Xanax, Alprazolam News

S ound the alarm. there's a new drug epidemic in town. And most of the city wants in on it.

As if you didn't have anything else to worry about, The Washington Post has a timely warning for the anxiety-prone : Anti-Anxiety Drugs Raise New Fears .

For a fourth year in a row, a report by state medical examiners identified Palm Beach County as a hotbed of prescription drug abuse in a region ravaged by pill addiction.

With all the commotion in the news about Florida clamping down on "pill mills" responsible for dispensing massive quantities of pain killers like oxycodone to the public, the District 10 Medical Examiner's Office offered up some statistics Wednesday.

Deadly overdoses of anti- anxiety drugs and painkillers spiked in the Orlando area and across the state last year, experts said, evidence of the growing threat posed by the abuse of legal prescription drugs.

A Reisterstown pharmacist was arrested Tuesday morning on federal charges claiming he illegally sold more than 23,000 prescription pills.

Undercover detectives entered the Holly Hill residence of Brandi Bowman on Tuesday and purchased a handful of oxycodone pills, otherwise known as OxyContin, they said.

Broward and Palm Beach counties in 2008 saw a surge in fatal overdoses linked to prescription anti-anxiety medications and pain killers, and in some categories logged the most deaths in Florida, according to a state report released this morning.

The list of prescription drugs that Michael Jackson was reported as having taken - as many as seven, according to one account - includes drugs from three main chemical classes.

Well that didn't take long after Michael Jackson died, did it? Category: Drug Abuse Science Drug Fatality Posted on: June 26, 2009 5:38 PM, by DrugMonkey Here we go again.

A medical charity believes Michael Jackson's death may have been down to a deadly drug cocktail similar to the one taken by Heath Ledger.

Houston News.Net Friday 26th June, 2009 An Indian American doctor couple working in the Houston area have been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with operating their pain management clinic as a pill mill.

Life & Style reports that Michael Jackson was taking a cocktail of up to seven prescription drugs in the months before his death.

A 28-year-old woman was taken into custody Tuesday for allegedly bringing her 2-year-old with her to make a drug sale to an undercover police officer.

Christopher Alan Wood, the Middletown man who in April killed his wife and three children before killing himself, tested positive for four prescription drugs that were found in his home during the investigation, police said Wednesday.

From panic attacks to an excessive fear of being judged by others, anxiety is the most common mental health disorder.

The State Department of Health found 23 health deficiencies at Adirondack Medical Center's Uihlein Nursing Home, including nine considered severe.

Officers seized more than 30 pounds of narcotics and arrested two people during a drug bust on Interstate 40 earlier this week.

Police say man snorted Pills, drove with kids A 23-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested by Clearwater police Wednesday night and charged with child abuse after, police said, he snorted prescription pills, then drove with two children in the car.

Donna McDonald, 37, of 38 White St., was charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly allowing 14-year-old Brittane Nicole Brown to take oxycodone and Xanax while she was in her care, according to court documents released Wednesday.