Evidence Continues to Shatter the Accidental Addict Myth

According to recent literature:

"Less than 3 percent of painkiller addicts initially become addicted from their medical prescription for legitimate pain."

"80 percent of OxyContin addicts have previously taken cocaine."

This here further serves to debunk the official "accidental addict" propaganda - the images of average joe or jane who has never so much as taken alcohol, who develops a painful condition and becomes a junkie due to the pressure of a pill pushing doctor.

Again - In patients without a history of drug abuse or addiction, the vast majority of those starting opioid therapy do not become addicted to opioids through therapy. This applies to acute and chronic opioid therapy.

Most addicted opioid users have had histories of illicit drug use prior to beginning with opioids.

Might I add that recently, propagandist & anti-narco crusader Larry G. cited this statistic on his radio show in a way which implied that the 3% figure is ALARMING - a perfect example of flash and trash propaganda - which is basically, the use of figures or statistics presented to an audience of lay-people, conveyed in a manner which allows the propagandist to make it mean whatever he wants it to (even to mean the opposite of what it actually means); another instance could be: a speaker who presents what is actually a very low figure, but articulates it in a way in which to convince the audience that it's a shockingly HIGH figure; thus worthy of a great deal of concern, and therefore adding an illusion of credibility or supporting evidence for his cause.