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Oxycontin was overprescribed for pain, it's not available for recreational use.

Possibly it's just too potent for legalization to be viable.

Oxycodone (Oxycontin) has similar potency to diamorphine (heroin) and is ~2 orders of magnitude less potent than fentanyl.

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/healthcare-professionals/tr...

I wasn't referring to potency strictly in the capacity of risk of overdose, but strongly addictive potential.

OxyContin was de-facto legalized. You could go to certain doctors, complain of pain, and walk out with a prescription. Just like you could do with medical marijuana in California. Legalization made the problem much worse because it increased demand markedly.

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