Prescription drug addiction is an escalating crisis that disproportionately affects women, leading to severe health consequences and devastating impacts on their lives. This issue — often overshadowed ...

In response to the growing prescription drug abuse problem, the American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a prescription drug policy, according to an ASAM news release. The policy recommends ...

The rate of prescription drug abuse has been on the rise not just in Lane County, but nationally said Emily Buff Bear, community health analyst for Lane County Public Health. To help raise awareness ...

Prescription drug abuse, and specifically the abuse of opioid pain relievers, is a national epidemic. The state of Ohio has been hit particularly hard, and Attorney General Richard Michael (Mike) ...

PHOENIX – For Doris Goodale’s grown daughter, drug addiction didn’t begin with a party and a syringe. It was a doctor and a pill. When Stephanie Goodale suffered from severe kidney issues, the doctor ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more women die from overdoses of pain killers than from cervical cancer or homicide. 48,000 women have died from accidental prescription ...

Marijuana was downgraded from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug on Thursday. The reclassification does not legalize cannabis, but it does ease restrictions on the substance and allows for more ...

I didn’t know I was opening the door to hell. Spring 1994: An orthopedic surgeon operated on my knee to remove a cyst; it was bigger than he first thought, so rather than going in through three small ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is trying to keep prescription drugs from getting into the wrong hands. We looked into how they’re making sure pharmacies and doctors ...

Not a day that goes by without something in the media on prescription opioids. For good reason, the problem is real—overdose deaths, selling them, and addiction. It all comes from the Vicodin, ...