Category: prescription drug abuse

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…

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…