Price of Addiction: Is this newly approved pain pill actually smarter?

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Thursday approved a "smart" opioid prescription painkiller that is supposed to be more difficult to abuse. Hysingla ER is an extended-release hydrocodone tablet that's difficult to crush, break or dissolve, and therefore, harder to snort or inject. The approval comes at a time that prescription opioid abuse has reached epidemic levels in Oregon and across the U.S. Price of addiction: Read more stories in our series. Dr. David Russo, a pain management…
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