Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• A turn-of-the-century approach to the war on drugs

  February 4, 2012 in City on Page A5 Dr. Michael Reznicek has one thing in common with your stoner friend – or self – from college. But just one: He wants to legalize drugs. 3

• 1990s saw hard push for legal opiates

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page A8 Washington’s emergence as a state with one of the highest rates of both opiate prescriptions and deaths was not, in hindsight, an accident. In 1995, Purdue Pharma introduced OxyContin in … 4

• Prescription drug abuse, deaths target of new Washington law

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page A1 At the height of his addiction, Joshua Dameron would cruise through emergency rooms in Spokane, hoping to score his next fix. Dameron got hooked on prescription pain medication after suffering … 40

• Mom’s nightmare becomes a cause

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page A9 Dr. Rosemary Orr didn’t see it coming. It was the morning after Mother’s Day. She needed a ride to work, so her 24-year-old son Robin drove her. She was in … 2

• Homeless drop-in center causes problems for Coeur d’Alene neighbors

  July 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 Dozens of neighbors who live near a downtown Coeur d’Alene homeless drop-in center say in the two years the center has been there, they’ve been subjected to panhandling at their …

• Dr. Hideg: Addiction has many far-reaching consequences

  September 14, 2010 in Features on Page C1 September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, which reminds me of patients who have told me, “I love being sober.” Hearing this and knowing I gave support to …

• College students’ cheap fix

  November 15, 2009 in City on Page B1 By her sophomore year of college, Kaley, a Washington State University student, routinely popped the prescription drug Adderall to help her study. The 20-year-old has never had a prescription for … 3

• State programs aim to monitor prescription use

  November 15, 2009 in City on Page B1 Each year, Idaho monitors more than a million drug prescriptions, helping the state track some of the most addictive substances in the pharmaceutical industry. But Washington, facing a huge budget …