Prescription for Addiction

WTOL-TV Toledo, OH: News 11 Special Report: : "It's one of the fastest growing drug addictions in the country: abuse of the prescription painkiller, oxycontin. Middle to upper class suburban high schools in our area seem to have an inordinate number of students who are addicted to the drug. Oxycontin is a powerful painkiller, developed to treat severe pain. But its high is the same as that from a hit of heroine. For many, the drug is easy to get -- often just a trip to a relative's medicine cabinet will provide a supply."