Prescription Drug Abuse in the News

Prescription Drug Abuse: Some in eastern Ky. uneasy about drug law reform
A new law reducing prison time for low-risk, nonviolent drug criminals caught with small amounts of drugs is being met with uncertainty by the people who will have to enforce it.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Chasing the high: As drug use patterns change in Snoqualmie Valley, responders find there is no ‘typical’ addict
She was 16 and already using meth, so why try heroin? Her boyfriend was using it, and wanted her to, but she wasn’t interested, until the day that her friends held her down and injected her with the opiate. She liked it immediately, and started using it, heavily. “In my teen years, I would use almost two grams a day,” said Raechel Femling, who still has a black mark on her arm from that day, 14 …
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