Are there an absurdly high number of grandparents forced to raise their children's children these days? It seems like since I started working in Maryville half the people I meet over the age of 65 are raising a little kid that evidently mom or dad can't handle. Is that a local problem or do people see that elsewhere?
Maryville gonna Maryville*. But there may be a trend. And I agree with Kat that it's meth related. *I defy anyone to go into the Maryville WalMart and not at least do some soul searching about the so-called missing link.
I didn't think it was, just didn't notice it nearly as much when I worked in Knoxville. I was also getting a lot less patients from more rural areas then.
Gah. I had to go pick up some supplies from a local pharmacy. I hate to judge a book by its cover, but everyone in there was addicted to something. I'd have bet my life on it. Just annoying as shit watching them get their prescriptions filled and ring up a few Mountain Dews simultaneously.
My wife is really hating on suboxone. One of her patients told her about baking it and scraping off the blocker drug so they can get high. Have you heard anything about people doing this?
High consumption rates of Mtn dew are a dead giveaway that it's a meth addict vs another drug. Apparently the "glow" from the bottle is similar to an aura they recognize when they're methed up
They are either in jail or so strung out they are incapable of raising a kid. Go into any pediatric practice. 1/3 are there with grand parents.
Sad sad thread. I spend time with some exceptionally wealthy folks and prescription drugs cause similar issues. The role of the "therapist" appears to be to addict people.
