Prescription Pills Addiction

Pain pill shortage drives Fla. drug addicts to heroin
Florida Today
A drug user cooks a dose of heroin in this file photo. Addicts in Florida are turning more to heroin as pain pills become scarce, an unintended consequence of the state's war on prescription pills. / FLORIDA TODAY file ...
Down the rabbit holeTonawanda News

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Addicts turn to heroin as pain pills become scarce - NECN.com
NECN
In some ways, the scale of the prescription pill problem took us all by surprise," said Pat Castillo, vice president of the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. "We had been promoting the prescription drug monitoring system for ...

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The Denver Channel
Snorting prescription pain pills is new high for teens
The Denver Channel
He knows his business is a risky one and realizes some patients will come to him and lie to get a prescription to the medication they're addicted to, "Once they don't tell me the truth, I can't work with them anymore." Drennan said that he wants to ...

The Clermont Sun
SHERROD BROWN Ending prescription drug abuse and saving Ohio lives
The Clermont Sun
We can save taxpayer dollars – and lives – by stopping criminals and addicts from illegally using Medicaid cards to fill false prescriptions for addictive drugs. That's why I will reintroduce the Stop Trafficking of Pills Act, to create a “Medicaid ...
Unwanted pills, patches and syrups can now be dropped off - Canada.comNanaimo Daily News

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Prescription drugs: 'No single solution' to resolve addiction
The Ridgefield Press
First Selectman Rudy Marconi said disbelief and ignorance in Ridgefield about prescription drugs abuse should no longer exist. “You either have two choices: Stick your head in a pail of sand and pretend like it's not happening here or you can get ...

Prescription drug abuse deemed epidemic by CDC
Fairfaxtimes.com
Now 24 and in recovery for drug addiction, Acosta has teamed up with the Unified Prevention Coalition of Fairfax County to tell her story in an effort to educate parents and kids alike about keeping their prescription drugs locked away and out of reach ...

PBS NewsHour (blog)
Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions
PBS NewsHour (blog)
Viewer Question 6: How many people who end up addicted obtain these drugs legally through prescriptions? Or do people get them from people who obtain the pills illegally, i.e., drug dealers? CDC: We know from national surveys, that most people (about ...

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As Florida shuts down pill mills, heroin fills void
Bradenton Herald
In some ways, the scale of the prescription pill problem took us all by surprise,'' said Pat Castillo, vice president of the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. “We had been promoting the prescription drug monitoring system for ...
A slide into abuse that enthralls, ravages addictsThe Recorder

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Suncoast Rehab Dispels Top Three Myths Fueling Surge in Prescription ...
PR Web (press release)
Prescription painkiller abuse is what some deem “a silent epidemic” (2). Many people begin to take prescription pain medication for legitimate reasons and become addicted slowly, not recognizing the red flags until they are completely hooked. Suncoast ...

Christian Science Monitor
Surge in babies born addicted to prescription drugs worries hospitals
Christian Science Monitor
He's less than two weeks old, but he has the telltale signs of a baby in pain: a sore on his chin where he's rubbed the skin raw, along with a scratch on his cheek. He suffers from so many tremors that nurses watch him around the clock in case he ...
Rise In Babies Born Addicted To Prescription Drugs Seen In Tennessee HospitalsMedical Daily
Tenn. hospital treats drug-dependent babiesNews & Observer

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Prescription Drug Abuse Often Starts Early
Patch.com
“It's a popular misconception, especially among teenagers, that since it's a pill prescribed by a physician, it's okay, it won't hurt,” he said. “That's how most people get into that downward spiral.” Dr. Jim Mahanes, who heads up the Prescription Drug ...

Wheeling Intelligencer
Hospital treats drug-addict babies: Prescription use by moms rising
The Courier-Journal
States across the U.S. have passed laws to crack down on prescription drug abuse, including in the Appalachian region, where the drugs were easily available as they flowed north from so-called “pill mills” in Florida. Federal authorities have stepped ...
Babies Born Into AddictionWheeling Intelligencer

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Northern New England officials say pill addicts turning to cheaper, more ...
The Republic
"If you get addicted to prescription pills, it's really hard financially to keep that up," he said. "Heroin is cheaper." Coffin is leading federal, state and local officers in a crackdown and warns dealers there will be serious consequences for them in ...

As pill mills fade away, heroin fills the void
MiamiHerald.com
In some ways, the scale of the prescription pill problem took us all by surprise,'' said Pat Castillo, vice president of the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. “We had been promoting the prescription drug monitoring system for ...

Prescription drug addiction: an equal-opportunity disease
NBC Montana
Greg's an open book as he talks to NBC Montana, speaking about his former life as a logger and his current life as a recovering opiate addict. “I got injured in 1990. That was when I was first prescribed pain pills, and one thing led to another,” said ...

Gaps in prescription drug abuse treatment exist despite Missoula effort
The Missoulian
The Prescription for Addiction series is the first project in a partnership between the Missoulian and KECI-TV intended to bring to our audiences the journalistic skills and expertise of our combined newsrooms. Over the past several ... It treats adult ...
Pharmacists are often on the front line against prescription drug abuseHelena Independent Record

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Us Magazine
Pete Wentz Talks Ashlee Simpson Divorce, Pill Addiction, Paranoia
Us Magazine
... Wentz's problems intensified when his marriage to Ashlee Simpson ended in 2011. The rocker began abusing prescription pills Xanax and Klonopin, which are primarily used to treat anxiety. "I was probably physically and mentally addicted," Wentz reveals.
Pete Wentz Talks Ashlee Simpson Divorce, Prescription Drug Abuse: "It Spiraled"E! Online
Ashlee Simpson's Ex Pete Wentz Admits He Was Addicted To Pills!PerezHilton.com
' I was scared of everything ' : Pete Wentz reveals how divorce from Ashlee ...Daily Mail
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WCHS-TV8
Documentary 'Oxyana' stirs Oceana residents to vow fight against prescription ...
The Republic
OCEANA, West Virginia — Some Oceana residents are upset over the portrayal of their southern West Virginia town in a documentary about prescription pill abuse. The film "Oxyana" chronicles the lives of townspeople addicted to Oxycontin. Filmed by Sean ...
Oceana Residents Upset With Documentary's Portrayal Of TownWCHS-TV8

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Panel Addresses Prescription Drug Abuse in Rockland County
Patch.com
Once you start with the pills, it's not a matter of if, it's when you will become addicted to heroin." The use of prescription drugs often leads to the use of heroin, which is much cheaper. "The big problem we're seeing in suburban areas is the ...

The Aggie
Drug initiative in Davis targets unused prescription pills
The Aggie
To curb prescription drug abuse, the Davis Police Department (DPD) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have collaboratively held pill collection events to encourage the public to dispose their unused, unwanted and expired prescription medication.
Fond du Lac area collects 1000 pounds of drugsFond du Lac Reporter

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