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34 min ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

Arrests: Two charged with armed robbery

Authorities charged two with robbing a man at gunpoint Thursday. William Cody Clark, 17, and Joshua Glenn Banks, 20, both of Brickyard Road in Asheville, were each charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

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Related Topix: Asheville Metro, Asheville, NC, Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Swannanoa, NC

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Pasco, Pinellas lead Florida in oxycodone deaths

The painkiller oxycodone caused more deaths in Florida last year than any other drug, according to a report released this morning, and nowhere did it cause more deaths than in the medical examiner district for Pinellas and Pasco counties.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Drugs, Pinellas County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL

ABC News

Officials Find Diprivan in Michael Jackson's Home

Cherilyn Lee says Michael Jackson asked her for a powerful sleep aid. More Photos The drug was just one of many among the pharmacopeia found in his Holmby Hills home.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Medicine, Medication, Demerol, Meperidine (generic), Health

MediLexicon

Acura And King Receive FDA Complete Response Letter Regarding Acurox

Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, King Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Acura Pharmaceuticals, Health, Pain, Medication

Drug Enforcement Agency Redirect page

MD: Pharmacist and Baltimore County Pharmacy Indicted for Illegal Oxycodone Dist.

News Release [ print-friendly page ] Date: June 30, 2009 Contact: Melissa Bell Number: 202-616-4740 Pharmacist and Baltimore County Pharmacy Indicted for Illegal Oxycodone Distribution Diversion of Prescription Drugs Termed Leading Drug Enforcement Challenge JUN 30 -- Baltimore , Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted pharmacist Ketankumar ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Baltimore County, MD, Drugs, Healthcare Law, Law, Eldersburg, MD, Drug Enforcement Administration

Thu Jul 02, 2009

CBS News

States Try to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse

Hodgins became addicted to painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin after being injured in an accident.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Drug Enforcement Administration

El Sentinel

Prescription drug overdoses spike in Orlando, Florida

Deadly overdoses of anti- anxiety drugs and painkillers spiked in the Orlando area and across the state last year, experts said, evidence of the growing threat posed by the abuse of legal prescription drugs.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Medicine, Medication

The Baltimore Sun

Balto. Co. pharmacist charged with illegal sale of oxycodone

A Reisterstown pharmacist was arrested Tuesday morning on federal charges he illegally sold more than 23,000 prescription pills, making him the second largest distributor of oxycodone products in Baltimore County.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Reisterstown, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Baltimore, MD, Drugs

Wed Jul 01, 2009

KETV

Report: CU Student Died Of Oxy Overdose 15min

Toxicology reports said that a Creighton University student died of an overdose of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, but it wasn't immediately clear where Jonathan Colby got the pills.

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Related Topix: Creighton University, Medicine, Medication, Omaha, NE, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Douglas County, NE, University of Nebraska Medical Center

EMaxHealth

Michael Jackson Death Brings Focus to Oxycontin

Oxycontin, a prescription pain killer, is rumored to have been used daily by Michael Jackson for pain control.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, Demerol, Meperidine (generic), Drugs, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

The Miami Herald

Drug overdose deaths soar in Florida

Florida continues to see a rapid rise in fatal overdoses caused by prescription-drug abuse -- a trend fueled by a cottage industry of cash-only pain clinics -- while deaths from illegal drugs wane, according to a report from the state's medical examiners released Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Drug Enforcement Administration

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Increase in prescription drug deaths reported

Undercover detectives entered the Holly Hill residence of Brandi Bowman on Tuesday and purchased a handful of oxycodone pills, otherwise known as OxyContin, they said.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Holly Hill, FL, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Methadone

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Jackson Found by Doctor With Faint Pulse on Day Singer Died

Michael Jackson wasna t breathing when his doctor discovered the dying singer, though a faint pulse was detected, according to the physiciana s lawyers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Demerol, Meperidine (generic), Los Angeles, CA

WATE-TV Knoxville

Philadelphia man indicted on fed. drug, weapon charges

A Philadelphia man has been indicted on federal drug and weapon charges after investigators found drugs and a shotgun in his home in May.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Philadelphia, TN, Loudon County, TN, Medicine, Medication

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Loudon County man faces drug, weapons charges |

A Loudon County man faces federal drug and weapon charges after authorities reported finding drugs and a loaded shotgun at his Philadelphia home, according to a press release from the Loudon County Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Loudon County, TN, Philadelphia, TN, Medicine, Medication, Loudon, TN

Florida Department of Law Enforcement

2008 Report by Florida Medical Examiners Commission on Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons Report

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement today released the Florida Medical Examiners Commission Report on Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Florida, Florida Government, Medicine, Medication, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Methadone

KSL TV

5. Robbery suspect identified thanks to ...

Police are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery early Monday morning of a Provo pharmacy.

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Related Topix: Provo, UT, Medicine, Medication

Mon Jun 29, 2009

CTV.ca

Dr. didn't give Jackson Demerol before death: lawyer

Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's cardiologist, poses for a photo in Houston on July 7, 2006.

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Related Topix: Demerol, Meperidine (generic), Medicine, Medication, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, World News, Malaysia

WIBW

Jackson's Death Raises Questions About Drug Interactions

As friends of pop star Michael Jackson discuss the role prescription drugs may have played in his Thursday death, the serious health problems that can be triggered by drug interactions are again in the spotlight.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Demerol, Meperidine (generic), Pennsylvania, Food and Drug Administration

Middletown Journal

Rachel Hutzel: Drug treatment without punishment isna t fair

President Barack Obama has recently appointed Gil Kerlikowske as director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Opinion

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