Watch it: ‘Overtaken’ documentary
Jodi Barber and Christine Brant of Laguna Niguel, Calif. – who were recently profiled in our Oxy Activists section – produced “Overtaken,” a short documentary educating young adults on the truth about...
View ArticleThe Oxy King of Marin County: Profile of a Prolific Dealer
In California, prescription drug addiction is especially rampant among teens and young adults in middle- and upper-class areas like Marin County. In the latest issue of SF Weekly, Oxy Watchdog founder...
View ArticleIn Ohio, pills and heroin prompt action
In Ohio, where prescription drug addiction has a strong foothold, state officials are planning to unveil a new protocol in order to treat opiate addiction. The number of people overdosing on heroin and...
View ArticleOxyContin Activists: Natalie Costa
Orange County, Calif. may seem like the perfect place to live, but it has a dirty little secret: it’s number two in the country for deaths by prescription drug overdoses. In May 2010, Laguna Niguel...
View Article“Allowing Discomfort:” Psychologist Candace Plattor on recovering from pill...
In this guest post, Candace Plattor, psychologist and author of “Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction,” discusses the process of recovering...
View ArticleOxyContin Activists: Abby Beaulieu
Abby Beaulieu, 26, has a great life: she lives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with her husband and four-year-old son. But just six years ago, she was hopelessly addicted to OxyContin. Now, she’s on a mission...
View ArticleIn Calif., rise in young painkiller abusers leads to more heroin overdoses
Today, Oxy Watchdog founder Erin Marie Daly has a report produced with the California Report, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, on the rising prescription drug epidemic in...
View ArticleTaking action on International Overdose Awareness Day
Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. Drug overdose death rates in the U.S. have more than tripled since 1990 and have never been higher: in 2009, more than 37,000 people died from drug...
View ArticleRenewing the fight in the new year
Visiting my brother Pat’s grave on New Year’s Day, I wished for two things. First, for resolution, a sense of peace with Pat’s death. And second, for a sign from him that he would want me to continue...
View ArticleNaloxone awareness can combat opiate deaths: WRCPC
Although opiate overdoses are skyrocketing in the U.S., many people still don’t know about naloxone, which literally reverses the dangerous effects of taking too much OxyContin or heroin by...
View ArticleThe Ryan Creedon Act
Like many moms, Kathy Creedon of Palm Desert, Calif. never dreamed her son Ryan would become a drug addict. But Ryan became addicted to prescription drugs, and in 2009, he died of an overdose of...
View ArticlePill dealer pleads guilty to murder in OD case
Jeff George, the 30-year-old prescription drug kingpin arrested last week in Florida, has pleaded guilty to felony second-degree murder in the overdose death of Joey Bartolucci, a 24-year-old addict...
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