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Theres no question in my mind that any industry that spends as much on advertising as drug companies wants everyone using their products. We have drugs for everything - and everyone. And as American medicine cabinets fill with drugs to solve lifes ills, the number of people suffering from prescription drug-related ills who are in drug detox centers, rehab programs, hospital ERs and morgues continues to climb.

If youre in pain you go to your doctor and get painkillers many of them not much different or less addictive than the heroin being shot up in the street. If youre sad, theres a pill. If you cant sleep, theres a pill. If youre overweight, theres a pill. If you feel inferior, theres a pill. If youre congested, theres a pill. If youre nervous, theres a pill. If your kid doesnt like school, theres a pill.

So, you take them. No one ever suspects theyll become one of the drug detox, drug rehab, hospital ER or morgue statistics. But how do you know it wont happen? And how do you know that once you start depending on drugs, or force them onto your kid, youre not going to set a precedent that keeps you, or them, forever dependent on one drug or another?

Its true, some of the pills are necessary. And its true, not everyone who takes them is going to end up in drug detox, drug rehab, the hospital or the morgue. But shouldnt whether a person needs drugs be decided by a doctor instead of a drug company?

Many doctors are pressured into giving their patients drugs because the patients have seen the ads on TV: Households of grumbling, abusive parents and rebellious kids suddenly turning into something out of a Norman Rockwell painting or Father Knows Best episode where the worst thing that ever happens is a kid gets a talking to by his dad for not snitching on his friend when he tried smoking a cigarette.

Okay, its never going to be like that again. I understand that. But are drugs really the answer for everything? Do we have really have to risk lives to make life better?

Have we forgotten the few simple basics that may keep us out of drug detox, rehab, ERs and morgues? Have we forgotten that exercise and a good diet can prevent and reverse weight gain? That kids some times dont do well in school because their teacher sucks or because theres some aspect of math that they just havent grasped, or because theyre getting bullied, or because their parents are fighting all the time, or because school just isnt teaching them something theyre really interested in?

Have we forgotten that being sad can sometimes be resolved by making changes in our lives so were not plagued with things and people that make us miserable? Or that problems with our kids or spouse can sometimes be resolved by sitting down and talking things out like rational human beings who actually care for each other?

Yeah, okay, its more complicated than that, you say. But you know what? I would bet that a pretty high percentage of people taking drugs for one thing or another havent actually tried those other solutions. Is it going to take drug detox, drug rehab or a visit to the ER to convince people that it might be a good idea to try an alternative to drugs?

With a little effort, a little research, a little soul-searching, a little integrity, a little gumption and a little love we can actually resolve many of lifes problems.

If youre depending on drugs to solve your problems, and the drugs you take arent keeping you alive, get into a medically-supervised drug detox center to see if you can get off them. Then turn off the TV so youre not watching those ads and get busy fixing your life.

Gloria is a freelance writer who contributes articles on health contact:info@novusdetox.com

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