Comments on: Speaker Pelosi Discusses the Benefits of Passing Mental Health and Addiction Bill at Wellstone Action Rally http://talkradionews.com/2008/03/speaker-pelosi-discusses-the-benefits-of-passing-mental-health-and-addiction-bill-at-wellstone-action-rally/ The Talk Radio News Service is the only information news service dedicated to serving the talk radio community. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Detoxer http://talkradionews.com/2008/03/speaker-pelosi-discusses-the-benefits-of-passing-mental-health-and-addiction-bill-at-wellstone-action-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Detoxer Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:21:35 +0000 http://talkradionews.com/2008/03/speaker-pelosi-discusses-the-benefits-of-passing-mental-health-and-addiction-bill-at-wellstone-action-rally/#comment-1070 We do need to make detox and rehab more affordable. I have not studied the legislation but our prescription drug epidemic is ruining the country and we must treat the cause. 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. Pain is real. I have had 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. Prescription drug addiction is an epidemic and we must do everything we can to stop it before it overwhelms us. Education is a must. Steve Hayes http://novusdetox.com We do need to make detox and rehab more affordable. I have not studied the legislation but our prescription drug epidemic is ruining the country and we must treat the cause.

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.

Pain is real. I have had 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.

Prescription drug addiction is an epidemic and we must do everything we can to stop it before it overwhelms us. Education is a must.

Steve Hayes
http://novusdetox.com

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