InvestigateWest - Prescription for Abuse Series
Crosscut: "Drug industry has so far stalled safety and pollution measure" - Leftover medications are fueling an epidemic of prescription-drug abuse that is killing more Washingtonians than traffic accidents, say drug-addiction experts. Yet pharmaceutical companies have consistently torpedoed efforts here to fund a statewide disposal program for unused drugs.
http://crosscut.com/2012/01/23/health-medicine/21822/Drug-industry-has-so-far-stalled-safety-and-pollution-measure/
Spokane Spokesman-Review: "Prescription drug abuse, deaths target of new Washington law" - With a law that took effect this month, Washington state is making a bold attempt to reduce overdose deaths.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jan/22/prescription-drug-abuse-deaths-target-of-new/
Crosscut: "Prescription for abuse: Washington tries to get serious"
Responding to concerns about excessive prescribing of drugs, Washington state has new rules in effect. But will it make a difference in a trend that is claiming more lives nationally, including among the young?
http://crosscut.com/2012/01/22/health-medicine/21824/Prescription-for-abuse:-Washington-tries-to-get-serious/
KCTS 9 TV - "Prescription for Abuse" to air Mon, January 30th 9 pm
KCTS 9 and InvestigateWest report on the alarming increase in prescription-drug abuse in Washington state, looking at doctors who overprescribe, the lack of regulation or treatment options, and how this epidemic is affecting teenagers, seniors and middle-class families.
http://kcts9.org/prescription-for-abuse.
