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Prescription Drug Addiction: The Hidden Epidemic: A Guide to Coping and Understanding
Millions of Americans are addicted to prescription drugs. Many of these addicts are average citizens, with no prior history of drug abuse, who became "hooked" after first using the drugs for legitimate medical reasons. Now, having escalated their drug usage, they cannot stop. The destructive course of addiction rips at the thread of family fabric. Author Rod Colvin knows what this is like. His brother died, at age 35, as the result of his long-term addiction to prescription. Now, Colvin helps others understand the dynamics of addiction to prescription drugs. In addition to clearly defining addiction and how it occurs, Colvin balances compelling anecdotes of personal recovery with insightful reports from addiction medicine specialists.
