The New Epidemic: Prescription Drug Abuse – Editorial Blog

The new epidemic: Prescription drug abuse – Editorial Blog

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Maybe that's the best starting point for tackling the Mid-Valley epidemic of adults and youth who are becoming addicted to opiates: Tolerating a small amount of pain is preferable to becoming addicted to prescription drugs. Contemporary America has …
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Kentucky officials worry 'crushable' pain pills will worsen prescription–drug …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

The fear now is that cheaper generic versions of those often-prescribed painkillers won't feature some form of abuse deterrence. Without that, they could become the new drugs of choice for abusers in a state where more people die from drug overdoses …
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7 charged with selling methadone, other drugs

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

The investigation began after police heard allegations that one woman, Susan Topping, was selling large amounts of her prescription methadone pills. Methadone, a drug available since the 1960s and deemed by the National Institute of Health and the …
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