Deaths Tied to Ingredient in OxyContin. / Greg Stone.
by Stone, Greg; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 66Health. Publisher: Gazette-Mail, 2001ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Analgesics | Intravenous drug abuse | Medication abuse | Narcotic addicts | Opioids | Oxycodone | Pain -- Treatment | Prescription fraud | Kentucky | West VirginiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: DEATHS TIED TO INGREDIENT IN OXYCONTIN : OxyContin, a painkiller freely prescribed by physicians, is being abused by thousands of Americans. This article discusses several cases of OxyContin abuse, explaining how many gain access to the drug by illegal means.Summary: DRUG ADDICT FEELING THE PAIN -- OxyContin addicts can go to great lengths to support their habit. This article profiles one woman who posed as a medical professional to acquire OxyContin, describes how she injected the drug and discusses how she resorted to crime to afford her compulsive need for an OxyContin high.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Deaths Tied to Ingredient in OxyContin, April 8, 2001; pp. 1A+.
Originally Published: Drug Addict Feeling the Pain, April 15, 2001; pp. 1A+.
DEATHS TIED TO INGREDIENT IN OXYCONTIN : OxyContin, a painkiller freely prescribed by physicians, is being abused by thousands of Americans. This article discusses several cases of OxyContin abuse, explaining how many gain access to the drug by illegal means.
DRUG ADDICT FEELING THE PAIN -- OxyContin addicts can go to great lengths to support their habit. This article profiles one woman who posed as a medical professional to acquire OxyContin, describes how she injected the drug and discusses how she resorted to crime to afford her compulsive need for an OxyContin high.
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