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Post by Lin on Jan 29, 2005 4:48:25 GMT -5
This week our local paper had an article about a local doctor who was arrested for causing a traffic accident where people were injured. He was tested and had 5 prescription drugs in him. I hear that happens alot with those in the medical profession becasue they ahve direct access to so many drugs.
my husband woudl invent ailments and get drugs for them. At one time he had a car accident and went to three different places in a week for lortab for the pain in his neck. he was taking lortab by the handful when he went to rehab the third time. When he went the 4th time it was overdoing clonazapam. he never caused an accident so when the police came around him he passed the alcohol breath tet and they did not arrest him.
I guess what I am saying...I think they ned to have a way to arrest people who are under the influence of prescription drugs. If they ahve a bottle with the label on it and their name, they dont go to jail. if they have a crack pipe of a bag of pot, they do. Seems jsut as dangerous to be driving to be doing either.
what do you think>?
LIN
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Post by caressa on Jan 29, 2005 10:46:00 GMT -5
Dear Lin,
Thanks for sharing, and I agree prescription drugs are a danger. They were like dried up alcohol for me. I didn't have black out with alcohol but I did with pills.
So many people claim sobriety, when in fact, they are on pill maintenance. You don't need alcohol if you have codeine in your system.
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Post by lildee on Jan 30, 2005 11:44:08 GMT -5
A drug is a drug legal or otherwise. They all had their side effects.
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Post by mrsspanish on Jan 30, 2005 21:29:52 GMT -5
thanks for sharing.... my ex gace up alcohol and became addicted to prescription drugs. did worse things to him than alcohol. he even went so far and to stael prescription pads from doctors and forge presccriptions, he was arrested 2x. the first time he got probation and this time it is still in the court system. much worse and something should be donne.
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Post by dg on Jan 31, 2005 1:32:57 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken, if someone gets pulled over for being under the influence they get arrested for it, and of course they undergo a battery of test to determine what the cause is, and then it does go into the court system from there on out, sometimes the person involved don't even complete the court order or even so much to get the help that they need. Which falls under the "denial of an addict that they are one."
Also, if someone gets into an auto accident, and someone gets injured from the person under the influence they go to jail.
So I see that the law does have rules for being under the influence no matter waht the circumstances, sometimes it just takes a while for it to all come down by those that seems to get away with it, and when it does it comes down pretty hard, usually its the family that suffers from it the most.
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Post by Lin on Jan 31, 2005 5:21:16 GMT -5
Maybe the situation here is different. The two times the police found him and he was totaly whacked out on pills, he was not behind the wheel. He was out of his car. He had the bottle with his name on it. So they did not arrest him. I cant count the times he said he was fine ...not drinking...but ended up in the hospital for one reason or another and blood tests showed pills he was taking too much of and also showed pills he was not admitting to. In 2004 alone that happened at least 5 times. Before his 3rd rehab it happened more than that.
Mrs. Spanish...the same was here. The pills did more to him than the booze ever did. He even lost his job of 32 years. he got disability insstead of retirement and now he's not allowed to work anywhere...even part time or they'll take the disability. If he had worked 1 more year he could have gotten full retirement and worked part time other places. He could have voluntarily taken retirement when he was sent home and gotten most of his retirement. Nobody explained at the time how the retirement vs the disability works. (and his disability is not Social Security...it works differently)
Thansk for the replies.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Jan 31, 2005 18:30:20 GMT -5
Have heard so many people say, "Well at least he didn't drink!" What a load of caw caw!!!
Well I didn't pick up a drink! Who are they trying to kid! A drug is a drug as you say, whether it is liquid, solid, powdered, or the flesh and blood variety.
A young fellow I knew was a chronic alcoholic at a very young age. He would go to the hospital, doctor's, and for a while, even detox, and they would give him pills to come down! Then the pills, when they ran out, would take him back to drinking and it was the same old cycle.
Many don't look for pills and consider them under the influence. When my aunt was living, many of the seniors were on medication and I was grateful that she wouldn't go on Tyenol 3s when advised by her doctor.
So many things 'mask' the pain, and people don't get to the root cause and look at why the pain is there. Often grief and anger are a big part of pain, especially of those who grew up in dysfunctional families.
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Post by Lea on Jan 23, 2006 10:00:37 GMT -5
Legal pills have put me in jail and then prison. I am still fighting the battle. I agree prescription drugs are as leathal as alcohol, cocaine or any other drugs uot there. It does affect the family terribly!!! I have an 11 year old who it has really took a toll on, now a 17 yr. old who is in rehab till she's 18. I pray everyday that our lives will one day come together and we will understand more about just how leathal these "legal" drugs are to everyone. If you will please keep me and my children inyour prayers
God bless & thank you all !!!!!!!
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Post by Gramm4 on Jan 24, 2006 6:14:41 GMT -5
For me prescription drugs were a way of life.
For a long time I considered it okay because the doctor
prescribed them. It wasn't until after I was in treatment
for several weeks before I even admitted I had a serious
problem with them. They helped me cover up the pain
when I couldn't get my hands on any alcohol. It was
very easy for me to get pretty much anything I wanted
because the doctor I had at that time wouldn't question
the reason I asked for them for. He gave me what I
wanted, pretty much when I wanted them without
blinking an eye.
For me getting off the pills was as important as getting
off the booze. It was that or succeed in killing myself.
Should people be charged for being under the influence
of prescription drugs when comitting a crime? My answer to that is YES. Prescription drugs are just as
lethal as alcohol.
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Post by mrsspanish on Feb 23, 2006 22:37:10 GMT -5
absolutely! my ex's addiction to prescriptions drugs cost him his marriage his kids, his job and just about everything in a normal life. However, he is in heavy denial and does not see it. It is so sad for him and his kids.... This is much worse than an illegal drugs. there should be some control sysytem put into place
Doris
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Post by caressa222 on Mar 3, 2019 1:36:41 GMT -5
Looking at this it makes me grateful that I am no longer there. I am on a lot of medication for my health, heart, diabetes, kidneys, stomach, etc. When I take them I feel like a pill head and I have to watch my thinking. I don't take a Narcotic that is mind altering. They tried to give me antidepressants, but I refused them as I find them mind altering for me. I take Tylenol without Codeine for pain. Meditation really helps me deal with things I use to take a pill for.  |
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Hugs, Doris
~With Peace & Love, dg~ 8*)[/b][/size]
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