Prescription Pills Addiction

Heroin and prescription overdoses rise throughout NJ; skyrocket in Ocean County
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
Now, even high school students are abusing prescription pills, dropping the relative age of heroin addicts from the late 20s to the teens and early 20s, Marcus said. "You now have a population that hasn't used heroin a lot and is now switching to ...

Adderall: The Silent Addiction
The Montclarion (subscription)
During the week of finals or any late-night study sessions throughout the year, the usage of Adderall increases. The illegal abuse of the drug is growing. Adderall is a stimulant prescription medication used to treat the chemical imbalance that is ...

Prescription drug abuse is growing problem in county
Woodbury Bulletin
Prescription drug abuse is growing problem in county. After kicking off the Drug Take Back program in 2010, Washington County residents were dropping off significant amounts of drugs that it became more evident it's a significant problem in every ...

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Narconon Survey Confirms Pervasive Prescription Drug Abuse by Young ...
Watch List News (press release)
Prescription drugs are so addictive that when teens begin to abuse them, they can quickly spiral into high levels of abuse and addiction. Parents often need help to know how to start fighting this trend. (PRWEB) June 06, 2013. According to the ...

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NYC drafting Staten Island's doctors in crusade against abuse of pain pills
SILive.com
As part of a multifaceted push by city and state agencies to control the tragic toll of pill abuse, the city Health Department next week will knock on the door of every doctor's office on the Island, urging physicians to rethink how they prescribe the ...

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Bullitt Co. constable's drug problems reflect growing Kentuckiana epidemic
WHAS 11.com (subscription)
Experts say what happened to him is happening to countless people across Kentuckiana, right now, and he is an example of the growing epidemic of prescription pill use and then an addiction to harder drugs. Those who work at the drug treatment center ...

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Divert-X records every time you take prescription pill
Local 10
Harris is trying to stop the pipeline of prescription drugs stolen and sold on the streets. CDC investigators say that Pedigree has a human trail of collateral damage, a legacy of addiction that has taken the lives of some Florida men and women and ...

Dillon doctor Joseph Ferrara popped for alleged prescription pill scheme
Summit Daily News
“DEA and our law enforcement partners will continue to identify, investigate and prosecute doctors and other medical professionals who abuse their trust and power by engaging in criminal drug trafficking of prescription drugs.” Ferrara is also accused ...

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Road to addiction may start with legitimate injury
South Bend Tribune
Doctors there prescribed him a narcotic pain medicine for his injuries, and by the time he returned to the United States in 2005, Mangus had an addiction to prescription pills. Unable to find a doctor at home who would write him new prescriptions for ...

Nigeria: Sleeping Pill Addiction
AllAfrica.com
As a result, people turn to various medications to deal with the problem. While most individuals use these pills as a means to cope with their sleeping difficulties, unknown to them that they are at the risk of addiction. Sleeping pills are one of the ...

California Senate passes bill to curb prescription drug abuse
Los Angeles Times
The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed the last bill in a broad package of proposed reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and mounting overdose deaths in California. The bills, inspired by a series of ... Bob Pack, an Internet ...

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Sleeping Pill Addiction
Leadership Newspapers
As a result, people turn to various medications to deal with the problem. While most individuals use these pills as a means to cope with their sleeping difficulties, unknown to them that they are at the risk of addiction. Sleeping pills are one of the ...

Philip Seymour Hoffman Completes Treatment for Heroin, Prescription Pill Abuse
Hollywood Reporter
Philip Seymour Hoffman entered an East Coast-based detox center earlier this month after he realized he needed to kick abuse of prescription pills and, more recently, heroin, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Hoffman, 45, has had issues with substance ...

Pushing away the pill problem
So Md News
When physicians prescribe medication for that which ails us, the intent is to aid in the healing process. Much to the increasing chagrin of local law enforcement, employers and families, that is not always the case. Prescription drug abuse continues to ...

Theft of $23K in Jewelry from Grandmother Supported Woman's Pill Addiction ...
Patch.com
She told police she suspected her granddaughter, Noelle, was responsible, as she has been living with them for years and struggled with an addiction to prescription pills. Police conducted a search of an online property record database and discovered ...

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Matthew Perry's Drug Addiction And Road To Recovery: 'I Was A Sick Guy'
Huffington Post
Matthew Perry revealed to ABC News Wednesday morning that he struggled with depression, alcohol and prescription drug abuse throughout his tenure on the show, which went off the air in 2004, and beyond. Looking back, Perry said he was "a sick guy" ...

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Ulster forum focuses on pill abuse as growing epidemic
Times Herald-Record
Worse than heroin addiction. Worse than crack addiction. The particular type of prescription drugs that Harvey discussed are called opioid analgesics — pain pills better known as oxycodone and hydrocodone. Harvey, an attending physician at the Family ...

Local Pill Addicts Face Uphill Battle to Get Clean
Patch.com
And once they're addicted, it's extremely difficult to get clean. Bob Hiott, Executive Director of Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County, gave his prespective on the area's prescription drug abuse, as a panelist for the Red Zone Rally, a ...

The Express Tribune
Anti-anxiety pills in Pakistan: Mama's little helper
The Express Tribune
Anti-anxiety pills are just a temporary solution that carries the risk of addiction if not prescribed. “In my 35 years of work experience, I have seen many women, especially those belonging to affluent families, using Xanax as a quick fix for anxiety ...

Oprah On Prescription Drugs: Americans 'Take Pills Like Candy' (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
While stimulants such as <a href="http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs/commonly-abused-prescription-drugs-chart" target="_hplink">Ritalin and Adderall</a> are highly addictive, abuse among older people is not as widespread ...