| It seems like everyday we are flooded with | | | | become a drug driven society. |
| propaganda for drugs. It is in our schools, | | | | Prescription drug abuse is tearing our society apart. It |
| government, work place and at home. While we are | | | | is now the biggest drug threat to date. Despite |
| in the middle of an illegal drug epidemic, while addicts | | | | warnings and drug education people are still under the |
| are becoming younger and younger and while the | | | | impression that if it is prescribed by a doctor than it |
| war on drugs rages in Mexico, these pro-drug | | | | is safe. The only real way to handle this growing |
| messages are mixing with the anti-drug messages | | | | problem is to focus on rehabilitating current addicts. |
| and creating a conflicting message. | | | | There are several different ways that people can go |
| We are told that drugs are bad, they will kill you, yet | | | | about rehabilitating themselves from a drug addiction. |
| we are also told that drugs will help you, sometimes | | | | The only constant is that a drug abuse problem |
| even the very drugs that people are abusing. It is not | | | | needs to be handled immediately. So, the next time |
| often that you can watch a television show without | | | | that you're in front of your television and another |
| seeing one commercial for the newest, latest, better | | | | commercial comes on for a new sleeping pill or a new |
| drug. And it is not often where a school year goes | | | | pain medicine, remember that someone is watching |
| by and a child is not put on heavy psychiatric | | | | that and has just decided to use it for something |
| medicine that will supposedly handle their inability to | | | | other than prescribed. |
| sit still for seven hours. We have, in actuality, | | | | |