Entries For: 03 September 2007

The National Drug Intelligence Center's report on the state of prescription drug abuse paints a very grim picture of reality…Why we need to start giving addicts the drugs they need.

Government can't seem to reduce the flow of prescription drugs for abuse; and in those areas where they have had some success, all they've accomplished by reducing the supply is increasing local rates of heroin addiction. We need to stop thinking about this as a criminal justice issue, and start dealing with the problem as a health challenge. We need to stop addicting ever increasing generations with easy access to prescribed medications, and we need to give the already addicted the drugs they need, while also trying to effect some therapeutic change for the better. read more...