Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in West Virginia – WSAZ

Published December 30, 2011

Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in West Virginia – WSAZ
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — Prescription drug abuse is a problem that affects every part of the region, and it could soon be getting worse. Hydrocodone is the second most abused medication. Now, drug companies are working to create a pill that would be 10 …
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Financial abuse of the elderly called ‘epidemic’ – Nashua Telegraph
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has tended to obscure the issue of elder abuse rather than enlighten,” Karl Pillemer … Some parents and caretakers went beyond simply beating children to administering overdoses of drugs or exposing the child to natural gas or other toxic substances.
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