arlene dombroski
donna moore
Aileen Napoles	I've seen this suck the life out of my boyfriend and a good childhood friend of mine--this can easily make a non-addictive type person hooked and bring an already addictive personality type person into the 3rd circle of hell
Michael VanDeMar	The insanity must stop. Please ban this drug.
AMBER RIENDEAU
Ted Lilley
Alyssa McCullough	Someone needs to find a way to shut down these pain clinics and onsite pharmacys.Florida is the only state that does not monitor doctors prescribing these meds. It is too easy for addicts to get there hands on these pills! These are not doctors these are drug dealers with a degree! Someone needs to put a stop to this epidemic!I cant afford to watch another friend or loved one die from this!
Anna Lebitsch
Lori Esquivel
kyle	plz ban oxycontin. it leads to heroin use. it is no good. i live in leechburg pa. it is horrible here with opiate use. all stated cause of oxycontin, we have no pain clinics nearby eather and still have probs. plz ban this shit!
Anonymous
susan wilson
Kelly Fay
sarah quirk
Alicia	I've lost too many friends to this drug... i cant believe this is actually happening
Deanna Johnson
Donna L. Bower	This is destroying the future of our country by killing our kids....shame on the quacks and pharmaceutical industry for their greed and the state of Florida for allowing so many pain management clinics to open here. We have people from all over the country driving here because its so easy to obtain and I find that disgusting.
Samantha Steele
Donald Onsgard
Allen	recovering addict, it's not easy every day is a strugle. it's the only drug that's everywhere.
Thomas M. Dance Jr.	Recreational substances are different than pharmasuticals for medical purposes. Those who think medical perscriptions are for recreational use are justifying living lives of denial. Anyone who believes that having a good time comes from abusing privledges of chemistry or medicine should try to understand what it means to have a good time, for real for real. Feel free to contact me if there's any questions you think I need to answer for you.
Kate Mahramus	This has to come to an end! Im sick of this drug killing my friends, It only takes one time.
Samantha	As a recovering oxy addict, I pray this moves forward.
matt
Kelsey Phillips
Sydey Virgillitti	Please ban this horrible epidemic.
geoffrey campbell
lisa snyder
Sherry Murdock	I have seen the effects of oxy and roxy first hand. There are too many doctors handing this stuff out to young adult like its tylenol. It is so addictive and it turns the most normal, caring people into full blown drug addicts. Such pain medication should only be distributed to those dying. My younger brother is prescribed oxycontin for back pain.. BACK PAIN! He is anyways on them and I am so fearful he will end up like so many others I have seen addicted to this drug. I had a best friend that was hooked on them, shooting them and she wasn't the same person anymore, she was stealing and doing whatever she could to get the drug. It changes people.
Deborah Matera
Carrie L. Sexton	My son died as direct result of this drug. It ruined not only his life, but everyone around him. I do not want another mother to have to bury her son and another family torn apart because of this drug. STOP IT NOW!!! How about a class action Lawsuit against the makers of this drug
natalie
Nicholas Macyshyn	Pills are not the answer !
sheena thomas	stop the use!
Dylan Colina
jessica thibodeau
Tonya Bowman	I know a couple of people who are on this and are going no where but down hill and its easier for the Doctors to prescribe this medication because they are already addicted rather than deal with the problem. Ban it!!!!
Ashley Davis	F**K YEAH!!!
Matthew Terry
Angela Coley
jerimiah ringland
andrew williams
CHARLIE E MEINHARDT
Allison Gunderman
Heather Winder
Ana Matera	As someone with a history with the drug, I know how easy it is to get sucked into it's addiction. Also how hard and even scary it is trying to get off it. I'm glad something is finally being done to get rid of OxyContin. It's more accessible than necessary. Awareness is key with this drug.
genvieve correia
Anonymous	Please stop this for all the children who've lost parents for all the parents who've lost their children, and for all the children who've been neglected and abused by people taking this poison.
