Country singer Ruston Kelly restarts sobriety after prescription opioid relapse following golf cart crash
America's prescription drug system handed country musician Ruston Kelly five controlled substances during a three-day hospital stay after a June golf cart accident, then sent him home with a month-long Percocet prescription. He…
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