Houston is major center for prescription drug dealing - and deaths...

Highlights of the 2010 prescription drug series produced in partnership with Chron reporter Cindy Horswell

 A story about some of the first pill mill raids and details of the high volume businesses some physicians were allegedly conducting - March 20, 2010

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6922046.html

Analysis of state prescription data that showed Harris County led the state in so-called Trinity or Trio – the popular prescription drug cocktail  of Vicodin (hydrocodone); Alprazolam (Xanax) and carisoprodol (Soma) May 31, 2010

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7029413.html

A surprising look at just who died of accidental overdoses here in 2009 -- July  19, 2010. Middle aged women are the most common victims. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/7114116.html

About how Houston has some of the highest rates of  ER overdose visits among major U.S. metro areas for the prescription drugs alprazolam and hydrocodone -- August 7, 1010

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7143475.html

An overview of rogue pill mill physicians and related prosecutions -  August 15, 2010

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7154763.html

One of several stories about the state’s new pill mill registration law – Nov. 10, 2010 (So far only Louisiana, Florida and Texas have this law – Texas’ law took effect in September).

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7289006.html

This story mined data from large medical examiners' offices to show how overdose deaths have also increased across Texas –  Dec. 13, 2010

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/7336201.html