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Oxycodone abuse has been a continuing problem in the United States since the early 1960's. In passing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, Congress placed oxycodone in Schedule II (CII). In spite of its CII status, oxycodone continued to be abused. The abuse of a new sustained-release formulation of oxycodone, known as Oxycontin7, has escalated over the last year. Drug abuse treatment centers, law enforcement personnel, and health care professionals have reported a dramatic increase in the abuse of these sustained release products in Maine, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Maryland. Recently, abuse has spread to other states such as Pennsylvania and Florida. The estimated number of emergency department (ED) episodes involving oxycodone were stable from 1990 through 1996. However, the number of ED episodes more than trippled from 1996 to 2000: 3,190 episodes in 1996 to 10,825 in 2000. |
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