Prescription Drug Abuse in the News

Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription painkiller deaths on the rise in Canada
The combination of alcohol and the prescription painkiller oxycodone that proved lethal last month for 28-year-old NHL player Derek Boogaard of Regina is an increasingly common cause of death here and in the United States.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Study: 83 percent of Chicago arrestees test positive for drugs
You probably guessed as much, but a White House study released Wednesday now confirms it — Chicago criminals really are on drugs.A startling 83 percent of men tested following their arrest in Cook County last year tested positive for at least one illegal drug, more than any of nine other major U.S. cities, according to the report released by U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske.More than half of all …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsOhio gov: Board can start regulating pain clinics
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) is allowing the state medical board to immediately start regulating pain management clinics to fight drug abuse and keep them from operating as so-called “pill mills.”
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Operation Painkiller leads to arrests of 28 in county
UPPER CHICHESTER — A 47-year-old Lower Chichester woman and two of her adult sons were allegedly selling prescription drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet or Xanex from their home on Yates Avenue in Lower Chichester.
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Camera and editing: Danielle Saccomano Actor: Kaleigh Roberts —————– For our Planning class, on Prescription Drug Abuse. —- Its a little hard to hear in some places, so these are her words: “When I first tried prescription drugs, I was stoked!” “I mean, it’s not like they’re addictive, right?” “Even if they are addictive, it’s not like they’re bad for me.” “I don’t have many friends anymore, but at least I have my boyfriend.” “I got kicked out of my house. I guess my mom got fed up with the stealing and the lying. But I can go back anytime I want.” “The streets aren’t that bad. I get my fixes my own way.” “I can stop whenever I want. I just don’t want to.”
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