Lawmakers seek tougher rules on addictive painkillers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to reclassify hydrocodone drugs such as Vicodin to reflect their high potential for addiction amid a nationwide “epidemic” of painkiller abuse. Sens. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, and Mark …
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New law aims to fight painkiller addiction
A provision of recently enacted state legislation designed to tackle the abuse of highly addictive painkillers by monitoring and limiting prescriptions took effect on Feb. 23. The I-STOP law, backed by Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), now …
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