Prescription drug abuse ravages a state’s youth

Kentucky officials see an ‘epidemic’; officials say drugs coming from Florida
By Mark Potter
Correspondent
NBC News
updated 7:17 a.m. CT, Mon., July 6, 2009

“The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says nearly 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, noting that is “more than the number who are abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy and inhalants combined.” The DEA also reports that “opioid painkillers now cause more overdose deaths than cocaine and heroin combined.”

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