Tough on Drugs

A new study to evaluate treatments for addiction to prescription painkillers is being launched in California. This is the first large-scale study to assess whether addiction to opioid painkillers, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, can effectively be treated with drug treatments currently used for heroin addiction.

Posted on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...163701.htm

To me the treatment of an addiction to prescriptions with prescriptions is hilarious. I think you are just picking one evil and replacing it with another lesser evil. You are still doing the same thing as before just society will see you as a better person for your new, lesser addiction.