York Co. Receives Grant to Help Fight Illegal Prescription Drug Use

York Co. receives grant to help fight illegal prescription drug use
The National Association of Drug Diversion is giving the District Attorney's office a $ 5,000 dollar grant to stop drug abusers from getting their hands on a bottle of pills. Illegal use of prescription drugs has increased 225% in York County over the … Read more on FOX43.com

Strategies make an impact on abuse of prescription drugs
As prescription drugs have been harder to come by, more abusers are turning to heroin. And that has prompted an increase in heroin overdoes deaths. That's why efforts to provide more addiction treatment are needed to help curb overall use of deadly drugs. Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Several from DC area charged in scheme importing, selling illegal prescription …
Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people — including several from the Washington area — who they say were part of an international operation that illegally imported and sold prescription drugs that were either not approved for use in the United … Read more on Washington Post