Overdose Deaths From Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Southwestern …

Published January 24, 2014

Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern …

Filed under: abuse and addiction

Addiction to prescription pills — mainly to narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone, sold as Percocet and other brands, and hydrocodone, sold as Vicodin and other brands — has proven to be more deadly than some illegal drugs. According to the Centers … Read more on Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Is The Teen Brain More Vulnerable To Addiction?

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… addiction, argues that these misconceptions obscure what's really going on: important rewirings of the brain that prepare adolescents to strike out on their own, but also make them particularly vulnerable to certain risks, including drug abuse and … Read more on Huffington Post

Forum scheduled in Greenfield on mental health and drug abuse

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Potee includes addiction treatment in her family practice, Donelan and Merrigan interact with victims of addiction in their jobs, and all three are members of the ad-hoc Opiate Abuse Task Force of Franklin and Hampshire counties. Williams said the dual … Read more on GazetteNET