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Defining moments in Rx addiction
December 2012
In This Issue
An Amazon Review
The Blogosphere
Rx Drug Addiction in the News
Brandon Update
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Amazon Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars

A Must Read!, November 21, 2012

By Natalie Costa 

"For parents who are dealing with the addition of someone they love, it is important to understand that you are not alone. Bradley and his family have lived the horror of dealing with their son's addiction. This is a no B.S. book - with a straight forward approach to recognizing, admitting and dealing with addiction. The addict lives a life in hell - and drags their loved ones along for the ride. This is a must read for anyone who is dealing with drug use and addiction in their family."

 
The Blogosphere 

Check out these sites/posts you may have missed: 

 

The FDA's Commitment to Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse

 

What is a friend? 

Spreading the message

 

I am proud to announce that I'm now on the expert panel at Kids Edge Magazine, which supports a social skills curriculum for parents who recognize the need to take an active role in providing life skills education to their kids. I am looking forward to contributing periodically to their content. Check out Kids Edge and pass it on. 

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I received another heartbreaking email the other day that started like this: "I have just finished reading both of your books, which I found mentioned in the Sacramento Bee. I wish I would have known of them before now. My 28 year old son died [in June] from a drug overdose. I found him unresponsive, no pulse, after returning home from work one day." She went on to say, "Your second book was so right on," and told me she was going to share it with someone she knew who needed to read it. 

 

Thank you so much for the kind words, and I am so sorry for your loss. 

 

Oh, here it is again. The time of year where we really feel the loss of our loved ones; the time of year where we really feel stress, and where our addicts really struggle to stay clean, perhaps more than any other time. What can we do but stick together and move ahead?  

 

Please join me as I work to provide information to families before addiction takes over their lives, and provide support to others who, like me and my family, have an addict among us. 

 

Best regards,  

 

Bradley V. DeHaven

brad@rxdrugaddict.com 

Rx Drug Addiction in the News
 

CNN's Dr. Gupta has been pounding the Rx Drug abuse story. The doctor admits he knew little about this epidemic until Former President Clinton approached him. I'd venture a guess that most doctors don't know that legal prescriptions are addicting and killing 1 person every 19 minutes and admitting about 300,000 people a day to the ER overdosing. This is not to mention the rash of babies addicted to Opiates. Remember all the press on crack-babies in the '80s?Now it is opiate-babies. 

Is this news coverage enough? What can you do to help move this epidemic from the obituary page to the front page? 

Read more here.  

Brandon Update 

portrait of Brandon

Last month, Brandon saw another friend, the tenth one, lose his life because of prescription drug addiction and overdose. It is so tragic, the way these stories are playing out in the obituary pages of our newspapers but aren't visible on the front pages. This epidemic should be a front page story. 

Brandon is hanging in there; he's sad, of course. He keeps on keepin' on, works out, eats right, works hard. Makes us proud. 

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