Eye to Eye With Katie Couric: Rx Drug Abuse (CBS News)

Published January 4, 2013

Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Rx Drug Abuse (CBS News) – Only On The Web”: In the war on drugs the abuse of prescription medication among teens is up. Steve Pasierb of Partnership for a Drug-Free America has more on what parents can do to prevent drug use. (CBSNews.com)

Bainbridge police combat prescription drug abuse

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Bainbridge police combat prescription drug abuse. Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:06 PM EST. Updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 6:06 PM EST. By Stephen Abel – bio | email. More WALB News10 HeadlinesMore News HeadlinesMore>> …
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Prescription drugs 'orphan' children in eastern Kentucky

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"I don't know what was going on, but I knew something was wrong," said Watkins. His mother was dead after overdosing on Oxycontin. At the time, Watkins says that he and his mother had been estranged for years because of her prescription-drug addiction.
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Statewide tracking program helps curb prescription drug abuse in Kansas

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The electronic monitoring program, called Kansas Tracking and Reporting of Controlled Substances, or K-TRACS, is designed to crack down on possible abuse of prescription drugs by giving health care providers more immediate information about abnormal …
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