The latest news of public figures fallen to prescription drug abuse is Al Gore III, the youngest of the Gore kids. He was arrested for marijuana possession in 2003 while attending Harvard University, but on July 4, 2007, the Orange County Police pulled him over with a small amount of marijuana as well as a stash of benzodiazepines such as Xanax and Valium without a prescription.
No surprise there, as the number of people experimenting with and abusing prescription drugs is rising on a daily basis. It’s so sad to me that this epidemic is running wild in our society because these kinds of drugs are highly addictive and very dangerous. As it is with alcohol, benzodiazepines such as Xanax and Valium are life-threatening both in their abuse and during the detox process. I wonder if people have any idea of what they’re getting into when they decide to use these drugs without legitimate reasons.
