David Millsaps of Athens, TN was caught with methamphetamine when he showed up to take his probation drug test. When Millsaps was asked to empty his pockets he pulled out the meth and the smoking apparatus. Needless to say Millsaps was arrested for possession of a schedule II Narcotic and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Last week Athens, TN police arrested a different parolee for possession of 20 grams of pot. He too pulled the drugs out of his pocket prior to taking his drug test.
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."