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Michael Jackson Prescription Drug Addiction
Now is a good time for families, communities and nations to discuss the reality of prescription drug abuse
As a nation we still have time to face the stark truths about this epidemic of drug addiction – to not do so will be deadly to this civilization.
Narconon of Georgia is leading the way through information campaigns and drug prevention.
More than 15 million Americans abuse controlled substances—double the amount from a decade ago, according to a report issued by CASA.
Most people understand that there are times when the proper medication is life saving and necessary. Some ailments such as diabetes require long-term maintenance, but not everything can be treated with a pill.
As our population is lulled into the safety and normalcy of fixing everything with medication is it any wonder that prescription drug abuse and subsequent addiction are on the rise at an alarming rate and that we are burying another internationally known artist?
Young people are more addicted now to what they find in the medicine cabinet, than what they find on the street, and for the first time, in some parts of the country, more people are dying from overdoses of pharmaceuticals than street drugs. Prescription drug abuse is the second most commonly abused substance now (excepting alcohol). This didn’t use to be the case.
Ads tell millions that restless legs, watering eyes, depression, itchy skin and just about any other ailment can be fixed with a pill. If a person can’t afford the pills then a big bus will deliver them. It is almost as though the message is that life can be created through the right medication.
Let’s get wise. There is no pill to bring the dead back to life.
Narconon of Georgia offers drug education lectures and brochures.
Our effective drug treatment has a 76% success rate.
