Schumer Wants Tighter Controls on Hydrocodone to Combat Abuse of Prescription …

Published May 25, 2013

Schumer wants tighter controls on hydrocodone to combat abuse of prescription …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Schumer wants to reclassify hydrocodone as a schedule II drug, due to its high risk for abuse and addiction. Schumer's Safe Prescribing Act of 2013 would reclassify the drug and put new federal restrictions on the drug, including requiring that a …
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Experts Talk Prescription Drug Abuse at Santa Barbara Forum

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Medical Director Chris Flynn, right, joined by Sheriff Bill Brown and Dr. Rachel McDuffy, clinical director of Aegis, speaks during Tuesday night's forum on prescription drug abuse held in the Santa Barbara Central …
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Key witness in Norman Moffatt murder trial admits drug addiction

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

During her second day in the witness box under cross-examination by Arthur Harvey QC, counsel for the defence, Ms Brown admitted that she was addicted to taking a number of prescription drugs, including diazepam. However, when Mr Harvey put it to her …
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