Painkillers Flood Mountainous Eastern Kentucky in Record Amounts. Linda J. Johnson.
by Johnson, Linda J; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 62Health. Publisher: Lexington Herald-Leader, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Analgesics | Appalachian Region | Controlled Substances Act | Drug traffic | Drugged driving | Kentucky | Medication abuse | Narcotics | Oxycodone | Pharmaceutical industry | Prescription drugs | United States Drug Enforcement AdmDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Eastern Kentucky is the prescription-painkiller capital of the United States, a place where narcotics such as OxyContin and Vicodin pour in at much higher rates than in Miami, Detroit or Los Angeles. Nearly half a ton of narcotics reached parts of seven small mountain counties from 1998 to 2001--the equivalent of more than 3,000 milligrams for every adult who lives there. A typical pill might contain 10 to 20 milligrams. All the drugs were legal, but they didn't all stay that way." (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER) This article addresses the widespread abuse of prescription drugs occurring in Eastern Kentucky.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Painkillers Flood Mountainous Eastern Kentucky in Record Amounts, Jan. 23, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Eastern Kentucky is the prescription-painkiller capital of the United States, a place where narcotics such as OxyContin and Vicodin pour in at much higher rates than in Miami, Detroit or Los Angeles. Nearly half a ton of narcotics reached parts of seven small mountain counties from 1998 to 2001--the equivalent of more than 3,000 milligrams for every adult who lives there. A typical pill might contain 10 to 20 milligrams. All the drugs were legal, but they didn't all stay that way." (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER) This article addresses the widespread abuse of prescription drugs occurring in Eastern Kentucky.
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