Posts Tagged ‘Vicodin Addiction’

Teen prescription drug abuse and addiction are on the rise. This disturbing trend has been gaining ground for years. The pills are easy to get and distribute, especially from other kids. They can be a quick fix for a teen who wants a high or [...]

Across the country, different states are trying to implement state-wide systems that monitor the prescriptions for drugs of addiction including hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, amphetamines and others. The hope is to prevent multiple prescriptions for opiates and amphetamines that are fraudulent that could result in drug [...]

Addiction to prescription drugs like OxyContin, hydrocodone, Percocet, Lortab, Fentanyl and others is on the rise in the United States. One of the reasons why prescription drug addiction is such a large problem is because of the crimes that are often associated with the disease. [...]

Kaye Gibbons, best-selling author, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud stemming from her arrest in an incident where she posed as a doctor to receive prescriptions for the painkiller Vicodin. Gibbons is a well respected American novelist who has seen two of her [...]

Recently, an individual with a Vicodin addiction relayed the following harrowing story about his experience trying to buy Vicodin online via an Internet pharmacy. Having purchased Vicodin and OxyContin online in the past, this individual (who will be referred to as “Paul”) had his name [...]

As if the rise in teenage prescription drug abuse wasn’t bad enough, now many young people are mixing a variety of different medications together in attempt to achieve a more potent euphoric effect. Unfortunately, as the death of actor Heath Ledger should have proven, mixing [...]

TV star Heather Locklear recently became the latest celebrity to be arrested in California for driving under the influence. But while most other celebrities have been drunk when pulled over, Ms. Locklear was under the influence of prescription medications, specifically Vicodin. After her arrest, Ms. [...]

When Cindy McCain is asked about the causes she would champion as first-lady if her husband John McCain wins the presidency in November, the Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship heiress is quick to put prescription painkiller addiction at the top of the list. That’s because she herself [...]

More and more young people are using prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin as a recreational drug. They use these painkillers for their euphoric effects and obtain them by any all means necessary. The problem is that buying prescription medications online, or from a [...]

A recent study at Columbia University found that hundreds of websites around the world are still shipping highly addictive prescription medications overseas, despite threats from Interpol and other worldwide policing organizations to combat the problem. In its cleverly titled report, “You’ve got drugs” Columbia researchers [...]