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Monday, April 29, 2013  Senator Charles Schumer wants Hydrocodone to be nationally classified as a Schedule 2 Controlled Substance. That would make it more difficult for patients to get refills of the powerful painkiller.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  New York has set tighter restrictions on the popular painkiller hydrocodone, now prohibiting automatic refills.

Monday, February 04, 2013  According to the complaint filed in connection with the settlement, the doctor had ordered approximately 5,000 Hydrocodone pills, and 1,100 Zolpidem pills.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  New York auditors say they uncovered 325,000 errors and inconsistencies in prescriptions for painkillers and other commonly abused drugs in a review of 28.5 million prescriptions dispensed over 15 months.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Authorities say a postal worker has admitted stealing prescription drugs out of the mail in northern New York.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A panel of experts at the Fayetteville YMCA spoke to parents Thursday night about teen drug use.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  A nurse is charged with illegally selling prescription drugs to Bernie Fine’s daughter Sara Fine.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  A Fayetteville woman who sold prescription drugs to kids out of her home was sentenced to 5 years probation.

Monday, April 16, 2012  A Fayetteville homeowner accused of selling drugs out of her home had more than 35 animals removed from her house near Jamesville-DeWitt High School.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012  The Cuomo administration, attorney general's office and legislative leaders are negotiating measures to curb the black market in hydrocodone and other addictive painkillers.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  A Geneva woman is accused of selling powerful painkillers and having a semi-automatic pistol.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  A North Syracuse woman who robbed a Kinney Drug store in the Town of Clay, putting a school on lockdown, will spend the next five years on probation.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  20-year-old Jasmin Rizvic was arrested four times in a matter of weeks and twice in one weekend.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Onondaga County Sheriff's say a North Syracuse woman is facing charges of robbing a Kinney Drug store in the Town of Clay. A school had to be put on lockdown because of the incident.

Monday, April 04, 2011  A Fulton woman facing charges in a drug raid where investigators seized more than 650 prescription pills. It's the latest arrest in a story we first told you about last week.