Oxycodone, Xanax, Seroquel, Vicodin, and Roxycodone are some of the most prescribed drugs on the market today. They are also some of the most addictive and therefore the most abused. Oxycodone, also called “hillbilly heroin”, is an over prescribed and much abused pain killer in the United States. Yahoo News writes, “In Florida, the death rate from Oxycodone overdose is up 265 percent in the latest five-year period.” This number is so extreme, it is almost difficult to comprehend.
Additionally, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that “the proportion of all substance abuse treatment admissions aged 12 or older that reported any pain reliever abuse increased more than fourfold between 1998 and 2008, from 2.2 to 9.8 percent.” Prescription drug abuse is bringing this nation to its knees.
Behind the over-medication and abuses of these drugs are even more staggering statistics. MSNBC reports that Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, was fined $634.5 million for lying to the public about the risk of addiction to the drug. The doctors and the pharmaceutical companies are no friend to the addict.
To truly address the problem, we have to confront the magnitude of it and aggressively handle addiction; one addict at a time. Narconon Louisiana has helped countless addicts who got caught up in prescription drug abuse. Many of these addicts had been in and out of other treatment centers or 12 Step programs to no avail. They are often told that they are “powerless” and that “relapse is a part of recovery.”
Narconon Louisiana knows there is another way. Through a long term in patient rehabilitation program, addicts are able to address the life situations which contributed to the crutch they leaned on. The crutch named Oxycotin, or Vicodin or any other pain killer. For even if there was a physical pain that started the use, some other reason was underneath the abuse. And at Narconon Louisiana, we help the addict find and fix that reason.
If your loved one is not already in prison or dead, there is still a chance for them to take control of their life; to find a permanent solution to the misery of drug and alcohol addiction, and specifically for oxycontin abuse solutions, call our hotline now by dialing 1-877-340-3602 and speak with an experienced, helpful drug counselor.
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