a small california town that gave its name to a pill millions abuse and forget where it came from.
means norco is a brand name for hydrocodone-acetaminophen, a prescription opioid painkiller combining an opiate with tylenol.
from the drug name comes from the pharmaceutical company that first marketed it, but the word itself borrows from norco, california, a real city in riverside county nicknamed norco after the north corona land company that founded it in 1923 - total coincidence, endless confusion.
norco california — riverside county city of roughly 27,000, horse-friendly zoning laws
norco 5-325 — common dosage strength, 5mg hydrocodone plus 325mg acetaminophen
norco 1997 shootout — infamous california bank robbery and police chase, unrelated to the pill