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ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWN CRACKS DOWN ON MASSIVE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
September 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 -- The California Attorney General issued the following news release:

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a crackdown on rampant prescription drug fraud in California, including the top fifty abusers who average more than 100 doctor and pharmacy visits to collect massive quantities of addictive drugs like Valium, Vicodin, and Oxycontin.

"These prescription drug addicts are abusing the system, draining time and m . . .

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