tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932208445791882368.post1536702722988563630..comments2008-03-13T00:29:34.814-07:00Joseph Hunkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901043695395702119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932208445791882368.post-20708357122941581972008-03-13T00:29:00.000-07:002008-03-13T00:29:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment Steve - feel free to check in anytime here or let me know if you want to be featured in some guest posts where we could discuss your work, especially in terms of particular drugs you see as the most dangerous to use and abuse.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901043695395702119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932208445791882368.post-55140420503844164942008-03-10T08:09:00.000-07:002008-03-10T08:09:00.000-07:00This is a serious problem and is another consequence of our prescription drug epidemic. Somehow we have become convinced that we no longer have to confront our problems but simply take a pill to not handle the problem but hide the symptoms.<BR/><BR/>As the director of Novus Medical Detox, I daily see the ravages caused by prescription drug addiction created by doctors prescribing it to their patients and then the patients either continuing to obtain it or purchasing these drugs on the internet or the street. Probably the worst of these drugs is OxyContin--legal heroin. <BR/><BR/>Pain is real. I have had to deal with it much of my life first from polio and then from two surgeries. However, there are alternatives to painkillers and they must be tried first. Let's not treat the symptoms but the cause.<BR/><BR/>Prescription drug addiction is an epidemic and we must do everything we can to stop it before it overwhelms us. Education is a must. Detox and rehab are the only solutions for people who are addicted and have decided that they must change their lives.<BR/><BR/>Steve Hayes<BR/>http://novusdetox.comStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07432095709356409251noreply@blogger.com