OETA Story on Youth Addiction Aired on 01/27/2012
OETA Story on Youth Addiction aired on 01/27/2012 – Thisstory aired on the ONR on OETA-The Oklahoma Network. The reporter is Lis Exon; photojournalist is Edwin Wilson. For more information, go to the ONR web site www.news.oeta.tv and ONR blog blog.oeta.tv For more about OETA-The Oklahoma Network, visit www.oeta.tv ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OKLAHOMA HAS THE HIGHEST REPORTED PAINKILLER ABUSE IN THE NATION. THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS SAYS THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 100 PERCENT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. A RECORD 715 PEOPLE DIED IN OKLAHOMA JUST LAST YEAR FROM PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSES. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS IT IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT IS NOW GRABBING OKLAHOMA’S YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN MANY CASES WON’T LET GO.
Former NFL player John Corker beats drug addiction
Filed under: Oklahoma Drug Addiction
Corker was an All-American linebacker at Oklahoma State University and finished his college career as the school's all-time leading tackler. He played for the … Corker went to the Salvation Army, cured his drug addiction and got a job driving buses …
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Oklahoma obtains 20 more doses of execution drug
Filed under: Oklahoma Drug Addiction
Texas switches to 1-drug execution due to shortage · Judge approves use of new execution drug in Okla. Okla. death row inmates protest new execution drug · Ohio to use surgical drug in lethal injections · Ohio to use veterinary drug in lethal …
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Texas switches to 1-drug execution due to shortage
Filed under: Oklahoma Drug Addiction
A lawyer for Michael Hooper said Oklahoma has no backup plan if the drug fails to render Hooper unconscious, and that creates a risk of cruel and unusual punishment. … Ohio was the first to use just pentobarbital, during a March 2011 execution. Other …
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