Why is Painkiller Addiction a Growing Problem in Los Angeles?
There are several reasons why healthcare and law enforcement professionals are seeing a sudden rise in prescription painkiller addiction, but chief among them is access. More than ever, individuals have greater access to powerful drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin. The internet is certainly the chief culprit – with its thousands of illicit pharmacies from around the world – but Los Angeles doctors are also to blame. California physicians are more willing than ever to dispense prescriptions for these highly addictive drugs – even for moderate pain diagnoses that might benefit from simple aspirin instead.
