Regarding "Report: Ex-Buc Used Cocaine Before Death" (Metro, May 29): Another tragic overdose has been reported with "a narcotic pain reliever and cocaine." Let's teach your readers how this happens. ...more

June 1, 2008

The Sweetbay Supermarket pharmacy at 3406 U.S. 19 is the latest target in a rash of holdups in which robbers are demanding high-strength, opiate painkillers, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported late Friday. ...more

May 24, 2008

HOLIDAY – A man robbed a Sweetbay pharmacy this afternoon, and Pasco County Sheriff's deputies are investigating. The robbery happened at about 11:30 a.m., when a man carrying a gun wrapped in newspaper demanded that a pharmacy clerk give him OxyContin, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of the drug, and the robber fled the store. ...more

May 23, 2008

Detectives were looking for a man and woman who concealed their identities with motorcycle helmets and robbed a Northdale pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

The tinted windows of a 1998 Honda Accord led to the arrest of two men on charges of trafficking in OxyContin and possessing 45 bogus $100 bills, deputies said. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Detectives are looking for a man and a woman who concealed their identities with motorcycle helmets and robbed a Northdale pharmacy, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA - The tinted windows of a 1998 Honda Accord, say deputies, led to the arrest of two men for trafficking in OxyContin and possessing 45 bogus $100 bills. ...more

May 21, 2008

If you're middle-aged, you're more likely to be accidentally killed or injured by prescription drugs than by a car crash. If you're in high school, one in 10 of your classmates has abused powerful pain medication. ...more

May 19, 2008

Most Americans are too busy in their daily lives to face the obvious: we are a society dependent on drugs. ...more

January 16, 2008

OXYCONTIN The strong narcotic pain reliever is similar to morphine and is designed to treat moderate to severe pain expected to last for a long time. It should be used on a regular schedule as prescribed by a doctor, not on an as-needed basis. Side effects can include nausea, vomiting, constipation, mild itching, drowsiness, dry mouth, lightheadedness, loss of appetite and weakness. ...more

December 30, 2007