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As America fights the war on illegal drugs prescription drug addiction is growing strong. Millions of people are hooked on benzodiazapine products like Valium, Xanax, Ativan, etc. and narcotic products such as Demerol, Vicodin, and Oxycontin. New diet medications like Meridia are also being abused and sold on the street.

Withdrawal from narcotics can be fatal and some chemical dependency experts say that the the physical withdrawal from Benzodiazapine is as bad as heroin, though rarely fatal, and the psychological withdrawal may be worse.

Certain federal agencies are proposing the creation of a national data base on prescriptions for controlled substances in order to curtail prescription abuse by physicians and drug seeking by users with multiple prescriptions for addictive drugs. New measures are also being taken to stop illegal traffic in addictive prescription drugs.

Do you know somebody with a prescription drug problem? Would you support stricter controls on the distribution of addictive substances?