Read more prescription painkillers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22898/prescription-painkillers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:01:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72735/suit-wants-pharmacies-to-bust-drug-abusers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a driver, high on painkillers, ran her car into two guys fixing a flat tire on the side of the highway, killing one of them, the victims' families filed a lawsuit—against the pharmacies that sold the painkillers. That case, pending before the Nevada Supreme Court, will be the...http://www.newser.com/story/72735/suit-wants-pharmacies-to-bust-drug-abusers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 10:05:28 CDThttp://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/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown's office and the British Labor Party are furious with the BBC after the host of the channel's flagship political program asked the prime minister if he took prescription painkillers. Downing Street had already denied the rumor, which began on the Internet. A shocked Brown responded: "No! I think...http://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 3:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69966/anna-nicole-had-lesbian-affair-with-drug-happy-shrink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNewly unsealed documents in the Anna Nicole Smith investigation reveal the Playmate had a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich—the same psychiatrist who ordered a drug cocktail so dangerous that one pharmacist who refused to fill the order called it “pharmaceutical suicide,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Smith’s...http://www.newser.com/story/69966/anna-nicole-had-lesbian-affair-with-drug-happy-shrink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 9:07:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68338/dj-am-spent-last-day-on-crack-pills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDJ AM lit up a crack pipe in front of his recovery sponsor the day before his death, the New York Post reports in an ongoing effort to piece together his final moments. Friends told investigators Adam Goldstein’s manager and sponsor flew from the West Coast to NYC Thursday after...http://www.newser.com/story/68338/dj-am-spent-last-day-on-crack-pills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 9:35:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67715/jacko-doc-disputes-cops-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs a timeline of Michael Jackson’s final hours began to emerge, Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyer was was quick to question it, calling it “police theory” in a statement yesterday, the AP reports. “Dr. Murray simply never told investigators that he found Michael Jackson at 11am not breathing,” after allegedly giving...http://www.newser.com/story/67715/jacko-doc-disputes-cops-timeline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 10:13:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67701/jacko-doc-writes-dear-barack-letter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British doctor friend of Michael Jackson fired off a letter to President Obama—or "Barack," as she calls him—pleading for tougher laws for "unethical doctors" who ply patients with drugs. Dr. Susan Etok, who says she turned down more than $800,000 from the King of Pop for...http://www.newser.com/story/67701/jacko-doc-writes-dear-barack-letter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 7:25:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67256/jackson-self-harmed-to-get-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToward the end of his life Michael Jackson was so desperate for prescription drugs, sources tell investigators he harmed himself in an effort to get more, the Mirror reports. Jackson was reportedly spending nearly $50,000 a month on drugs including Vicodin, Soma, Xanax, Zoloft, Paxil, and Prilosec, and he...http://www.newser.com/story/67256/jackson-self-harmed-to-get-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63171/cops-remove-drugs-from-jackson-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLos Angeles police and officials from the county coroner's office have removed bags of prescription drugs and medical material from Michael Jackson's home, and are interviewing doctors who prescribed the medications, reports the Los Angeles Times . It's not yet known if the drugs played a role in Jackson's heart attack...http://www.newser.com/story/63171/cops-remove-drugs-from-jackson-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 3:28:05 CDT