“In April 2008, New England Patriots offensive tackle Nick Kaczur was pulled over for speeding in Whitestown, N.Y., while driving back to his home in Massachusetts.” Oxycodone is very common because athletes get it for surgery and then they get hooked which makes them want the drug even more. They go to an alternative known as heroine. Getting off this drug is very hard and once you start to feel addicted chances are you are. Being addicted is not the only bad thing about this, now you have to deal with the fact that you are going to have to get cut off at some point and not have your drug. The alternative is a nasty thing called heroine and you don’t know who made it or what is in …show more content…
But when there is no more oxycodone to numb your pain and you think you still have pain that’s when it becomes to be a bad thing. You resort to anything such as sleep or simply just finding the alternative heroine, which is cheaper and easier to access. Which is mainly why people resort to heroine. Oxycodone has a lot of short term effects such as “euphoria, extreme relaxation, reduced anxiety, pain relief, and sedation.” For long term effects “Oxycodone use has been found to be associated with kidney and liver failure, as well as a reduction in the brain’s ability to adapt to new input, which may account for the shift from controlled to compulsive