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The new single womanhood - Salon

heroin - June 30, 2010 - 7:56pm

Salon

The new single womanhood
Salon
Unlike the tales of trauma and addiction that studded the first wave of publishing's autobiographical boom, Crosley and her compatriots are staking out ...

Melise enters guilty plea - Providence Journal

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 7:46pm

Melise enters guilty plea
Providence Journal
Federal authorities accused Melise of possessing, intending to distribute and/or distributing various quantities of 80-milligram oxycodone to a person in ...
Former city worker pleads guilty to drug chargesTurn to 10.com
Ex-RI official pleads guilty to drug chargesWLNE-TV (ABC6)
'Buckles' Melise reaches plea agreementProvidence Eyewitness News

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Two convicted in drug scheme tied to Belton pharmacy - Kansas City Star

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 5:51pm

Two convicted in drug scheme tied to Belton pharmacy
Kansas City Star
Rostie, who co-owned a Belton pharmacy, acknowledged that the scheme moved millions of doses of prescription drugs, including hydrocodone.
Belton residents Rostie, Martin plead to roles in $1M drug schemeKansas City Business Journal

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FDA Prepares to Walk the Opiate REMS Line - PharmExec.com

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 5:44pm

FDA Prepares to Walk the Opiate REMS Line
PharmExec.com
Any REMS would have to focus on ER and LA formulations of drugs like hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine. The immediate-release formulations hold less ...

Steven Wright murder trial: Depression and anxiety medication, pain killers ... - NJ.com

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 5:37pm

Steven Wright murder trial: Depression and anxiety medication, pain killers ...
NJ.com
Later, prosecution witness Vineland Detective Sgt. Matthew Finley under cross examination stated prescription bottles of Hydrocodone (pain medication), ...

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Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared - MiamiHerald.com

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 4:53pm

Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared
MiamiHerald.com
... high on methadone, 46 on hydrocodone, and 27 on propoxyphone, for a total of 415 opioid-related deaths in Broward, compared to 342 such deaths in 2008. ...

Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared - MiamiHerald.com

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 4:53pm

Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared
MiamiHerald.com
In Broward County last year, 225 people died with large amounts of oxycodone in their bodies; 57 had morphine in their systems, 60 were high on methadone, ...
Diversion of Prescription Drugs A Growing ConcernNorth Country Gazette
Report: Drugs found in dead people's bodiesMyFoxOrlando.com
FDLE: Prescription pills still a problem in SWFLWZVN-TV

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Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared - MiamiHerald.com

Opiod, /Opiates and Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 4:53pm

Florida drug deaths up 20%; new wave of addiction feared
MiamiHerald.com
... relatively new trend of drug abusers mixing opiates and narcotics like heroin and cocaine with opioids -- prescription drugs like oxycodone -- or simply ...

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Oxycodone overdose deaths jump 26% statewide; 15% in West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Post

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 4:26pm

Palm Beach Post

Oxycodone overdose deaths jump 26% statewide; 15% in West Palm Beach
Palm Beach Post
Oxycodone is a narcotic known as hillbilly heroin. By Michael LaForgia As cash-and-carry pain clinics spread across Florida in 2009, and state lawmakers ...

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Driver In Fatal Collision Had Numerous Moving Violations - FITSNews

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 4:14pm

FITSNews

Driver In Fatal Collision Had Numerous Moving Violations
FITSNews
 For example, in a dash-cam video made available to FITS, Dutton can heard admitting to having taken the powerful painkiller Hydrocodone, which is a ...

Police blotter 6.30 - Southtown Star

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 3:19pm

Police blotter 6.30
Southtown Star
... was charged with possession of a controlled substance after she used a false prescription to get 120 tablets of hydrocodone June 18 at Walgreens, ...

A 19-year-old was arrested Sunday in connection with the death of a 2010 ... - FOX CT

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 2:49pm

A 19-year-old was arrested Sunday in connection with the death of a 2010 ...
FOX CT
Police also found an empty prescription bottle for Hydrocodone, the report states. In another bedroom, they found $387 cash, Lidocaine patches and pills ...

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Former city worker pleads guilty to drug charges - Turn to 10.com

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 1:57pm

Former city worker pleads guilty to drug charges
Turn to 10.com
Melise pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing and possessing 1050 oxycodone pills over a three year period from 2006 until 2009. ...
'Buckles' Melise pleads guilty to felony drug chargesProvidence Journal (blog)
'Buckles' Melise reaches plea agreementProvidence Eyewitness News

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Cops: Glasgow resident captures thief - The News Journal

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 1:46pm

Cops: Glasgow resident captures thief
The News Journal
New Castle County police charged Ryan Lake, 20, of the first block of Honora Drive, with trespassing, theft, possession of oxycodone pills, possession of ...

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Police: Car owner holds burglar at gunpoint - 6abc.com

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 1:43pm

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Police: Car owner holds burglar at gunpoint
6abc.com
At the time of his arrest, police said Lake had several items belonging to the victim in his possession along with eight Oxycodone pills, drug paraphernalia ...
Victim holds thief at gunpoint for policeWDEL 1150AM

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Zach Reid seeking new trial - Fox11online.com

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 1:35pm

WTAQ

Zach Reid seeking new trial
Fox11online.com
Shellow argues that Reid should be allowed to argue that he was voluntarily intoxicated at the time of the murder - on marijuana, Hydrocodone, ...
(No heading)Appleton Post Crescent
Convicted Killer Reid Seeks New TrialWTAQ

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Drug Sweep Nets Several Arrests in North Georgia - WTVC

Hydrocodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 1:24pm

Drug Sweep Nets Several Arrests in North Georgia
WTVC
Agents accuse them of dealing in popular prescription pills like oxycotin, oxycodone and hydrocodone. Jeremy Pritchett was among those who had a rude ...
North Georgia: Drug bust arrests four, seizes 'thousands of pills'Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Report: Drugs found in dead people's bodies - MyFoxOrlando.com

Oxycodone Addiction - June 30, 2010 - 12:51pm

Report: Drugs found in dead people's bodies
MyFoxOrlando.com
Meanwhile, oxycodone-related deaths have increased by approximately 16 percent. The report says prescription drugs are found in bodies more often than ...
Diversion of Prescription Drugs A Growing ConcernNorth Country Gazette

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