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  • Prescription drug abuse a growing problem Play Video

    March 1, 2012 7:46 PM

    Prescription medications are frequently making their way into the wrong hands, and much too often it's teenagers who are suffering as a result. In 2009, the most recent year on record, 445 people in Colorado died from abusing pain pills. Pill popping is also the second most frequent drug abused... more »
  • Police: 2 students arrested for sharing pills at local high school Play Video

    February 8, 2012 6:23 PM

    Police say two local students at Sand Creek High School have been arrested on charges of possessing illegal narcotics and conspiracy after a parent complained that a number of students were selling perscription pills to other students. That parent, Barry Bateman, says when found his daughter after work Tuesday,... more »
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