Kentucky children caught in a web of drug abuse

Kentucky children caught in a web of drug abuse
Children of drug abusers often lose their parents to addiction, experts and studies say, and are more likely than other children to suffer a host of social problems — including drug abuse.
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Study finds increased prescription drug abuse among teens
Illicit drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin have always been a parent’s nightmare. But perfectly legal and easily accessible prescription medications are now the recreational drugs of choice for many teenagers, prompting physicians at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center to urge pediatricians to screen specifically for their abuse during routine visits.
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Several Eastern Kentucky counties act to keep out ‘pill mills’
Several Eastern Kentucky counties have banned certain types of pain clinics, or are considering doin
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