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Success Story from a Recent Novus Patient:
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"It is hard to list just a few, but while all were excellent, Joe, Jean, Patty and JJ were exceptional!
I found the facility very comfortable and relaxing . It was nice being in the midst of trees and nature.
Before coming to Novus, I didn't believe that life after methadone addiction was possible. After having been here and although not easy, I see how that it is not only possible, but it's possible to have a good life! I saw not only through talk, but through example. Having been through a couple of detoxes prior to Novus, seeing others who have been exactly where I am (was), and now are counselors here living productive lives and using their past bad experiences to help others, gives me great hope, and hope is something that I haven't felt in a while."
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Purdue Pharma, OxyContin and Hitler
By Steve Hayes, Director of Novus Medical Detox Center
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MEMORIAL DAY
On this Memorial Day we are reminded that many of our freedoms have been won and maintained, not by diplomacy, but by the willingness of millions to make any sacrifice necessary to keep their freedom. Many of our parents or grandparents were involved in World War II. They were forced to fight a war that could have been prevented if our leaders had listened to Hitler, took him seriously, and then taken action to prevent this madman from starting a war that killed over 72 million people and cost tens of billions of dollars.
When Hitler came to power in 1933, only fifteen years had passed since the conclusion of World War I, when an estimated 16 million people died and over 20 million more were wounded. In addition, the Great Depression had begun in 1929 and most governments were seeing the collapse of their economies.
Hitler never hid his intentions. In Mein Kampf, which translates as "My Struggles", Hitler told everyone his future vision for the world-more land for the German people and the elimination of the Jewish people. The big bankers and industrialists were his biggest supporters because he promised them that he would make them more powerful by rearming Germany and giving them control of vast resources in surrounding countries that he intended to conquer.
It is now thought that if France had moved a military division to the German border in 1935 when Hitler announced he was starting military conscription and openly violating the Treaty of Versailles that had been signed in 1918, Hitler would have fallen from power. But France merely protested mildly. The leaders of Europe followed this same pattern and Hitler thus started World War II.
OXYCONTIN MEMORIAL DAY
Few "legal" drugs have created the type of death and destruction as OxyContin. Started in 1992 by the Sackler family, Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, wanted to create a sustained release product that would compete with Percocet and other narcotics. They did this by developing a sustained version of oxycodone and named it OxyContin. Unlike the other major drug companies, Purdue Pharma remains a privately owned company and is not required to make the same disclosures of the publicly owned companies.
However, the criminal case against Purdue Pharma brought by U.S. Attorney Brownlee uncovered documents where Purdue Pharma clearly revealed that they were in business to make money, and this was far more important than the lives of people. It was simple for these amoral people. The only way that they could make money was to sell large quantities of OxyContin. The problem was that Percocet and many of the other narcotics that contained oxycodone or its near cousin hydrocodone also contained acetaminophen-a drug used to relieve pain and the main ingredient in Tylenol. The problem with acetaminophen is that large doses can cause liver cancer.
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