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Schumer proposes measures to protect pharmacies

Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for tougher penalties and better security measures to help protect local pharmacies from the kind of deadly holdups that occurred on Long Island last week. The senator’s...

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Gillibrand demands decision on painkiller controls

New York Sen. Kristen Gillibrand is accusing federal agencies of dragging their feet on a decision over whether to tighten controls on the addictive painkiller hydrocodone. Gillibrand, a Democrat, sent...

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Feds: LI pharmacist filled fake prescriptions

A pharmacist arrested last year on state charges that he illegally sold painkillers was arrested Monday on federal conspiracy charges accusing him of knowing the drugs he was selling came from forged...

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Painkiller sales soar across US, fuel addiction

Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’...

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NY leaders negotiate prescribed drugs restrictions

State officials are working on ways to curb the black market and excessive use of hydrocodone and other addictive painkillers, including more aggressive monitoring of prescriptions and stricter...

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Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of...

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