I know for me when I lived in Missouri, I could literally walk into any emergency room and get a prescription for either Oxycontin or Percocet. I never really viewed it as a problem until I couldn’t stop. If I went even close to 24 hours without Oxy or Percocet in my system, I would be so sick I wouldn’t be able to function. Finally in 2002, I was put on Methadone because I was pregnant and the doctor said that was the only way to save my youngest daughter. I ended up staying on Methadone for 13 years. In May of 2015 I took my last does and started the very long process of detoxing. It was awful. I am very grateful to be off of it. I do think that physicians utilize the more high powered narcotics way too much and don’t warn patients of the potential for addiction. A lot in this country regarding addiction to opiod painkillers needs to change, on that I agree.