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• Lawmakers split on painkiller tracking

  problem of narcotic-painkiller abuse, passing a bill to criminalize illegal sales -- so-called "pill mills" -- and to reclassify hydrocodone to the same group as oxycodone. The latter provision would effectively ban automatic refills and tighten storage requirements."Abuse   Read more »

• Hearing next week on painkiller tracking

  ALBANY -- A Long Island senator has slated a hearing next week on the issue of tracking narcotic painkillers from prescription through purchase, just as momentum seems to be gaining for legislative action. Sen. Kemp Hannon (R- Garden City ) said the sessio   Read more »

• House lawmakers urge NY painkiller tracker

  ALBANY -- Twenty-four members of New York 's congressional delegation -- including all five who represent Long Island -- urged state legislative leaders Tuesday to adopt an Internet-based system for tracking narcotic painkillers from prescription through p   Read more »

• Hamlin: Reformat NYS painkiller database

  Dr. Paul A. Hamlin, a pulmonologist practicing in Lake Success , is president of the Medical Society of the State of New York . A New England Journal of Medicine article released last week concluded that persistent pain is an overlooked medical problem tha   Read more »

• UN: U.S. consumes 80% of world's oxycodone

  drug in the United States, according to the CDC. In December, the international narcotics board estimated U.S. demand for hydrocodone to be about 27.4 million grams annually compared with 3,237 grams for Britain , France, Germany and Italy combined. A typical   Read more »

Around the web

• Ill. Doc Gets 4 Life Terms In Ohio Pill Mill Case

  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Chicago doctor who prosecutors say dispensed more of the powerful painkiller oxycodone from 2003 to 2005 than any other physician in the country was sentenced Tuesday to four life terms in the overdose deaths of four patients. Dr. Pau 2/14/12 from Columbus NBC 4 Read more »

• Pharmacies Swept Into Drug Wars

  By Devlin Barrett And Timothy W. Martin Federal drug agents and one of the nation's biggest drug distributors are heading for a legal showdown that will test the government's strategy of going after larger corporations to fight rampant prescription drug 2/14/12 from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• Chicago doctor sentenced to 4 life terms

  COLUMBUS, Ohio A Chicago doctor who prosecutors said dispensed more of the powerful painkiller oxycodone from 2003 to 2005 than any other physician in the country was sentenced Tuesday to four life terms in the overdose deaths of four patients. Dr. Paul 2/14/12 from Northwest Arkansas Online Read more »

• Sen. Farley Reports NYS Senate Passes Legislation to Crack Down on Illegal Prescription Drug Abuse

  This legislation includes calling for greater controls on Hydrocodone and Tramadol, highly addictive prescription pain medications, and increasing criminal penalties for physicians and pharmacists who illegally divert prescription drugs. It also calls fo 2/14/12 from New York Senate Read more »

• Who's Feeling No Pain?

  VICODIN: The potent painkiller is the narcotic of choice for the celebrity set At last, America's most notorious hip-hopper and many of the parents who hate him have something in common. Pills. Specifically, prescription painkillers like Vicodin. Eminem, 2/14/12 from Time Magazine Read more »