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PALM SPRINGS — Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, plans to hold a series of congressional hearings on prescription drug abuse — a problem she said was highlighted by the weekend death of singer Whitney Houston. During an appearance Tuesday on CNN's “St
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, a variety of painkillers are displayed for sale at a pharmacy in London. Many British doctors say the country has a more conservative approach to doling out painkillers than in the U.S. , where overdose deaths... View Photo »
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Usually, if you like one you don't like the effect of the other. But pain medication (like) OxyContin, it works both sides. You get a massive dose of energy and then you come down and you get a real low mellow feeling. It's hitting both sides of the coin.
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Catherine French Supervising Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.Kathleen B. Martin, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Edward Leonard Ch
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It’s a drug prescribed to help kids stay focused. But on the street, it’s a drug used to get high. Ritalin, the drug most associated with the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is fast becoming a cheap alternative to other stim
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Football could not save Chris Jacquemain and Tyler Campbell from painkiller addiction
Cleveland Plain Dealer
View full sizeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerThe Campbell family, Wayne and Christy with their sons Ryan, 19, left, and Alex, 13, bottom, are photographed with a picture of their oldest son. Tyler, a former University of Akron football player, overdosed on
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, blister packs containing 16 tablets of painkillers are photographed in London. In Britain, the popular U.S. painkiller OxyContin is considered similar to morphine and used sparingly. Vicodin isn't even licensed. View Photo »
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Not anymore. That’s all gone. (After the accident) I got totally hooked on OxyContin — hillbilly heroin. I say it without shame or anything. It wasn’t like I went seeking it, but if you use it medicinally for a while, it’s very powerful, and you get hooked.
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Court of secrecy: How Richard Baumgartner, a drug-addicted judge, stayed on the bench despite warnings
KnoxNews
It was a Thursday night in January 2010 when the phone rang at the Andersonville home of then-Knox County Sheriff's Office courtroom security officer Meredith Driskell. "He said, 'I'm coming to get those pills.' He told me to put them in a brown paper ba
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In a recent column about Wellington polo mogul John Goodman’s legal ploy to adopt his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter, I wrote that this move was “way too West Virginia” for a man in his position. I had no idea how many refugees from West Virginia
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, blister packs containing 16 tablets of painkillers are photographed in London. In Britain, the popular U.S. painkiller OxyContin is considered similar to morphine and used sparingly. Vicodin isn't even licensed. And at most shops, remedies like...
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, blister packs containing 16 tablets of painkillers are photographed in London. In Britain, the popular U.S. painkiller OxyContin is considered similar to morphine and used sparingly. Vicodin isn't even licensed. And at most shops, remedies like...
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