The News-Times (Danbury, CT) August 15:
"Ridgefield substance abuse therapist Liz Jorgensen is shocked that no one has hit the panic button yet over the latest drug abuse trends. Statistics indicate prescription drug overdoses are killing nice kids from nice families in well-to-do communities all over the country. Prescription drug use in Connecticut now kills more people under the age of 34 than car crashes, Jorgensen said, quoting a national study of figures from 2006 released this year. Nationwide, 45,000 are killed in car crashes; 39,000 die from prescription drug overdoses, according to the study. 'Why isn't everybody freaking out?' asked Jorgensen, who owns Insight Counseling and leads educational seminars and workshops on substance abuse. 'It's terrifying.'"
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