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7 hrs ago | WTLV

Jacksonville Dentist Arrested for Drug Trade

A local dentist is in jail, accused of trading prescriptions for crack cocaine. The investigation into Dr.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication

Mon Feb 08, 2010

Salem-News.com

Captain Richard Conklin and RX Patrol and When Does this Guy Sleep?

Tim King sent me the following news article last night about a break-in to rob OxyContin at a Walgreens south of Portland.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Walgreens, Retail, Portland, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Drugs

Sun Feb 07, 2010

Columbus Dispatch

Illegal prescription-drug trade now epidemic

Ohio pharmacists filled 2.7 million prescriptions in 2008 for high-powered painkillers such as OxyContin and Percocet, narcotics that contain oxycodone; that's nearly one for every four people in the state.

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Related Topix: Drugs, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ohio, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Medication, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic)

Sat Feb 06, 2010

The Virginian-Pilot

Can you spot the addict? Prescription abuse becomes widespread

1 in 4 Troops admit abusing prescription drugs within a one-year period. 1 in 10 High school seniors say they've abused Vicodin.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Virginia Beach, VA

Fri Feb 05, 2010

Times Extra

Police blotter: CVS robber wanted drugs, not money

A man is on the run after robbing the Murrells Inlet CVS store at about 12:25 a.m. Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Murrells Inlet, SC, Medicine, Medication, Pawleys Island, SC

Thu Feb 04, 2010

The News-Journal

Repairman gets 10 years in prison for theft

A former Maytag repairman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for stealing 200 prescription pain pills while he was fixing a stove.

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Related Topix: South Daytona, FL, Ormond Beach, FL, Medicine, Medication, Daytona Beach, FL, Daytona Beach Metro

Wed Feb 03, 2010

Star Phoenix

Saskatchewan authorities mistakenly shine spotlight on Calgary ex-con

CALGARY a ' After serving 40 days in prison, Karie Anne Casper says she thought her worst days were behind her.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication,

Tue Feb 02, 2010

Williamson Daily News Online

Williamson PD arrest two in interstate drug scheme

The Williamson Police Department arrested two men who appear to be part of a - pill pipeline' that supplied prescription medication for sale in Pike and Mingo Counties.

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Related Topix: Williamson, WV, Delbarton, WV, Mingo County, WV, Medicine, Medication

Mon Feb 01, 2010

Drugs.com

Positive Results From Phase 1b Study Of Phosphagenics? Transdermal Oxycodone Patch

Transdermal oxycodone represents a significant advance in the treatment of chronic pain; Phosphagenics aims to become the first company to offer an oxycodone patch that will provide sustained pain relief Phosphagenics Limited today announced positive results from a Phase 1b clinical study using the Company's patented TPM for the transdermal ...

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Related Topix: Medication, Health, Pain

Examiner.com

Marijuana and OxyContin

Marijuana has been illegal in the US for decades. While most of the use of marijuana in this country is for recreation, marijuana has been shown to have medical value including helping people who suffer from chronic pain.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, California

Sun Jan 31, 2010

The Mirror

Eight rounded up in minor Angus drug bust

Seven Angus residents and a minor from Stayner were arrested on Jan. 20 for possessing about $1,000 worth of drugs.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication

Sat Jan 30, 2010

Watertown Daily Times

Drug raids in county end with 16 arrests

Sixteen suspects were rounded up Thursday during a series of early morning drug raids led by St.

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Related Topix: Drugs, St Lawrence County, NY, Medicine, Medication, Winthrop, NY, Norfolk, NY, Ogdensburg, NY

Fri Jan 29, 2010

WWSB

Drugs, money and Cape Coral items seized in Englewood

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Street Crimes Unit made a routine traffic stop in Englewood last night that resulted in the arrest of two people involving numerous drugs and recovery of stolen property out of Cape Coral.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Soma, Carisoprodol (generic)

Calgary Sun

OxyContin blamed for town's home-invasion trend

Criminals looking for drugs - particularly OxyContin - are to blame for an alarming trend of violent home invasions in this southwestern Ontario city, police say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Connecticut Post

Snared in drug bust

An eight-month city narcotics investigation -- assisted by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration -- ended Wednesday afternoon in a supermarket parking lot when a city man was arrested on 29 drug charges.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Drug Enforcement Administration, Norwalk, CT, Medicine, Medication

The Free Lance-Star

Woman guilty in drug case

A Stafford County woman was convicted in federal court Wednesday of illegally selling pain medication pills from her home in England Run North and elsewhere.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Stafford County, VA, Medicine, Medication, Fredericksburg, VA

Thu Jan 28, 2010

WJHG-TV Panama City

Destin Physician Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

A Destin physician, David Willis Webb, 68, was sentenced Thursday to life imprisonment for distribution of and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death.

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Related Topix: Prison, Healthcare Law, Law, Drugs, Medicine

The Times West Virginian

Senate tackles prescription drug abuse

Faced with one of the highest fatal overdose rates in the country, the West Virginia Senate introduced a brace of legislation Wednesday aimed at curbing the state's problem with prescription drugs.

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Related Topix: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Stollings, WV, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Medicine, Medication

Wed Jan 27, 2010

Reuters

Opiate painkillers raise fracture risk

Older adults who take powerful prescription painkillers known as opioids face an increased risk of bone fractures, especially at moderately high medication doses, a new study finds.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Health

Tue Jan 26, 2010

Fresno Bee

Wrong-O: Oregon burglar steals the wrong drugs

Clovis police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed a Walgreen's drugstore at Villa and Shaw avenues about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Clovis, CA, Medicine, Medication, Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro

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