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Families play powerful role in helping loved ones addicted to prescription drugs

Families play powerful role in helping loved ones addicted to prescription drugs

By Heidi Stevens

Chicago Tribune

Published Feb 2, 2012 01:01AM MDT

With close to 2 million Americans dependent on or abusing prescription painkillers, a growing number of families are redefining their notions of what a drug addict looks like.

“The person with the drug problem is not necessarily a teenager shooting up in a dark alley or snorting cocaine at an all-night party,” writes Barbara Gordon in I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (Beaufort Books), her newly re-released memoir of a life...

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Published: http://www.sltrib.com/ - Category: Local News - Thursday, 2 February