Laws which prohibit the possession or purchase of alcohol among youth can influence underage drinking-and-driving fatalities.
Methadone withdrawal is so burdensome to those who are addicted and dependent to it, that someone who is using it may think that they will be on it for the rest of their lives, or at least for many years.
The hydrocodone component in Lortab alone can cause an overdose, and is known to cause respiratory depression and other severe adverse reactions including heart failure, heart attack, pulmonary failure, liver or kidney failure, jaundice, amnesia, seizures, blackouts, and coma.
The Pike County, Kentucky, Coroner reported that there were 19 deaths related to OxyContin in 2000.