A story of recovery

A story of recovery
“The things that were important to me — drugs took precedence,” she said, explaining she found herself being whisked directly from school to the medical detox unit at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital after she slipped and told a teacher, “I will kill … Read more on The Independent

BAD MEDICINE | The Investigator finds local doctors behaving badly
But Percocet is widely known to be a highly addictive drug, and when Ashley suddenly stopped taking it, her body — though she didn't know it — went into withdrawal. "I just felt so sick," she recalls. "It was like the … Ashley, who had never even … Read more on WKYC-TV

Martin County symposium reveals face of prescription drug addiction
At 12, he began taking “just about any prescription pill I could get my hands on,” mostly opiates such as Xanax and Valium, he said. “I started very young,” Aglira said. “I spent the last five years or so trying to get clean on my own, so it went on at … Read more on Stuart News (subscription)