Prescription Drug Problem in America

Published September 26, 2013

Prescription drug problem in America – According to SAMHSA over 240000 people in Oklahoma abuse prescription painkiller drugs, 46000 in Oklahoma County where Oklahoma City is located. Find out w…

Drop boxes for prescription drugs coming to Dauphin County

Filed under: prescription drug abuse help

The move comes in response to a spike in prescription overdose deaths in the county and throughout the midstate, said Commissioner George Hartwick III. Six people fatally overdosed on these drugs on Labor Day weekend, and 30 people have died from …
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Former physician pleads guilty in prescription drug abuse case

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State and federal drug control agents began investigating him after receiving complaints that he prescribed drugs so readily that drug addicts called him "the candy man." Arrested in 2011, Houghton surrendered his license to practice medicine and had …
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