Methamphetamines are highly addictive and can kill you. That was the message to about 70 members of the Plant City Boys & Girls Clubs last month on National Methamphetamine Awareness Day. ...more

December 17, 2008

Even now, Mary Lou Volbert, 65, can't get food off her mind. Knowing she can't eat with abandon, not as she did when she weighed 420 pounds, she transfers her obsession into recording every carbohydrate she consumes from food. Her tallies in a lined notebook are meticulous: ...more

August 17, 2008

Type "OxyContin" and "pharmacy" into your Internet search engine and watch what happens. Within seconds, you'll have links to thousands of Web sites promising easy access to the drug. The same goes for Vicodin or just about any other painkiller you can name. ...more

December 30, 2007

TAMPA - Type "OxyContin" and "pharmacy" into your Internet search engine and watch what happens. Within seconds, you'll have links to thousands of Web sites promising easy access to the drug. The same goes for Vicodin or just about any other painkiller you can name. These addictive drugs are strictly regulated by state and federal laws and are supposed to be available only through prescriptions. But with a credit card and a click or two on a computer, it's possible to bypass the system and have the medications delivered to your door. ...more

December 28, 2007