Oxycontin is a powerful narcotic prescribed for pain control in patients with cancer or other medical condition that is accompanied by excruciating pain, it releases the active ingredient oxycodone gradually over 12 hours after taking the drug.

This formulation was designed in 1996. Soon opiate addicts found that crushing the pill, the resulting powder could be used for either snorting or injecting, achieving effects as powerful as those achieved with the heroin. This practice has resulted in several deaths from overdose.…