Charles Boyle	I remember sitting on a beach in Rhode Island in the summer of 97' reading an article in the NYTimes magazine about oxycontin and how the drug company touted it as the new miracle pain reliever that couldn't be abused because of it's time release properties, the article went on to state that it didn't take long for people to figure out that crushing the pills into powder and snorting it by-passed the time release. Fast forward a decade and the oxycontin issue has become personal as my nephew, recently returned from his second trip to rehab, begins life anew. It's become all too obvious that the drug companies, whose refusal to take responsibility for all the lives that have been laid to waste by this product, main priority was profit.
William Walker	I have watched this drug turn people that would never have done drugs into raging herion addicts. Alot of people that end up addicted to this drug, start taking it because it is "legal" and prescribed by a doctor. I hope that this petition can actually make a difference. Something needs to be done, because at this point, it is out of control.
dave roest	The stuff is a KILLER it's got to be stopped!!
Anonymous
Anonymous	very sad what this does to people
STORMY TRAIN	BAN IT!
Shawn Rigney
Matt McGee
Lisa Morales
Anonymous	The amount of inappropriate Oxycontin prescriptions in the Bronx is unbelievable. Some unscrupulous doctors are writing 80mg Oxycontin (90 pills per month) to patients with no evidence of pain for 5+ years. They have no trace of Oxycodone or metabolites in their usine, i.e. these pills are not taken by the patient. Oxycontin sells for 1 dollar per milligam so these cheaters are getting 270 dollars a day TAX free for the last 5 + years. This is funded by yoru tax dollar and I don't know how many people have died from this already. I suggest catching these drug dealing doctors and their cheating patients because I think they are all organized crime. Oxycontin must be banned or else this will not stop!!!!
Sandy
Jennifer Curkendall	I was addicted to OxyCodone for a couple years and it took me getting arrested to finally get the help I needed to get off this horrible LEGAL drug. I agree that I do not understand how something so addicting can be legal. I know I was in the wrong for doing this, but doctors also need to start getting punished! They are prescribing patients 240/month, PLUS Xanax, Valium, and a bunch of other drugs. I ended up in the hospital and a detox center after I was released from jail because my withdraw symptoms were so bad! I am grateful my addiction didn't lead to death, and horribly sorry to those who lost loved ones due to this horrible pain killer.
Michelle Epperson
Anonymous	I was addicted to oxy's after I was in a car accident. I took the pills for 6 years before I finally got clean. In ONE YEAR I lost 12 friends between the ages of 16-25. Last month I found out yet another friend of mine was found dead because of an oxy overdose. This drug needs to be taken off the market, it's killing more people then it's helping!
debbie mcgiffin
Douglas Marken	THIS DRUG SUCKS U IN,THEN WONT LET U GO.TILL DEATH DO U PART
karen groves
Gina	I know all too well about all of this, I lost someone very close to me after a battle with it for many years. it needs to end.
Mark L. Workman	Why have a "legal" drug that is to amazingly addictive? It just causes more trouble than it's worth. Please cease production of this killer.
Jackie Whiting	this is truely an epidemic in our nation and the only addiction increasing in adolescents, a very vulnerable group.
Brandi Stafford	We miss you Jeremy! You will always have a special place in our hearts!
Julie Rinderle	I never thought I would be affected by the pill scene. I have always been open about my objections to chemically altering your mind, body and spirit. I have read plenty of stories about other people and other people’s friends and how they were affected by pills and the abuse of pills. It wasn’t until a little over a year ago when a close friend and co-worker of mine died of an overdose that it really hit home for me. He was young, responsible, newly engaged…..he had his whole life ahead of him. He was performing with his band that evening and took the following day off from work so no one thought twice about the fact that he wasn’t at the office the next morning…….Then we got the call……………. The tox screen showed that the dosages of substances found was minimal…he was not popping pills all night, he was not drinking heavily nor was he doing any of the “hard stuff”. He was simply out for a fun evening with his friends…Took a pill that his friend gave him and washed it down with his beer…. Later that evening he felt tired so he went to bed……………………..he never woke up.
