http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oxycontin/ en-us Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:48:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185335/posts "Manage the Public Knowledge" February 13, 2009 OBAMA: Those of us who manage the public dollars will be held to account to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and our government. RUSH: President Barack Obama, in his inaugural address on January 20th. Greetings, my friends, it's Last Chance Friday. JOHNNY DONOVAN: Live from the Southern Command in sunny south Florida via New York City, it's Open Line Friday! RUSH: Those of us who manage the public's knowledge will be... www.rushlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185335/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:48:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183490/posts "This is a full-fledged attack on capitalism, and the leftists Democrats have been seeking this for the longest time," Limbaugh said on his program this afternoon. "That's why they can't stop themselves. It is Christmas morning every day for these people. There's nobody that can stop them." A question e-mailed to the host asked if the Democrats really understood that they're "destroying the source of the wealth they want to redistribute." Yes!" Limbaugh exclaimed. "These people are not uneducated and stupid. They know full well what they are doing. They are destroying the engine that creates wealth, the private sector,... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183490/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183564/posts RUSH: I got an e-mail. This is from Susan in Virginia Beach. "Dear Rush: You are my professor. I am indebted to you for the knowledge that you have given me. You've always told us that you would tell us when it was time to panic. I'm starting to wonder how we are going to get our country back from these revolutionaries. Is it time to panic?" No. 'Cause panic doesn't accomplish anything. But when we come back from the break, I'm going to tell you how to get the country back. I'm going to tell you how it will... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183564/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183433/posts Rush Limbaugh Talk-radio giant Rush Limbaugh is blasting the so-called economic stimulus plan of President Obama and the Democrat-led Congress, calling it an assault on capitalism intentionally designed to harm the private sector and lead to bigger government. "This is a full-fledged attack on capitalism, and the leftists Democrats have been seeking this for the longest time," Limbaugh said on his program this afternoon. "That's why they can't stop themselves. It is Christmas morning every day for these people. There's nobody that can stop them." A question e-mailed to the host asked if the Democrats really understood that they're "destroying... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183433/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:08:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151974/posts Sherry Johnston, mother of Bristol Palin's fiancé, faces a Jan. 6 court date for an OxyContin-related arrest at her home by Alaska state troopers. Sherry Johnston, mother of Bristol Palin's fiancé, faces a Jan. 6 court date for an OxyContin-related arrest at her home by Alaska state troopers. Bristol Palin, 18, is due to give birth today, according to a recent interview with the governor's father, Chuck Heath. A wedding date has not been announced. Johnston was arrested Thursday by troopers serving a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. A standard news release issued by troopers said Johnston was... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151974/posts#comment Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151773/posts -- Wasilla resident Sherry L. Johnston, mother of Bristol Palin's boyfriend, faces a Jan. 6 court date for an oxycontin-related arrest at her home by Alaska State Troopers. Little additional information was available Friday on the case as authorities remained unusually tight-lipped about details. But Palmer court records listed her scheduled court date and a troopers spokeswoman said in a release late Friday afternoon that the charges "are in relation to the drug oxycontin." Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, the Wasilla 18-year-old suddenly placed in an international spotlight in September when Gov. Sarah Palin -- who was then... ADN News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151773/posts#comment Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057649/posts MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Fifty-six government employees -- including a police officer, a felony court clerk, two corrections officers and 27 school bus drivers and attendants -- were arrested in a scam that used health insurance information to fraudulently obtain prescriptions for the painkiller OxyContin, authorities said Wednesday. Sixty-two people were arrested in total and all face charges including racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering and grand theft, according to the Miami-Dade state attorney's office. Authorities estimate 130 medically unnecessary prescriptions for OxyContin -- more than 12,000 tablets -- were presented to pharmacies. The drugs have an estimated street value of... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057649/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014283/posts Exponential growth in addiction met with a dramatic reduction in supply, creates a situation where a large number of people get sick and desperate. Prices spike as addicts clamor to find the drugs they need so badly. Alternative, and often illegal, methods for raising funds are employed. Progressively risky behavior and criminal associations occur. People lose jobs, lose housing, and lose families, dismantling a network of support systems that are challenging, if not impossible, to rebuild. The magnitude of people potentially involved will send shockwaves through the criminal justice, social services, health care, and criminal justice service delivery systems as... