Ky. Gets Chance to Pursue Oxycontin Case

Ky. gets chance to pursue Oxycontin case
Keith Mills, a spokesman for Westcare, a drug treatment center that operates in eastern Kentucky, said prescription pain pills are still among the most common addictions. "Around here, we still have a lot of problems with doctors over-prescribing … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Big-business lobby enters fray on criminal justice reforms
Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Business, said the group plans to push to expand successful rehabilitation and community-based corrections programs; to change Texas' drug-sentencing laws to put more low-level offenders in local … Read more on Austin American-Statesman

See Opportunity: Clinical Trials Give Participants Access to Advanced Care
A clinical trial evaluates – in humans – a drug, device or mode of therapy for a disease. All therapies put into use in the U.S. go through a rigorous process of testing, culminating in evaluation of the treatment in human research participants. In … Read more on UKNow (press release)