Robert Turnbull	These prescription drugs have done extensive amounts of damage to my immediate family and loved ones. I have lost several friends to overdosing and seen first hand what affects and damage it can do. Not just to the people who abuse these prescription drugs but the ones who care about the safety of that human being.
Stephanie Ehrhardt	This drug has effected so many people in my life and it needs to be stopped. I have lost 4 friends to this evil drug and from the looks of things there will be a few more. The worst part is that it is LEGAL, are we all crazy. We are putting a deadly drug in the hands of unaware people. I have never seen someone take Oxycontin and not become addicted. We need to stop this epidemic now.
Margaret Workman	I am signing this because I have seen the damage of this drug. It must be illegalized. We have to take a stand together. We can't lose any more people to this drug. We have already been paying the price, and if we do not stop it now, it will become a rampant cause of death in the United States. We will lose our friends, our family, our children. Anyone can become a victim. Take this off the market.
Coartney Roe
robin
Linda Bushfield
Allison	R.I.P. JT<3 We all miss you, keep looking down on us with that beautiful smile that touched our hearts.
Carol Meere
Dawn Giambarberee	Someone I am very very close to has a problem with ROXYS. A mothers worst nightmare. They are to easy to get. They are everywhere. How many of our young people have to die before this is stopped???
Heidi Nairn	In loving memory of my 20 year old nephew Ben. Please help get this drug banned - forward the link to all your friends and family to rally support.
Wendy Meere
Kelly Potter
Sandra Ciarochi	My niece is hooked on this it is so bad. The lies stealing hanging out at seedy motels pawn shops and she does not care about anyone or anything. Get the crap off the market it is awful.I will not allow her back into my life for a very long time if ever.
teri malone	i have lost 4 friends.. and my brother is an addict.. my parents enable him.. something needs to be done to put a halt to ease of getting these drugs.. it is an epidemic!
Anonymous
Sharon Nugent
Taylor Butler
shauna
Adrian Curran
Ahmad Al-habash	This substance is addictive, I almost lost a friend of mine for it. He got so addicted that he couldn't see anything but that damn bottle. Ban this shit, give health to youths instead of taking it away of them in the supposed best days of their lives.
Debra Harshbarger	My son Chris is addicted to this pill and 5 of his friends have died in the last two months from this pill. We have all got to take a stand and try to make this pill illegal. I am so so glad that you are doing this and I will do anything you want to make this illegal in America. Thank you.
Jenna Taylor	I've lost people to it and other synthetic forms of the drug. Alot of pain killers are being overly prescribed misused and sold on the streets like dope. It's ridiculous! The govt. isnt concerned about the wellfare of it's citizens, just how they can make money off of them and the addictions they start- it's baring a striking resemblance to the METH outbreak of the 60's 70's and 80's. If this does pass I'll be greatly suprised, but I highly doubt it. I've lost faith in the system. There is no truth.
Lynne James	My heart breaks for all those who have lost loved ones to this evil drug. It must be stopped. Please post this site on facebook, we can spread the petition and the word like wild fire there.
Kimberly Sutfin
Anonymous
Nicol Miller Harris	Okay I am the mother of 11 children and a daughter in law my step son who lived in Fl committed suicide because of this drug .I have seen people who write people misuse this drug they don't take it as prescribed and all this other crap let me tell you doctors over prescribe it I never knew our son was addicted or how bad addiction to this drug could be and it causes suicidal thoughts doctors prescribe it for tooth aches to pulled muscles and for a smashed finger when advil worked just as good they are doing it for the kick backs and so they can make money they are money hungry and our children are dying it needs to be banned why can know one see this.
