Percocet: profile and news

1 in 5 teens has abused painkillers  16 May 2006
In ninth grade, he started experimenting with Percocet and OxyContin, but soon found that the mellow buzz wasn't strong enough. ... - NorthJersey.com,

Police Blotter  16 May 2006
...license. The driver gave the officer permission to search his car, and he found a generic brand of Percocet in a cigarette box. ... - Palm Beach Post,

Persistent felony offender indicted along with others  16 May 2006
...instruments. Thomas is accused of selling Percocet and Methodose to Richmond police undercover informants Dec. 19 and March 14. ... - Richmond Register,

Truck driver in fatal chipper crash took Percocet  Apr 21, 2006
Bradley Demitras, 34, of Pine, told authorities he took Percocet in the morning and again at noon April 13, about five hours before the crash in Richland that ... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

Sellers Must Take Steps to Safeguard Their Valuables, Prescription ...  May 13, 2006
Walker can speak first-hand of the hazard because of an incident about four years ago when her clients were robbed of Percocet, a prescription painkiller. ... - Washington Post,

Boulder County prescription drug abuse rising, officials say  May 15, 2006
Lea last weekend and found about 30 prescription pills including Oxycontin, Xanax, Phenobarbital, Ambien, Lunesta, Temazepam, Clonazepam, Vicodin and Percocet. ... - Loveland Herald Reporter,

CU Police Make Prescription Drug Bust  May 9, 2006
...found more than 80 items, including about 30 pills including Oxycontin, Xanax, Phenobarbital, Ambien, Lunesta, Temazepam, Clonazepam, Vicodin and Percocet. ... - TheDenverChannel.com,

Pill-poppers clogging America's hospitals  May 10, 2006
From OxyContin, Vicodin, hydrocodone to Percocet, there's no end to the recreational possibilities many Americans can find in their medicine chests. ... - Sploid (satire)

CU student accused of peddling prescription drugs  May 9, 2006
...bag. The pills included Oxycotntin, Xanax, Phenobarbital, Ambien, Lunesta, Temazepam, Clonazepam, Vicodin, and Percocet. Police ... - 9NEWS.com,

In brief In brief  May 9, 2006
...and hit her in the face. Troopers said he stole Percocet, Oxycontin and Valium tablets, plus cash. The fact that the robber appears ... - York Dispatch,

Prescription drugs stolen from pharmacy  May 12, 2006
Police are seeking the public's help in finding the stolen drugs, which include Percocet, Methylphenidate, Duragestic, Oxycontin, Contin, Codeine, Oxycocet ... - Inside Toronto,

Woman charged after stealing pills from family  May 9, 2006
BELFAST (May 9): A 25-year-old Knox woman was charged with burglary and theft Monday after she left her family's home in Belfast with their Percocet pills. ... - VillageSoup Belfast,

New drugs, knowledge can help halt addictions  May 4, 2006
...name). It has been available for about three years for treatment of dependence on opiates - such as heroin, OxyContin and Percocet. ... - Philadelphia Inquirer,

Two arrested in Abington on drug charges  May 4, 2006
...illegal possession of class B, C and D drugs, including OxyContin, marijuana, methadone, Keflex, Clindamycin, Seroquel, Dolophine, Percocet, Vicodin, Percocet ... - Brockton Enterprise,

Gutierrez: "I'm not Teflon Don"  May 3, 2006
As for allegations that he's addicted to drugs after he was named as the recipient of a number of Percocet prescriptions in former Guam Memorial Hospital ... - KUAM.com,

Doctor leads way in fight over pain relief  May 13, 2006
...of prescription narcotics from the nation’s drug supply chain, but relatively easy to identify doctors who write large numbers of Percocet or Vicodin or ... - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,

Second Fishers CVS robbed of drugs; suspect sought  May 3, 2006
...pm. The man entered the store, went straight to the pharmacy and handed an employee a note demanding Oxycodone and Percocet. The ... - Noblesville Daily Times,

Pharmacy Crimes on the Rise  May 2, 2006
He went in after hours and unarmed. Patience says he used and abused OxyContin and Percocet, and made good money selling them, too. ... - ABC News

POLICE BRIEFS: Two Charged With Breaking Into Home  Apr 26, 2006
...prescriptions. Paula Sheets Conner, 41, is accused of using forged prescriptions to obtain Percocet at Cooper’s Pharmacy and Walgreen. ... - Southern Pines Pilot,

Study: OTC drugs, prescriptions send more to ER than cocaine  May 9, 2006
The drugs are cheap and readily available on the street, Troncale says. "OxyContin, Percocet — all these medicines are just being handed out like candy. ... - USA Today

Man headed to prison for use of fake prescriptions  Apr 28, 2006
929 DeKalb Pike in the Blue Bell section of the township on three occasions between March 1 and April 8, 2005, and obtained more than 100 Percocet pills with a ... - Pottstown Mercury,

CU student arrested in Rx dealing  May 10, 2006
...of drugs. Those drugs included painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet and sleep aids such as Ambien and Lunesta. In ... - Denver Post,

Robber flees with drugs from Walgreens  May 9, 2006
He is accused of taking OxyContin and methadone on April 14 and is the suspected robber who demanded Oxycodone and Percocet on May 2. ... - Indianapolis Star,

Labeling Error that Poses Risk of Acetaminophen Poisoning Leads to ...  May 7, 2006
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine, NyQuil Cold and Flu, and the recalled products from IVAX Pharmaceuticals) and prescription (Vicodin and Percocet) drugs. ... - Newsinferno.com,

