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Prescribed drug abuse is not just on the upswing-- it has become a national problem, based on a recent White House study revealing a 400 percent increase in [http://www.non12step-drugrehabs.org alternative drug rehab] treatment admittances for prescription pain-pills abuse between 1998 and 2008. The information emphasizes the need for regulation amid a way of life that has become progressively reliant on more potent and addictive prescription medicines, say experts. The misuse use of prescription painkiller is presently the second-most common form of illicit substance abuse in America "and its adverse effects are seen in substance abuse rehab facilities and hospital emergency departments throughout our the U.S.," says Pamela Hyde, supervisor of The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in a report. The facts are being released to emphasize a problem that has become all too frequent through the high-profile deaths of such personalities as Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith. However, the problem impacts all ages and socioeconomic levels, says Dr. Scott Glaser, president of Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago. From '94 to '03, the number of doctor's prescriptions for controlled substances climbed from 21 million to 355 million each year, says Doctor Glaser. The number of admittances for misusage of prescription pain pills to hospital emergency rooms soared from some 35,000 in 1994 to over 300,000 in 2008, he includes. "There has been a solid push among doctors in recent years to become more aggressive in focusing on pain," he mentions. "This has led to the dramatic surge in opiates like morphine, but the trouble is there hasn't been a whole lot of research to go along with that." The abuse of these powerful drugs is an indication of a much more wide-spread social problem, says dependency specialist Clare Kavin of The Waismann Method, a Non 12 Step facility for narcotic addiction, which has treated many star addicts. "We are in a acculturation of immediate gratification and nobody will stomach even the smallest discomfort anymore," she says. This underlying mindset leads many patients to require stronger pain relievers when reduced strength-- but non-addictive-- pharmaceuticals would have been sufficient before, she adds.
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