Beginning in 2013, cops doing drug busts encountered a surprise: instead of finding
illegal hydrocodone and oxycodone inside pills labeled Norco and Percocet, they found a much stronger drug: fentanyl.
Not exact matches
Another current article describes the
illegal use of drugs such as
hydrocodone, fentanyl, duragesic, and morphine (opiods); taken in combination by a breastfeeding mother, resulting in her infant's death.
Opioids include the
illegal drug heroin, as well as powerful pain relievers available by prescription, such as oxycodone,
hydrocodone and fentanyl.
A 2014 federal change that limited the dispensing of
hydrocodone products may be indirectly contributing to the
illegal use of some of those drugs, a study by University of Texas Medical Branch researchers has found.