The caller informed them their 22-year-old daughter, Savannah, was being rushed by ambulance to the St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, Ky. She had long battled drug addiction, but it ...

In the meantime, the CDC has compiled a list of 10 things you should know about prescription drug abuse. Questions? Leave them in the comments section below, and a CDC official will try to answer ...

In today's society prescription drug abuse is on the rise at an alarming rate. It is the second most commonly abused category or drugs. Marijuana is still the leading abused drug. Prescription ...

If you search on the Internet for “Where to get help for prescription drug abuse?” search results are in the millions. Trying to find the best treatment options for yourself or a loved one can ...

Researchers from the School of Public Health and the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University found that an increasing concern about prescription drug abuse may affect how providers are ...

According to a 2010 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 7 million people in the United States — or 2.7 percent of the population — annually abuse prescription drugs.

Curbing the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs is difficult. "It's the fact that these medicines are legal that makes it very challenging," said Arthur Dean, CADCA chairman and chief ...

We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. Prescription drug abuse is not just on the rise – it has become a national crisis, according to a just-released White House study detailing a 400 ...

What Is Prescription Drug Abuse? Prescription drug abuse is when you take a medication for a reason other than why the doctor prescribed it. Experts estimate that more than 18 million people ages ...