WARSAW — Thursday, Nov. 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released an interactive online mapping tool which shows geographic comparisons at the state, county and ZIP code levels of de-identified Medicare Part D opioid prescription claims — prescriptions written and submitted to be filled — within the United States. This new mapping tool allows the user to …read more.

According to the Indiana Youth Institute, prescription drug abuse is growing among Indiana teenagers. The organization says the number of high school seniors who admitted to having abused prescription drugs nearly doubled in 2014 to 13.5 percent, up from 6.9 percent in 2013. The report also states teens as young as 13 are abusing prescription drugs. …read more.