Nearly 40% of alcoholics have abused Xanax in order to treat alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Valium side effects can include vision difficulties, sleep problems, stupor, muscle spasms, palpitations, tachycardia and unstable blood sugar levels.
Late-onset problem drinking among the elderly occurs frequently in some retirement communities, where drinking at social gatherings is common.
Mexico supplies most of the heroin found in the western portion of the United States, and Colombia supplies the majority of the heroin east of the Mississippi.