State Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
FloridaToday.com
By Kaustuv Basu
September 17, 2009 – At Merritt Island’s Hobbs Pharmacy, customers call ahead if they want to fill a prescription for OxyContin.
The powerful painkiller is not stored on site.
Mark Hobbs said this is his way of trying to fight prescription drug abuse. The family-owned pharmacy on Banana River Drive was robbed twice in 2007. “We have people with a real need for their medications,” said Hobbs, whose family has run the pharmacy for more than 40 years. “And then there are people who are addicted to the stuff and desperate for it.”
In Brevard, 199 people died from prescription drug abuse in 2007 and 2008. Prescription drug seizures by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office went up by 87 percent in 2008 compared with the year before, from 2,895 doses to 5,406 doses. (read more on story)
For more information on Oxycontin or Prescription drug addiction, call (877) 340-3602.
Back to Oxycontin Addiction Rehab Website
” During the past week during my drug rehab, I have been able to examine my life and past indiscretions. Throughout the process I experienced several things. At times I felt guilty, sometimes I was angry at myself, sometimes I was saddened by my past behavior, and other times I laughed at how young and stupid I was, but overall I felt a major relief deep in my soul for letting that garbage go. It is off my chest. I can accept it for what it is, and it no longer has an effect on me. I can see that I was doing these things not as the real me, but as a clouded, frightened version of myself.
“I realized that a lot of the things I did stemmed from being insecure about myself, my purpose, and my future. I allowed drugs to cloud me to the point that I was numb to the world and told myself I didn’tcare, when deep down I really did care. This caused me a lot of pain and made me turn to more drugs I got caught in a vicious cycle. I let the fire and drive inside myself to do well and be the best person I can be get dim. I put on a good front so that people didn’t notice how I felt about myself and about life. I lost my self-confidence.
“Now I can see the real me. I feel good about who I am. I feel confident and happy. I am focused and determined to continue on this path. I wake up every morning excited and happy to be me and I look forward to the day. I feel like a weight has been lifted and that I can and willb e the person that I want to be.”
W.B.