Prosecutors will focus on the illegal distribution of the medication in the trial of six pharmacists, beginning today in a Houston federal court.Big brother is watching.
The pharmacists are the first to be prosecuted here on accusations of illegally dispensing the highly addictive prescription cough syrup codeine with promethazine.
The syrup has been used at least once by about 30 percent of teenagers in the Houston area, says Ron Peters, a professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
'Syrup' abuse rising in Houston
More on the nanny state.The Houston Chronicle is reporting on a strange trial beginning today:
