The problem with OxyContin is not the medicine itself, but its deliberate misuse.

The latest bad rap for OxyContin threatens to inflict more pain on those who truly benefit from the drug.

OxyContin, which offers relief to patients with searing, prolonged agony due to diseases such as cancer, neurological illness and degenerative discs, is getting a bad rap.

States should require that prosecutors first obtain declarations from qualified medical experts as to the good faith of the physician in question before charges are filed.

OxyContin, the potent prescription painkiller, is in the spotlight.