... have been reports of doctors who have been charged with manslaughter for prescribing OxyContin. (Doctor Convicted in OxyContin Deaths, Retrieved December 10, 2002 from http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0,1854,548406,00.html) Other abuses come from people who have been in accidents and been prescribed OxyContin as a painkiller. Most people that have been prescribed OxyContin have been ... ...

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