| Jackson had been treated for addiction and entered rehab several times since then, but always relapsed. He had been receiving daily injections of Demerol, a powerful opiate-based painkiller, prior to his death. Jackson’s addiction to painkillers, and subsequent death, is but one example of what can, and does, happen in thousands of cases every year. Don’t let you or a loved one fall victim to the ravages of opiate addiction. Call the Kaye Clinic for Ultra Rapid Detox today. Take the most important step towards recovery --- the first one.
Opiate addiction is a big deal these days for good reason; it's the fastest growing drug addiction problem by far. As the world continues to mourn the death of Michael Jackson and the details of his final hours emerge, it appears that it may be another in a long line of celebrity drug overdoses. Jackson is reported to have taken a number of painkillers known as opioids on a regular if not daily basis.
Michael Jackson inhabited his own rarified world, and we are used to hearing about drug overdoses in the context of fast-lane inhabiting music and film stars, like Jackson and Heath Ledger, who died of an opioid overdose last year. But even among average Americans, deaths from drug overdoses have been rising and have reached crisis levels in our country. A recently-released report by the Drug Policy Alliance documents the extent of the problem: drug overdose is now the second-leading cause of accidental death in America, surpassing firearms-related deaths. Many of those affected are young people. Among teenagers there has been a steep rise in misuse of prescription drugs. A December 2008 survey of high school seniors reported that more than 15 percent of high school seniors reported using prescription drugs for non-medical reasons. But it’s not just young people who are dying of overdoses: overdose is the number-one injury-related killer among adults in Michael Jackson’s age group: 35-54.
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“I attended the CASA “Wounds of War” Conference last month. It highlighted the problems our military personnel and their families are facing because of the steadily increasing use of painkillers by military personnel wounded or injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a subject that is near and dear to me. My father was a Disabled WWII Veteran who was severely wounded while serving as a Combat Engineer in Burma. He suffered with pain for the rest of his life. My oldest son is an Infantry Officer who served 12 years as an Enlisted Man and Non-Commissioned Officer with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He has served multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries such as Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo. Like many of his “Ranger Buds” and Infantry comrades, he suffers from combat wounds and injuries. He is not unique. The number of soldiers wounded and injured is enormous. For many, addiction to painkillers is another “wound” that adds to their suffering. Some take extreme action to eliminate the use of painkillers. One young Ranger who became addicted to Oxycontin after being wounded, opted to have his foot amputated rather than “live the rest of [his] life addicted to painkillers”.
Our military personnel need our support while serving in combat and after returning home. They need access to Interventional Pain Management treatment that can alleviate pain without the use of addictive painkillers. They need access to competent treatment for elimination of addiction to painkillers when the addictive qualities of painkillers have driven them to that condition. Please do whatever you can to help support programs that provide treatment for our Wounded Warriors.” --- Ed Runci
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