Unwittingly, Many Parents Have Become Drug Pushers

Prescription Drugs easier to buy than Beer

 

 

For the first time in the 13 years that CASA has been doing surveys on youths, teens said the prescription medication was easier to buy than beer.  The drugs come from home, parents, the medicine cabinet or friends. 

 

Unwittingly, many parents have become drug pushers.

 

The study shows that parental engagement is the most important factor in preventing prescription drug abuse.  Knowing where there kids are and tackling them on the subject of drugs can act as deterrents to possible abuse.

 

 Past generations outgrew the wild keg parties and few ever witnessed an ambulance coming to a party.  However, prescription drug abuse is dangerous and something that a kid will never outgrow if they overdose.

 

Talk to your kids about drugs.  If they are already abusing them, get them some help fast.

 

Narconon has a 76% success rate.  877-413-3073

Methadone As Pain Management

Methadone pain management has moved methadone from the clinic to the medicine cabinet.  Anyone taking a methadone prescription almost needs a rule book, or perhaps even a chaperone.  Methadone can so easily be misused, usually because of misunderstanding.

 

Some experts think that Medical Doctors should take special classes on prescribing narcotics.  This is especially true in the case of methadone.  Increased prescriptions for methadone for pain management has contributed to methadone being the fastest growing source of narcotic deaths in this country.

 

Through the years the number of methadone prescriptions for pain has increased, with more doctors prescribing it.  While doctors who work in methadone clinics are familiar with the drug and its side effects, doctors less familiar might not be as aware of the properties of methadone – it is slow to metabolize.   Some patients will think nothing of using alcohol or sedatives with the medication and any doctor prescribing it must be alert to this fact and inform every patient of the dangers.

 

We have not heard too much about methadone since the death of Anna Nicole’s son, but it is still around and anyone taking it for a while is going to be taking it for the long haul, or will need rehab.

 

Narconon can help with methadone addiction.  Call 877-413-3073

 

The New Heroin Crowd

What has changed?  Why, despite the fact that most illegal drug use is decreased, has heroin use remained constant or even increased in some areas?

 

The image of heroin addicts of the 60s living under bridges and only coming out for a fix is not accurate.  Heroin addicts are a different class of people now, though the addiction is as cruel and unforgiving as it always was.

 

The age group that is using heroin now is 18 to 26. Many live in neighborhoods that are  upper middle to upper class and come from good homes.

 

For many youth the road to heroin began innocently with prescription pain medication such as oxycontin.  For some it was even prescribed.  It’s easy to get hooked on opiates of any kind and once hooked, the 80 dollars per pill is a lot to pay.   Heroin is cheaper and with the increased purity throughout the years, has become a relatively better buy.

 

Even with its cheaper price heroin addiction leads to theft and it is usually from the family.  Many families become quite emotional about drug abuse in one of their own, but seldom truly realize the grip that opiates have on a person. 

 

Lock up your prescriptions and if someone you know has begun using heroin don’t wait.  They need treatment now.  Heroin is very addictive and it is unlikely that they will stop on their own. 

 

Call Narconon 877-413-3073