Archive for 'Prescription pill addiction national news'

Addiction on 2 Fronts: Work and Home

This is a wonderful article that appeared in today’s New York Times. It’s a little long, but wonderful.  Jerry
WASHINGTON — His son had been dead from an overdose only three months when A. Thomas McLellan, among the nation’s leading researchers on addiction, got a call from the office of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Would [...]

29 Young Rockland Co. Adults Busted In RX Sting

New City, NY (CBS)  On Wednesday, more than two dozen young people were charged with peddling various prescription pills. They range in age from 16 to 34, and many come from affluent families. Most have no prior criminal records.
It is a real education for a community that prides itself on teaching young people about the [...]

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