Shaun Campbell faces criminal DUI charges as he was arrested after an accident in New Jersey. His blood-alcohol level tested at .288 percent which is more than triple the state's legal limit. No one was seriously hurt in the accident. DUI incidents like the one involving this New Jersey driver happen way too often but the glaring facts in this story focus on Mr. Campbell's drivers license and how it was previously suspended 78 times and this is also Mr. Campbell's 15th drunken driving offense! Prosecutors are seeking a maximum prison term of nearly three years at Campbell's sentencing and he will lose his license for at least 10 more years.
The FDA recently voted in favor of pushing a new formulation of oxycodone hydrochloride for approval. The new OxyContin formula is more difficult to crush or dissolve which will hopefully make it harder to be used as a drug of abuse . The FDA recommended that Purdue Pharma's application for a new, resin-coated formulation should replace the original version, which has been on the market since 1996. Randall Flick, MD, an anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic who voted to recommend approval of the drug said, "Clearly the old formulation is worse than the new, although I think the difference is relatively small," Flick concluded, "Hardcore abusers are likely to devise new ways to break down the harder tablet or figure out which solvents will dissolve it fastest, within 'day or weeks' of the product's release on the market."