Industry News

• March 27, 2011
  More Kids Taken From Addicted Parents
  

  As soon as the child was born, she was taken from her mother. Both were addicted to heroin, Clermont County officials said. The girl weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces that day in 2009, but her weight dropped as she coped with tremors while withdrawing from the drug over the next couple weeks.

  
  
  
  
• March 24, 2011
  Delray Doctor Charged with Trafficking Prescription Painkilling Pills
  

  A Delray Beach-based doctor is accused of over-prescribing addictive painkillers to nearly three dozen patients, including a pregnant woman and a 78-year-old stroke victim.

  
  
  
  
• March 16, 2011
  State survey reveals youth’s drug, sexual habits
  

  The results of the latest Healthy Youth Survey, which is voluntarily taken every two years by thousands of Washington students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 in more than 1,000 public schools, were released today. The survey asks teens about drug, alcohol, and tobacco use; gangs; physical activity; suicide; bullying; and more. For the first time, the 2010 survey inquired about sexual activity.

  
  
  
  
• March 16, 2011
  Maryland bill targets prescription drug abuse
  

  A new report says prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Maryland, but a proposed state program could help target people who are improperly getting these medications.

  
  
  
  
• March 16, 2011
  Oxycodone Usage Doubles in Three Years
  

  The prescription drug abuse epidemic in New York City is escalating, with the number of prescriptions for oxycodone doubling citywide during the past three years, the city’s special narcotics prosecutor testified Tuesday.