"Jeff" wrote in message
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This describes a serious problem with people getting drugs illegally.

Well, NO it does not.

This shows where improvement in monitoring prescription drug sales is
needed.

Yes, starting with the doctors who prescribe them TOO FREELY.

Then, American people could really break away from using drugs unless
absolutely necessary.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Jeff

Jeff's attention needs a jolt!

PHARMING PARTIES"

Among the most dangerous experiments are "pharming parties" where
children meet after scouring family medicine cabinets and dumping what
they find into a bowl.

Volkow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse said many teens
associate prescription drugs with family doctors, and consider them
safe, or have had positive experiences with properly prescribed
medication in their early childhood.

[note who is using the word *positive*]

Teenagers are not the only prescription drug abusers. The number of
people over the age of 55 treated for abuse of opiates, for example,
has nearly doubled between 1995 and 2002, government statistics show.
In 2003, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh admitted becoming
hooked on OxyContin.


"We're also seeing an increase in the use of these drugs in young
adults," said Lloyd Johnston, lead investigator at Michigan's
Institute for Social Research, which researches the government's


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This does NOT describes a serious problem with people getting drugs
illegally.