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Report: Oxycodone prescriptions skyrocket

Originally published: January 10, 2012 8:32 PM
Updated: January 10, 2012 10:37 PM
By YANCEY ROY  yancey.roy@newsday.com

A file photo of 80 mg pills of

Photo credit: Newsday, 2010 / Thomas A. Ferrara | A file photo of 80 mg pills of OxyContin.

ALBANY -- Prescriptions for oxycodone, an opiate painkiller, skyrocketed by 82 percent across New York State from 2007 through 2010, according to a new report by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Some areas of Suffolk County feature the highest rates of oxycodone prescriptions written in the state -- 1.5 times the statewide median.

"The prescription abuse crisis in New York and across...

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