Kathy Deschner, PREVENT! Chair, lost her son to a prescription-drug overdose. Deschner's son's addiction began after receiving prescription opiates for a sports injury. "Many teens do not realize that ...
Chinese researchers surveyed about 3,300 teens, once at age 14 and again one year later. Less than 3 percent of teens reported prescription drug abuse, 1.8 percent reported the abuse of opiates or ...
Riverside hosts community program to make parents, students aware of dangers. Parents, Irene (left) and Phillip Barhight, of Taylor, listen intently during a program about prescription drug abuse ...
The Army will soon begin expanded testing of soldiers for unauthorized prescription drugs, in addition to currently tested illegal substances. "We're starting with hydrocodone and hydromorphone as the ...
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be held in communities across America, including Columbiana County, to raise awareness ...
More than 300,000 people died from drug poisoning in the U.S. between 1999 and 2009. That first year, opioid analgesics—drugs like methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone—were responsible for 21 percent ...
Drug Enforcement Agents explain that prescription drug medications are the new gateway drug for teens, forming an expensive dependence that leads kids to look for cheaper ways to get high. According ...
Some might also consider switching to Medicare Advantage plans with prescription coverage. But those plans can have more ...
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- This week, Buchanan High School is the hub for a series of events. All organized to fight the dangers prescription drug abuse. Groups, volunteers, high school students and ...
The City of Tulsa says it will hold a prescription drug take back event on Saturday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
President Donald Trump unveiled a deal with UK-based drugmaker AstraZeneca on Friday under which the company will sell some medicines at a discount to the government's Medicaid health plan in exchange ...