Do you have prescription drugs in your home? Do you have a child/teenager in your home? Could it be possible that your child/teenager is abusing your prescription drug? If you think it is not possible, think again. The New Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction Research Report explains that approximately 4 million people ages 12 and older misused prescription drugs in 1999. These people typically used prescription drugs such as sedatives, stimulants, tranquilizers, painkillers and opioids for non-medical purposes. [continues 297 words]
It starts out simply enough. A car wreck or injury ... a prescription for pain or nerve medication. Then it might be multiple visits to different doctors, a few more prescriptions ... and before long it turns into desperation. The desperation of an addict. And addicts don't live just in metropolitan cities anymore. In fact, as many as 70 women in Taylor, Green and Adair counties are currently in treatment for some form of substance abuse. Missy Herron, director of the Adanta Women's Recovery Center, said addiction to prescription drugs is not an uncommon story at all. [continues 1033 words]
A retired Kentucky State Police officer has been arrested for making methamphetamine and growing marijuana. Police arrested Benjamin Dewan Hadley of 2680 KY 92 in Columbia on Tuesday. Hadley has been in the Adair County Jail since his arrest. According to a spokesperson at the Columbia State Police Post, Hadley retired from the state police in the early 1990s. The Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Section of the Kentucky State Police Special Operations Section, along with officers from the Columbia post, executed a search warrant on Hadley's KY 92 property on Tuesday. [continues 100 words]
