| Looking over the current news about the opioid | | | | Alleged pill thief nabbed by police after entering |
| painkiller OxyContin, we can see there's not much | | | | pharmacy |
| change today from any other day in the last year | | | | Also in the headlines: A man in Arkansas was in |
| or so. This is a drug that, despite its usefulness | | | | court yesterday on manslaughter charges for |
| for helping serious chronic pain sufferers, has | | | | crossing the center line and crashing into and killing |
| created a dark side of prescription drug addiction | | | | an innocent 86-year-old woman - a cousin of |
| and crime, and led thousands of people to need | | | | former president Bill Clinton. The man was high on |
| drug detox, if not an undertaker. | | | | Lortab, an opioid painkiller similar to Vicodin, and |
| If anyone doubts that we have a problem in | | | | Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug popular with drug |
| America with crime connected to narcotic | | | | abusers these days. Xanax, for example, can |
| prescription drug addiction, just take a look at | | | | create serious dependence, and victims generally |
| today's top headlines about OxyContin, as | | | | require drug detox to get off it safely. Another |
| reported by Google news. The name of the drug | | | | story tells how a mother and daughter were |
| may not appear in every headline, but the stories | | | | assaulted outside their home by a drug-seeking |
| are all about OxyContin: | | | | criminal who followed them home from the drug |
| Alleged OxyContin thief arrested | | | | store. |
| Mesa man tricked into arrest; aspirin switched for | | | | The point we're making here is that not only are |
| OxyContin | | | | opioid painkillers like OxyContin and oxycodone |
| Wheelchair-bound man robbed by gunman seeking | | | | causing prescription drug addiction and sending |
| painkillers | | | | people to drug detox, there is also a vast and |
| OxyContin Drug Bust in Owen Sound | | | | growing underworld of crime surrounding many |
| Sevierville pharmacy robbed of OxyContin | | | | prescription drugs - narcotic painkillers, tranquilizers, |
| Police seeking suspect in Sevierville OxyContin | | | | antidepressants, antipsychotics - the list goes on. |
| robbery | | | | And there are increasing incidents of accidents like |
| Former court worker held in OxyContin sale | | | | car crashes, falls, accidental overdoses, and far |
| Police seize contraband cigarettes, OxyContin and | | | | too many serious injuries and deaths connected |
| firearms | | | | to abuse and misuse of prescription drugs - either |
| A closely related painkiller called oxycodone is | | | | to the drug user or to innocent bystanders. And |
| experiencing a similar notoriety, sending thousands | | | | remember that dangerous prescription drugs are |
| into drug detox and rehab, hospitals and prisons. | | | | routinely stolen from other family members and |
| Here are today's headlines about oxycodone. As | | | | friends, far more often than at gunpoint in |
| above with OxyContin, the word "oxycodone" | | | | pharmacies. |
| may not appear in the headlines but the stories | | | | Prescription drugs have their uses, but they have |
| concern it: | | | | their dangers and abuses. To avoid accidents, |
| San Diego Area Pharmacies Involved in | | | | dependencies, addictions, the need for drug detox, |
| Prescription Drugs Improprieties | | | | or becoming the victim of a crime, take a few |
| Noblesville doctor faces federal charges | | | | moments and make sure that you fully |
| Durham police arrest 63 in drug sting | | | | understand the dosages, side effects and potential |
| North Wildwood doctor pleads not guilty to drug | | | | risks of your prescriptions, and that your |
| and insurance fraud | | | | prescription drugs are safely locked up or hidden |
| Local Doctor Loses Appeal | | | | from prying eyes. And if you or someone you |
| E. Idaho woman faces prescription drug theft | | | | know has any kind of problem at all with a |
| charges | | | | prescription drug, consult a drug detox counselor |
| Mother & daughter attacked outside N. | | | | right away - because a drug detox program may |
| Memphis home | | | | be the right, and only, solution to prevent disaster. |
| Swampscott cop was on duty during probe | | | | |