Vicodin is prescription only anyway so it's probably no harder to get than anything else. I was just amused at the thought that loss of a painkiller might be viewed as a bigger threat to performing that a condom requirement.
For example, Xandy does her triple-anal trick without condoms, but could she do it without Vicodin???
The CNN story brought to mind
this thread "Tory Lane was in pain from a sex scene and was complaining she has no vicodin, no nuthin."