Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone News

A Wayland woman is facing multiple charges ranging from larceny to drug posession following a police investigation that began about 10 days ago.

Agents from the Attorney General's Office have filed charges against a former police officer who is accused of using police department informants to make drug purchases on his behalf, along with the theft of firearms, cash and narcotics from the evidence room.

That's the Percocet advantage. It does a sweet number on the neurotransmitters, smoothing out all the jagged edges, soothing that mad dog making mincemeat out of pain receptors.

Three Walstonburg residents accused of trafficking up to 190 pills of Percocet through Greene County may soon face federal drug charges after authorities intercepted a package of narcotics sent by first-class mail from Eastern North Carolina to California.

A story from USA Today describes a disturbing trend in newborns - babies addicted to narcotic pain killers their mothers take.

A former nurse from Coon Rapids has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing hundreds of powerful painkillers from two elderly patients and selling them at a bar for enough to make a down payment on a second home.

From left, assistant clinic director Michelle Rolle , clinic director Rebecca Melendez and counselor Carey Wardell talk about trends in prescription drug abuse at the Lexington Center for Recovery in Mount Kisco .

The 36-year-old from New Jersey began taking the painkiller Percocet to get high at weekends.

The drug problem in Charlestown-and Boston as a whole-is well documented, and foremost at the top of the list of widely abused substances are prescription painkillers.

Dr. Al DeMaria, a Wilmington neurologist, stopped writing prescriptions for drugs like Percocet, Hydrocodone and Oxycontin about eight years ago.

The largest health insurer in Massachusetts is trying to fight prescription painkiller abuse by limiting the amount of pain medication most patients can receive without prior approval from the insurer.

Editor: Jason Brudereck and Don Spatz provided a clear, informative, concise and needed article on the emergency use of Narcan for narcotic overdosing .