News (Media Awareness Project) - US NJ: $800,000 OxyContin Shipment Lost Or Stolen In New Jersey |
| Title: | US NJ: $800,000 OxyContin Shipment Lost Or Stolen In New Jersey |
| Published On: | 2001-12-23 |
| Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-08-31 09:29:07 |
$800,000 OXYCONTIN SHIPMENT LOST OR STOLEN IN NEW JERSEY
NEWARK, N.J. -- A shipment of a powerful prescription painkiller is
missing, and the air freight courier says the shipment could have been lost
or stolen.
Nine cases of OxyContin, valued at about $800,000, were to be shipped
Thursday to a company in southern New Jersey, Emery spokesman James Allen
said. The drugs never arrived.
"We move a lot of boxes, and unfortunately sometimes they get lost," Allen
said. He said the company had notified police and was interviewing
employees about the shipment.
It was unclear how many pills were in the shipment.
OxyContin is a slow-release painkiller. One pill is designed to last 12
hours, but abusers crush it and snort or inject it, producing a quick,
heroin-like high.
NEWARK, N.J. -- A shipment of a powerful prescription painkiller is
missing, and the air freight courier says the shipment could have been lost
or stolen.
Nine cases of OxyContin, valued at about $800,000, were to be shipped
Thursday to a company in southern New Jersey, Emery spokesman James Allen
said. The drugs never arrived.
"We move a lot of boxes, and unfortunately sometimes they get lost," Allen
said. He said the company had notified police and was interviewing
employees about the shipment.
It was unclear how many pills were in the shipment.
OxyContin is a slow-release painkiller. One pill is designed to last 12
hours, but abusers crush it and snort or inject it, producing a quick,
heroin-like high.
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