Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone News

“If you or I make a small batch of meth, we go shopping at the various stores to get enough”

With a single bill, Missouri lawmakers have boosted the state's ability to track down illegal methamphetamine makers while expanding the power of specially trained nurses to write prescription drugs. via Columbia Daily Tribune

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“Everyone was going there every two weeks. You'd see the same people in there every two weeks.”

Some patients knew Dr. Antoine Francis Cawog as a doctor who would write prescriptions, few questions asked. via PittsburghLIVE.com

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LK was prescribed Vicodin for pain control after he broke his shoulder in a car accident. via About.com

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A Randolph County couple was charged May 2 after deputies recovered thousands of dollars worth of prescription medication, firearms, lottery tickets and cash from their property. via News & Record

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“These new extended-release data are encouraging because they showed that 12-hour dosing provided pain relief in patients with moderate to severe chronic low back pain.”

Taken twice daily in the clinical trial, Vicodin CR significantly lowered chronic low back pain intensity with 12-hour dosing versus placebo. via Rehab Management

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“We have a lot of break-ins and a lot of times, their script medicines are all that's missing. Obviously, someone knows someone has a bad back and is getting Oxycontin, so to them it's worth breaking in to”

However, prescription medications are now the second-most abused narcotics in the country. via The Daily Herald

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“Society in general sometimes gives that same message.”

For Lupe Vasquez getting high was as easy as sneaking into her parents' medicine cabinet or asking her friends to pass the pills. via 9NEWS

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“It made me an evil person altogether”

Some very brave souls agreed to be interviewed in Sunday's story about the rise of prescription opiate drugs . via Kitsapsun.com

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“We got in touch with the students' parents right away to alert them to the situation”

A 13-year-old boy has been expelled from North Ridgeville Middle School after lacing his apple juice with a prescription medicine and passing it to other students, according to school officials. via Chronicle-Telegram

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“I've never seen anything like this”

Teenagers listen to counselor Frank E. Garcia Jr. at Maryhaven, an addiction-treatment center. via Columbus Dispatch

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