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| Â | CN MB: 'Hillbilly Heroin' Killer |
 | | A second death in Brandon has been linked to the so-called "hillbilly heroin" - illegal use of the potent prescription painkiller OxyContin - - prompting warnings from police and the medical community. | | | US SC: PUB LTE: Prime Beneficiaries Of Our Current Drug |
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| | US VA: Local Use of Heroin Is Rising, Study Says | | | CN BC: Column: Clinical Heroin Trials More Positive News In Sun, 26 Sep 2004 |
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| Â | New York Daily News - News & Views - 'Hillbilly heroin' spurs abuse - & crime wave |
| | The reason the drug became popular in rural communities is because it can often be obtained through legal means and "there's less opportunity to encounter someone on the street selling cocaine and heroin than inner cities," Cichon said. | | | Several doctors have been charged with or prosecuted for writing bogus OxyContin prescriptions. | | | But this synthetic version of morphine is by no means sought after only by the rich and famous. |
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| Â | CTV.ca 'Hillbilly heroin' takes strong hold on addicts |
| | First introduced in 1995 by Purdue Pharma of Stamford, Conn., the powerful OxyContin offers relief to those with cancer and chronic pain. | | | Police in Atlantic Canada say the abuse of so-called "hillbilly heroin" -- the name given to prescription painkiller OxyContin -- is on the rise. |
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| Â | Drug Interactions Oxycotton oxycontin oxycodone |
| | What are some consequences of illicit OxyContin oxycodone OxyContin Hillbilly heroin Oxy Oxycotton use? | | | What are the methods of usage for oxycodone OxyContin Hillbilly heroin Oxy Oxycotton? | | | Drug absorption also can be affected if the drug's ability to dissolve (solubility) is changed by another drug, or if a substance (e.g., food) binds to the drug and prevents its absorption.OxyContin oxycodone |
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| Â | fuseblog: Hillbilly Heroin |
| | Well at least she's not the first to jump on the hillbilly heroin bandwagon...fellow stars Rush Limbaugh, Matthew Perry, Winona Ryder, Courtney Love and Jack and Kelly Osbourne have all received treatment for using the drug. | | | McCready was arrested in her home Thursday and charged with prescription drug fraud after police allege she used a fake prescription to score some OxyContin at a local pharmacy. |
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| Â | CNN.com - States work to control OxyContin abuse - July 20, 2001 |
| | Doctors there allegedly have been too liberal in dispensing prescriptions for the drug. | | | It's been called "hillbilly heroin" because its abuse has appeared in areas such as rural Maine and Kentucky. |
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| Â | SocietyGuardian.co.uk Society Epidemic fear as 'hillbilly heroin' hits the streets |
| | 'Samantha was opposed to drugs such as heroin and ecstasy,' said her mother, Elaine. | | | Experts say that because the drug is more potent and more addictive than heroin, the potential for misuse is almost limitless. | | | Breaking the link between crime and drug addiction |
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| Â | Hillbilly Heroin Resources |
| | Slang nickname for the prescription painkiller OxyContin, which is said to produce an effect similar to heroin. | | | Hillbilly Heroin For years prescription painkillers like Dilaudid and Oxycontin brought untold benefit to people suffering from severe pain. | | | CALGARY -- Hillbilly heroin -- a killer drug which has claimed more than 100 lives in the... |
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http://www.addiction-aid.com/addiction-help-directory/hillbilly-heroin.html
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| Â | New York Daily News - Home - Rush Limbaugh in pill probe |
| | Potent time-release medication for relief of moderate to severe pain, known as hillbilly heroin because of black-market popularity in some rural areas. | | | Side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, sweating, muscle twitches and decreased sex drive. | | | Side effects include dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, dizziness, tiredness, muscle twitches, sweating and itching. |
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| | Scare-Mongering Over 'Hillybilly Heroin' Deprives the Rest of Us The Drug Enforcement Administration, normally concerned with illegal drug dealers, is threatening to force a 95 percent cutback in OxyContin production unless it gets "more cooperation" from the manufacturer. | | | A doctor who claims his small western Virginia community was "devastated" by OxyContin abuse is circulating a petition asking the Food and Drug Administration to remove OxyContin from the market. | | | Commting criminal acts to obtain and abuse a drug then dropping dead becasue of what you have done sounds resonable to me, but I must be in the minority on this for example: |
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| Â | Rush Limbaugh and OxyContin aka 'Hillbily Heroin' |
| | The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy posits that methamphetamine is king here, crowding out all other drugs. | | | The loquacious Limbaugh, his housekeeper says, was often high on "hillbilly heroin." | | | And McGee noted that prescription drug use is far more acceptable in the suburbs than heroin addiction. |
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| Â | Heroin Online |
| | Buying drugs online: pharmaceutical roulette or consumer freedom? | | | Heroin and the Plague of the Walking Dead |
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| Â | ‘Hillbilly Heroin’ |
