I was surprised to learn today (on NPR) that Vicodin is also not one of the drugs that requires a triple-hardcopy at the pharmacy. I guess I knew that already, but never really thought about it. Where would be the harm -- given that it's obviously being abused so heavily -- in changing the status of the drug to require a doctor's scrip to obtain?
I suppose you can always still get it mail-order from Bermuda or wherever, but at least someone in the pharmaceutical world would be acknowledging the problem and trying to help. Wacky me, what a thought.