This story aired on the ONR on OETA-The Oklahoma Network. The reporter is Lis Exon; photojournalist is Edwin Wilson.
Oxycodone is a drug that is used for severe pain treatment that you can get by a prescription from a doctor. In the state of Oklahoma, there are a lot of teenagers that are getting addicted to this drug. It is a drug that you can get hooked onto and accessing the drug is not that hard to do. Doctors prescribe these drugs to teenagers for many different reasons such as getting your wisdom teeth pulled because of the pain that comes from pulling it out. Teens can even get the drug easier by just stealing it from a family member that gets prescribe the drug medicine. Tulsa police officer says, " oxycodone right now is probably the one I have seen the most on the street because it is really valuable on the street." People sell them on the streets because you can make a big profit selling them to the addicts. 1 30 MG oxycodone pill can cost 30 dollars. The withdraw symptoms are pretty severe says Holly, which were former drug addicts. There are many ways a person can get a hold of a prescription such as: doctor shop, forging prescription, and many other ways. A lot of people are forging the prescriptions by taking the doctor's pads to fuel their high or even to resell it.
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