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Michael Jackson Prescription Drug Abuse Details
Details of Michael Jackson’s prescription drug use continue to surfac
As the public continues to be riveted to the story, our nation is receiving an inadvertent education on drug abuse, specifically prescription drug abuse.
Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent stated:
"In addiction cases, people develop a tolerance to drugs and have to take more and more pills. No matter how you cut it, this is an extremely high dosage of Xanax. It is a huge red flag, even with the tolerance that I was talking about. This dosage is exceedingly high for any human being."In a recent press conference Joseph A. Califano Jr., the National Center on Drug Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University’s director and president said:
"Aggressive marketing of controlled drugs to physicians . . . is designed to increase profits with little regard for abuse potential, Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction."The ease by which many Americans can get a prescription for powerful pain medications and psychiatric drugs is alarming.
The magnifying glass is on the prescription drug epidemic, at least for the time being.
Hopefully families who have been unable to face an addicted member will find the strength to do so, knowing that death is a real possibility for abusers. Likewise, school officials are more likely to pay heed to the fact that there are drugs being sold in their school yard.
Effective drug education can prevent unnecessary suffering and death.
Most prescription drug addictions only surrender to effective drug rehabilitation. This needs to be part of the current national intrigue and discussion about prescription drug abuse.
Narconon of Georgia provides drug treatment and education for the entire southeast region. Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program.
