pill mills
By Mike Guy
A year after the crackdown on Florida's lax pain clinics and Rx laws, the opioid trade is thriving—just north of the panhandle. MORE
Binge-eating and hoarding get official status in DSM-5, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter slam drug war in new doc, and Mike Tyson was high on cocaine in The Hangover. MORE
The fall in pill-related fatalities suggests a crackdown is working, and backs findings from a recent nationwide survey. MORE
Despite the state's crackdown on pill mills, the number of addicted babies has risen six-fold since 2004. MORE
People who obtain large volumes of pills in one state and sell them in another are a growing focus of the Rx drug battle. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Today the DEA imposed a two-year suspension on Cardinal Health, the second largest distributor of the powerful painkillers. MORE
By Will Godfrey
Florida claims victory over pill mills, new anti-smoking campaign profiles tobacco victims, and hula hooping your way through withdrawals. MORE
Teen smoking hits epidemic proportions, brain's resistance to addiction offers treatment clues, and drowned son of Packers coach was on alcohol and pot. MORE
As new laws target doctors who dispense narcotics, applications to open pharmacies have surged in Florida and nearby Georgia. MORE
Dr. Stan Li wrote over 17,000 prescriptions in two and a half years at his Queens clinic—most of them for opioid painkillers. MORE