Laura Gainey	My sons father is a walking zombie because of these drugs and the crooked doctors who write his prescriptions. He is on probation for selling them to an undercover police but somehow his probation officer allows him to have 3 different prescriptions from doctors, no job, live in a homeless shelter off my hard earned tax money while he can't work because of the "pain" and the drugs and can't pay anything to support his child. There are other ways to deal with pain, the first starts with a mental health evaluation and addiction therapy!! Now my son has no father. BAN THESE UNNECESSARY DEATH PILLS!!!
Anonymous
Jacquelynn Smith	I am a Grandmother who is raising my two year old grandson who lost both his parents last year to the abuse of this awful drug. His father died in September 2009 and my daughter, his mother in December 2009. Our family has suffered such a great loss of two young lives and now my grandson will grow up NEVER know either of his parents. They were 19 and 20 years old. I WANT THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET!
susan morgan
Bianca
Teri Dulcie
James Bennett
Nicole Roe-Acebo	A close family friend fought for years with an addiciton to OxyContin, he got clean and sober for 50+ days but unfortunately the crave for this drug was too great. He died at the age of 26, this is heartbreaking in and of itself. But what broke my heart was to watch my 6 year old and 4 year old grieve for their Uncole who they never get to see again. I can never take away their pain and the pain of his family as well as ours but I hope we can all take a stand and save someone else from losing their child, father, mother, sister,brother, aunt,uncle or friend. Let's end the pain this pain reliever is causing. In loving memory of Josef M Feguer II, you did not die in vain!
Janis Claunch
tami childers	not only oxycontin but oxycodone as well!!these 2 drugs should be restricted to be prescibed by oncologest only for patients with cancer---this should be law an should go into affect NOW.no more lives should be lost before action is taken!!!!!
meghan kellaway	Oxy's are the worst thing to be hooked on.. I took them for 6 years, now i am clean for 5 months, and life has never been better.. everything im feeling is real. i have real happiness again, and im only clean 5 months.. i cant imagine the rewards to come the longer i stay sober.. i wish people would know, that after the HORRIBLE PAINFUL DETOX,, comes health and life. there is a way past withdraw, which i never thought. i didnt believe that feeling would ever go away. now it has and nothing in my life could be better
Kathy Schneider
Brenda Brown
Disa Prudden	My son passed away this April from complication of oxy use.
Mary Bell
margaret
billie hasenwinkle
Irona Carr
Cindy Fraser
Irona Carr
Sylvia Watson
Jamie Kulp
Cindy Harrold
Joseph M. Correia	I am a drug and alcohol counselor, and I have seen the effects of this drug and it is no joke please help our kids.
Kathleen O'Horo	horrible drug R.I.P Daniel Duarte Flanery <3
Gloria Hundley
karen freed
Karen Qualls
Connie Harris
Judith Qualls	My son was addicted for almost 8 years, it was destroying our family, let alone what it was doing to his personal being.. Killing him slowly is my point.. He went to rehab in So. California for 3+ months and has been oxy free for 6 months, and let me tell you it has been the best 6 months in many years.. I personally thought when I started researching the drug, why, why, why did this even make it on the market.. Sad and very bad decision was made by the FDA or whomever allowed it, so believe me my heart goes out to the people who have lost loved ones because of this stupid drug.. We have a personal friend who lost his son 2 years ago to this and he has never been the same.. I almost feel bad when I am around him because my son made it through Alive..
amanda taft	Praying for my cousin!!!
Kelsey Lentz	This drug does way more harm than good. It has and is negatively infecting my life.
Dan Throne	Oxycontin has been devastating to our family. Please stop this deadly virus.
Aron Taylor
Clarene Allgaier	My beautiful niece became addicted to this horrible drug while trying to battle the pain of sclerederma and arthritis. It was prescribed by her doctors. She only took what was prescribed by the doctors...now, she is in the fight of her life, trying to battle this horrible addiction!
