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A Tribute to Ken & Esther Scarborough

Kay Van Wey
January 02, 2012 18:17

Far too many families have been devastated by a loved one’s addiction to prescription drugs. Unlike the images we conjure up when we think of a typical drug addict, the faces of prescription drug addiction are the faces of ordinary Americans. One of the casualties of prescription drug...

New Pain Pill to be Stronger than Vicodin

Kay Van Wey
December 28, 2011 18:36

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and three other companies have announced a new prescription drug that will contain pure hydrocodone, a highly addictive narcotic painkiller.  The pill is expected to be 10 times stronger than Vicodin, one of the strongest painkillers available on the...

Florida Attempts to Crack Down on Pill Mills

Kay Van Wey
September 08, 2011 16:53

Known as the “Pill Mill Capital of the United States,” Florida has seen its fair share of problems associated with prescription drug abuse.   But legislators are hoping to change the state’s bad reputation by implementing the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which keeps...

Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack Speaks Out Against Prescription Pill Abuse

Pat Olsen
May 09, 2011 19:07

No matter what side of the political fence you’re on, you have to hand it to Mary Bono Mack for taking a stand against prescription pill abuse. The Republican representative from California is heading a commerce panel for the Energy and Commerce Committee to raise...

New York, New York

Pat Olsen
April 04, 2011 02:37

New York City owns a disturbing statistic: prescriptions for oxycodone have doubled in the last three years, according to one of its narcotics prosecutors. The Wall Street Journal article referring to it as “the city’s prescription drug abuse epidemic” was so matter-of-fact it was...