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The older adult population is growing by leaps and bounds. Dramatic lifestyle changes, along with growing health problems, have led many to turn to alcohol, prescription painkillers, and marijuana to medicate their physical and psychic pain. You may think, "Dad is just enjoying cocktails and retirement" or "Mom still has pain and needs her pills". Maybe so, but consider that an estimated 17 percent of people aged 60-plus struggle with substance misuse and addiction.

Conscious conversations about the nature of mental illness. If you can never get enough mental health tips, you’ve found your people. Prescribed Positive is a student podcast based at Algonquin College in Ottawa produced bi-weekly. We hope to fight the stigma against mental illness and help people find a little more happiness.