Maryland Dogs Doctor Shopping for OxyContin?
Maryland Dogs Doctor Shopping for OxyContin?
According to Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. the drug of choice for 2-legged and 4-legged addicts is quickly becoming OxyContin. Doctor shopping has now reached vets as addicts and dealers try to score more pills that they can sell. Miller cited a story of a man using his dog's cancer as a way to get large quantities of the prescription drug OxyContin which is then sold on the street for as much as $30 a pill on the street. The example was used as Miller pushed for legislation for prescription drug monitoring.
Salt Lake City Man Calls Police to Buy Drugs
A 30-year-old man looking to score some OxyContin accidently dialed the wrong number and unknowingly set up a drug buy with a police officer. The buyer showed up to buy the OxyContin with a pound of marijuana, a scale, and other drug paraphernalia with him. He was arrested and charged with multiple drug offenses.
Mother and Son Steal OxyContin to Pay Utility Bills
An armed mother and son robbery duo in Michigan said they stole 660 OxyContin pills so they could raise money to pay their gas and electric bills. Pamela Jane Allen, 50, and her 25-year-old son Tyler Earl Fischer-Greenfield robbed a pharmacy in Independence Township using a fake gun and managed to flee with the prescription drugs before being quickly stopped by police after the pharmacist gave a description of the get away car. While Mom has no criminal record, her son's criminal history includes operating a vehicle while impaired, possession of controlled substances, a traffic offence, fraud and disorderly conduct. Fischer-Greenfield is also dealing with pending charges for retail fraud.
Ice Cream Truck Front for Prescription Drug Sales
New York authorities say Louis Scala, of Staten Island, used his "Lickety Split" ice cream truck as part of a $1 million prescription drug sales ring. Scala and thirty other members of his network fraudulently obtained approximately 43,000 pills of the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone between July 2009 and June 2010. Scala and his partner, Joseph Zaffuto, forged prescriptions and had them filled by their crew at mostly small, independently owned pharmacies. Scala sold the drugs, along with ice cream treats, to kids throughout Staten Island.