| Length | 02:09 |
| Licensor | Appalachian Media Institute |
| Producer(s) | Natasha Watts with Appalachian Media Institute and Youth Radio |
| Formats | Commentary, Essay, Youth Produced |
| Topics | Health, Public Affairs, Youth |
| Produced | October 9, 2007 |
| Added to PRX | January 14, 2008 |
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Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.
English
Eastern Kentucky is home to one of the largest prescription drug problems in the county, and one of the most abused drugs is a painkiller called OxyContin. The maker of that drug, Purdue Pharma, has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for misleading the public about OxyContin?s addictive qualities. Commentator Natasha Watts describes the human costs that prescription drug addictions have brought to her community.
