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Johnson, Linda J.,

Painkillers Flood Mountainous Eastern Kentucky in Record Amounts. Linda J. Johnson. - Lexington Herald-Leader, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 62, Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Painkillers Flood Mountainous Eastern Kentucky in Record Amounts, Jan. 23, 2003; pp. n.p..

"Eastern Kentucky is the prescription-painkiller capital of the United States, a place where narcotics such as OxyContin and Vicodin pour in at much higher rates than in Miami, Detroit or Los Angeles. Nearly half a ton of narcotics reached parts of seven small mountain counties from 1998 to 2001--the equivalent of more than 3,000 milligrams for every adult who lives there. A typical pill might contain 10 to 20 milligrams. All the drugs were legal, but they didn't all stay that way." (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER) This article addresses the widespread abuse of prescription drugs occurring in Eastern Kentucky.

ISSN: 1522-323X;

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States Drug Enforcement Adm.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Controlled Substances Act

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Analgesics
Appalachian Region
Drug traffic
Drugged driving
Medication abuse
Narcotics
Oxycodone
Pharmaceutical industry
Prescription drugs

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kentucky

LC Class. No.: AC1.S5

Dewey Class. No.: 050