To help prevent medication accidents and abuse, United Regional and WFPD are providing a free drive-thru opportunity to ...

(StatePoint) With many Americans asked to stay at home to help curb the impact of COVID-19, there’s a higher risk of potential prescription drug abuse or prescription drugs accidentally falling into ...

Police say unused prescription medications sitting in medicine cabinets can lead to addiction and overdoses, making drug take ...

TUESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- The United States appears to be in the throes of a prescription drug abuse crisis among teens, with a new survey showing that 24 percent of high school students - ...

MERCED, Calif. - Parents worried about drug use in their teenagers need look no farther than the medicine cabinet. A study from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that teens are ...

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Prescription painkillers are creating a massive public-health crisis. Since 1990, deaths in the U.S. from unintentional drug overdoses have increased by over 500%. Most of this rise can be attributed ...

More than 300,000 people died from drug poisoning in the U.S. between 1999 and 2009. That first year, opioid analgesics—drugs like methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone—were responsible for 21 percent ...

An internet tool designed to help consumers recognize symptoms of prescription drug addiction is ready to go live on the Internet. The new website will offer information on where to go for help.

Report finds millions of dollars in Medicaid prescription drug abuse. Sept. 30, 2009 -- WASHINGTON — As Congress debates the government's role in health care, a report out Wednesday finds that state ...