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.
Drug Crimes Articles
- Craigslist: the Not-so-Subtle Online Drug Exchange
- DEA Takes Decisive Action Against Drug Stores and Drug Suppliers in Florida
- Maryland Dogs Doctor Shopping for OxyContin?
The latest news about the prescription drugs OxyContin and Oxycodone. more...
- Dispensing OxyContin Opens Pharmacies and Staff to Risk of Robbery
OxyContin dependence is driving addicts to rob pharmacies in order to feed their addictions. It's gotten so bad that many pharmacies have had no choice but to let their customers know that they will no longer be carrying the drug. more...
- Man Threatens Pharmacist with Machetes in Pharmacy Robbery for OxyContin
As the prescription drug addiction epidemic continues to grow in the United States, pharmacies are increasingly targets of robberies and violence. more...
- Drug Seizures and Pharmacies Robberies In Crimes of the Week
This week crimes over OxyContin include pharmacy robberies and drug seizures. more...
- Several Pharmacies Robbed of OxyContin Pills and Other Crimes of the Week
This week's report of OxyContin crimes involve robberies throughout North America. more...
- Man Found Guilty of Medicare Fraud and Illegal Sales of OxyContin and Other Cocaine Crimes in the News
- Man Takes Oxycodone from Rite-Aid Pharmacy
It is unclear whether potential financial gain or an addiction led to a recent Rite-Aid robbery. more...
- OxyContin Crime Round-Up for Week July 25
The powerful painkiller OxyContin continues 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 Thefts Hurting Communities
If you have OxyContin in your medicine cabinet, you could be at risk of an invasion, especially if you large amounts of your possession is public knowledge. more...
- OxyContin Crime Round-Up
The powerful painkiller OxyContin continues 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 Robberies Make Pharmacy Work a Risky Business
Those individuals who seek employment in a pharmacy may be entering a high risk job. For one individual in Winnipeg, a robbery in his place of employment resulted in the assailant assaulting him. more...
- OxyContin Pharmacy Robberies Continue to Be a Problem
- Man's Life Takes a Drastic Turn After OxyContin Addiction Develops
Tiffany has been arrested and sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a string of Peninsula pharmacies of OxyContin. more...
- Four Charged in OxyContin Distribution Plot
Four members of a Connecticut-based criminal organization were charged with conspiracy to distribute large quantities of OxyContin and other oxycodone pills. more...
- Doctor Arrested for Illegally Prescribing OxyContin and Other Painkillers
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office estimated that the drugs had a street value of around $535,000. more...
- Men Pose as Housecleaners to Steal Jewelry in Support of Pain Killer Addiction
The pair of supposed housecleaners was using about $600 worth of Oxycodone per day. more...