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Oxycontin:
Fast Trip To Addiction?
Limbaugh
Controversy Renews Spotlight On Potent
Painkiller
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(CBS) As drug abuse
allegations swirl around him, Rush Limbaugh was
still refusing to answer questions about his own
troubles -- instead bringing up an old adversary.
"People are saying that I'm being
'Clintonesque', that I'm waiting until I know
everything I have to deal with so that I can
figure out what I have to lie about," he said on
his radio program. "I am waiting to find out just
exactly what I am facing legally."
According to law enforcement sources,
Limbaugh is part of a black market prescription
drug investigation in South Florida.
The
claim he may have abused the prescription
painkiller Oxycontin, as CBS News Correspondent
Byron Pitts reports, puts a spotlight on an
issue the Drug Enforcement Agency calls the
fastest growing epidemic in America.
"Oxycontin will get you hooked real
quick," says Richard, a former drug user, who
asked to remain anonymous. "I lost two businesses.
I lost two wives."
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Hi
Everyone!
We
probably have one of the best jobs in the
world.
We are helping people implement their
decision to get off unneeded or unwanted drugs
and, in the words of several of our recent alumni,
get their lives back. Well, we
get to see them change almost hourly and it is so
fulfilling and wonderful. We just
want to share with you one success
story.
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From A Mother Who Just
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"It
was the best. Safe,
warm, loving, full of care and all needs
imaginable met with a smile. I came on seven meds
from opiates to amphetamines, all doctor
prescribed.
I was existing, not living my life. Thanks to
your support, love and security, I am now going
home Drug Free. I now have
so many options because my head is clear and I can
think for myself and feel real feelings rather
than walking around in a drug induced coma. I
would like to thank each and everyone from
beginning to end. Thanks
from my heart and soul."
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Why Use Novus For
Medical Detox? |
The people who should come to Novus for
medical detoxification are those who are taking
drugs that are ruining their quality of life, and
who are ready to regain control of their
lives. At Novus,
we educate our patients as to how drugs
affect them and encourage them to come off all
drugs that are not medically required. Once off
the drugs, many patients find that some of their
symptoms were being caused by the drugs. For
others, they may still have symptoms, but we
encourage them to get medical help from a
physician who seeks to cure the cause of a problem
and not just use a pill to treat the symptom. As we tell
our patients, why not try to find and handle the
cause and if that fails, you can always take a
pill.
If
the person who came to Novus has an addiction
problem, we educate the patient and their family
that detoxification is really only the first
step.
Once they are safely detoxed, we help the
patient find a rehabilitation facility that has
verifiable statistics of at least 65% of their
patients who complete their program do not revert
to drug use.
Unfortunately, many of the rehab facilities
have as many as 75% to 90% of their patients
reverting to drug use after they complete the
program.
All
of our patients are referred to appropriate
professionals who will help them when they leave
Novus.
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