The Link between Violence and Prescription Drug Abuse
The Link between Violence and Prescription Drug Abuse
The Orlando Sentinel recently reported on two men who robbed a Tampa CVS pharmacy at gunpoint, beating the manager and escaping with a substantial number of prescription pills. With the police in pursuit, they crashed the truck they had stolen and then carjacked two different vehicles. After eluding police, they continued their crime spree for another week, stealing another car at gunpoint and crashing into several cars before being captured by police. At the time of his arrest, one of the men had over 1,000 prescription pills in his backpack. Florida police cite this case as another example of how the desire for prescription drugs is linked to violent crime.
According to Phil Williams, director of Tampa’s Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI), prescription drug addicts and dealers “…are so desperate for this …