Drug charges against Hells Angel biker dropped  May 10, 2006
The raids resulted in drug seizures of cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, Percocet and OxyContin with a street value of $2.3 million, police said. ... - Waterloo Record,

the next generation of users & abusers  May 1, 2006
...college students. by Courtney Roach, Daily staff writer. Xanax, Oxycontin, Lortab, Percocet, Valium … Sound familiar? For many ... - Oklahoma Daily,

Test for Liver Damage from Acetaminophen Poisoning Found To Be 100 ...  May 2, 2006
...hundreds of OTC (Excedrin, Midol Teen Formula, Theraflu, Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine, and NyQuil Cold and Flu) and prescription (Vicodin and Percocet) drugs ... - Newsinferno.com,

Two women face drug charges after police raid home  May 9, 2006
In addition, Branca was charged with unlawful possession of a schedule 2 narcotic, Vicodin, and possession of a schedule 3 narcotic, Percocet, both felonies. ... - Providence Journal (subscription),

Patients pained by distrust  Apr 22, 2006
State regulators estimate 2,673 patients who filled prescriptions for Schedule II narcotics such as OxyContin or Percocet last year may be “doctor shoppers ... - Boston Herald,

Endo Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results  Apr 20, 2006
Percocet®. Net sales of Percocet® were $27.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 versus $27.4 million in the same period in 2005. ... - Yahoo! News (press release)

Driver took painkiller on day of crash  Apr 21, 2006
...today. Bradley Demitras, 34, of Pine, told police took Percocet once in the morning and again at noon, court records state. Police ... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

LOCAL NEWS  Apr 24, 2006
Lujan, a local doctor sentenced to five years probation and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to prescribing Percocet illegally, filed an appeal with the ... - Pacific Daily News,

Accident Investigation Now Focuses On Truck Driver  Apr 21, 2006
...records pertaining to him. Police are specifically looking for any information regarding the painkiller Percocet. According to police ... - KDKA,

New Evidence Released In Accident Along Route 8  Apr 21, 2006
Northern Regional police said Demitras indicated to police officers that he had taken the drug, Percocet, two separate times on the day of the incident, once ... - WPXI.com,

Woman accused of forging prescription  Apr 18, 2006
A woman tried to rewrite her painkiller prescription this weekend, hoping to obtain more of the drug Percocet, according to police. ... - Nashua Telegraph (subscription),

Four pills add to trouble: cops  Apr 26, 2006
In searching him, police said, officers found four yellow pills, later identified as Percocet, a prescription drug, inside a cigarette pack. ... - The Jersey Journal,

Stolen drugs could kill  Apr 20, 2006
The thieves made off with a substantial undisclosed amount of prescription narcotic medicines, including Percocet, Morphine and Valium, says Gelinas. ... - British Columbia North Island Gazette,

Six-Week Probe Leads To 3 Drug Arrests  Apr 25, 2006
Saturday and found approximately 75 grams of powdered cocaine, 14 wax packets of heroin, 10.5 grams of marijuana, prescription drugs such as Percocet and other ... - Hartford Courant,

Man faces 11 drug charges  Apr 22, 2006
Nine of the deception to obtain dangerous drug counts accuse Jesse B. Wright, 48, of getting Percocet by seeing a local physician and a physician at the ... - Canton Repository (subscription),

Police send out warning after drugs, rifles stolen  Apr 17, 2006
RCMP said thieves made off with a large amount of prescription narcotics, including Percocet, morphine and Valium, from a locked storage container belonging to ... - Globe and Mail,

Coming attractions  May 4, 2006
Murray says one of the stars said, "Do you give him Vicodin?" and the other asked, "Does Percocet work?" He adds, "They were not told to say the same things.". ... - USA Today

Homicide charges filed in triple fatal  May 3, 2006
Demitras, 34, of Pine, who is expected to surrender to authorities this morning, also told investigators he popped a couple of stolen Percocet tablets and ... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

Investigators meet about Route 8 crash that claimed father, 2 ...  May 2, 2006
...accident. Mr. Demitras has told investigators he had taken the prescription painkiller Percocet twice on the day of the 5 pm accident. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

Driver facing charges in Rte. 8 crash that killed dad, 2 kids  May 3, 2006
Demitras also admitted that he had stolen six prescription Percocet tablets from James O'Connor's father earlier in the week and that he had taken one of those ... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

Mugging victim's spirit not deflated  May 2, 2006
...“They pumped me full of morphine yesterday and it didn’t do anything,� he said, but the percocet he was on was working better. ... - Hamline University Oracle Online,

Police Investigate Pharmacy Robbery  May 3, 2006
Police said the man came in with a note and said he had a gun. The note demanded prescription medications oxycodone and percocet. ... - INDYchannel.com,

Retailer faces drug charges  Apr 29, 2006
...box under a bookcase in a back room and included one ounce of cocaine worth about $5,600 and 253 pills that included Oxycodone, Percocet, lorazepam, Dilaudid ... - Toledo Blade,

Patrick Kennedy, Drugs And Situational Journalism  May 6, 2006
...narcotics, some of which are extremely potent. Oxycontin comes to mind, as does Vicodin, Percocet, Tylox, Hycodin, and numerous others. - Post Chronicle

Faces of Addiction--Part I  May 4, 2006
No liquor, no illegal drugs, just the pain pills…a lot of pills. "Percocet, dilaudid," he said. "There isn't anything stronger than what I was taking.". ... - WTOC,

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