Burt Reynolds, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson: Prescription Drug Abuse in America
I saw a story this weekend that Burt Reynolds had come out about an addiction he had to painkillers after a recent back surgery. He's hoping that revealing this can help bring some more attention to the soaring numbers of Americans addicted to prescription drugs.
He's certainly not the only celebrity plagued with prescription drug addiction. The recent deaths of both Michael Jackson and DJ AM were thought to be prescription drug related. Lindsay Lohan's father has been all over the news lately saying his daughter is addicted to painkillers.
This Wednesday, Current's Vanguard team will premiere a powerful hour-long documentary called "The Oxycontin Express" about prescription drug addiction and why this legal drug is so easy to get and so easy to abuse.
The Oxycontin Express (Trailer)
Tune in to Current TV this Wednesday at 10 ET or at 10 PT.
Also from the Prescription Drug Abuse Group:
- America's Drug Problem-- Not Heroin, Crack, Coke, Weed, or Meth
- In 16 states, drug deaths overtake traffic fatalities
- Mariana van Zeller on The Oxycontin Express during Vanguard's visit to Current SF
He's certainly not the only celebrity plagued with prescription drug addiction. The recent deaths of both Michael Jackson and DJ AM were thought to be prescription drug related. Lindsay Lohan's father has been all over the news lately saying his daughter is addicted to painkillers.
This Wednesday, Current's Vanguard team will premiere a powerful hour-long documentary called "The Oxycontin Express" about prescription drug addiction and why this legal drug is so easy to get and so easy to abuse.
The Oxycontin Express (Trailer)
Tune in to Current TV this Wednesday at 10 ET or at 10 PT.
Also from the Prescription Drug Abuse Group:
- America's Drug Problem-- Not Heroin, Crack, Coke, Weed, or Meth
- In 16 states, drug deaths overtake traffic fatalities
- Mariana van Zeller on The Oxycontin Express during Vanguard's visit to Current SF
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