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NEWS ABOUT: Oxycodone

Oxycodone stories: 4 news summaries
OH BROTHER


 Big Brother 
 Winner 
 Nabbed for 
 Peddling Oxy 

Jasinski says he used $500K prize to buy, sell painkillers

Oct 20, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski made his first court appearance today in Massachusetts after being charged with trying to sell 2,000 prescription painkiller pills. After a brief struggle with agents, the DEA says Jasinski waived his Miranda rights and confessed to using his $500,000 winnings from... More »

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reality TV • OxyContin • DEA • prescription drugs • Drug Enforcement Administration • Oxycodone • Big Brother • contestants • prescription painkillers • Adam Jasinski • winner

 Pill-Poppers Flock to Florida 

Drug dealers, abusers head south to take advantage of loose prescription regulations

Apr 25, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prescription drug abusers and dealers from across the eastern US have been hotfooting it to Florida to take advantage of the state's loose regulations, the Los Angeles Times reports. It’s the biggest state to not have a prescription monitoring program and hundreds of poorly regulated "pain clinics" ... More »

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Florida • prescription drugs • drug abuse • Oxycodone

Painkillers Dragged Ex-NFL Player to His Grave

Tom McHale overdosed after battling addiction

Nov 9, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The drug-fueled depression of 9-year NFL veteran Tom McHale crept up on friends who considered him a font of generosity and enthusiasm, the Washington Post reports. His upbeat post-football life, running restaurants and working in real estate around Tampa, Fla., seemed unlikely to end in an accidental overdose. But the... More »

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NFL • cocaine • drug abuse • Oxycodone • drugs in sports

Americans Double Use
of Pain Meds

Led by Oxycodone, sales of painkillers soared 90% in 8 years

Aug 20, 07 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retail sales of five major painkillers rose a whopping 90% from 1997 to 2005, a new AP analysis of DEA statistics shows. The increase is driven by Oxycodone, the chemical used in OxyContin, which has seen sales increase nearly 600%. Causes include an aging population, huge new drug marketing campaigns,... More »

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medicine • OxyContin • patient • Americans • painkiller • Oxycodone

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