Kathy Deschner, PREVENT! Chair, lost her son to a prescription-drug overdose. Deschner's son's addiction began after receiving prescription opiates for a sports injury. "Many teens do not realize that ...

When she was 12 years old, Caitlin Acosta of Falls Church snuck into her parent’s medicine cabinet and found a bottle of Percocet, a Class 3 narcotic. “I didn’t really know what they were,” she said. ...

Police say unused prescription medications sitting in medicine cabinets can lead to addiction and overdoses, making drug take ...

Prescription painkillers are creating a massive public-health crisis. Since 1990, deaths in the U.S. from unintentional drug overdoses have increased by over 500%. Most of this rise can be attributed ...

Riverside hosts community program to make parents, students aware of dangers. Parents, Irene (left) and Phillip Barhight, of Taylor, listen intently during a program about prescription drug abuse ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Junior’s been helping himself to Mother’s little helper. That’s the conclusion of a report released Wednesday by White House drug czar John Walters that found while teenagers’ use of ...