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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Oxecta, a new version of oxycodone that is designed to be hard to abuse. Continue Reading
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A former aid to Boston’s Mayor Menino recently plead guilty to federal drug charges for conspiracy to distribute OxyContin and cocaine, distribution of OxyContin, and distribution of cocaine. John Forbes, age thirty-two, was the Mayor’s liaison to East Boston up until his arrest in December 2009.
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Research has shown time and again that individuals struggling with a drug problem will often go to great lengths to acquire the substance to which they are addicted. Even if the behavior is out of character for the individual, sometimes the pull for the next fix is too great and regrettable actions are taken.
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An OxyContin addiction can greatly impact an individual’s ability to obey the law. A spree of bank robberies in the Cape Cod community over the past six months is directly related to the power of the painkiller.
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Police in Ottawa are scrambling to try and an solve several unsolved pharmacy crimes that have hit the area in the past month. The pharmacies are being hit in an effort to secure the highly demanded – and highly valuable – addictive painkillers.
