Mental Man

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Are you on the pills? The prescription drugs that are as addictive as heroin

Filed under: cocaine abuser

Unlike cocaine or heroin users, prescription drug abusers — when they swallow their first Oxycontin tablet, for example — are unaware that they are standing on the tip of a precipice. 'Most of my patients don't even know the names of the drugs they …
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War on drugs lost; time to change strategy

Filed under: cocaine abuser

There are some built-in protections for prescription drug abusers. They are not illegal and jail time is not a natural consequence, there is a degree of acceptance by society, thus the abuser is not classified as a “scum bag.” Unlike the street drug …
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