The fictional “Nurse Jackie,” in the Showtime series of the same name, is a very competent nurse in a busy emergency room. She’s also addicted to prescription painkillers: Percocet, Vicodin, OxyContin. This portrayal of addiction is jarring, but it’s not wildly unrealistic. Drug abuse among people in the health professions is reportedly about at the … Continue reading Feds seek harder line on hydrocodone