prescription drugs

Update: Governor Mike Pence, on September 22nd, has directed the PLA to move forward on the following initiative, which was introduced at the Governor's…

Indiana has received about $3.3 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help reduce opioid overdose deaths.The state says some of…

Legislation that would allow people to get prescriptions without an in-person exam or visit from a health care provider is headed to the Senate. But some…

Republican State Senators say legislation they’re proposing to put certain cold medicines behind the counter is a balanced solution to help solve…

One in five Hoosier employers reports injuries or near misses in the workplace due to prescription drug issues and nearly a quarter say they’ve seen…

Legislation Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) authored – and a companion bill sponsored by Congresswoman Susan Brooks (R-5th) – would create a federal task force…

The West Lafayette Police Department’s drug take-back program has seen a recent increase in the tonnage of pills it collects. Janet Winslow, who also runs…

When Justin Phillips lost her son Aaron to a heroin overdose in October of 2013, she didn’t know there was a drug that could have saved his life. Now,…

A Carroll County family is turning its grief into a mission to educate the public about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.Dustin and Jennifer…

As Indiana and other states look for ways to curb an epidemic of prescription medication abuse, new research from Purdue University provides insight into…