Robin Majlak	Due to the OxyContin outbreak in our town, countless numbers of our children have died or became addicts. My son, thank God, was one of the lucky ones and ONLY wasted 9 years of his life combating a disease (addiction) caused by this killer drug. When introduced to this drug, he was in the top of his class at Notre Dame High School and could have been anything in life he chose. But now, he fights everyday to stay clean and will continue to do so for the REST OF HIS LIFE. Perdue Pharma ... Enjoy your perks for the fab business you've drummed up...there is a special place in hell for you all. From one heart broken mother and all the families that suffer everyday because of this drug!
Jason Warner	To all that have lost there loved ones I am truly sorry. I currently work with a young individual who is completely addicted to Oxycontin. He does not ingest them as prescribed. He gets them illegally and smokes (2 80mg) of the drug daily to induce the high. Being a recovering alcoholic I have tried repeatedly to try to help this certain individual with no luck whatsoever. I feel as if he is either gonna OD and die or get caught and go to prison. I urge the FDA to demand that Purdue Pharma change the chemical compound in the drug where if smoked the person becomes violently ill, or if combined with alcohol the same ill effects will happen. The only way to combat this epidemic is to properly change its chemical compound.
Jason Warner	To all that have lost there loved ones I am truly sorry. I currently work with a young individual who is completely addicted to Oxycontin. He does not ingest them as prescribed. He gets them illegally and smokes (2 80mg) of the drug daily to induce the high. Being a recovering alcoholic I have tried repeatedly to try to help this certain individual with no luck whatsoever. I feel as if he is either gonna OD and die or get caught and go to prison. I urge the FDA to demand that Purdue Pharma change the chemical compound in the drug where if smoked the person becomes violently ill, or if combined with alcohol the same ill effects will happen. The only way to combat this epidemic is to properly change its chemical compound. I believe also that people do need to take this drug for severe and accute pain, but should only be taken as prescribed.
TRACY PAINTER
Terry Valentine
Trisha Morris
Pamela Morris
Anonymous
Lindsey Salagaj-Medina	My brother was in a motorcycle accident in June of 08 and lost his left leg from the mid thigh down, and for the past 6 months, hes been telling everyone that hes been off them, and just 2 days ago told us that hes still been taking them. I LOATHE these stupid pills, they've taken a perfect human being and turned him into a raging monster! I know i cant change whats happen to him but if these pills were out of his life, i'd be able to talk sense into him...
martin and justyna
Anonymous
Anonymous	I have severe rheumatoid arthritis & was started on oxycontin 3 years ago. Suddenly, my health provider decided to stop dispensing oxycontin because it was being abused in the community. I had no choice but to stop cold-turkey. The first night was hell - I had the shakes so bad. But that went away the very next day. What took over was the depression. Paralyzing, debilitating, unending depression. I have been off oxycontin for about a month & my doctor put me on prozac & wellbutrin but I don't know when its going to start workinng. I have panic attacks, I'm terrified of being alone by myself & feel like I have nothing to live for. Because of my arthritis, I had to retire at age 40. I am now 51 & have nothing to do all day but think. Oxycontin should NEVER be prescribed to anyone for any reason. It's like coming off of pure grade heroin! It's an EVIL drug! Please ban the use of this crap everywhere!
Kate Caramanica
Erica Tackett
Thomas Needham
Rachel Nelson
Brittney Crawford
Brandi James
Danielle James
Hannah
Amy M Wright-Wood
Bill Kish
Cara Laracuente	I used to be addicted and I got clean on my own with no rehab....people CAN get off of them!! This is a horrible drug that needs to be banned....I have lost 3 friends in the last month due to oxycontin overdoses....this is a HUGE problem and these pills just need to stop being made!!!!
Suni Sommers	There are other drugs on the market that reduce pain, so i do think that it could be banned. However, I am concerned that another drug would just take it's place for abuse. I hope that would not be the case.
Anonymous	My son is withdrawing from oxycotin. He had to go detox, and is now doing an outpatient program. He is volatile, can't sleep, etcl. It almost killed him. It effects ALL family members that have to deal with him.
kayla Sardo
Lynne Zaklin	My nephew who i love dearly nearly lost his life to this drug. Every time the phone would ring I was sure he was gone. Its put my family through so much that no amount of money could make this experience (nightmare) better. Please stop this.
