Parents360 Rx
Parents360 Rx – The Parents360 Rx video is an easy-to-use tool to share information with parents and other concerned citizens about the real dangers of medicine abuse and ways to prevent and respond to it. Learn more at pact360.org and www.MedicineAbuseProject.org.
Drug overdose deaths up 296 percent from 2000 to 2010 in Kentucky
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
A tidal wave of prescription-drug abuse drove the steep increase in overdose deaths. Of the 979 deaths in 2010, prescription drugs were involved in 522, or 53 percent, according to the study by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. The …
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Prescription drugs 'orphan' children in eastern Kentucky
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
"I don't know what was going on, but I knew something was wrong," said Watkins. His mother was dead after overdosing on Oxycontin. At the time, Watkins says that he and his mother had been estranged for years because of her prescription-drug addiction.
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
The Courier-Journal has been investigating the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic for the past two years, publishing stories on the rising toll of drug overdoses, the Florida pain-pill pipeline, rogue pain clinics in Kentucky and the …
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RT @AddictionAndMe: Exposed: The pharmacists acting like ‘small time drug pushers’, selling addictive… #Addiction http://t.co/nnx9k3bp … – by AndrewTatarsky (Andrew Tatarsky)
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Children in Kentucky Pay Price for Parents’ Prescription Drug Abuse | http://t.co/HVoCFazf – by teachmeceus (TeachMeCEUs)
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RT @Bad_Acid_: ask your doctor if a crippling prescription drug addiction is right for you – by spiral__out (? j e s s)