Oxycontin is a morphine-like narcotic drug approved for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Abusers sometimes disrupt the time-release formula of the drug to speed up absorption, often chewing the tablets, crushing them and snorting the powder, or dissolving them in water and injecting the drug to get a fast high. Abusers have also used Oxycontin with other pain killers, alcohol and marijuana. Several deaths have resulted from abuse of this drug.