Prescription Pill Epidemic Has Spiraled Out of Control

Prescription pill epidemic has spiraled out of control
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A couple of weeks ago, the manager of a pain clinic in the Mingo County seat of Williamson (nickname “Pilliamson”) pleaded guilty to “reluctantly selling drug prescriptions illegally”–abetting doctors in writing scripts for thousands of prescription … Read more on Salon

I-STOP database will halt prescription drug abuse in New York, lawmakers say
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“Just in 2012, we're buying more prescription drugs, controlled substances, than we are crack cocaine and powder cocaine in Rockland,” he said. Local addiction treatment centers report that more than 60 percent of the patients they see in Westchester … Read more on Newsday

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Filed under: cocaine abuse among physicians
David A. Kessler thinks has the answer, Kessler, a physician, lawyer and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 1990 to 1997 says that "Sugar, fat and salt are hijacking the brains of millions … by activating their neural … Read more on Global Economic Intersection (blog)