Prescription Drugs

Politicians have one thing in common when it comes to dealing with the drug addiction epidemic in this country.  It can be summed up in one word – ineffectiveness.

A trillion dollar failed investment on the war on drugs and a pharmaceutical industry barreling down tracks that somehow lead to all of our towns, should be proof – This problem is being addressed by the wrong people and in fact, they seem to be making it worse.

Communities, churches, schools and families can and should unite.  If there is any hope of stemming addiction, especially with prescription drugs like Oxycontin and Adderall it is up to the communities and their leaders.

Drug Treatment Center is here to help combat the problem with drug addiction as well, fighting the war on drugs should be everyone’s focus not just a small handful of people.

Resources for drug prevention and addiction treatment can be garnered.  Just because our government can’t solve the issue doesn’t mean that we can’t.

Most of us are not being wooed by lobbyist for pharmaceuticals and still have a conscience and therefore can act.

CAMPTON, Ky. — Spurred by Rand Paul’s suggestion that drug abuse isn’t “a real pressing issue” in the Senate race, Jack Conway spotlighted Kentucky’s “epidemic” of prescription pill abuse that is costing lives and overloading the courts and prisons with addicts who turn to crime to fund their habits.

Conway, a Democrat, visited Kentucky’s mountain region on Monday where he said Paul, his Republican opponent, “just doesn’t get it” concerning painkillers like OxyContin and the impact they have had on Kentucky.

Paul shot back while visiting a faith-based addiction recovery center at Dixon in western Kentucky, accusing Conway of “pandering” for votes by mischaracterizing his concern for the state’s drug woes.

Jack Conway, Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate

It’s been recently insinuated somehow that I don’t care about the drug problem in Kentucky, and that’s absolutely wrong,” Paul told reporters Monday before touring the Wingshadow Lodge of Western Kentucky Teen Challenge, a drug treatment center for men that doesn’t rely on taxpayer money.

Paul, a tea party favorite who advocates a more limited federal government, said he prefers local initiatives over federally based responses to combat drug trafficking and addiction woes afflicting Kentucky.

Meanwhile, Conway took part in a round-table discussion with local prosecutors and