Archive for the 'Oxycontin' Category

DEA rule limits elders’ medication (Concord Monitor)

Saturday 27 March 2010 @ 1:43 am

When 89-year-old Tom Molway was discharged from Concord Hospital last year after a hip and femur replacement, he went to Harris Hill Health Care Center in Concord to recuperate.

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Rx Take Back (The Daily Dunklin Democrat)

Friday 26 March 2010 @ 12:14 pm

"Who knew grandma kept a stash?" That line is just one of the new series of advertisements targeted at revealing the rising trend of teenage prescription drug abuse. To help this rise, the Counselors...

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The big push (Metro Times Detroit)

Wednesday 24 March 2010 @ 12:06 am

Third Coast’s Ypsi “compassion center.” Fast times in Washington, D.C. (12/16/2009) A Royal Oak stonemason makes his case with a hunger strike Pickup lines (11/25/2009) Will curbside recycling work in Detroit?

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Milford Police investigate drugstore robberies (The Milford Daily News)

Tuesday 23 March 2010 @ 12:37 am

Detectives yesterday were working late into the night investigating robberies of powerful painkillers from two pharmacies in town within a 17-hour span.

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Traffic Stop Leads to Prescription Drug Arrest (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)

Friday 19 March 2010 @ 12:13 pm

State Police found hundreds of prescription pills during a routine traffic stop early Friday morning.

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Michigan Medical Marijuana User Fired by Wal-Mart (Join Together Online)

Friday 19 March 2010 @ 10:39 am

A Wal-Mart employee injured on the job was fired after testing positive for marijuana use, even though he was legally allowed to use the drug medically in Michigan.

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State board disciplines 3 South Shore doctors (The Patriot Ledger)

Friday 19 March 2010 @ 5:15 am

The state’s medical review board has taken disciplinary action against two South Shore doctors, placed another on probation for five years and dismissed complaints against two others.

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Armed robbery suspect arrested (Tulsa World)

Thursday 18 March 2010 @ 10:28 am

A robbery suspect who is accused of threatening to open fire in a Tulsa pharmacy was arrested Wednesday when an officer spotted him in traffic.

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A Growing Peril (The Lakeland Ledger)

Wednesday 17 March 2010 @ 11:53 pm

By ERIC PERA THE LEDGER LAKELAND Move over, alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. The new gateway drugs of choice among more and more teenagers can be obtained freely in their own homes, sharing shelf space with toothpaste, cough syrup and adhesive bandages.

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OxyContin taking a toll in Sonoma County (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Wednesday 17 March 2010 @ 5:41 pm

BY RANDI ROSSMANN AND JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The opiate-based painkiller OxyContin has brought an increase in violence and now joins marijuana and methamphetamine as the drugs battled most by Santa Rosa and other law enforcement agencies.

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