By Glen Williams If you have addict children, the good news is, the situation isn’t hopeless. The bad news is, you’re no longer in control and you’re probably facing the hardest problem you’ve ever faced. This article will give you some tips on how to steer them in the right direction without you getting run [...]

October 12, 2009 In 2008, Mississippi’s only recorded increase in drug use involves substances that are not typically peddled on the street, but instead are commonly found in medicine cabinets throughout the state. “It’s not drug dealers who are supplying the drugs – it’s the home medicine cabinets,” said Jerri Avery, Director of the Mississippi [...]

Prescription drug abuse is the use of prescription drugs — most commonly painkillers, sedatives and stimulants — in ways not intended by the prescribing doctor. The definition for prescription drug abuse includes everything from taking a friend’s prescription painkiller for your backache to snorting ground-up pills to get high. According to a 2007 survey conducted [...]