THE DARK AGES

Intense marketing and a resultant 150% rise in the numbers of prescriptions written has resulted in a growing number of people addicted to prescription drugs.

In a recent press conference Joseph A. Califano Jr., the National Center on Drug Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University’s director and president said:

“Aggressive marketing of controlled drugs to physicians . . . is designed to increase profits with little regard for abuse potential, Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction.”

The ease by which many Americans can get a prescription for powerful pain medications and psychiatric drugs is alarming.

Drug seekers are people that are trying to get high. They will say or do almost anything to get what they want.  Health care professionals who are just trying to help are unfortunately easy prey for these individuals.

Very few physicians receive any training in spotting drug seeking behavior.  Pharmacists report more training but it is not they that actually write the prescriptions.

More than 15 million Americans abuse controlled substances—double the amount from a decade ago, according to a report issued by CASA.  This represents a clear problem for America because there is virtually no increase in drug treatment available.

Califano said, “I am disturbed that more than 28 percent of pharmacists say they fail to regularly validate the prescribing physician’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number when dispensing controlled substances.Today more people are abusing controlled-prescription drugs than the combined number who abuse cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, and heroin.”

Without educating pharmacists and physicians who prescribe these drugs on the signs for potential abuse, drug companies are guilty of criminal negligence.

Unless there is a dramatic increase in the availability of drug treatment for those already addicted, the epidemic will only increase.

History will view this era as a dark age – if civilization exists long enough to move into a more enlightened age.

Narconon drug treatment 877-413-3073

Michael Jackson’s Death Calling Attention to Prescription Drug Abuse

Close friend to Jackson, Deepak Chopra, reported that Jackson had asked him for prescriptions to pain killers in the past. Chopra said that he then realized that Michael must have been asking many people for prescriptions to the powerful drugs.

In an article in the Huffington Press, Chopra in part blames Jackson’s dependence on these drugs on medical colleagues who failed to realize Jackson’s growing addiction could lead to his death.

Jackson is known to have taken prescriptions ranging from Xanax to Demerol.

Oxycodone and hydrocodone are both synthetic opiate pain relievers similar to Demerol which Jackson is reported to have been injected with shortly before his cardiac arrest.

Narconon Realization

Here is the Narconon realization for the day, written in the hope that someone will reach for help.  Whatever drug a person has abused, whether it is methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin or pot, there is hope.  Things really can get better.

“Class was simply amazing for me today.  It really opened my eyes on how much patience I have gained since starting this course.  This is the biggest single gain I have had so far.  My whole life I have never had patience and now I feel stronger than I ever have.  I have really learned to take the time and observe things.

I have also realized that by using my mind and actually taking the time to think about my actions I can change the course of things.

I cannot explain in words how much stronger I feel inside.  I have gained self confidence, control, patience and most of all, an inner peace that I don’t think I have ever felt in my entire life.”

Narconon drug treatment – Find yourself.

877-413-3073

Good Decision

Reviewing the possibility of pulling prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen and other pain killing ingredients off the shelf, might be one of the most responsible activities that we have witnessed in a while regarding prescription medication.

NONE THE WISER

This article is interesting in that lives may be saved by naloxone, but the victims will be none the wiser.  Without adequate drug prevention and drug education following a drug overdose, the next time might not work out.  What if no one remembers to bring the naloxone?

Narconon Drug Treatment Program 877-413-3073

“A pioneering Chicago program that allows opiate addicts and their friends to administer the anti-overdose medication naloxone to those in distress has been replicated in 17 states, Time magazine reported May 29.

The Chicago Recovery Alliance has distributed more than 11,000 anti-overdose kits through needle-exchange programs and other sites. In at least 1,000 instances, friends and fellow drug users have administered naloxone (Narcan) to overdosing opiate users, saving hundreds of lives, according to Chicago Recovery Alliance head Dan Bigg.

Narcan is commonly used in emergency rooms and by EMTs to stop overdoses in progress, but distributing the drug to addicts allows for a faster response to a crisis and helps avoid the situation where users are afraid to call for help because they don’t want to be arrested for drug use.”

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/17-states-give-anti-overdose.html

Narconon drug treatment services those addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, pot, Oxycontin and other drugs of abuse.