07-22-2018, 02:29 PM
Totally agree Richard, they are lumping benzos esp alps and xanax in with the 'opioid crisis' on both sides of the pond, i know hardly anyone who can get regular prescriptions for pain killers esp if they fall into the opioid catergory.
In fact i only know of 1 person who gets these types of PKs on what is know as a repeat prescription, they get it every month without having to see the gp for 3 months when they do see the gp for a check on how they are coping.
The only way people are getting stuff like xanax is from the dark net, seems a lot of younger folks are getting addicted to the faster acting benzos, how they are treated in the future is pure guess work, but there may be quite a lot who will need help with treatment, possibly in a rehab or detox facility.
At present there are no funding for residential rehabs so there is no real help, it will definatley need addressing in the future though.
We cant just leave all these people to try and wean themselves off, that is not workable for so many who become addicted to those meds.
It really is time that funds were put into help for people instead of wasting so much money on the long lost war on drugs, it was lost long before war was actually declared.
In fact i only know of 1 person who gets these types of PKs on what is know as a repeat prescription, they get it every month without having to see the gp for 3 months when they do see the gp for a check on how they are coping.
The only way people are getting stuff like xanax is from the dark net, seems a lot of younger folks are getting addicted to the faster acting benzos, how they are treated in the future is pure guess work, but there may be quite a lot who will need help with treatment, possibly in a rehab or detox facility.
At present there are no funding for residential rehabs so there is no real help, it will definatley need addressing in the future though.
We cant just leave all these people to try and wean themselves off, that is not workable for so many who become addicted to those meds.
It really is time that funds were put into help for people instead of wasting so much money on the long lost war on drugs, it was lost long before war was actually declared.