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By Amy Dresner
As a sober addict prescribed Oxycodone, comedian Amy Dresner was careful to follow doctor's orders. Then her disease kicked in. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Kentucky thinks so. The state is filing a billion-dollar lawsuit against Purdue, alleging that it actively suppressed data about the drug's addictive nature. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
“Dentists write the third-most prescriptions for immediate release opioids in the United States.” MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Discovery of a mechanism that triggers inflammatory pain could lead to safer painkilling medications. MORE
By Kirwan Gray
$800,000 worth of grand larceny notwithstanding, John Rodia doesn’t have any money or any Oxy. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
More than 70 police officers, pharmacists, patients, and clinic employees testifed to Volkman’s astonishing volume of painkiller prescriptions. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
From Prescription Drugs to Heroin, Life in a Drugged-Out Nursing Home, and the World's Drunkest Countries. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Purdue Pharma's new 'anti-abuse' version of OxyContin recently hit the shelves. But loyalists prefer to shell out big bucks for the old brand. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Rife with phony pain centers, Florida prescribes ten times more Oxycodone pills than all other states combined. So why did the state's new GOP governor shockingly kill a bill that would have radically cut down on the practice? MORE
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