In a January 2010 editorial from the “Annals of Internal Medicine,” we learned that opioids are the “most commonly prescribed” medicines in this country and that the rate of prescriptions for this class of drug has risen 800% in the past ten years. The opinion pieced centered on the idea that the practices surrounding the […]
Addiction is a family disease. That may not sound exactly correct on the outside, but if you take an inside look at the disease you’ll quickly realize how dramatically it impacts not only the one afflicted, but those who live with them, care about them and love them. It goes beyond “I’m only hurting myself,’ […]