Yolanda Vanveen	Have lost a few friends and losing one now...so addicted and pain so bad, won't talk to me is killing himself...heartbroken can't help...
KIMBERLY COOKSEY	I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO SUFFER FROM CHRONIC PAIN. HOWEVER, OXYCONTIN APPEARS TO BE HURTING MANY, MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN IT IS HELPING. MY SON WENT TO REHAB TO GET OFF OF OXYCONTIN. I AM ONE OF THE TRULY BLESSED AND LUCKY MOTHER'S WHO STILL HAS HER CHILD. NOT ALL MOTHER'S ARE SO FORTUNATE. THIS IS A DEVASTATING DRUG THAT IS TOO EASILY PUT INTO THE WRONG HANDS....THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEEDLESSLY LOST LOVED ONES BECAUSE OF A DRUG THAT IS ENTIRELY TOO MISPRESCRIBED, TOO AVAILABLE, AND MUCH, MUCH TOO ADDICTIVE. NOT ONLY IS IT KILLING AND CAUSING OUR CHILDREN TO BECOME ADDICTS, IT IS FORCING THEM TO BECOME DRUG DEALERS AS WELL, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD/SUPPORT THEIR HABIT. WHEN IS ENOUGH GOING TO BE ENOUGH? MAYBE WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TOP THREE PURDUE PHARMA EXECUTIVES LOSE SOMEONE IRREPLACEABLE TO THEM OVER THIS EVIL AND DEBAUCHEROUS DRUG??? GOD HAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO VALUE THE BOTTOM-LINE, ($$$$$)..OVER HUMAN LIVES....ESPECIALLY VUNERABLE CHILDREN'S LIVES. GOD HELP YOU PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE AND PROFIT FROM THIS DRUG.
Taylor Gamble	We miss you Jeremy!
jeannine mouton	I am so angry over what the country has allowed. I knew someone personally who got addicted to this from having a chronic illness and the doctor dosing them up to such a toxic level that they would have died!! Of course the blame game is always the victim.. How in the world can pain management drs. be allowed to create such a heinous crime to their patients. The signature of each doctor who signs the Hippa law, "FIRST DO NO HARM" paper, need to obey and respect the honor. This is not a money making business!! The role of blame needs to be reversed by all means. The drug traffic is out of control, also!! Where is the discipline in regards to getting these dangerous drug dealers off the streets and behind bars, some for life. I give my full support to this cause. One more life ruined or taken is, and should not be an option!!!!!!!
Londyn Guillory	My addiction to Oxycontin started at a young age when I was given it after having a surgery related to a complication of Open Heart Surgery. The doctor never told me how bad I would feel when I was getting off of this medicine, how depressed I would be, and how much pain my family and friends would go through because of it. It has become a "street drug" of sorts where I am from, which is Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I have put four friends in the ground because they went to crooked doctors who would give them prescriptions of whatever they wanted for cash. This always included Oxycontin. I am also now always in fear every night I go to sleep because of the fact that my own Grandmother who is now 65 is taking two 80MG Oxycontin pills a day. They didn't even try to do physical rehabilitation, they just hand out these pills as if they don't ruin people's lives. This could kill her respiratory system any day. I am sick of living in fear for my friends who are addicted, and for people who have to take it.
Annette DeHart	My son is now going to prison for theft because he was addicted to Oxycontin. This drug destroys families. My son tried two treatment programs that failed. I know several of his friends that have had the same problems. We know many other parents that have young adults that struggle with the addition of this drug. I hope this drug is no longer available when my son gets out of prison so it will help him stay away from this and other drugs. Please take if off the market now. Banning this drug will also cut down on crime and save lives.
