Former addict: Drugs entrapped him. Luke Thompson Part 2 of 3 with Anh Le

In today's testimony we have been talking
about the epidemic of the addiction to prescription level opioids, and what it is doing in our society, and what it does to an individual life. Now, you wouldn't think a pain killer would be anything dangerous, but painkillers now are being used in an illegal way in society because
of the power of this drug to activate the reward or pleasure centers of
the brain. This drug is a serious problem because as someone becomes addicted to the high these pain killers provide, it can lead to addiction despite the consequences of the behaviors used in order to get that next high. The reason why it is so dangerous is because of the
unusual overdose numbers that happen with opioid addiction. In our last show Luke Thomson described his addiction to marijuana, and then it eventually led to Prescription pain killers, that he would crush up and snort like cocaine, and he would find himself living for that drug and high. Today he is going to share more about the difficulties he experienced being hooked on the pain killers. Luke, welcome back to the show.