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Thursday Feb 9 | The Galveston County Daily News

Victim's kin in NY pharmacy killing announce suit

The family of one of four people killed in a New York pharmacy holdup filed a $20 million lawsuit Thursday, alleging that a drug company that manufactures painkillers, a physician accused of improperly distributing the drugs, police officials and others were responsible for the victim's death.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Medford, NY, Riverhead, NY, Medicine, Medication

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Boston.com

To stop addicts, doctors should register their prescriptions

THE DOWNWARD spiral of too many Massachusetts overdose victims started with a prescription painkiller.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Health, Pain, Nevada, OH, Opinion

KIDK CBS 3

Only on 3: Woman Tells Her Story Of Prescription Drug Addiction

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise. Narcotic pain relievers like Vicodin, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin are popular and very available to teens.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Family, Kids, Teenagers

NewsNet5.com

Grandma does hard time for dealing pills

On Jan. 12, 2011, Karen Grant, a great-great grandmother from Akron, met with a man to sell him pain pills.

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Related Topix: Akron, OH, Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic)

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Patch.com

Sen. Rush Announces Prescription Drug Legislation

With the abuse of prescription pain killers having reached epidemic levels in Massachusetts, the Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation for strict oversight of the drugs, Senator Mike Rush announced.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

Fri Feb 03, 2012

WBUR-AM Boston

State House Roundup: Black And White

Occasionally, Beacon Hill's petty personality politics - with recalcitrant chairmen shunted from power over perceived slights or rebellious rank-and-filers neutered by a leadership that can dictate which liquor license bills go where - smash headfirst into the inescapably real.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Drugs, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

AmericanBankingNews.com

Advocacy Group Warns FDA on New Hydrocodone Formulations

A consumer advocacy group has warned the FDA that new single entity, extended-release formulations of the opioid painkiller hydrocodone could bring on the next tidal wave of overdose deaths and addictions if approved by the agency.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Epidemic, Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

TwinCities

Former Fairview Ridges nurse gets probation in drug-fueled car crash

A former Fairview Ridges Hospital nurse admitted today in court to driving under the influence of Vicodin, crashing her car in Burnsville and injuring a man.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Burnsville, MN, Prior Lake, MN

Thu Feb 02, 2012

HCAM News

Senator Spilka Takes Votes on Legislation to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

With the abuse of prescription pain killers having reached epidemic levels in Massachusetts, the Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation for strict oversight of the drugs, Senator Karen Spilka announced.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Soundings

It was about a year ago, after a broken leg and a couple of surgeries at Martha's Vineyard Hospital, that I first became aware of the connection between prescription painkillers and crime on the Island.

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Related Topix: Prison, Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Edgartown, MA, Reading, MA

KCRG

Former Nurse Suspected of Stealing Prescription Medicine

A 45-year-old former nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining prescription medication while at work between July 2010 and September 2011, according to a criminal complaint.

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Related Topix: Kalona, IA, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Medicine, Medication

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Arkansas News Bureau

Pain pills strike a number of burglaries in Jonesboro

A rash of pharmacy burglaries in Jonesboro over the last month or so calls more attention to the latest trend in drug abuse - the abuse of prescription drugs obtained illegally.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Ultram, Tramadol (generic), Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic)

Mon Jan 30, 2012

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Lawmakers Consider State Monitoring of Prescription Drugs

New Hampshire has one of the worst prescription drug abuse problems in the country.

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Related Topix: Drugs, US Politics, Jeb Bradley, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, New Hampshire, Medicine, Medication, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic)

The Tennessean

TennCare narcotic spending is on the rise

The Nashville Predators need to be a buyer on the NHL's trade market if they are truly to position... TennCare has seen a steady increase in spending on narcotics prescriptions since 2007.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Tennessee

Sun Jan 29, 2012

Toledo Blade

Prescription for heartache

With close to 2 million Americans dependent on or abusing prescription painkillers, a growing number of families are redefining their notions of what a drug addict looks like.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Demerol, Meperidine (generic)

Wed Jan 25, 2012

WVIZ-TV Cleveland

Prescription Painkillers

Vicodin. Percocet. OxyContin. You might recognize these names: they're all narcotic painkillers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Drugs

Mon Jan 23, 2012

MLive.com

Corrections employee caught receiving Vicodin from prisoner's family, facing two felonies

A corrections officer at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility was arraigned today on felony charges after police said they caught him meeting a prisoner's family and collecting a bag of drugs.

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Related Topix: Prison, Medicine, Medication, G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, State Prisons, Drugs, Michigan

Sun Jan 22, 2012

TheBlaze.com

After Battling Addiction Actor Launches 'Holypop' Web Project to Inspire Young Christians

Meet Chris Carberg. He's the 28-year-old Hollywood actor A A who launchedA Holypop.com - a new web site that targets young Christians A in an effort to spark their interest in biblical principles.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, US Politics, US News

Fri Jan 20, 2012

SanLuisObispo.com

Novartis drug investigated after 11 deaths

A multiple sclerosis drug made by industry giant Novartis is under investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Pain

NewsOK.com

Arrests pending in nursing home drug scam

Nursing home employees in Sulphur linked to bogus prescriptions for painkillers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

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