Anonymous	This drug "Oxy" destroyed our daughters life; it turned her into a person we did not recognize, a thief, a liar, a person with no moral boundries; anything to get the drug. As with most oxy addicts....she became an intravenous herion user. My greatest fear is standing over her grave one day, for we will not recover as a family. I do not know what it will take for this "killer" drug to be banned from the market. Maybe an exec of Perdue or the FDA, or a doctor that makes money off prescribing this drug illegally needs to lose a child to this diease first....(I pray to God that no parent has to lose a child to this addiction) then their eyes will be opened to this nightmare and something will be done to take this killer drug off the market.
Sam Sparacino	The town I live in has been over-run by OxyContin addicts. Its sad...watching these people be destroyed.
Cindy Supan
Anonymous	The face of a herion addict has changed. It is our children in middle schools and high schools. Addiction knows no boundries and does not discriminate. My 23 year old daughter is a herion addict. OxyContin lead to my daughter's herion addiction. Once addicted to Oxy, it became very costly and difficult to get. Herion was alot cheaper and easier to get on the streets. At 17 years of age, my daughter became an intravenous herion addict. She was an honor student, tennis player, an award winning artist; now as I write this, she is an inpatient at a rehab, again. She relapsed after 4 years clean and by the grace of God did not overdose and die, as many young people have. My daughter will struggle with this for the rest of her life.This addiction affects the whole family. After walking in on my daughter with a needle in her arm 6 years ago, we have never been the same. My husband and I have gone into major debt, remoraged our home, trying to give her the help she needs to keep her alive! The fact of herion addiction is this: 30% recovery rate. One either works every day of their life trying to stay clean, go to jail or die. I know this as fact. I buried my brother alittle over a year ago. My daughter made a profound statement; "Because of Oxy, there will be an epidemic of herion addicts in the future". This was 6 years ago. How true and how sad. I PLEAD with the FDA to ban the distribution of OxyCotin, for our childrens sake.
JILLIAN MAJLAK
Nancy J Tozier	This should be banned.
Evelyn Ortiz
Melissa
nicole pelosi
stephen and londyn fugarino	This is a wonderful thing to see!!! This epidemic seems to have been hitting the surrounding areas of were I live in the past 4-5 years, and actually had me extremely sick after a local doctor chose to prescribe to me 450mgs "A DAY" of this stuff for my M.S and Lymes disease. This was enough to easily put me into a comma or easily kill me. Thank God I had my mother there to stop this from continuing. As young as I was, I didn't know the extent in which this doctor had me on ( I was just following the dosage on the prescriptions), and was in such a fog at all times, I didn't know what I was doing halk the time, embarrased myself, and put me into a terrible seizure and come downs after this doctor finally had to drop me due to getting his license revoked. I pray every single night that kids/adults will one day open up there eyes or have someone do it for them, to not only see what they are doing to themselves, but also doing to there loved ones by becoming a victim to this horrific drug!!! Thank you to everyone on this site, and God Bless! Stephen,
Stacey Herring
Felicia Young	I have a family friend whom I helped to partially raise who took oxycontin and now has Grand Mal seizures . He now has Epilepsy because of the oxycontin . Irreversable damage !!! He turned 20 years old last December 2009 so he will be 21 years old later this year . How many other young kids are out there misusing such a dangerous medication. How many of our kids have to die because of this pharmaceutical drug that is being proven to be dangerous ?
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Jessica Kay	I have lost many friends to this drug, in death and in addiction. I have seen many people get sucked into this black hole and there has to be a stop put on this. The people who are on the drug should be their last resort. It's sad that anyone can walk into a pain clinic especially in Florida, the state I live in with an MRI and 250 dollars and get 180 Oxycontin. STOP THE DISEASE!
Dorsay Fischer	Finally, the appropriate attention is starting to be given to this epidemic. It's unfortunate that the politicians who are supposed to protect the public have not risen to the occasion. As someone who is experiencing this awful addiction with more than one loved one, the ban of oxycontin cannot come too soon! Many thanks to those who have started this movement to ban it. Let's hope this time the FDA does the right thing.
alivia sommers	I am so against roxies because they are taking over all of my close friends lives. If they make it so you have to buy cold medicine from the pharmacy maybe they should put a bit more restrictions on prescribing roxies.
