Saturday, 18 July 2009

• GOOD ARTICLE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE

  This article, in the Indiana Gazette, written by Sam Kusic, very simply explains a big problem.  Prescription drug abuse is increasing with our youth and many of them are getting the drugs from home.  Percodan, vicodin, Oxycontin – just to name a few are just a grab away for many kids, who don’t know any better.

  The article also points out that heroin and methadone are getting stronger – not a good sign and more potential for drug addiction.

  The article is overall a good summary of what is going on in the area of addiction.

  This piece points out all the more reason why we need more effective drug treatment and we need it now.   If we don’t have more drug rehab, then the prisons we are building today are sure to be filled tomorrow with these same 12 -18 year old kids that this article is talking about.

  The choice is really up to us, the people and the final decision determines the fate of the society because of the scope of the problem.

  Here is an excerpt from that article:

  “Teenagers looking to score some drugs these days aren't going any farther than the home medicine cabinet, according to a specialist in drug and alcohol addiction.

  Kenneth A. Dickinson, a pharmacist and marketing director for Gaudenzia Inc., an operator of drug and alcohol treatment programs and centers, said Thursday that while use of illicit drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines, has leveled off or declined, abuse of prescription medication is on the rise.
  
  Dickinson spoke Thursday morning at the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute's annual summer school conference. The institute is sponsored by Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
  
  The weeklong seminar brings together teachers, guidance counselors, social workers, counselors, therapists and others. They hear from a variety of experts, who speak about issues related to high-risk youths and techniques for helping them.”

  http://www.indianagazette.com/articles/2009/07/18/news/indiana_county/10019653.txt

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