In the middle of the night he fell off his four foot high bed, and stopped breathing. He would not be found until the next morning, when his boyfriend stumbled upon him, and realized he was dead. I never imagined that I would attend a friend's funeral that died from the use of prescription drugs. On April 1, 2008 Christopher Cooley died, at the age of 25, from an Oxycontin overdose. His death is one of many that occur in this country from the overdose of this dangerous narcotic. In the past years America has struggled with many drug epidemics. In the 70s psychedelic drugs were very popular, the 80s was cocaine. In the 90s speed became the major epidimic, which continues to be a problem to this day. There is a new epidimic that is sweeping by our nation and it is being supplied by our very own government. Oxycodone /oxycontin is a highly addictive extremely potent narcotic that is over prescribed, prescribed to the wrong people and prescribed unnecessary amounts of time. The......

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Title: Oxycontin
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