Prescription Drug Abuse Is Stealing Lives
Aug 16, 2010
According to a national study, prescription drug use in Connecticut kills more people under the age of 34 than car crashes. Substance abuse therapist Liz Jorgensen says an increasing number of teens are dying from prescription drug use, particularly from opiates that mimic heroin. Substance abuse officials in Connecticut say that teens tend to sell or barter prescription drugs raided from family members, with some stealing or altering medications they are able to buy over the counter, and that teens don’t seem to understand the dangers of these behaviors. Local experts stress the importance of parents, schools, law enforcement, the medical profession, civic leaders, and the media banding together to stress the realities of these dangerous activities.
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The News-Times