Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
Read more on USA TODAY

'The Perfect Marriage' tackles prescription drug abuse
Roby created the characters in "The Perfect Marriage" to prove a point about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and to clear up misconceptions about typical addicts. In the book, the drug-dependent couple Denise and Derrek Shaw are an …
Read more on Press-Register – al.com

OUR OPINION: 3 ways officials are compassionately combating drug abuse
Police said it will help reduce the on-the-street availability of highly addictive drugs – specifically opiates, the abuse of which often leads to heroin addiction. “Our traditional efforts have been geared toward education and enforcement,” Tavares said.
Read more on The Patriot Ledger