Ontario will lead a national probe into the misuse of the painkiller OxyContin, a prescription narcotic frequently doled out by doctors that can lead to severe addiction and death.

“Now that we have some evidence, it might help us.”

A robbery suspect eluded police Friday though officers did find clothing and a knife thought to belong to the man after he robbed a Wausau pharmacy, police say.
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As family members await toxicology reports on a 34-year-old professional wrestler, one of his childhood friends says he thinks he knows all too well what killed him.

In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, a bottle of Pfizer's Lipitor is shown in New York.

The lead singer of the '60s rock band The Grass Roots faces three felony counts of obtaining prescription painkillers illegally after sheriff's detectives arrested him at his home in Mount Dora.

The diversion and abuse of prescription medicine has become the greatest challenge drug enforcers have faced in more than a generation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said.

Vermont health officials say they're seeing a rise in prescription drug abuse among young adults.

UK men with impotence now have access to a daily tablet to treat their condition all day, every day.
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Television personality Montel Williams planned to tell a Senate panel on Thursday how marijuana relieves his chronic pain caused by multiple sclerosis, as he urges New Jersey lawmakers to join 11 other states…

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