OETA Story on Youth and Oxycodone Addiction Aired on 01/27/2012
OETA Story on Youth and Oxycodone Addiction aired on 01/27/2012 – This story aired on the ONR on OETA-The Oklahoma Network. The reporter is Lis Exon; photojournalist is Edwin Wilson. For more information, go to the ONR web site www.news.oeta.tv and ONR blog blog.oeta.tv For more about OETA-The Oklahoma Network, visit www.oeta.tv ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OKLAHOMA HAS THE HIGHEST REPORTED PAINKILLER ABUSE IN THE NATION. THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS SAYS THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 100 PERCENT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. A RECORD 715 PEOPLE DIED IN OKLAHOMA JUST LAST YEAR FROM PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSES. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS IT IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT IS NOW GRABBING OKLAHOMA’S YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN MANY CASES WON’T LET GO.
Craig Middle School hosts presentation on drugs and alcohol during Red …
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Beckett's downward spiral from a popular athlete to a drug addict in jail — a story so outrageous yet relatable at the same time — allows students to see how easily they might fall prey to the allure of drugs and alcohol. Ho told them statistically …
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Manchin to testify in Md. about prescription drug abuse
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Manchin also urges "all the people of West Virginia to call or write to my office so that I can share your personal stories about how the epidemic of prescription drug abuse is tearing apart your families, your schools, your businesses and your …
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