Derek Boogaard Cause of Death: Alcohol & Oxycodone

Derek Boogaard Died from Alcohol & Oxycodone Overdose The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office released a statement that cause of death was “mixed alcohol and oxycodone toxicity.” Derek Boogaard was...

Heath Ledger death ruled accidental

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor The New York medical examiner has concluded that Actor Heath Ledger expired from an accidental overdose comprised of 6 different prescription pills found in his...

Prescribing gap may leave blacks in pain

"Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone...

OxyContin Maker, Execs Fined $634.5M: Financial News

Rush Limbaugh should be sitting next to them in the dock.  Some of us remember him stating on his syndicated radio that drue users should be imprisoned.  Of course, he was not including himself in this...

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