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Monday, August 3, 2009

Illinois County Reeling from Prescription Drug Abuse Problem

Not that anyone in the substance abuse prevention field needs any more research, but the mainstream press continues to discover there's a big problem with prescription drug abuse.


There have been 18 prescription-drug overdose deaths in McHenry County, Ill., in 2009, 14 of them accidental.


"A lot of people who get addicted think that because it came from a doctor, it can't hurt (them)," one substance abuse services director told the Northwest Herald.

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