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The number 1 group growing in addiction is those over 55 and it is to prescribed drugs.
The major factor 99% of doctors average at most 8 hours of addiction classes and most of those are as electives.
The fact of the matter is the drug companies can come to a doctor and swear there is nothing wrong with this pill..... then the doctor sees the patient running out faster and faster and decides to just cut the patient off, not realizing there can be serious withdrawals or addiction problems there.
I see it way too often with Benzodiazepines and the narcotic and non narcotic (like Ultram) painkillers. These people once the doctor cuts them off 9/10 times will get their drugs off the street or doctor shop or steal RX pads... they will do whatever it takes to feed the addiction.
The saddest part of my job is when I have clients who never did drugs, barely if ever drank but needed painkillers or anti-depressants for some reason and got hooked. They have the hardest time reconciling with their addictions because, "the doctor prescribed them and I never did illegal drugs but these were prescribed by a doctor who knows what I need." too many lives destroyed because of that and the doctors who never cared enough to learn about addiction.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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