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Essay / Informative speech on drugs - 1020
It is not only us individually who harm ourselves, but it is also the people around us who love us and for whom we are very important. Today I have the pleasure of being here and sharing my thoughts with you. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Susmita Chowdhury, here to inform you of the consequences of an oxycodone overdose. Oxycodone is a prescribed medication, but it is illegal to abuse. However, not only adults but also adolescents are highly exposed to these drugs like in schools, universities through their friends. Some teenagers sell these drugs for money and it is very expensive. In pharmacies, these drugs are called CII drugs and when dispensed to patients, the bottle contains an orange sticker that indicates that they are addictive in the event of an overdose. Usually, these medications are prescribed in small quantities. They are kept in a secret cabinet in a pharmacy and only pharmacists know the cabinet code; pharmacy technicians are generally not allowed to dispense it without a pharmacist's order. At local pharmacies, many people come asking for oxycodones saying they are in a lot of pain, but a pharmacist refuses to give them or makes an excuse for not having them. In the article "Pharmacies Besieged by Addicted Thieves" by Abby Goodnough states that "more than 1,800 pharmacy robberies have occurred nationwide in the past three years, usually carried out by young men looking for drugs." 'opioid painkillers and other drugs to sell or feed their own drugs. dependencies. The most common targets are oxycodone. Oxycodone is a very demanding drug despite its high price. In the article, Goodnough says the theft of these drugs has increased over the years and Mr. Hibbard, a Birmingham pharmacist, placed a notice on his store door reading: "We do not stock OxyContin." . Hibbard says he