Prescription drugs 'orphan' children in eastern Kentucky

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"I don't know what was going on, but I knew something was wrong," said Watkins. His mother was dead after overdosing on Oxycontin. At the time, Watkins says that he and his mother had been estranged for years because of her prescription-drug addiction.
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'The consequences were serious'

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He said Young — the mother of two young children — had a serious drug and alcohol addiction at the time and wants to get help while serving time in a federal institution, where there is better programming available than in this province …
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'Shopping addict' slugs store owner

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In the past, Smith's drug of choice was Oxycontin and she had also been on the methadone program for over a year, he said. "She is at an age where she has to do something with her life," said Toffoli. "Drug abuse is not the answer. When she got six …
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The Doctor Won't See You Now

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But in the broken-down rural hinterlands, EHR and other novelties make it more lucrative for surviving medical centers to prioritize federal paperwork over patient care. For example, there's a lot of prescription-drug abuse in this country, and so the …
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