Comments on: What is addiction?/2009/08/06/what-is-addiction/Name of Excellence in alternative & borderless journalism.Together we stitch the world & make a difference. Leading today for tomorrow. Sindh lives hereThu, 06 Aug 2009 13:29:35 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: steve hayes/2009/08/06/what-is-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1693Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:58:13 +0000/?p=1082#comment-1693Yes, addiction is a symbol of someone who is seeking to handle a problem with chemicals. 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

]]>