LIers describe battle with prescription drug addiction
Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Matthew Callaghan photographed at Phoenix House where he is recovering from an addiction to prescription drugs. (July 20, 2010)
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Heroin on the rise on Long Island
Prescription painkillers approved by the federal government and used effectively by millions of Americans are also increasingly being abused recreationally, authorities say, with a spike in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to pain medicine in recent years. Young men between the ages of 18 and 34 have experienced the largest increase in New York State in the last three years....
