While Brittany Murphy’s death has been ruled from “natural causes”, the fact remains that ten prescription bottles with highly addictive drugs have been found on her nightstand.
Many celebrities have succumbed to prescription drug abuse, whether they died of an accidental overdose or used prescription drugs combined with alcohol, or street drugs such as cocaine and [...]
Xanax Abused by Many, Causing Xanax Addiction
Many are now finding themselves in a drug rehab, unwittingly becoming addicted to prescription drugs.
Myra, a housewife, mother of 4, and grandmother to two, tells her story of her life before coming to The Atlanta Recovery Center to get help to quit her Xanax addiction:
I had a great life, [...]
Internet Labeled a “Pharmaceutical Candy Store”
The amount of drugs that can be obtained by many through the internet is causing concern in many.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia warns that the internet is a way that many bare getting prescription drugs- without prescriptions.
Mary Rieser, Director of The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse Causes Rising Death Tolls
There is a common misconception that prescription drugs, because they are prescribed by a doctor, are safe, and for someone who has just undergone surgery or has gone to a doctor for a sprain, prescription drugs can be a God-send.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia warns that [...]
Parties Teens Attend Can Be Deadly
You may not know this, but seven of the top ten drugs being abused by teenagers today are legal prescriptions or over-the-counter medications.
What does this have to do with your teen?
Let’s say you have teenagers.
They say that they are going to a friend’s house for a party. You, reminded of [...]
Drug Addicts Often Target Dentists and Doctors
As prescription drug abuse makes more and more headlines, drug addicts are targeting doctors and dentists more and more to “doctor shop” so that they can get more prescription drugs to feed their addiction.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia advises doctors and dentists not to become [...]
The Atlanta Recovery Center of Georgia , along with many local community efforts, have cleaned medicine cabinets of thousands of pounds of un-used, potentially lethal prescription drugs.
The Atlanta Recovery Center of Georgia has, for the past several years, seen a rapidly rising trend in prescription drug abuse. According to the 2006 National Survey on Drug [...]
Almost 48 million Americans have used a prescription drug nonmedically at least once in their lifetimes.
The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab warns that the nonmedical use or abuse of prescription drugs is a serious and growing public health problem in this country.
The elderly are among those most vulnerable to prescription drug abuse or misuse [...]
