OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone News

A woman with a semiautomatic handgun stole $5,000 worth of the narcotic OxyContin from the Rite Aid pharmacy Monday night.

A Riviera Beach firefighter is on administrative leave after he was one of 10 people caught up last month in a Palm Beach Shores sweep of oxycodone sales near a city park, authorities said.

There's a perception that abusing prescription drugs is somehow less dangerous than illicit substances such as cocaine and heroin.

BANGOR, Maine a ' Two different Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigations last week in Bangor and Otis resulted in three arrests and the seizure of more than $100,000 in prescription drugs, the MDEA said in a release.

Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor 2x, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Alcohol by a Minor, occurred on November 4, 2009, around 12:20 a.m., in the 8800 block of Flatbush Court in Manassas.

The problem of illegal prescription narcotics is forcing communities across the area to do something to try to stem the flow of these powerful drugs.

WAYNE a ' As the number of people abusing prescription drugs grows higher, federal agencies have begun teaming up with local police departments to educate the community and offer opportunities to clean out unused and expired medications.

South Carolina, trying to curb abuse of narcotics and save money, is requiring Medicaid patients suspected of doctor-hopping for drugs to choose one pharmacy for all of their prescriptions.

" The sale of controlled substances is out of control in the mid-South and cops say it's one of the biggest problems in Shelby County.

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Kentucky is a beautiful state, with many wonders and treasures to engender a feeling of pride among its citizens.

Hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxycontin and other drugs are valuable commodities in cities and suburbs.

Three Clearwater men were arrested about 8 a.m. Oct. 30 when Pinellas County Sheriff's Office narcotics detectives and members of SWAT served a search warrant at 1455 Lime St.

The US 119 Drug and Violent Crime Task Force made more arrests recently involving powerful prescription only narcotics.

An oxycodone drug-trafficking suspect has asked a federal judge to throw out evidence gained from a St.

Ottawa police counted 20 pharmacy heists between Sept. 11 and Oct. 13 -- an overwhelming amount targeting oxycodone medication.

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Lincoln County, said County Attorney Eric Phillips.

More than 300 people were arrested and 200 more targeted in a crackdown on a multi-state prescription pill pipeline, a bust that Kentucky officials said Thursday was the largest in the state's history.

A man serving 15 years in prison on a drug trafficking conviction is blaming his lawyer for not accepting a three-year plea deal.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Robert Jarman's psychiatrist on Wednesday described "a pretty potent cocktail" of prescriptions Jarman was taking that could impair him.