Any kind of opioid not just oxycontin is abuse potential.   There are hordes of people that will go to pharmacies now and get gravol and tylenol 1 (generic acetaminophen with 8mg codeine).  If they are told no, they will simply go to another place and get it.   They can mix them all together to get a buzz.   This is out of control as well.     There are also abuse potentials with benzodiazepines, older sleeping pills antianxiety, which when mixed with alcohol and opioids is deadly as well....ie.  Heath Ledger etc.      It is not just oxycontin, it is the entire spectrum, and the wide populace demand to get high with one substance or another.