OxyContin is the most abused prescription drug of the last 20 years. Its similarity to heroin makes it a potently addictive drug. Some have even nicknamed it hillbilly heroin.
Crime Articles
- OxyContin Robberies and Crimes
This week's OxyContin crimes include a pharmacy robbery, a home invasion robbery, and a former lawyer who was convicted of illegal use of a the prescription drug. more...
- Latest in OxyContin Crimes and Arrests
Pharmacies are robbed of OxyContin pills, a Boston city employee is arrested for possession of oxycodone pills, and a major Marin County dealer is behind bars. more...
- OxyContin Crimes Include Robberies and Doctor Abuse
This week's crimes involving OxyContin robberies, a tween arrested for dealing drugs, and a Canadian physician who was charged with abusing prescription painkillers. more...
- Senior Man - One of Many - Arrested for Dealing OxyContin
The powerful painkillers OxyContin and oxycodone continue to be in high demand among drug addicts, some of whom will do anything to get their fix once doctors catch on to their patterns of abuse. Here is a weekly round-up of OxyContin drug crimes. more...
- OxyContin Crime Round-Up for Week August 8
OxyContin Crime Round-Up The powerful painkillers OxyContin and oxycodone continue to be in high demand among drug addicts, some of whom will do anything to get their fix once doctors catch on to their patterns of abuse. Here is a weekly round-up of OxyContin drug crimes. more...
- OxyContin Crime Round-up For Week of August 1
- Honor Student Succumbs to OxyContin Addiction
For Aaron Waller, an addiction to OxyContin led this honor student from an upper-middle class family to a world of robbery and drug trafficking. more...
- Woman Arrested in Florida for Doctor Shopping for Pain Pills
- Ex-Convict Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Selling OxyContin
A man who spent more than 11 years in prison for shooting a woman in cold blood in 1992 was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for selling OxyContin pills to a police informant. more...
- Oxycontin Responsible for Violence Coast to Coast
A wave of pharmacy robberies is just one indication that Oxycontin abuse is out of control more...