[]> Oxycontin Alert!!!
Oxycontin is a pain killer used by cancer patients.
It is blamed for the recent death of a man from Lock Haven.
And tonight a warning for people who get the drug legally.
Don't become a victim of those who abuse it. Pharmacists say Oxycontin is a very good drug when used legally.
But drug addicts are so desperate to get their hands on it. Anyone could become a target.
Don't become a victim of those who abuse it. Pharmicists say Oxycontin is a very good drug when used legally.
But drug addicts are so desperate to get their hands on it. Anyone could become a target.
Pharmacist Mark Bishop says, if your doctor prescribes the drug to you, keep quiet.
"People out there will get the drug anyhow or any way they can. And I wouldn't want my grandmother being robbed because she has Oxycontin."
Central Pennsylvania got a first hand look at how innocent people can get caught up.
" Police say it was here in Lock Haven, PA last week that a man walked into this pharmacy with a gun. He demanded not money, but Oxycontin."
But police say 31 year old Ashley Moyer stole the drugs and returned to his room at the nearby Fallon Hotel.
A few hours later, Moyer was dead from an overdose.
It's the reason, Oxycontin is kept under lock and key at most pharmacies.
" We have to record the movement of every single tablet. We have to track every single tablet."
Oxycontin isn't just popular with addicts. It's a lucrative business for drug dealers.
The pills cost about a dollar a piece at a pharmacy. On the street the same pill sells for 40 dollars or more.
* Tim Brucker, Newswatch 16, reporting live from the Central PA newsroom http://www.wnep.com/