Psychiatric Drugs and Rehab: down the psycho-pharmacological rabbit hole
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara December 16, 2013 Under the guise of “treating” another psychiatric “brain disease,” psychiatrists are leading alcohol and substance abusers down the…
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Military’s drug policy threatens troops’ health, doctors say
Army leaders are increasingly concerned about the growing use and abuse of prescription drugs by soldiers, but a Nextgov investigation shows a U.S. Central Command policy that allows troops a 90- or 180-day supply of highly addictive psychotropic drugs before they deploy to combat contributes to the problem.
Drug formulary includes drugs like Valium and Xanax, used to treat depression, as well as the antipsychotic Seroquel, originally developed to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, mania and depression.
Dr. Grace Jackson, a former Navy psychiatrist, told Nextgov she resigned her commission in 2002 “out of conscience, because I did not want to be a pill pusher.”
Prescription drug use widespread, dangerous
The abuse of prescription drugs is one of college campuses’ best kept secrets. Pharmaceutical pills don’t require a wet towel under a door, open windows or even mellow neighbors. A single pop and it’s as if that pill had never existed. With more than 50 million teenagers diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, it’s a painless effort to find a friend who can supply.
Our Drug-Obsessed Nation: Obsessed with ‘feeling good’ & ‘forgetting our problems’—prescription drug abuse skyrockets
Not many people would be surprised to find that drug abuse is on the increase, but they may be surprised to find that the increase is not in illegal drug abuse but pharmaceutical drug abuse. Emergency room visits have increased 110% over the last 5 years, due to prescription drug abuse.
ADHD drug abuse by 13-19 year olds rose 76% from 1998 to 2005
The researchers looked for cases of intentional abuse or misuse of ADHD medications in youths 13 to 19 years old from 1998 through 2005.
They found that over the eight-year study period, the number of calls to poison control centers regarding ADHD medication use went up 76 percent, from 330 calls during the first year to 581 calls the last year.