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Oxycodone - http://opioids.com/oxycodone/index.html
Explores various issues regarding the pharmacology, uses, and problems associated with this narcotic. |
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OxyAbuseKills.com - http://www.oxyabusekills.com/
Aims to bring awareness on how easy it is to overdose on the opiate OxyContin. Features background, personal stories, FAQs, overdose information, and details on how to battle it. |
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The OxyContin Controversy - http://www.csdp.org/news/news/oxycontin.htm
Collection of articles related to this issue. |
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HowStuffWorks: OxyContin - http://www.howstuffworks.com/question706.htm
Offers a question and answer about the drug oxycodone hydrochloride. |
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OxyAbuseKills.ca - http://www.oxyabusekills.ca/
Encourages awareness of how easy it is to overdose Oxycontin, its other abuse dangers, and the dangers of prescription drug abuse. |
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DrugDigest: Oxycodone ( OxyIR, Roxicodone ) - http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Uses/0,3915,515%7COxycodone,00.html
Information on dosage, usage, side effects, interactions, and drug comparisons, including generics when available. |
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Guardian Unlimited: Hillbilly Heroin - The Painkiller Abuse Wrecking Lives in West Virginia - http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,512026,00.html
Special report on the OxyContin problem in West Virginia, and the drug's addictive affects. |
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Pain Drug Becomes the Heroin of the Midwest - http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/07/loc_oxycontin_pain_drug.html
Article outlining the rise in the recreational use of OxyContin in Cincinnati. |
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The Christian Science Monitor: Rise of 'Hillbilly Heroin' Creates Alarm in East - http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/07/12/p1s3.htm
Mark Sappenfield's article discusses the drug's affects on the U.S, the pharmacy robberies it has caused, and the law suit against its manufacturer. |
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Washington Post: Fight Against OxyContin Brings Conviction - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41948-2001May3¬Found=true
Josh White's article about the conviction of a woman for selling OxyContin and other painkillers from her Dale City home. |