Prescribing children OxyContin comes under fire

As President Barack Obama pushes new initiatives to stem the rampant abuse of prescription opioids, controversy is still brewing over the recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration to allow children as young as 11 to be prescribed OxyContin, one of the most abused prescription drugs in Pennsylvania.

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Doctors, Not Parents, Are The Biggest Obstacle To The HPV Vaccine

Vaccination rates against human papillomavirus have remained far lower than rates for other routine childhood and teen immunizations. But a big reason for those low rates comes from a surprising source.

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The drugged children of foster care

The drugged children of foster care

A February, 2014 Wall Street Journal article, “Drugged as Children, Foster Care Alumni Speak Out,” examines the upsurge in strong antipsychotic drugs prescribed for children in Medicaid and foster care in the past decade and a half.  It should be required reading for every parent, teacher, counselor, caseworker, and judge who has or may have contact with the child welfare system.