The Silent Plague: Drug Abuse in America

Published November 27, 2012

The Silent Plague: Drug Abuse in America
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Prescription drug abuse has penetrated the media in large part because of its fatal toll on celebrities like Whitney Houston, Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson. According to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 2.4 million … Read more on Binghamton University Pipe Dream

OxyContin use down in Vt. but heroin use increases
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WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Efforts to make OxyContin harder to abuse have succeeded in Vermont, the top state police drug investigator says, but one notable result has been addicts switching to an older scourge: heroin. … Sending your article … Read more on Boston.com