That is twisting it a bit. It's simple economics really... Oxy street value is $1.00/mg - so, generally $80.00 per pill (80mg). Heroin about $10.00-$20.00 per dose. So a hard-core addict could easily spend $100-$200 per day on heroin or $800.00-$1600.00 on Oxy. PER DAY. There is no denying that there is a drug problem in the US and that Opiate abuse has grown exponentially. However, creating an abuse-proof version of Oxy - truly abuse proof - is a major step in a) slowing the epidemic because a large percentage of the current heroin users would never have been exposed to opiates without using Oxy first and then transitioning to heroin for the aforementioned reason ($) in addition to ease of access and b) providers still need pain management treatments that are as effective for patients as Oxy. By creating an abuse-proof Oxy you start to mitigate the epidemic and still have a valuable pain management tool. You will always have the folks that go to hard drugs but when you gut the gateway to heroin, you will see the patient population dramatically change and on a percentage basis it will go back to the numbers of kids who smoke some pot or drink some whiskey and end up being heroin or cocaine addicts...The idea that abuse proof has exacerbated the problem is not really relevant, it is about the dollars involved. That said, if a company created a truly non abusable formulation you would nip the problem in the bud.
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