Bills Would Give State New Powers to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Bills would give state new powers to fight prescription drug abuse
The legislation, spurred by a series of investigative reports in The Times, awaits Gov. Jerry Brown's signature. Consumer advocates are pleased but want some provisions restored. Since her son Joey fatally overdosed in late 2009, April Rovero has warned schoolchildren, coeds, cops and congressmen that it was too easy for the 21-year-old college student to get the prescription drugs that killed … drug abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

Drug court graduates credit program with saving lives
Two-and-a-half years ago, Mary Jane Garner was standing before Superior Court Judge Jack Partain, unkempt, distraught, lacking confidence in herself and caught in a pattern of drug abuse she couldn’t seem to find her way out of. drug abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results