Word: oxycontin
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...attack politically. That's his job as a conservative talk-show host, and he does it really well - well enough to earn the dough needed to own a piece of an NFL franchise. The fact that he is a lawbreaking former drug addict whom the cops discovered copping OxyContin in Palm Beach after years of calling for illegal drug users to go to jail might not boost his candidacy for the owners club. (It could qualify him to play in the NFL, though, which leads the sporting world in felonies...
Overdoses kill some 22,000 Americans each year - more than homicide and, in some states, like Utah, more than car accidents. Most overdose deaths happen accidentally, and most involve a combination of an opioid - either prescription painkillers, like methadone or OxyContin, or street drugs like heroin - and other depressant drugs, such as alcohol or Xanax. (Such deadly cocktails were responsible for the deaths of actor Heath Ledger in 2008 and former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in 2007.) Typically, people who overdose on prescription drugs have a history of addiction, and they end up either taking more than their prescribed...
...think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on OxyContin, he missed his flight.' Comedian WANDA SYKES, slamming the conservative radio host at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Limbaugh publicly admitted in 2003 that he had battled an addiction to prescription painkillers...
Johnston, Sherry •not guilty plea to oxycontin-related drug charges is entered...
Johnston, Sherry •arrest of turns out to have been for oxycontin - or "coffee," as it was referred to in incriminating text messages of - despite widespread assumption that it was for meth...