I read an article today about hackers – in this case, hackers who get into computers and steal personal data. The article had nothing whatever to do with drugs, but I was surprised to find that one of the major industries being attacked by hackers is health care. They are stealing personal information so they can sell it to people who want free medical care and prescription drugs. We’re not talking about heart medication or some other life-saving drug, we’re talking about the painkillers, tranquilizers, sedatives and other drugs that are part and parcel of the current prescription drug addiction epidemic.

Of course I’m aware of doctor shopping, theft of drug stores, crooked doctors who sell prescriptions in the alley behind their home or office, medical  workers who steal from the hospitals and other facilities where they work, online pharmacies that give drugs to just about anyone – all the ways people get drugs they can’t just get through normal channels. But I was not aware that computer hackers were also behind prescription drug addiction.

Amazing what happens where there’s money. You can see why some people see it as the root of all evil. It definitely motivates people to do some pretty destructive things.

But money is really what the prescription drug addiction epidemic is all about. That, and turning us into a nation of pliable zombies. Don’t fall for the ads on TV saying drugs will change your life for the better. Don’t be enticed by the easy way out of life’s problems. Face up to whatever has to be faced up to, do something to change your circumstances, and if you or someone you care about already has a problem with prescription drug addiction and is already dependent on those drugs, get them into a drug addiction treatment center for help.

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