Oxycontin Addiction Nails Ex-prosecutor

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  hmoffsuite on October 19 at 4:38 p.m.

  DFO. That is a question I would like answered. I took the stuff like M&M’s when I had my knees replaced. I hated it and got off on to some other meds as soon as I could. Imo, the worst part about taking Oxy is that it clogs up your digestive system, if you know what I mean. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to use it. There must be a ‘high’ there, somewhere, but I never found it.

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  CDA_Mom on October 19 at 4:42 p.m.

  It is not the drug that turns good people bad. Those are people that would do things crooked and bad to begin with. People should take some responsibility.

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  Sisyphus on October 19 at 4:50 p.m.

  Oxycontin is the sanitized pharmaceutical name for what is time released heroin. In fact, before they changed the delivery method, people would overdose by chewing it, which killed the timed release properties. Its a favorite of Rush Limbaugh’s.

  Since it comes from a pharmaceutical company “respectable” people can now use it and become addicted. Its amazing what corporate America can get accomplished while we wage a war on drugs. Did you know that these same companies actually defeated legislation that would have made meth virtually impossible to manufacture?

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  Soaf on October 19 at 4:52 p.m.

  Like HMO, I was given oxy after my reconstructive shoulder surgery. I took 2 pills ad destroyed the rest. I was more miserable from the effects of the meds than I was from the operation.

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  irishman on October 19 at 5:09 p.m.

  Well there ya go. I’ve often wondered what that drug was. Now I know.

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  meghannc on October 19 at 5:29 p.m.

  The pastor, who is based in Spokane but was arrested in the Valley, is actually accused of stealing hydrocodone pills.

  Also FYI, just updated the story with this fact: “Now Nunley and his firm are being sued in Kootenai County District Court by The Bear Mill, Inc., a stuffed animal manufacturing company in Coeur d’Alene that claims Nunley botched a trademark lawsuit against a rival Canadian company, Teddy Mountain, Inc., then demanded payment of nearly $59,000.”

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  kamm on October 19 at 7:17 p.m.

  Oxycontin tablets can be ingested whole or chewed, crushed to inject or inhale. The effect is similar to heroin. In fact, many abusers switch to heroin because it’s easier to obtain and less expensive than oxycontin.

  Oxycontin usually costs $10/10mg so a 40mg tab costs $40. Since the rush and euphoria take much more than 40mg to achieve and maintain, the daily cost can easily exceed $1000.

  Pharmacy robbery, residential theft, business and occasionally bank robberies, are common within this population to feed the increasing need for the effects.

  The addictive personality will find something to fills it’s need, be it alcohol, drugs, nicotine, caffeine, workaholic behavior-whatever.

  Me? My drug of choice is FOOD. Yummy, yummy!

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  meghannc on October 19 at 10:16 p.m.

  For a comprehensive look at OxyContin and the company that makes it, check out my story from January 2009: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jan/18/oxycontin-a-growing-scourge/

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  kamm on October 20 at 12:51 a.m.

  Meghann Cuniff.
  Oxycontin vs Hydrocodone is not really important. The man was stealing from members of his congregation. Whether it was an aspirin or a diamond ring, the primary theme is he was stealing from his congregation.

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  JamesBond on October 20 at 8:55 a.m.

  Don’t do drugs, because hippies do drugs and hippies suck!!!

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  PapaBear on October 20 at 2:34 p.m.

  Mr. Nunley gets a felony conviction with 5 years hanging over him for his activities, while government employees who reportedly abused their authority and access to steal (and use and deliver maybe??) inmates’ prescription medication from the Kootenai County jail did not even get charged? Not a single charge for the burglary of entering the jail with intent to steal the drug, nor for drug related offenses? I mean, someone did something illegal, right? Apparently more than one person according to media reports, right?

  Boy, that must have been a nearly impossible case to prove. They must have had nothing to go on. Too bad, it’s not like vindictive prosecutors don’t over-charge, charge too many people, and take junk cases to trial against people they don’t like just prove a point, hiding behind their ‘discretion.’ I bet everyone on that side of the equation feels just awful that a druggie, maybe even a hippie, thief, or thieves, have been in their midst and even they cannot catch and prosecute them. For shame, it happened in their house. <cough>

  It’s Chicago-style law enforcement - nepotism and arrogance — manifested in our community. Either that, or it’s Keystone(d) Cops. I prefer to believe that most cops are fairly decent folks, however, so I am sticking with the few bad apples theory.

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  meghannc on October 22 at 9:36 p.m.

  Hi kamm, I just saw your response. I certainly wasn’t saying one aspect of the case is more important than the other, but I do feel it’s necessary to correct misstatements of facts. Thanks.

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