Cottonland

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Cottonland
A Canadian Documentary on OxyContin Addiction: As the 20th century found its end, Cape Breton fell on dark days. In Glace Bay, 20 kilometers east of Sydney, population 20,000 and falling, depression and joblessness joined each other atop a towering plateau. Cottonland studies the aftermath of the town’s economic and social collapse. As the film begins, we see a tattooed forearm resting on a round table, with a lighter, spoon and syringe arranged nearby. A white substance sits in the bowl of the spoon. It’s OxyContin, a potent prescription painkiller. Taken in large doses, Oxy delivers a languid high akin to heroin or morphine. It is just as addictive.

Dirty hands press water from the syringe into the spoon. Flame from the lighter heats the blend. The camera cuts to a young man speaking. “My name is Thomas Ogley, and I’m addicted to OxyContin. I've been addicted for probably over five years now. I started off when the doctors give it to me, and then I kept going.... anywhere from two to 10 times a day. It all depends how much money I can get.”

Ogley broke his back at age 23. He was prescribed OxyContin to manage the pain. A long time has passed since his last legal refill. His habit now costs about $200 a day, although he has no job to support it. “You just do it to be normal. You don’t get high no more — if you don’t do it, you're deadly sick.”

Further reading

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/cottonland.html

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Mami wrote:

This is really a pretty good doc on OxyCotin addiction filmed by an addict.

Well worth a watch, I know lots of young people hooked on this shit and the dope dealing dotors are big pharmas legal version of a street level dealer.
(Puddin da black man outta bid-ness) :P

I live in south Florida and in just Dade and Broward counties alone, their OxyCotin sales account for 85% of all sales in the entire US!

They practically have drive thru windows in their pain clinics, and the local governments can't do a thing about it? Hmmm??? :rolleyes:

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