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Drug Addiction: Prescription pills pave path to heroin, experts tell state commission
A growing number of young people are using prescription pills to get high, because they’re widely available and seemingly harmless fun. But that practice can lead to deep addiction and eventual heroin abuse, experts testified Wednesday before the State Commission on Investigation.
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Drug Addiction: Flavor Flav ‘spent millions on drugs’
Flavor Flav reveals that he spent millions of dollars on drug use during the height of his addiction.
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Drug Addiction: Sweet temptation: Brain signals amplify desire for sugary treats
(Medical Xpress) — The next time you are craving sweets, blame it on your brain. The brain receiving amplified signals can trigger an intense desire to satisfy a sweet tooth with sugary foods, a new University of Michigan study shows.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: NY bill aims to stem prescription drug trafficking
New York State lawmakers want to create a real-time database to track the distribution of controlled prescription drugs to help prevent illicit trafficking of highly addictive painkillers like oxycodone.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: New law seeks to stem prescription drug epidemic on Staten Island, state
Proposal calls for real-time database to track distribution of painkillers, other Rx’s
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription pills pave path to heroin, experts tell state commission
A growing number of young people are using prescription pills to get high, because they’re widely available and seemingly harmless fun. But that practice can lead to deep addiction and eventual heroin abuse, experts testified Wednesday before the State Commission on Investigation.
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Prescription Drug Abuse in the News

Prescription Drug Abuse: NJ commission probes prescription drug trafficking
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Investigators want to know how the changing face of drug use is affecting criminal trafficking in New Jersey. The State Commission of Investigation says a hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday will focus on how prescription painkillers are at the forefront of a possible new epidemic of heroin abuse.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: State Medical Board finalizes pain clinic rules
In accordance with House Bill 93, the State Medical Board of Ohio has finalized its emergency rules on the standards for owning and operating a pain management clinic. Based on the leadership and r…
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Local Drug Supplier’s Controlled Drug License Suspended
A local drug distributor is being accused of supplying controlled substances to purchasers who intended to sell them illegally.
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