Special Report: Prescription Drug Abuse Part I

Special Report: Prescription Drug Abuse Part I
Methadone is a drug used to help people hooked on prescription drugs. It is also causing deaths in our region. From 2001 to 2005, Buncombe County had a total of 43 methadone deaths. The sheriff's office say methadone now causes more than twice as …
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Pair pleads guilty to importing prescription drugs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two sales representatives from a now-defunct pharmaceutical company have pleaded guilty to their roles in a scheme to illegally import millions of dollars' worth of prescription drugs into the United States. Patricia Durr, 49, of …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Draws Hundreds
It really didn't matter who or what I was hurting as long as I was taking care of what I needed to take care of." Officials urge parents to keep track of the prescriptions in their medicine cabinets, and suggest even locking them up to help prevent abuse.
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Documentary sheds light on prescription drug abuse among teens
The teen filmmaker, who put it all together with the assistance of an entertainment company, traveled the country talking to fellow teens about prescription abuse. "What we've really seen among teen girls is that they do this as an escape behavior …
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John Munro “Prescription Drug Abuse” — For those of you with kids, and are not aware of the dangerous and growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse by kids today. Please listen to the radio inte…

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