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DrugDigest: Oxycodone ( OxyIR, Roxicodone )
drugdigest.org
Information on dosage, usage, side effects, interactions, and drug comparisons, including generics when available.
Guardian Unlimited: Hillbilly Heroin - The Painkiller Abuse Wrecking Lives in West Virginia
guardian.co.uk
Special report on the OxyContin problem in West Virginia, and the drug's addictive affects.
HowStuffWorks: OxyContin
howstuffworks.com
Offers a question and answer about the drug oxycodone hydrochloride.
Pain Drug Becomes the Heroin of the Midwest
enquirer.com
Article outlining the rise in the recreational use of OxyContin in Cinncinati.
The Leaf-Chronicle: Police Fear 'Hillbilly Heroin' Creeping up on Clarksville
theleafchronicle.com
Brian Dunn's article: "The drug works wonders on severe pain, but moved into the black market quickly after it got FDA approval. Early signs of its abuse in Montgomery County have …