Senator Kirk Applauds 26.3 Million Fewer Opioid Prescriptions

by Press on January 29, 2016

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Opiod Rx is the Gateway to Heroin Addiction
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)--January 29, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today applauded the news that 1.1 billion fewer opioid tablets, 26.3 million opioid prescriptions, were dispensed in the one year period since hydrocodone products were rescheduled. The study was reported this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association following the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) decision to move hydrocodone drugs from Schedule III to Schedule II. The rescheduling of these drugs reflects their high potential . . .