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Examples
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DJ AM Had Nine OxyContin Pills In His Body At The Time Of His Death DJ AM allegedly swallowed eight Oxycontin pills minutes before he died.
WeSmirch 2009
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Whether Oxycontin is among the drugs Limbaugh was detained for today is unknown at this time.
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Do Righys even know that Oxycontin is an Opiate like Heroin?
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Oxycontin is easily available, the durogesic patch is harder to find.
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The overwhelming majority of overdose deaths result from mixtures of depressants: for example, most of the "Oxycontin" deaths that have been reported recently are more accurately described as Oxycontin-plus-alcohol-and/or-benzodiazepine.
Maia Szalavitz: What We Can Learn from Heath Ledger's Death: Don't Mix Downs!!! 2008
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Va., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have been dubbed the "Oxycontin Express."
Fight Over a Fix for Florida 'Pill Mills' Arian Campo-Flores 2011
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Its primary target is a prescription painkiller called Oxycontin, a drug in the opioid category, which the DEA says is being over-prescribed.
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There is a drug called Oxycontin -- have you covered this?
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"They prey on an addiction more powerful than heroin or Oxycontin, which is the addiction of being famous," Richards said.
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Unlike Oxycontin, which is regulated, heroin can vary from one use to the next.
The Delphos Herald Mike Ford 2010
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