Read more OxyContin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1409/oxycontin.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:32:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72144/big-brother-winner-nabbed-for-peddling-oxy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski made his first court appearance today in Massachusetts after being charged with trying to sell 2,000 prescription painkiller pills. After a brief struggle with agents, the DEA says Jasinski waived his Miranda rights and confessed to using his $500,000 winnings from the...http://www.newser.com/story/72144/big-brother-winner-nabbed-for-peddling-oxy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 13:37:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68473/dj-am-buried-in-los-angeles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFriends and celebrity mourners including Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker attended a funeral for DJ AM today in Los Angeles, Us Weekly reports. The disc jockey, also known as Adam Goldstein, died last week at age 36, of an apparent drug overdose. The ceremony at Hillside Memorial Park, the area’s most...http://www.newser.com/story/68473/dj-am-buried-in-los-angeles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 21:12:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68385/dj-am-gobbled-9-oxycontin-before-death-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDJ AM was found dead with eight OxyContin pills in his stomach and another in his mouth, supporting the theory that he committed suicide, a law enforcement source tells People . He wanted to die," the source said. "He was going unconscious when he took the last one. He didn't even...http://www.newser.com/story/68385/dj-am-gobbled-9-oxycontin-before-death-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 2:42:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67315/levis-mom-pleads-will-likely-get-3-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSherry Johnston, the woman the world has to thank for the existence of Levi Johnston, is headed off to the pokey after taking a plea deal yesterday in her OxyContin-dealing case that will likely land her behind bars for three years, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Johnston pleaded guilty to...http://www.newser.com/story/67315/levis-mom-pleads-will-likely-get-3-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 7:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63742/jackson-doc-not-licensed-to-prescribe-meds-in-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jackson's personal doctor lacks a license to prescribe controlled medicines in California, federal authorities tell Fox News. Conrad Murray didn't register with the DEA in the singer's home state, officials say, meaning it would have been illegal for him to prescribe or administer Demerol, OxyContin, or even strong cough...http://www.newser.com/story/63742/jackson-doc-not-licensed-to-prescribe-meds-in-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 8:55:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63640/jackson-doc-stonewalls-on-dangerous-surgery-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe doctor with Michael Jackson the night he died is stonewalling questions about whether he provided the singer with the dangerous anesthesia Propofol, reports TMZ. The attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray has denied that the physician gave Jackson OxyContin or Demerol. But as for the Porpofol found in Jackson's home,...http://www.newser.com/story/63640/jackson-doc-stonewalls-on-dangerous-surgery-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 3:35:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47416/levis-mom-admits-pill-addiction-im-still-in-pain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin’s fellow grandmother says she’s getting a bad rap in the press over her recent drug arrest. Sherry Johnston—mother of Levi, who recently fathered a son with Bristol Palin—tells People she has been addicted to OxyContin since a hysterectomy 8 years ago. “I was in pain,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/47416/levis-mom-admits-pill-addiction-im-still-in-pain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 16:55:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47154/cops-didnt-wait-on-palin-run-to-bust-levis-mom-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe drug case against Bristol Palin’s future mother-in-law wasn’t slowed for political reasons, an investigation found yesterday. A state trooper had suggested as much in an email, prompting a flurry of national concern, the Anchorage Daily News reports. But a probe by the union representing troopers found that the claim...http://www.newser.com/story/47154/cops-didnt-wait-on-palin-run-to-bust-levis-mom-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47024/alaska-drug-case-delayed-for-palin-campaign-trooper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Alaska drug arrest of Bristol Palin's future mother-in-law was deliberately delayed until after the November election to spare Sarah Palin embarrassment, an investigator involved in the case claims. Representatives of the state troopers' union—which has clashed with Gov. Palin over other issues—say a number of investigators have...http://www.newser.com/story/47024/alaska-drug-case-delayed-for-palin-campaign-trooper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 3:49:13 CST