Poll: Will prescription drugs get too hard to obtain?

Oxycodone tablets being dispensed in a pharmacy. (Jan. 12, 2012) Credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police carried out a major coordinated crackdown on the illegal distribution of painkillers on Long Island and New York City, charging 98 suspects, authorities said. Will the scrutiny make it harder to people with legitimate medical needs to legally obtain needed drugs from doctors?

Snow totals may be less across the South Shore A winter storm is expected to pummel LI as artic air settles in across the region. NewsdayTV meteorologist Geoff Bansen has the forecast.

Snow totals may be less across the South Shore A winter storm is expected to pummel LI as artic air settles in across the region. NewsdayTV meteorologist Geoff Bansen has the forecast.