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Dan Riding forwarded this article from KSL, posted yesterday, March 22nd. I encourage all to read through it. (Thanks Dan!) The key points of the article include:
- Of the 278 Utahns who died of Rx Drug Overdose from Oct. 2008 to Oct. 2009, 83% suffered from chronic or ongoing pain, 78% were between the ages of 25 and 54, and 49% had received treatment for prescription drug abuse.
- His sister Samantha stated, "...We didn't want to accept the fact that he was doing drugs. We were enabling him... I think if we had recognized it earlier..."
- His mother said, "It can happen to anybody in any family. It's better to go overboard a little in saying 'You get in and get help.' You just don't stop. You have to keep after them."
