Article: HILLBILLY HEROIN; New drug catches Gardai on the hop.(News)

Article: Curbing 'hillbilly heroin'.(Editorial)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  February 13, 2009 ;     534 words ... ... provincial health officials seem aware of the threat posed by hillbilly heroin - as it is known by street dealers - and have embarked on ... the potential abuse of OxyContin. Jurisdictions in the United States and Atlantic Canada are already tackling the problem. Last ...

Article: HILLBILLY HEROIN & CRYSTAL METH; EXCLUSIVE What ...
The Mirror (London, England);  August 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... crystal meth and deadly pills dubbed hillbilly heroin, it was revealed last night. And ... Oxycodone painkillers. They are nicknamed hillbilly heroin because they are cheap, highly addictive ... Thunder with Jack Black - in chaos. HILLBILLY HEROIN Oxycodone - a powerful prescription ...

Article: Lohan is 'Hillbilly Heroin addict'.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  June 1, 2007 ;     487 words ... ... actress Lindsay Lohan is hooked on a painkiller known as Hillbilly Heroin, her dad claimed yesterday. Michael Lohan said he had ... and confirmed she was abusing Oxycontin. It is dubbed Hillbilly Heroin because abuse of the drug has devastated poor rural communities ...

Article: POLICE ON ALERT FOR `HILLBILLY HEROIN'.(CAPITAL ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... putting local police on alert. OxyContin, also known as ``hillbilly heroin'' because of its illicit use in rural areas, is being ... cancer patients and chronic pain sufferers. Street names: Hillbilly heroin, OC killer and oxycodeine Background: It is the highest ...

Article: NSW: Woman arrested for supplying hillbilly heroin
AAP General News (Australia);  September 19, 2008 ;     289 words ... ... Australia) 09-19-2008 NSW: Woman arrested for supplying hillbilly heroin A woman in western New South Wales may become the first ... selling thousands of Oxycodone tablets .. also known as hillbilly heroin. Police say the 47-year-old from Young allegedly bought ...

Article: HILLBILLY HEROIN'S PUSHERS ESCAPE PRISON
Roanoke Times & World News;  May 12, 2007 ;     577 words ... ... distance of the board room that did exactly the same. Our region was among the first and hardest hit by the scourge of hillbilly heroin that killed 200 Virginians, caused crime rates to soar, crippled coalfield communities and their economies and continues ...

Article: EDITORIAL: Hillbilly heroin's pushers escape ...
Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA);  May 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... distance of the board room that did exactly the same. Our region was among the first and hardest hit by the scourge of hillbilly heroin that killed 200 Virginians, caused crime rates to soar, crippled coalfield communities and their economies and continues ...