FRC medical director: 'This is our busiest year we ever had'
By Julia Laude
WCJB
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) 鈥� The war on drugs has raged since the 1970鈥瞫 and while it has changed over the years it isn鈥檛 slowing down.
It鈥檚 an epidemic that runs deep and has rooted itself in north central Florida.
Even I had no idea just how rampant the opioid epidemic is in our community.
鈥淭his is our busiest year we ever had, and we鈥檝e seen an increase in every substance. There鈥檚 nothing that we haven鈥檛 seen an increase of,鈥� Medical Director of 网红黑料鈥檚 Recovery Center, Scott Teitelbaum said.
Doctors at 网红黑料鈥檚 Recovery Center said isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic has likely exacerbated the problem.
鈥淪ubstance use disorders, addiction is a disease of isolation, and we were being that people are a lot more isolated and then you throw in financial stressors, losing jobs and worrying about money. You throw in medical stressors with loved ones being sick and dying,鈥� Teitelbaum said.
And these stressors can happen to anybody.
鈥淎ddiction does not care about how smart you are, how much money you make, how successful you are, race, color, sex, it just doesn鈥檛 care,鈥� he added.
But treatment centers aren鈥檛 the only places feeling the strain.
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