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014283/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 02:54:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013407/posts SAMHSA announced in March 2008 that Oklahoma topped the nation in prescription painkiller addiction. Effective law enforcement strategies by the DEA and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs have abruptly shut down many of the online pharmacies, loose physician prescription practices, and multiple doctor sourcing. The result is a dramatic reduction in supply. The huge growth in painkiller addiction fueled by cheap and easy supply is being faced with a shutdown in supply. The result will be a sudden overwhelming number of sick and desperate people. Before we become too judgmental of such people, let us not forget... Quapaw Counseling Services & Keetoowah Cherokee Treatment Services http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013407/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 02:14:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1967780/posts The hatred from supposedly compassionate and open-minded Hollywoodans is something to behold, isn't it? After all, just imagine despising a radio talk show host so much that you would suggest, on national television, that he should die of a drug overdose. Alas, such was the case Friday evening when HBO's Bill Maher actually asked guest P.J. O'Rourke, who was talking about Rush Limbaugh's use of the prescription drug OxyContin (video available here courtesy our friend Ms Underestimated): Why couldn't have he croaked from it instead of Heath Ledger? Honestly, can you imagine? MSNBC's David Shuster was suspended on Friday for... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1967780/posts#comment Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:41:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884475/posts Federal prosecutors had what looked like a solid case against Joan Jaszczult, a Bloomfield doctor accused of writing Oxycontin and Percocet prescriptions for a ring that resold the drugs on the streets for huge profits. They had secret recordings by informants and undercover agents, a line of alleged co-conspirators waiting to testify against her, and even an eye-popping motive: she needed the cash, they said, to help pay $100,000 in plastic surgery bills. But four days after the trial opened, prosecutors suffered a devastating setback. The presiding judge, U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler, ruled the government had improperly introduced a... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884475/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:30:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883713/posts MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - People in the United States are living in a world of pain and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it. The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated Press analysis of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration. More than 200,000 pounds of codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and meperidine were purchased at retail stores during the most recent year represented in the data. That total is enough to give more than 300 milligrams of painkillers to every person... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883713/posts#comment Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882256/posts CNNÂ’s "from the Left" commentator Paul Begala apparently doesnÂ’t want people to forget that Rush Limbaugh dealt with OxyContin addiction. During a panel discussion of Rudy Giuliani and the possible factor of his family life in his presidential bid, Begala attacked the GOP, accusing that the party "has made a practice of going after peopleÂ’s families," and then singled out Limbaugh for doing this (though Limbaugh has never officially worked for the Republicans). "Not just attacking Bill Clinton, we remember Rush Limbaugh attacking Chelsea Clinton. Maybe it was just the OxyContin talking." Nine months ago, Begala slammed Limbaugh as the... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882256/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:11:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832799/posts On Dec. 7, 2001, nearly three months after the terrorist attack that had made him a national hero and a little over three weeks before he would leave office, New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani took the first official step toward making himself rich. The letter he dispatched to the city Conflicts of Interest Board that day asked permission to begin forming a consulting firm with three members of his outgoing administration. The company, Giuliani said, would provide “management consulting service to governments and business” and would seek out partners for a “wide-range of possible business, management and financial services”... Kerry Fox Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832799/posts#comment Sun, 13 May 2007 12:43:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831906/posts A major pharmaceutical client of Rudy Giuliani's consulting firm pleaded guilty yesterday to lying to doctors and patients about the addiction risk of the painkiller OxyContin.....federal prosecutors called it one of the nation's worst prescription-drug scandals ever.....could be a painful hit to Giuliani...... Purdue Pharma touted OxyContin as a low-risk miracle drug that relieved pain and was less addictive than other drugs. But the opposite was true.......OxyContin is derived from the opium poppy and is very addictive........ Purdue Pharma and its top officers agreed to pay $634.5 million in fines. The illegal promotions of the drug occurred 1996-2001. Giuliani Partners... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831906/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 13:39:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831314/posts The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading the public about the drug's risk of addiction, a federal prosecutor and the company said. Purdue Pharma L.P. and the executives will pay $634.5 million in fines, U.S. Attorney John Brownlee said in the news release. The plea comes two days after the Stamford, Conn.