As laws change, so does the pursuit of controlled painkillers. Law enforcement in Florida have crack downed on so called "pill mills" or pain clinics where prior to last year, doctors could prescribe and fill prescriptions for their patients so they would not have to go to a pharmacy.
Although the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen alcohol and illegal drug addiction rates remain relatively stable over the past decade, they have reported that prescripotion painkiller addiction has skyrocketed more than fourfold.
Wisconsin’s Department of Regulation and Licensing has disciplined two nurses, in Waterloo and Baraboo, for drug abuse. Elizabeth Forward, 50, a registered nurse from Waterloo, was suspended for taking prescription forms from a physician with whom she worked and forging his name to obtain Valium and Vicodin for herself.
