Prescription Drug Abuse Highest in NKY

Mark Wert, Kentucky Enquirer — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:23:18 +0000

About one in 11 Northern Kentucky adults has used a pain reliever such as OxyContin, Vicodin or codeine when not prescribed or for the experience it caused, a new poll shows. That's higher than the one-in-16 statewide rate uncovered in the Kentucky Health Issues Poll. It also was the highest rate of any region in the state – including eastern Kentucky, where prescription drug abuse is a particular problem.