Oxycodone sales are a growing trend in western Massachusetts

Oxycodone sales are a growing trend in western Massachusetts – It may have been prescribed by a doctor, but drug abuse of oxycodone is growing in Western Massachusetts.

FDA announces new labeling requirements for long-acting opioid painkillers
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced changes in the safety labeling and post-market study requirements for all extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioid painkillers in an effort to prevent misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose … Read more on Science Recorder

Drug problems large, help programs growing
Earlier this year, the Push Back Against Drugs educational efforts began in Marathon County to not only reach out to help people trying to break the addiction, but to educate people and try to prevent that first experimentation with drugs. Melissa … Read more on WSAU