Chronic Pain Ranks Well Below Drug Addiction as a Major Health Problem in New …

Published April 13, 2013

Chronic pain ranks well below drug addiction as a major health problem in new …
The number of unintentional overdose deaths from prescription pain relievers has quadrupled since 1999, outnumbering those from heroin and cocaine combined. As drug addiction becomes more prevalent, most Americans are split on whether addiction and … Read more on EurekAlert (press release)

Drugs devastate lives
… (physical and psychological dependence) for such substance. Abstinence from the drug results in an unpleasant and painful physical reaction. … He, somehow, developed addiction to cocaine. As could be expected, in less than five years, he lost his … Read more on Malaya