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One Family's Ordeal

Amy Smith felt relief and hope when her son Ryan was diagnosed as bipolar. She was elated to have found out what was wrong and begin finding ways to help him. Then, just three days later, her relief turned to despair when Ryan died of a drug overdose.
"Smith believes that chemical addictions develop more from prescription and over-the-counter drugs than the illegal stuff the pusher is dispensing on the street corner."
Ryan died, not from cocaine or heroin, but from a lethal mix of a narcotic painkiller and prescription pills used for treating panic disorder. Smith hopes that her son's tragic story will once again bring into the spotlight the often-talked-about, but also often-ignored dangers of prescription drug abuse. Source: Gainesville Times

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Labels: prescription_drug_abuse, bi-polar, overdose

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