Drug Abuse

Authorities Say Prescription Drug Abuse Is Growing Problem in Oklahoma
ARDMORE, OK — It's being called an epidemic by some healthcare authorities.      Oklahoma state health officials are concerned about the growing problem with prescription drug abuse. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse accounts for about 45 percent of all overdose deaths, which is more than heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs combined, according to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Those at the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse’s forum April 7 also learned that 33 percent of the 2.5 million Americans who abused prescription drugs in 2010 were between the ages of 12 and … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results