Cottoning to Oxycontin

A New York Times article features the headline: At Brooklyn Drugstores, This Robber Wants Pills. Written on April 29, 2011 by Karen Zraick, the article states,

Since March 3, the robber has struck mom-and-pop pharmacies in Marine Park and Sheepshead Bay five times, demanding powerful painkillers like OxyContin.

PubMed Health lists Oxycontin (oxycodone HCl ER) as one of the brand name drugs of oxycodone, which is in a class of medications called opiate (narcotic) analgesics.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lists some street names for this drug: Kicker, OC, Oxy, OX, Blue, Oxycotton, Hillybilly Heroin.

Beware of cottoning to Oxycontin!