Prescription Addiction: A growing epidemic

It’s a shocking statistic impacting lots of local families – last year in St. Joseph County, more people died from accidental drug overdoses than in car accidents.  Many of those deaths were caused by prescription drugs.  It’s a growing problem – what some experts are calling an epidemic – in our community and across the country. 

By Kelli Stopczynski (kstopczynski@wsbt.com)

November 8, 2012