Crackdown on Pills Fuels Wave of Heroin Addiction

Published June 7, 2012

Crackdown on pills fuels wave of heroin addiction
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
LANCASTER, Ohio — Holly Yates started using painkillers in the ninth grade, at parties and hanging out with friends. The pills were everywhere, easy to get and cheap. By the time she was 18, she was abusing oxycodone, Percocet and other pills every day.
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DepEd exec charged with drug use, child abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Police filed charges of illegal drug use and child abuse against a Department of Education official here for inducing teenage boys to use shabu in exchange for sex.
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Editorial: N.Y. prescription-drug law needs passage
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
New York officials, who preside in a state where there are more prescription drug orders than people, are looking to make it harder to abuse drugs or fuel the addiction of others.
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