White Collar Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic

Published June 3, 2013

White collar prescription drug addiction epidemic –

Former Prescription Drug Abuser Warns Parents About Addiction

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

ANNANDALE, Va. (WUSA) – "I went into my parent's medicine cabinet and took a bottle of Percocet," described Caitlin Acosta, 24, about the first time she thought about taking drugs. She was 12 years old. "I just remember the principal saying, this is …
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History of drug abuse: Missoula woman fights prescription addiction for years …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Stanich died two months ago to the day, a victim of the prescription drug addiction that dogged her from the age of 16. She'd been to rehab repeatedly. She would hit bottom, get clean, use again. Her parents and sister lived in fear, so much so that …
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Pamlico County offers drop-off box for prescription drugs

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

BAYBORO — Pamlico County Sheriff Billy Sawyer knows first-hand the misery that comes with prescription drug abuse. Sawyer, who fights illegal drugs every day on the job, had a relative who was prescribed narcotic pain medication for a legitimate need.
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