Blogroll

Another Voice: Combating the Prescription Drug Epidemic

Another Voice: Combating the prescription drug epidemic
And a study by the University at Buffalo found that 40 percent of patients in a hospital detox program became addicted to street drugs after using prescription opioid medications. The tragic death of 20-year-old Michael Israel of North Buffalo, who …
Read more on Buffalo News

Inside a New York Drug Clinic, Allegations of Kickbacks and Shoddy Care
The hospital kept her for only four and a half days, and Medicaid wouldn't pay for a residential treatment program. She was nowhere near completing detoxification from more than six years of prescription drugs, including the potent opiates Dilaudid and …
Read more on ProPublica