D.A.: Prescription Drug Monitoring Might Help Curb Devastating Effects of Abuse

D.A.: Prescription drug monitoring might help curb devastating effects of abuse
NORRISTOWN – A proposed statewide database to monitor the use and abuse of prescription drugs might help authorities curb the devastating effects “this modern plague” has on communities, according to one local law enforcer. drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Fall River Drug Summit discusses importance of education, prevention
Dee Bettencourt didn’t know how serious her son’s substance abuse problems were until she got a call that delivered the news he was murdered in Providence when he and some friends were on a drug buy for the narcotic Oxycotin six years ago. “Once I went to his apartment and he was so sick. I brought him back some ginger ale and chicken soup,” Bettencourt said. “That’s how naive I was.” drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results