Prescription Drug Abuse Makes Headlines in 2009
Prescription drug abuse and drug addiction are in the news as more people realize that the prescription drugs they are taking are highly addictive and can lead to abuse.
The past year could be called “The Year of Prescription Drug Abuse” as reports of prescription drugs being abused by celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, DJ AM, Burt Reynolds, and recently, rumors that Lindsay Lohan abuses prescription drugs grab headlines.
“The tragic news of Michael Jackson’s death really grabbed a lot of attention, but the focus and blame hasn’t been correctly pointed yet,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia. “However, even more recently, the death of DJ AM, a well-liked musician, of an overdose of cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl and Levamisole (a drug used to cut cocaine) served to point out that prescription drugs are more widely abused than previously realized.
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