Ontario targets OxyContin abuse

Ontario targets OxyContin abuse
Ontario plans to launch a new tracking system to curb the abuse of the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone and other prescription drugs.
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Doctor whose office was searched by federal agents defends her procedures for prescribing drugs
Dr. Lisa Tseng, a Rowland Heights osteopath, says patients bear responsibility for the misuse of narcotics she prescribed. A Rowland Heights physician suspected of illegally dealing prescription pain medications and other powerful narcotics to addicts — some of whom died of overdoses — said she is being made a scapegoat and that the responsibility for any misuse of the drugs belongs to the users.
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Vicious, Sid – Final 24: His Final Hours
Rent It The Movie: While the music landscape is littered with many talented musicians who gave us a lot in a compressed period of time before succumbing to personal demons, few came onto the scene and left as quickly as John Simon Ritchie, better known to the world as Sid Vicious, bass player for the Sex Pistols. The punk band roared onto the UK music scene in the mid ’70s with songs designed to …
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