The Government Is Right to Crack Down on Prescription Opioid Abuse – Washington Post

The government is right to crack down on prescription opioid abuse – Washington Post

The government is right to crack down on prescription opioid abuse
Washington Post
SOMETIMES IT takes a celebrity's death to galvanize attitudes about a drug epidemic that has already ruined, or ended, the lives of many lesser-knowns. So it was when University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died from a cocaine overdose in 1986.
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Prescription medication dropoff box now located at Lansdale police headquarters – The Reporter

Prescription medication dropoff box now located at Lansdale police headquarters
The Reporter
“The purpose of this program is to help make an impact in reducing the epidemic of prescription drug addiction in our communities,” said Lansdale police Sgt. Alex Kromdyk in a press release. Kromdyk said that prescription medication need not be removed 

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Prescription drug abuse often tied to kin, friends – Columbia Daily Tribune

Prescription drug abuse often tied to kin, friends
Columbia Daily Tribune
CHICAGO (AP) — Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, and drug dealers are a relatively uncommon source for those at highest risk for deadly overdoses, a government study found. People who 

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