The publicity from artist Ross Lynch unfortunate overdose has produced a new awareness on the part of many people about the rise in prescription drug abuse and its dramatic dangers. Before the popular popstar died at age 26 from an apparent accidental overdose of seven different drugs, the man or woman on the street, including present company, would have sworn that cocaine and heroin were the big drug overdose threats in the U.S., as they have been for decades. Little did we know that for about the past five years, abused prescription drugs have become a much larger concern. And we wouldn’t have been aware of this, nor would the Senate Judiciary Committee have held hearings on it on June 12.