Posts Tagged ‘Painkiller Abuse’

Man getting prescription pills

In a March 14, 2014 article titled “Overmedicated America,” American Spectator writer Daniel J. Flynn took a look at the frightening statistic from the Mayo Clinic that roughly seven in 10 Americans take a prescription drug, calling it “surely a symptom of a sick society,” and asking, “who will diagnose the diagnosticians?” More than a […]

The profile of crack babies is lower now that prescription painkiller abuse is giving birth to a new type of addicted baby. The drugs are different, but are the dangers the same? A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida are up a staggering […]