Florida is planning to cut the drug rehab and treatment budget by $30 million. They are also planning on cutting the Department of Corrections budget by $160 million. The federal government has announced plans to cut budgets for money used to investigate drug smuggling and drug dealing. In Florida they are going to pilot a program to eventually end doctor shopping. Sounds like everyone is on the same page here – fewer available prescription drugs, less money to fight drug crimes, less money for prisons, but also less money for drug rehab.

What does this all add up to? The drug dealers will be dancing in the streets. People who are currently addicted to or dependent on OxyContin and other prescription painkillers, for example, will switch to heroin – something the dealers have lots of, and it’s cheap. In fact, we have spoken to several addicts who are already switching from OxyContin to heroin because of cost.

Some have entered Florida drug rehab or drug detox; others are still on the street, sweating out how to get drugs.

People too old to get off prescription drugs without help will be in pain if not hospitalized and the citizens of Florida will be confused as the crime rates go up. I hope the government wakes up and puts all these things together. They need a plan that includes drug detox and drug rehab or the prison system might be full of doctors, lawyers, moms, dads and grandparents. If you a drug user of any sort, get into drug detox or drug rehab program before you lose your supply.

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