Prescription Addiction

Prescription Painkillers: Protect Yourself and Your Family

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 04.01.2012

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.

If you or someone in your family needs a prescription painkiller to manage pain -- as many people do -- you and your doctor can take steps to avoid accidental overdoses.

The Prescription Opiate Arms Race

Gregory Bunt, M.D. | Posted 03.10.2012

Gregory Bunt, M.D.

Plans for the manufacture and sale of hydrocodone pills five to 10 times more potent than is now available is a warning sign of an escalation of what we might call the "prescription opiate arms race" among pharmaceutical companies.

Finally: Obama to Eliminate Narcotic Abuse!

Stanton Peele | Posted 06.20.2011

Stanton Peele

Americans are becoming more dependent on drugs, despite years -- decades -- of our War on Drugs. Somehow, confiscating marijuana, cocaine, and illicit painkillers has not reversed our addictive proclivities.

What Cindy McCain and Michael Jackson Have in Common

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Stanton Peele

In family courts around the United States, children are taken from parents addicted to drugs. I observed this first hand in New Jersey, where I defended such parents.

Jakson's Funeral won't Convince Fans he has Passed, Just like Elvis

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Francesca Biller-Safran

As sure as the sun will rise and set tomorrow during Michael Jackson's fairy tale-like, surreal and massively-orchestrated funeral, thousands of fans ...