Prescription drug addiction is an escalating crisis that disproportionately affects women, leading to severe health consequences and devastating impacts on their lives. This issue — often overshadowed ...

About the series The Dayton Daily News, WHIO-TV, News Talk Radio WHIO have launched a community service project to raise awareness about the growing prescription drug epidemic in our community.

LOS ANGELES — Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Los Angeles Times analysis of government data has found.

No. 70 Oregon women’s tennis (12-12, 3-9 Big Ten) could not get anything to bounce its way when it visited the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes (20-3,... Oregon track and field opened up at the Oregon Team ...

A pharmacy technician poses for a picture with some of them most widely used prescription painkillers, hydrocodone and acetaminophen tablets. AP Photo A pharmacy technician poses for a picture with ...

Springfield — Tecumseh High School sophomore Cole Smoot’s death by prescription drug overdose last weekend is part of a startling rise in the abuse of legal drugs in Clark County, the sheriff said.

Influences on Knowledge and Attitudes About Prescription Drugs Among Teens Increasing accurate knowledge about the risks of prescription drug misuse is likely to decrease misuse. In fact, there is an ...

MIAMI -- The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly addictive prescription painkillers. They are killing ...

WalletHub has released its 2025 list of the states with the biggest drug problems nationwide, looking at which places have the worst issues with drug abuse. More specifically, the study examines ...