INVESTIGATING NEPA IS BACK
PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEATHS This week, Action 16 Investigates looked at the problem of prescription drug overdose deaths, and I was honored to speak with local police, county coroners, and the mother of a man who died of an overdose death four years ago. This is a problem receiving little attention and that can be a deadly oversight. Our report revealed that prescription drug overdose deaths in Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Monroe Counties have skyrocketed in the last five years. Three times as many people die from prescription drugs as the street drug we parents worry about like heroin and cocaine. But those are the statistics. The human stories behind the numbers really tell the story. I had the pleasure of interviewing Carol Coolbaugh of West Pittston, who in her son’s memory, talks to D.A.R.E. program elementary school students to tell a precautionary tale about Erik Coolbaugh. ...