touching story... nowhere I ever lived in europe I met people that got hooked on these prescription drugs (and even ended up worse), at least I didn't know. is this just my case? or some laws in US are less prohibitive (but where are the doctor's morals? don't tell me all are rotten)
you might find this interesting reading then. here's a quote from the executive summary.
> The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented drug overdose epidemic. Drug overdose
death rates have increased five-fold since 1980.1 By 2009, drug overdose deaths outnumbered
deaths due to motor vehicle crashes for the first time in the U.S. Prescription drugs, especially
opioid analgesics, have been increasingly involved in drug overdose deaths.
