My blackberry alert goes off constantly with new articles. From Oakland, California to Connecticut, medical personnel and chapters of DrugFree America are stymied by the all inclusive problem that this trend is extensive.
Oakland’s KTVU reports that addiction specialists say “a disturbing trend has overtaken teenagers, especially those in affluent communities..” Again and again the drugs mentioned in the articles are Vicodin, Percocet and Oxycontin.
The Bulletin out of Philadelphia says that new data out of the federal government suggests younger and younger children are being attracted by the ads on television and the internet.
It quotes the Columbia’s CASA study (mentioned here Aug 14, that many of the “problem parents” whose actions (or not) increase the abuse of illegal and prescription drugs are to blame.
Westport CT
This article is even more specific to parents. It says that parents who have been brought up in the 60s don’t feel this issue important. (I guess their indulging in the 60’s didn’t hurt them much. How about the judgement part of their brains?)
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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