Doctors are relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says a military pain management specialist, raising concerns about the drugs’ potential for abuse and prescription drug addiction. â...

Doctors are relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says a military pain management specialist, raising concerns about the drugs’ potential for abuse and prescription drug addiction. “...

On the picturesque eastern shores of Lake Michigan, where rural Oceana County, MI, is home to more asparagus and cherry trees than people, dozens of young adults have gone to rehab, and one has already died, because of an epidemic of Views: 0

Remember the scenes in TV shows and movies where the evil drug pusher in the school yard offers kids a free sample of his deadly wares, sort of a “loss leader� to get kids addicted and coming back for more? A new study shows how free samples from Bi...

Every day across America, nearly a million American kids age 12 to 17 abuse a pain reliever for the very first time just to get high. If you do the math, that’s nearly a million kids a year risking their lives -- or at the very least, risking a life...

According to many recent national and state surveys, more kids are abusing more prescription drugs than ever, exceeding all illegal street drugs combined. Parents are being urged to help turn around a situation that could see millions of young Americans...

Millions of American children are being force-fed prescription drugs that most of them -- and some experts think all of them -- don’t need, opening the door to potential drug abuse, dependence and prescription drug ...

What are supposed to be medicine -- the products from pharmaceutical companies -- are killing more people in America than cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and all other “street� drugs, combined. And prescription...

Over the past few years the dangers of prescription drugs have been widely publicized by the deaths of celebrities like Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith, both of whom died as a result of overdoses and complications from Views: 0

The abuse of prescription and over the counter medications is the most troubling trend on today’s drug landscape, says the Partnership for a Drug Free America. And more treatment programs need be made available for victims of Views: 0

A real eye-opener for anyone interested in seeing what’s going on across the country in the world of prescription drugs is to type the drug’s name into a major search engine, such as Google or Yahoo. Simply click on “News� about the drug, and scan...

The tragic death of Malibu, CA, resident Christopher Quint recently from a lethal combination of alcohol and the benzodiazepine Xanax, illustrates the soaring epidemic of deaths across the country from prescription drug addiction, especially when mixed wi...

America’s best-known addiction expert has told an Australian newspaper that actor Heath Ledger was very likely the victim of prescription drug addiction. Los Angeles-based radio and television host, Dr. Drew Pinsky, says Ledger's drug taking was well...

Australian citizens are up in arms about hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for SSRI-type anti-depressants such as Zoloft and Prozac being written for children despite warnings that they’re unsafe for anyone under 24, and all paid for with tax dolla...

More people are dying in Montana from prescription drug overdoses than from all other drugs of any other kind, including illicit street drugs like heroin and cocaine. And officials across the state are ramping up awareness of the problem, while dealing wi...