Oxycontin News Blog

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — His retrial in federal court here isn't over yet, but Dr. William E. Hurwitz is already doing much better than he did the first time. Judge Leonie M. Brinkema has dismissed the most serious charges against him.

Dr. Hurwitz, whom I wrote about in a recent column , is the most prominent of the doctors who have been prosecuted for writing prescriptions for OxyContin ...

A Tottenville teen was found with a stash of painkillers in his bedroom -- and he threatened to shoot his stepfather, police said.

On the same day, a 19-year-old Annadale resident reportedly needed to score prescription narcotics so badly that he called a Rossville pharmacy and pretended to be a doctor.

Tuesday's arrests -- which again spotlight Staten Island teens and prescription...

Service Drugs was one of three downtown Portage drugstores entered by two suspicious men Saturday afternoon. Service Drugs owner Robert Hebl said the men demanded Vicodin, Percocet and OxyContin.

Saturday was just another workday for Service Drugs owner Robert Hebl until two men walked into his store at about 4:30 p.m., milled about for a bit and handed him a note at the pharmacy counter....

A Newfoundland Supreme Court jury will begin hearing evidence on Thursday as the trial opens for a physician charged with sexual assault and drug trafficking.

Dr. Sean Buckingham has pleaded not guilty to 23 charges.

Seven women claim they were sexually assaulted by Buckingham in exchange for powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and Percocet.

Two months have been set aside ...

SOUTHINGTON - Two teenage residents will face a variety of narcotics charges in Bristol Superior Court Monday after police said they discovered them in possession of three types of narcotic pills, paraphernalia and sales records while responding to an anonymous tip last week.

SOUTHINGTON - Two teenage residents will face a variety of narcotics charges in Bristol Superior Court Monday aft...

SOUTHINGTON - Two teenage residents will face a variety of narcotics charges in Bristol Superior Court Monday after police said they discovered them in possession of three types of narcotic pills, drug paraphernalia and sales records while responding to an anonymous tip last week.

The residents, females aged 16 and 17, were charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics wit...

CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Power Baseball will present Huntington Community Day on Sunday, May 6, in a game gainst the Lexington Legends.

The game begins at 2:05 p.m. at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston. A limited number of free tickets are available at the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce, 720 4th Ave.

For more information, contact the chamber at (304) 525-5131.

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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio -- Sheriff's deputies in Gallia County, Ohio, conducted a drug raid late Tuesday at a residence near Crown City. Deputies raided the location along Davis Road about 9:30 p.m.

One person -- Louis Gillenwater, 65, of Crown City -- was arrested and charged with possession of suspected crack cocaine, according to a press release issued by the agency. Additional charges could...

For three years, Jeff Clarke was in a chronic state of pain.

The 34-year-old Kitchener man could stand for only 10 minutes at a time, sit for about 20 and then lie down again.

The back pain, diagnosed as degenerative disc disease, travelled through his legs and often he buckled over as he tried to stand. He used two canes and a walker to get around.

In a few years,...

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio -- A 32-year-old Chesapeake area resident was lodged Wednesday in the Lawrence County Jail on drug charges, according to jail personnel.

Charles E. Holley, 32, of 79 Township Road 1039, Chesapeake, was arrested by authorities without incident about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, said Sheriff Tim Sexton.

Holley is charged with trafficking in crack cocaine and possession of drug...