Prescription Drug Abuse: Healthbeat Brooklyn

Prescription Drug Abuse: Healthbeat Brooklyn – Prescription Drug Abuse: Addiction to prescription drugs is on the rise. Andrew Kolodny, MD, Chair of Psychiatry at Maimonides, tells host Monica Sweeney, MD…

Prescription drugs lead to growing problem of infant addiction
The rise of prescription drug addiction has resulted in more babies born addicted to narcotics compared to just two decades ago, when infant addiction was associated more with street-level drugs. A 2012 study published in The Journal of the American …
Read more on Monroe News Star

Demi Lovato Talks Addiction and "Amazing" Friend Selena Gomez After Her …
Lovato, who has battled substance abuse and eating disorder issues in the past, has nothing but kind words for Gomez. "Selena is, I've known her for 14 years and we've been best friends," the former X Factor judge told E! News. "That's all of her …
Read more on E! Online

Alpharetta mom educates community on growing teen drug abuse
"His addiction opened my eyes to our teen drug problem. We knew he had a problem, but we just didn't know what to do." Boccia said she met with local government officials who were unaware of drug problems in the area schools. "Their own children go to …
Read more on NorthFulton.com