| | This small, white pill is a drug used for pain relief (usually for cancer patients or other terminal cases) but it also has other effects, such as relieving anxiety, causing euphoria, and producing a feeling of relaxation, similar to the effects of heroin. | | | The drug has high potential to be abused and one can become physically dependent on it, leading to an addiction. | | | Oxycodone is also sold in combination with various other analgesic substances which include aspirin, Acetaminophen, and Phenacetin. |
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| Â | Guardian Unlimited The Guardian King of rightwing radio addicted to 'hillbilly heroin' |
| | According to press reports Mr Limbaugh was taking two drugs: OxyContin and hydrocodone. | | | King of rightwing radio addicted to 'hillbilly heroin' | | | The king of American talk-radio, Rush Limbaugh, stunned his 20 million conservative listeners yesterday by confessing on air to years of addiction to painkillers and declaring he had booked himself into a drug clinic for a month. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1060907,00.html
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| Â | CBC: The fifth estate - Hillbilly Heroin |
| | "Hillbilly Heroin" is thought to be even more addictive than crack cocaine. | | | It also seems to be more readily available as more prescriptions are written and more pills get diverted from their legitimate use to dangerous abuse. | | | The story of Hal Carter is a cautionary tale for anyone who would ever consider dabbling in prescription painkiller abuse. |
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| Â | Hillbilly heroin |
| | The only problem with this set is that it does not include some late 1951 or any 1952 recordings. | | | " Hillbilly heroin " is slang, usually for Oxycodone/Oxycontin [1] ( http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,672984,00.html) [2] ( http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSLaw0111/27_hillbilly-sun.html) but sometimes an Oxycodone-Dilaudid mixture. | | | He was principal Euphonium with the U.S. Navy Band for several years before being selected for the combined Armed Forces Bicentennial Band which toured the world during 1976. |
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| Â | The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com |
| | Folks call it "hillbilly heroin," and during the past few years, the abuse of this prescription pill designed to alleviate severe pain has become the single greatest drug threat in many rural areas from Florida to Maine. | | | The more potent pills, which sell for some $6 each in pharmacies, can fetch $80 in illicit deals, partly because of their reliably high quality - unlike cocaine or heroin, which can vary. | | | Rise of 'hillbilly heroin' creates alarm in East |
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| Â | 'Hillbilly heroin' abuse exploding: Decatur police say OxyContin a 'big problem' |
| | Although hydrocodone has for years been the prescription drug of choice for abusers willing to tap the Decatur black market, OxyContin — nicknamed "hillbilly heroin" because of its initial abuse in rural areas — is catching up. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | | | 'Hillbilly heroin' abuse exploding: Decatur police say OxyContin a 'big problem' |
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| Â | abc7news.com: Cop: Courtney Love Admitted Taking 'Hillbilly Heroin' |
| | But Love's attorney, Michael Rosenstein, argued that police officers had no reason to investigate his client for drug use after they decided not to arrest her for vandalism. | | | He argued that although Love acknowledged to officers that she'd taken "hillbilly heroin," the street name for OxyContin, they didn't know she was taking it without a prescription. | | | abc7news.com: Cop: Courtney Love Admitted Taking 'Hillbilly Heroin' |
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| Â | Flutterby! : Hillbilly Heroin 2003-10-10 13:40:30.536974-07 |
| | However, we may delete your comments, or cause them to be hidden behind another link, if we feel they detract from the conversation. | | | Rush admits he's an addict and checks into rehab. | | | Wait, wasn't it Rush Limbaugh who referred to OxyContin as "hillbilly heroin"? |
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| Â | Samurais Killed Elvis: Hillbilly Heroin |
| | OxyContin is pretty much the most serious pain medication you can get, and the black market traffic in it is pretty brisk these days, depending on who you ask it is either as strong as heroin or 4 times as strong. | | | The gist of it is that Rush Limbaugh had his cleaning lady buying TENS OF THOUSANDS of perscription pain medication pills, mostly OxyContin and liquid hydrocodone. | | | The amount Rush was allegedly buying and taking was enough to kill an elephant, he was popping them like candy. |
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| Â | CBC News: Give police medical info to curb 'hillbilly heroin': report |
| | CBC News: Give police medical info to curb 'hillbilly heroin': report | | | Give police medical info to curb 'hillbilly heroin': report | | | The sharing of information was one of 50 recommendations in the group's final report released Tuesday into the synthetic opiate, known on the streets as "hillbilly heroin." |
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| Â | New York Daily News - Home |
| | The long, sad goodbye to New York soldier-Firefighter Christian Engeldrum came to a ceremonial end yesterday amid a sea of his fellow heroes at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | A crooked city cop and a crew of ex-cons who hoped to steal $450,000 and 10 kilos of heroin were busted outside a Bronx fast-food restaurant in a sting operation, authorities said yesterday. | | | The jury deliberating whether he lives or dies failed to reach a verdict yesterday. |
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