According to new reports, Oxycontin is quickly becoming a drug of choice for Manitobans. Due to geographic location and socio-economic similarities, many once feared the invasion of methamphetamines into Canada’s heartland. But, today, according to new reports,
Oxycontin has quickly become the drug of choice throughout the province, wreaking havoc on many lives.
According to officials, Oxycontin, often referred to as “hillbilly heroinâ€, invaded Manitoba without warning, press coverage or public hype.
Law enforcement officials and addiction treatment workers, those most often of the frontlines of drug life, have been reporting:
- continuous police raids
- an increase in the number of addicts seeking drug addiction treatment
- an increase in the number of overdoses
- addiction treatment programs being overrun with Oxycontin addicts
The profile of the typical Oxycontin addict, they say, is a young male either in school or working who comes, most likely, from in intact suburban family.
Furthermore, they are asking for education programs on the risks and signs of Oxycontin abuse and addiction before the problem worsens, and the need for more beds in addiction treatment facility, especially for women.
Oxycontin is a powerful opiod, much like
heroin, which has also been growing significantly in
Winnipeg.
Treatments for Oxycontin addiction include:
- residential addiction treatment or
- methadone therapy, for the short and medium-term
both in combination with individual psychotherapy to treat the root problems of addiction.
Source: The Winnipeg Sun