Ashley	i have lost over 5 of my friends to this addictive drug..please take this off the market!
yaditza taylor	It is getting out of control in Florida!!!
Anna Seigel
Sarah White	There are other non-narcotic ways to deal with pain! This legal heroin in wreaking havoc on our communities and families!!
larry flanery	I lost my 22yr old to Oxycontin TERRIBLE STUFF IT NEEDS TO GO!!!
Kyle Lozano	I lost a good friend to this and many other aquaitences. What the hell? Sincerely, Kyle Lozano R.I.P. Daniel Duarte Flanery; you'll always be missed brother. I love you.
Matthew Koehler	RIP DFLAN
Katarina Mitrovic	Doctors who prescribe this drug are doing nothing but taking the easy way out. Take time to look and listen to your patients to see what they really need instead of handing out pain-killers like candy. We don't need "doctors" like these practicing medicine. This drug does not help people, it KILLS them. FIND AN ALTERNATIVE.
Anonymous
Anonymous	Lost a 22 year old nephew to OxyContin. Way too easy to get the stuff...
Sally Mc Carty Marlatt	I am petitioning for a ban on oxycontin. This request is being made in memory of Jeremy Traylor who died of an overdose May 2009.
Ann Fuchs
reanna tocco	PLEASE STOP PRESCRIBING THESE PAIN KILLERS, PEOPLE ARE DIEING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mauriah Tocco	PLEASE STOP MAKING THIS AWFUL DRUG, IT IS KILLING OUR KID'S AND RUINING LIVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob Walton	This drug is more than a virus, it is a plague upon humanity as a whole. My area is suffering from this plague's affects as much as any place else. I cannot express how important removing this drug from the medical world is, and I'm positive many families with members addicted to this will agree with me wholeheartedly.
sarah tocco	oxy roxys are the devil. They have taken over my life. I'm clean now but once you do them for 3 days in a row your stuck after that you won't be able to go a day with out one. Waking up sick, can't even get out of bed until you do a line of one or just eat one it's sad. Also how these Dirty Doctors are prescribing young kids them when they don't even need them. It's the Governments Fault cause they allow this to go on for so long when ALL there doing is Ruining Families, and Lifes. They Need to Stop Making these Damn things. Dont you see how Many Kids are ODing over PILLS. Have many more Lifes have to be taken before you Finally Listen !!!!! STOP MAKING OXYS N ROXYS NOW OR JUST MORE LIFES ARE GONNA BE TAKE ...... PLEASE STOP CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISTRUCTION OF LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris	This is corporate genocide. The CEO's get rich, while the population is thinned out. Maybe the CEO's children will be hooked on this drug, an it will hit close to home. Then maybe they will realise how incredibly HORRIBLE this drug is.
Chris
Joseph Tocco	PLEASE GET RID OF THIS HORRIBLE KILLER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beverly Laundy
maria tocco	My son was addicted to this awful drug, and I had to Marchman Act him back in June of 2009. He struggles with this every day of his life, and so do I. Someone needs to stop making this deadly product before all our children are addicted or dead. PLEASE LISTEN !!!!!!!
Ryan Flanery	I lost my brother to Oxycontin. I hope it is one day exposed for the lethal substance it truly is. Nobody's pain physical pain is worse than the emotional pain myself and my family has suffered. Take this drug off the market.
STEPHANIE LACERRA	pLEASE BAN OXYCONTIN ITS JUST DOCTORS BECOMING MORE RICH ON THE STREET THEY R JUST LEGAL DRUG DEALERS AND R KILLING MORE THEN HALF OF THIS GENERATION EVERYDAY 3 LIFES ARE LOST DU TO OVERDOSE ADDICTION ETC. I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT HA