AN EFFECTIVE DRUG EDUCATION AND DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM

Real-Life Stories About Drug Abuse

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Painkillers

“At the age of 20, I became an addict to a narcotic which began with a prescription following a surgery. In the weeks that followed [the operation] in addition to orally abusing the tablet, crushing it up enabled me to destroy the controlled release mechanism and to swallow or snort the drug. It can also be injected to produce a feeling identical to shooting heroin. The physical withdrawal from the drug is nothing short of agonizing pain.”
— James

“I am addicted to prescription pain medication. I first started taking prescription painkillers [some] years ago when my doctor prescribed them to treat post-surgical pain following spinal surgery…. Over the past several years I have tried to break my dependence on pain pills and, in fact, twice checked myself into medical facilities in an attempt to do so. [I have] recently agreed with my physician about the next steps.”
— Excerpted from radio commentator Rush Limbaugh’s on-air statement,
Friday, Oct. 10, 2003, according to Premiere Radio, his broadcaster.

“I didn’t think I had a ‘drug’ problem — I was buying the tablets at the chemist [drug store]. It didn’t affect my work. I would feel a bit tired in the mornings, but nothing more. The fact that I had a problem came to a head when I took an overdose of about 40 tablets and found myself in the hospital. I spent 12 weeks in the clinic conquering my addiction.”
— Alex

“Pretty much as long as I can remember I’ve had highs and lows. I would get easily upset by the littlest things, I would have anger outbursts, or hate someone for no reason at all. For a long while I had thought I was bipolar. I started using drugs last October to help me with my unwanted feelings. But believe it or not, it just made stuff worse! I had to now deal with my addiction and my emotional problems.”
— Thomas

“I realized after about a year I was addicted. When I decided to quit, I went through withdrawals physically, psychologically, and emotionally. I thought when I was on the pills full time up to 4 a day I could do anything. They actually seemed to keep my mood steady and balanced.... Ever since I have been off the pills, I feel more alive, alert and more capable of walking through life with confidence. I did not realize I had kept myself in an illusion or haze with the pills of false happiness.”
— J.B.

 


An internal server error has occurred
java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:410)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.doGet(StructuredViewServlet.java:535)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:115)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:92)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:106)
	at org.csi.passthrough.servlet.PtFilter.doFilter(PtFilter.java:428)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewLocaleFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewLocaleFilter.java:325)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:203)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.DomainRedirectFilter.doFilter(DomainRedirectFilter.java:167)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:173)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:229)
	at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:274)
	at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:511)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:516)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:442)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:446)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.

Error


The resource did not process correctly

java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:208)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.DomainRedirectFilter.doFilter(DomainRedirectFilter.java:167)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:173)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:229)
	at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:274)
	at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:511)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:516)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:442)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:477)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.doGet(StructuredViewServlet.java:535)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:115)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:92)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:106)
	at org.csi.passthrough.servlet.PtFilter.doFilter(PtFilter.java:428)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewLocaleFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewLocaleFilter.java:325)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:203)
	... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:410)
	... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:446)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor90.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 64 more