Category: prescription drug abuse

Painkillers Bring Ohio County To It’s Knees

In Portsmouth Ohio, coal used to be king, now it’s Oxycontin and Oxycodone. The fifth-most-prescribed pain medication in the world, “oxy,” or “OC,” is a favorite of addicts, who crush and snort it or dilute it with water and inject it for a heroin-like rush. The drug >> >> >>
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Prescription Drug Abuse a Real Problem

Prescription drug abuse has become a nationwide problem, but it is even more of a concern in West Virginia and Ohio.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked West Virginia at the top of the nation for drug overdose deaths in 2007, with Ohio ranking in >> >> >>
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