It is not only us individually who harm ourselves, but it is also the people around us who love us and for whom we are very important. It's a pleasure to be here today and share my thoughts with you. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Susmita Chowdhury, here to inform you about the consequences of taking an overdose of oxycodone. Oxycodone is a prescription drug but it is illegal to abuse it. However, not only adults, but also adolescents are highly exposed to these drugs, for example in schools and universities through their friends. Some teenagers sell these drugs for money and it is very expensive. In pharmacies, these medicines are referred to as CII drugs and when they are dispensed to any patient, the bottle contains an orange sticker indicating that it is addictive if taken in overdose. These drugs are usually prescribed in small quantities. They are kept in a secret cabinet in a pharmacy and only pharmacists know the cabinet code; pharmacy technicians are usually not allowed to dispense it without the pharmacist's order. In local pharmacies, many people come to ask for oxycodones saying they are in a lot of pain, but a pharmacist denies giving it to them or gives the excuse of not having it. In the article “Pharmacies Besieged by Dependent Thieves” by Abby Goodnough it states that “more than 1,800 pharmacy robberies have taken place nationwide in the past three years, typically conducted by young people seeking opioid painkillers and other drugs to sell or feed addictions. The most common targets are oxycodone.” Oxycodone is a very challenging drug despite being so expensive. In the article, Goodnough reports that thefts of these drugs have increased over the years and Mr. Hibbard, a pharmacist in Birmingham, has placed a warning on the door of his shop that says: "We do not stock OxyContin," says Hibbard