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Last year, 249 people died of prescription drug overdoses in Pinellas County. Just about everybody who knew Stacy Nicholson figured she was next. Then an empathetic judge gave her a choice: recovery, or the coffin. |
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WFTS-ABC Action News and the Tampa Bay Times present a prime time television special based on If I Die Young. Watch it Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m. Brought to you by St. Petersburg General Hospital. Related series:
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If I Die Young: Struggling with recovery from addictionEvery day, seven Floridians die of a prescription drug overdose. This is the story of Stacy Nicholson and her struggle to recover from her addiction to oxycodone. Stacy received treatment through the Pinellas County drug court as part of a program called "Ladies' Day." The deal: If she stayed away from OxyContin, Xanax and other narcotic drugs and completed a treatment program, her record would be wiped clean. But for addicts, abstinence is not a simple matter.
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