Drug Abuse

Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse: Healthbeat Brooklyn

Prescription Drug Abuse: Addiction to prescription drugs is on the rise. Andrew Kolodny, MD, Chair of Psychiatry at Maimonides, tells host Monica Sweeney, MD, why OxyContin and the like are now common gateway drugs, why they’re so dangerous, and why doctors are often so poor at spotting the problem. From Brooklyn Independent Television's Healthbeat Brooklyn Episode 37. Original Airdate: 1/5/2010 www.bricartsmedia.org

Prescription Drug Abuse: 4 reject probation deals in Columbia U. drug case
Four of five Columbia University students arrested in what authorities described as a major crackdown on drug dealing on the Ivy League campus rejected no-jail plea deals Tuesday in hopes of wiping the legal slate clean by getting drug treatment instead.
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