The Abuse of Prescription Drugs / Documentary Video


 

The Abuse of Prescription Drugs / Documentary Video – The abuse of prescription drugs is quickly becoming an epidemic. They’re easy to get and simple to distribute. Gone are the days when people need to go to a seedy street corner to get high. Now, they just need to go to a medicine cabinet or visit the doctor. While many communities are just beginning to figure out how to handle this legal drug problem, anti-drug groups in Tennessee have had a head start. For years, Tennessee held the unwanted distinction as the nations top state for prescription drug abuse. That is changing, thanks to hard work and cooperation. The people from Tennessee will share their experiences during this hour-long MCTFT broadcast. There will be no expert panel discussion, just advice from the people in the field. Learn how citizens in Tennessee discovered the problem and took control. Hear from coalition leaders, law enforcement, doctors, pharmacists, insurance executives, and others. See what they did so you can bring it into your own communities. Learning Objectives: See how anti-drug groups in Tennessee discovered the prescription drug problem Find out how cooperation is making a difference Learn what law enforcement officers are seeing and how they are adapting to the new drug problems Hear how health care providers are trying to protect themselves and their patients From the public domain, courtesy of the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT)

 

James W. Strawn: Prescription drug abuse is killing us

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — I have worked in the mental health community since 1984. I recall days of yesteryear when I would receive calls from family members concerned about their loved ones mental or emotional state. The conversations usually ended up …
Read more on Charleston Gazette

 

Teen prescription drug abuse: 8 tips for parents

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

During October and November, the Healthy Kids blog examines the epidemic of teen prescription drug abuse through the stories of teens and young adults in recovery, their parents and treatment experts. You'll get a first-hand look at a problem that's …
Read more on Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

 

From Twitter:

Prescription Drug Addiction: Legal, but Lethal | Your Take? | Read More: http://t.co/0xINTyJQ – by AddictionCult (Addiction Culture)

 

From Twitter:

@MrRPMurphy Will you do a prescription drug addiction storyline on Glee? or is that too much? – by FoxieLoxie (Karen Kilby ?)

 

From Twitter:

RT @rehabteens: RT @rehabteens: Parents face their own struggle as their son battles an addiction http://t.co/En2S5Icq – by cleanandcrazy (Mike Murphy)

 

22 Responses to The Abuse of Prescription Drugs / Documentary Video

  • Mulano23 says:

    For videos of a real addict,look up,”Life of an addict” or go to my page! Also videos of hot chicks,too!?

  • John Haines says:

    If anyone using drugs and wants to get clean? try watching the story of johnny haines on you tube here

  • yourZACHness says:

    Anyone ever seen Methadonia? They mix methadone and xanax and it’s suppose to feel the exact same way as heroin does. No? thank you lol

  • dylanwink111 says:

    Thank? god I’m not the only one who heard the monster voice. I thought satan was about to take my soul!

  • Will Moore says:

    XANEX BARS!!!?

  • bonghitsandbigtits says:

    hydromorfun!? haha

  • LtUnreal says:

    7:36?

  • katerosstheboss says:

    doctors make their money off clients. clients? get prescribed things like xanax, riddilin, oxycotin, ect. and half the time their clients don’t even need these medications. It is so easy to go into a doctor, lie to the, and get these drugs as well. America is crazy!

  • MegaDaddyjake says:

    OXYMORPHONE!!!!!!?

  • jimibeckert says:

    Those duragesic patches will get you. They get you really high. It is standard thing to hid your d’s. hide your d”s. and doctors can turn you into a junkie. There is never enough pills, After time it is better you do heroin.? It is cheaper and more powerful.

  • jimibeckert says:

    What are you? going to do. Some people need them. Some people will abuse them. They way the state fixes it is to take them away. What about those who need them?

  • jimibeckert says:

    When they say don’t take with booze that is? actually a recommendation

  • rowtide14 says:

    lortabs 10 mg percocet 10 mg xanax and them roxy 30 mg?

  • OnThatPowder says:

    my trailer burned down, i live? at a homeless shelter

  • DIng Recto says:

    Sell it with a medical License but? in a quick way.

  • pavelcernik says:

    loool go back to? your trailer, trailer trash

  • OnThatPowder says:

    WTF!!! am i High or was there like a? monster voice in the background around 7:40 …….

  • OnThatPowder says:

    u sound real smart. must be from Tennessee, dumb ass fuck boy. u aint crunk, u aint trill. ?

  • pavelcernik says:

    and that way would be? ?

  • DIng Recto says:

    Damn I noticed in some states prescription drugs are sold the same way that “medicinal Pot” is sold in My area here in Oakland. ?

  • pavelcernik says:

    if some doctor tells me that i or my kids need? to take medication…..i will be like FUCK NO NIGGA HERE SMOKE SOME WEED INSTEAD…….aint no big pharma gonna make me spend thousands of dollars on chemical shit

  • marynespolo says:

    Just ask yourself how so many of these? pills are available. its not like somebody makes it in secret.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *