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Prescription Drug Abuse Becoming an Issue in Christian County and the Surrounding Areas.

Drug abuse has become more of an issue recently in Christian County and the surrounding areas. Recently there have been two deaths related to drug abuse of not only illegal drugs such as heroin, but also prescription drugs. Sargent Alan Mills from the Taylorville Police Department said over the past 5-10 years, in the area, there have been some spikes in prescription drug abuse, and that these drugs are just as dangerous as illegal ones.

Mills said that people misuse their prescription drugs because they find out that other people want them, and the pill means more to them than it does for the person in pain.

For more information or to contact Mills, call him at 217-824-2211. Sargent Mills recently appeared on the NEWSTALK WTIM Morning Show. 

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