OXYCONTIN CASE GOING TO JURY

MILTON, Fla. - A doctor on trial for the deaths of four patients who
overdosed on OxyContin is no different from a drug dealer, a prosecutor
said Monday in closing arguments.

Witnesses testified that crowds of patients ate lunch or worked on their
cars in the parking lot of Dr. James Graves' office, giving each other high
fives when they came out with prescriptions, Assistant State Attorney
Russell Edgar said.

``You've got to realize something's wrong when outside your office people
are having tailgate parties,'' Edgar said.

Graves, 55, testified that he did not know his patients were abusing drugs
and said no one would have died if OxyContin had been taken as prescribed.

Jurors were expected to begin deliberating today.