Help for Prescription Pain Killer Addiction

Posted by Tony Bylsma on December 27, 2010 under How to Help a Drug Addict | 15 Comments to Read

Addiction to prescription painkillers is way out of control. Now it is the most commonly mentioned drug in our rehab Man addicted to pain killersclinics. We’re making room for new addicts entering everyday.  I started working in the field of addiction rehab more than thirty years ago and I have never seen this type of surge.  Even crystal meth is taking a back seat to hydrocodone and oxycodone.

Many Health Clinics dole out prescriptions to heavy opioid painkillers such as these with not enough attention to the possibility their patient is an addict. Some of these clinics have even earned the nick-name, “Pill-Mills”.

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A video that I just can’t get out of my mind.

Posted by Tony Bylsma on December 14, 2010 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education | 2 Comments to Read

I don’t normally post videos from other sources, but this affected me so hard when I saw it, I just had to share. Our international efforts need to be multiplied by a factor of 5000!

Tony Bylsma, EzineArticles.com Basic PLUS Author 

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