Signs of continued opiate abuse
I remember reading a NY Times article last month about soaring opiate abuse amongst our military troops. Something like several hundred times more military personnel seeking treatment for opiate abuse last year compared to several years back.
I thought of this when looking over paperwork for just another client checking into our facility this week. Yup, opiate detox. Made me think of that article for some reason.
But none of the recent clients are military personnel. This isn’t just a problem of “opiate abuse in the military up 400%.” This is a general public problem. A problem on the streets and in the homes right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A.
Mothers, fathers, children, teachers, clergy, doctors, counselors, etc., etc. This problem is knocking on a lot of doors. More doors than any of us really like to imagine. But I see them knocking at my door now. I’m sitting here looking at up trending statistics in my facility for the past year. It’s easily our greatest detox program item at this point.
Opiate abuse is not a foreign neighbor. Open your eyes and it is very possibly sitting right next door. And those being affected by it I guarantee you are quietly screaming for help. And I’m not talking just about the users. I’m talking about those loved ones around the users. The wife. The daughter. The husband. The son. The grandparent.
But hey! Let’s just take more pain killers and kill the thought of it. Yeah, it’ll be all good after that. Yeah, it’ll be all good.
Tags: Hydrocodone detox, Opiate Abuse, Opiate Detox, Oxycontin Addiction
Great post dude. So sad what happens with them!
Thanks. Yeah, it definitely is sad what happens. And what traps the general public fall into regarding getting stuck on meds.