painkillers

During Substance Abuse Prevention Month, a campaign is distributing thousands of drug disposal pouches, enough to destroy more than 1 million pills.

A Senate Republican has filed a sweeping measure aimed at keeping patients from getting hooked on prescription painkillers.

Saturday was the Drug Enforcement Administration's National "Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative."Local law enforcement agencies likes the Hillsborough…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is applauding Florida’s crackdown on “pill mills” in its most recent Vital Signs report. It...

Editor's note: This article contains a correction.The Florida Board of Medicine has decided that a well-known Tampa pain specialist should have his…