When a family member is addicted to prescription drugs
Did you know that two million Americans are dependent on or abusing prescription drugs and painkillers? That being said, we need to redefine what an addict looks like today. It could be that businesswoman who appears confident and ambitious or that man who owns the local real estate agency. Did you know that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that painkiller overdoses now account for more than twice the deaths as cocaine and five times as many as heroin overdoses? A 2009 National Survey of Drug Use and Health by Columbia University found that the proportions of Americans addicted to opioids – oxycontin, vicodin, and Demerol tripled from 1991 to 2001. This article is about how to help a family member or loved one if they are addicted to prescription drugs.
Even as the faces of addiction change, so must our understanding of how best to help treat …