Concern over highly addictive painkiller

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Ask the author of the article. I don't see how an article that uses things like this -

Between 2007 and 2011, the number of patients dispensed oxycodone nationally increased 254%, compared with a 37% increase for morphine.

Since the awareness campaign prescription rates of the opioid have dropped 50% with a 22% drop in GP prescriptions. About 70% of oxycodone users start taking it while in hospital, and 17% of those patients have their prescriptions continued by a GP.

However, the number of addicts who illicitly used oxycodone doubled to 18% from 2008 to 2010. It is prescribed by GPs as a tablet, but is also available in hospitals in an injectable form. People can chew or crush the tablets for rapid absorption.

could have been written 15 years ago. With stats from the last few yrs I mean.