Pubdate: Tue, 08 May 2007 Source: Newsday (NY) Copyright: 2007 Newsday Inc. Contact: http://www.newsday.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/308 Author: Associated Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?136 (Methadone) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/oxycontin.htm (Oxycontin/Oxycodone) DOZENS ARRESTED IN NORTH COUNTRY DRUG SWEEP MALONE, N.Y. - Almost three dozen people were arrested Tuesday for selling marijuana or prescription drugs paid for by Franklin County taxpayers through Medicaid, authorities said. Officers from local, state, county and federal agencies arrested 35 people in Malone, North Bangor, Owls Head, Fort Covington, Moira, Akwesasne and Constable in northern New York, State Police said. Most were arraigned and jailed with bail set. Some were making a living selling prescription drugs they obtained by exaggerating symptoms to doctors or faking injuries in car accidents, District Attorney Derek Champagne told the Plattsburgh Press-Republican. The drugs included the pain relievers OxyContin and hydrocodone and methadone. One suspect had a prescription for 120 OxyContin pills filled Monday at a Saranac Lake pharmacy but had only 46 left when he was arrested less than 24 hours later, authorities said. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin