Intervention

Season 5 Episode 16: Intervention In-Depth: Prescription Addiction

25 SeasonsOct 20, 2008TV-1443m7.9

Medicine cabinets are fuller than ever today. In one port town on Florida's west coast, pharmaceutical drug abuse and its often fatal consequences are sharply on the rise, particularly among teenagers and other young people. This year, deaths from pharmaceutical drug overdoses in the area are on pace to exceed accidental deaths from car accidents. Legal drugs account for three times as many overdoses as illegal drugs - an alarming finding. Pain clinics prescribe opioids like aspirin. Mee...

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Chad

1. Chad

Aired: Jun 16, 2008

After a troubled childhood that sent him to juvenile hall for felony arson, C...

Episode 2 Dan

2. Dan

Aired: Jun 23, 2008

To the outside world, the life of 40-year-old Dan may seem ideal. Dan is marr...

Episode 3 Sandra

3. Sandra

Aired: Jun 30, 2008

She sits in her garage every day, popping painkillers, anti-depressants, anti...

Episode 4 Charles

4. Charles

Aired: Jul 7, 2008

A talented motocross rider, Charles, 23, is still dealing with terrible child...

Episode 5 Marie

5. Marie

Aired: Jul 14, 2008

A Sophia Loren look-alike, Marie was born into an Italian mob family. When he...

Episode 6 Tom

6. Tom

Aired: Jul 21, 2008

Growing up in a South Boston neighborhood run by the Irish mob, Tom got caugh...

Episode 7 Asa

7. Asa

Aired: Jul 28, 2008

Teasing caused Asa to be insecure about his weight, ethnicity, and sexuality....

Episode 8 Derek

8. Derek

Aired: Aug 4, 2008

Derek became depressed in his thirties and started to drink to cope with his ...

Episode 9 Allison

9. Allison

Aired: Aug 11, 2008

Trauma from childhood caused Allison to quit her aspirations of becoming a do...

Episode 11 Phillip

11. Phillip

Aired: Aug 25, 2008

Phillip, 44, is an established singer and writer but has had an unstable chil...

Episode 12 Mike & Jenny

12. Mike & Jenny

Aired: Sep 1, 2008

Once a police officer until injured, Mike now 67, used to catch addicts and d...

Episode 14 Kristen

14. Kristen

Aired: Sep 22, 2008

When Kristen was 3, her parents divorced and soon after her grandparents died...

Episode 15 Ed & Bettina

15. Ed & Bettina

Aired: Sep 29, 2008

Ed, 53, and Bettina, 49, had a picture-perfect life, including three adoring ...

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Info about Intervention

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: A&E

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Documentary

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