Literally right down the street...

[fishbones]

Franklin also borders Woonsocket, which could explain why the suspects were seen on video in RI.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

Franklin also borders Woonsocket, which could explain why the suspects were seen on video in RI.

It does? I thought bellingham and wrentham were in between. For once, I'm not being a wise ass... really don't know.

[bart]

Woonsocket is real close. This is where all the heroin and criminals are coming from. Johnny, this happened on Mount Street, about five houses down from the Wrentham line. I live on the corner of Mount and Summer. I know the victim. I talked to an investigator today and he said Franklin is getting "pounded." Heroin, opiates are an epidemic and are ruining a lot of peoples' lives, as well as making the surrounding areas unsafe...

[Raider Ronnie]

Oh great

[cheferson]

Big pharma's oxy's are at fault I bet . Drugs are ok as long as some corp is making money !

Seen too many young people start out popping pills, then start messing with Oxy's . Then when that gets to expensive to support their habit , they move on to snorting heroin . Eventually shooting . Saw many people I grew up with waste away . This was aquidneck island too .....

[Nebe]

15 years ago, all the heroin freaks used to hang out at that old brick mill building that as abandoned by the railroad tracks in Franklin.....

[5/0]

That's really to bad,Franklin is a very desirable town with allot of Heritage.

[GregW]

Originally Posted by cheferson

Big pharma's oxy's are at fault I bet . Drugs are ok as long as some corp is making money !

Seen too many young people start out popping pills, then start messing with Oxy's . Then when that gets to expensive to support their habit , they move on to snorting heroin . Eventually shooting . Saw many people I grew up with waste away . This was aquidneck island too .....

How is someone illegally popping pills any one else's fault?

[OLD GOAT]

I've read in the news papper that oxyneo will replace oxycontin next year in Canada anyway.
I've read that it's safer,,so they say.

[cheferson]

Originally Posted by GregW

How is someone illegally popping pills any one else's fault?

What KarL F said above for starters .

Here's more

Marketing and misbranding

Critics have accused Purdue Pharma of putting profits ahead of public interest by applying "significant political pressure" to attempt to reverse South Carolina's requiring prior approval before a person with Medicaid can receive the drug;[53] for "fail[ing] to adequately warn consumers of the risks" of OxyContin such as dependence;[54] and for promoting the drug "aggressively" and by means such as "promotional beach hats, pedometers and swing-music CDs."[54][55]

In May 2007 Purdue Pharma "agreed to pay $19.5 million" in fines relating to aggressive off-label marketing practices of OxyContin in 26 states and the District of Columbia.[56] In specific, the company encouraged dosing more frequent than the recommended interval of 12 hours, and did not fully disclose the risk of hazardous or harmful use.[56]

Later in May 2007 Purdue Pharma and three of its top executives pleaded guilty in a Virginia federal court to charges that they misbranded OxyContin by representing it to have "less euphoric effect and less abuse potential" than it actually has, and by claiming that people taking the drug at low doses could stop taking it suddenly without symptoms of withdrawal.[57] The FDA had not approved these claims.[58] The company and the executives were to pay $634 million in fines for felony and misdemeanor misbranding.[57]

In October 2007, officials in Kentucky filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for misleading health care providers and consumers "regarding the appropriate uses, risks and safety of OxyContin"; as of mid-2008, however, the case had been "consolidated with other lawsuits into a single multi-litigation suit" in a federal court in New York.[59]