-based company agreed to pay $19.5 million to 26 states and the District of Columbia to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe OxyContin. "With its OxyContin, Purdue unleashed a highly abusable, addictive, and potentially... breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831314/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 14:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831632/posts First came the revelation that Rudolph W. Giuliani had given repeatedly to Planned Parenthood, furthering angering conservatives upset about his abortion stance. Then the Village Voice raised questions about whether he got a discount on four diamond rings commemorating the Yankees’ recent World Series rings. Could the week get any tougher for Mr. Giuliani? It did, with the guilty plea today of Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin and a company for which Mr. Giuliani has been a top adviser. The company and three current and former company executives pleaded guilty to criminal charges that they misled doctors and patients... New York Times Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831632/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 00:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831505/posts Rudolph Giuliani and his consulting company, Giuliani Partners, have served as key advisors for the last five years to the pharmaceutical company that pled guilty today to charges it misled doctors and patients about the addiction risks of the powerful narcotic painkiller OxyContin. Federal officials say the company, Purdue Frederick, helped to trigger a nationwide epidemic of addiction to the time-release painkiller by failing to give early warnings that it could be abused. Prosecutors say "in the process scores died." Drug Enforcement Administration officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com Giuliani personally met with the head of the DEA when the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831505/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 20:21:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688670/posts Conviction Of McLean Pain Doctor Overturned Appeals Court Says Judge Erred in Jury Instructions A federal appeals court threw out the conviction of William E. Hurwitz yesterday, granting the prominent former Northern Virginia pain-management doctor a new trial because jurors were not allowed to consider whether he prescribed drugs in good faith. The decision again galvanized the national debate that the Hurwitz case had come to symbolize: whether fully licensed doctors prescribing legal medication to patients in chronic pain should be subject to prosecution if their patients abuse or sell the drugs. Patient advocate groups strongly supported Hurwitz and expressed... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688670/posts#comment Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:43:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1676435/posts An actress in the school play. Two star high school football players. The cute hostess at a local restaurant. Two busy workers behind the counter at the pharmacy. All teenagers with promise in an affluent triangle of eastern Morris County towns. But all were criminally charged last week in a drug bust coordinated by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Operation Painkiller nabbed 47 adults and seven juveniles, including some current students and a host of alumni of Whippany Park High School in Hanover. Police said they seized more than $70,000 in cash and drugs, including 4 ounces of heroin with... Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1676435/posts#comment Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:42:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627534/posts What began as a scheme to sell fraudulent prescriptions for OxyContin eventually blossomed into a giant, organized drug ring with gang ties, investigators claim.SNIP... The alleged OxyContin ring included 234 people who recruited other "patients" as well as obtaining and distributing OxyContin. On Thursday, a federal grand jury rendered an 83-count indictment against Theodore, including ongoing criminal enterprise, crimes against the United States, conspiracy to distribute drugs and drug distribution. The FBI was expected to hold a news conference about the indictment today. "It's huge," said Joe Christensen, director of the state Insurance Department's Insurance Fraud Division. "Absolutely huge. .... Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627534/posts#comment Fri, 5 May 2006 21:30:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626689/posts Limbaugh to Judgment From: Timothy Noah Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 4:08 PM ET On May 1, Rush Limbaugh signed a "deferred prosecution agreement" (see below) with the Palm Beach state attorney. The agreement is the outcome of a three-year investigation into Limbaugh's procurement of OxyContin and other painkillers, to which he became addicted after spinal surgery. News of Limbaugh's addiction first appeared in an October 2003 National Enquirer story in which a former housekeeper of Limbaugh's claimed Limbaugh paid her tens of thousands of dollars to procure painkillers. Although that claim was never substantiated, Limbaugh publicly admitted his addiction... Slate Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626689/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 16:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624228/posts Rush was on a roll. He made fun of polling showing that Hillary Clinton has a higher rating when she uses the last name Rodham instead of Clinton. He lambasted a Republican proposal to alleviate high gas prices with a $100 rebate check and accused Congress of pandering. "The more I think about this," said Limbaugh, "the more like a slut I feel." He extolled the patriotic new movie thriller "United 93." He criticized U.S. immigration policy for favoring uneducated laborers over highly trained technicians. He jauntily discussed the etiquette of cigar smoking. And he thanked his listeners, the 20... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624228/posts#comment Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623960/posts WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - After three years under suspicion, Rush Limbaugh can finally put behind him the investigation that exposed the conservative commentator's own drug problems, thrusting him into the spotlight for the very things he derided in others. None of it affected his ratings for a radio talk show that airs weekdays on nearly 600 stations and draws about 20 million listeners a week, Limbaugh spokesman Tony Knight said. "This investigation didn't have any impact on his audience or on his advertising," Knight said Saturday, a day after defense attorneys announced a deal with prosecutors. A single prescription... The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623960/posts#comment Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:51:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623446/posts <p>Rush Limbaugh's attorney has issued a statement announcing a settlement of the Florida prosecutor's investigation into alleged doctor shopping by Rush Limbaugh.</p> <p>Details have been read by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Basically, the charge of doctor shopping is dismissed, with some conditions.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623446/posts#comment Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:11:12 GMT