With the New Year upon us we have available to us some new figures on prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction. The Centers for Disease Control reports an all-time new high—no pun intended—of overdoses from prescription drug abuse in the United States in 2014. 47,055 to be exact. In light of these startling statistics, some states like Georgia, are taking a proactive approach at preventing ...
Opiate Addiction: Georgia Lawmakers Fight Back
Opiate addiction in Georgia has been the focal point of new legislation addressing treatment, prevention, protection from prosecution, insurance coverage, education, and more. Legislators across the nation are finally striking back against the escalating prescription drug epidemic, which claims more American lives each year than do heroin and cocaine combined. In the spring of 2013, Randall ...
