Bill targets prescription painkiller abuse
Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara, 2010 | 80 mg pills of OxyContin.
New criminal sanctions would be imposed on doctors and pharmacists who illegally dispense or sell prescription pain killers, under a proposed bill expected to be introduced in the State Senate.
State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City), chairman of the Senate Health Committee, said Wednesday his proposed legislation would close a loophole in the law, which now punishes only physicians who illegally...
