Linda Dutil, emergency department nurse and national motivational speaker from Maine, spoke at an event hosted by the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce.DALTON, Ga. – Cheese. Foxy Methoxy. Bath salts.
The names sound innocuous — even fun — but are some of the latest trend of “designer” drugs used to appeal to both teenagers and adults, emergency room nurse Linda Dutil said Tuesday.
“I simply show what I see — the senseless loss of life because of poor choices,” said Dutil, speaking to business owners at an event hosted by the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce.
Dutil travels across the country, talking about the effects and impact of drug overdose.
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in January. Drug overdoses more than tripled between 1990 and 2008, when more than 36,000 people died from overdoses. Most of those deaths were caused by prescription drugs, the CDC report said.