Addictive legal drugs taken for medical purposes are leading to chronic problems

Sharon Ní Chonchuir hears how addictive painkillers are leading to chronic problems among people who began taking them for medical reasons.

Ant McPartlin of Ant and Dec fame has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Britain’s Got Talent presenter checked into rehab for his addiction to the prescription painkiller tramadol.

McPartlin, right, isn’t the only one hooked on painkillers. Golfer Tiger Woods has confessed to being addicted to vicodin. Pop icons Prince and Michael Jackson both died from overdoses of the painkiller fentanyl.