The United States Drug Enforcement Administration reported that more and more drug traffickers are smuggling OxyContin from Canada into the United States.
Canadians can legally purchase OxyContin with a prescription for about $5 per pill. On the black market in the United States, that same pill can be sold between $80 to $100.
(Latest prescription drug abuse statistics.)
Source: Julian Sher, “OxyContin smuggling from Canada rises sharply,” Globe and Mail, November 14, 2011.