New Effort to Restrict Hydrocodone Prescriptions Across the US

New effort to restrict Hydrocodone prescriptions across the US
Filed under: treatment for crack cocaine addiction
In addition to treating the chemical addiction, physicians also deal with the emotional addiction. … "We have double the deaths nationally from prescription drug abuse than we have from heroin and crack cocaine," said New York Senator Charles Schumer. Read more on CNYcentral.com

Editorial: Resurgence of deadly heroin underscores need for treatment
Filed under: treatment for crack cocaine addiction
The development of methadone helped treat the addicted, and the end of the Vietnam War closed out some of the smuggling routes that had flourished since the conflict began in the mid-1960s. As cocaine use skyrocketed, heroin moved to the background … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch