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Drug Type: OxyContin

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STREET TERM DEFINITION
40 OxyContin pill
40-bar OxyContin pill
80 OxyContin pill
Blue Crack Cocaine; depressants; OxyContin
Cotton Currency; OxyContin
Doctor shopping The practice of going from doctor to doctor to obtain prescriptions for pharmaceuticals
Hillbilly heroin OxyContin
Kicker OxyContin
OCs OxyContin
Os OxyContin
Ox OxyContin
Oxy OxyContin
Oxycotton OxyContin
Pharming Consuming a mixture of prescription substances
Pill ladies Female senior citizens who sell OxyContin
Pills OxyContin

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Last Updated: April 6, 2005



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