State tries to halt prescription drug abuse - Shelbyville Times-Gazette

State tries to halt prescription drug abuse Shelbyville Times-Gazette Tennessee has some of the highest prescription drug abuse rates in the country. State Mental Health Commissioner Doug Varney says the epidemic is so bad here that officials are now projecting that requests for treatment for pill addiction will overtake ...

Forum on drug abuse spurs further community action - Times Herald-Record

Forum on drug abuse spurs further community action Times Herald-Record By Jessica Cohen A Port Jervis forum on drug abuse two weeks ago spurred approximately 20 people to sign up for a coalition to address the issues presented — prescription drugs passed around among teens and mixed with other drugs, leading to ...

Report Faults Doctors - Wall Street Journal

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Report Faults Doctors Wall Street Journal By WILL JAMES HAUPPAUGE, NY—Revealing the results of a special grand jury investigation, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota on Thursday blamed physicians and pharmacists for an epidemic of prescription-drug addiction in the past decade. NY grand jury targets painkiller abuse epidemicBennington Banner Grand jury report: Docs to blame for painkiller abuse 'epidemic' in SuffolkRiverhead LOCAL Suffolk County to release shocking drug report7Online.com Long Island Press -NBC New York all 31 news articles »

Film Takes Straightforward Approach To Drug Abuse At Naperville School - CBS2 Chicago

Film Takes Straightforward Approach To Drug Abuse At Naperville School CBS2 Chicago NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CBS) — A documentary from a Naperville teen takes a blunt look at drug use in her high school. As WBBM Newsradio's Nancy Harty reports, after four overdose deaths in one year at Neuqua Valley High School, senior Kelly McCutcheon ... and more »

Growing drug abuse problem in Ann Arbor area prompts health symposium - AnnArbor.com

Growing drug abuse problem in Ann Arbor area prompts health symposium AnnArbor.com The latest statistics about the health of Washtenaw County residents might surprise you. Twenty-two percent of adults in the country reported being diagnosed with depression in 2010, and 14 percent reported 10 or more poor ... Prescription drug abuse ...