“Drug Shattered Lives” – Young People and Drug Use

The Cape Cod Times recently ran a good investigative series, “Drug Shattered Lives,” about the growing incidence of drug use among the youth of Cape Cod. This series examines how young people start using drugs, some of the sources of these drugs, and some of the tragic effects of drug usage.

To access the various articles in this series, please visit:

Cape Cod Times: Pills leading Cape's youth to heroin (12 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times: Risking everything for drugs (13 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times: Prescribed: Doctor shopping feeds habits (14 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times: 'Pill mills' help supply Cape's addicts (14 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times Video Report on YouTube: Florida's Pill Mills

Cape Cod Times: Andy's Story, Part 1: Craving a high (12 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times: Andy's Story Part II: In heroin's grasp (13 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times: Andy's Story: A struggle for sobriety (14 SEP 10)

Cape Cod Times Interactive: Commonly Abused Narcotics

Cape Cod Ties Interactive: Opiates Act on Key Places in the Brain and Nervous System

Cape Cod Times: Winners, losers in drug fight (13 SEP 10)