Paramedic...hope you're having a well deserved rest. The really scary thing about injecting oxycontin clinically speaking is that the dose is proportionately much higher because none of the drug is metabolized out by the liver, so the onset is almost immediate and the pills don't look that different be they 10 or 160 mg, just different colors. Very easy for people, especially relatively opiate naive ones, to OD with this drug. I know Purdue is trying to come up with a formulation such that the binders would render the drug ineffective if crushed, it must be really challenging though because they've been working on this for years. They did take a couple doses above 160 that used to be available off the market. Hopefully that guy you helped will get scared and get help. Thanks for being out there helping.