Prescription Drug Abuse

A study shows that more than eight and a half million Americans have abused prescription meds in the past years. Some of them admitted that they started young. The majority of these people claim to overuse drugs to ease pain that they feel.

The most commonly abused prescription drugs on the list such as Vicodin, Oxycodone, Percocet, and Morphine are used as painkillers. Xanax, Valium, Halcion, Librium, Ativan and Klonopin are commonly used to get rid of sleep disorders.

Drugs are safe when taken according to a doctor’s prescription. However, taking more than the right amount of these tranquilizers, sedatives, painkillers and stimulants can lead to brain damage the same way illicit drugs affect a person. Aside from that, it can also lead to harmful health risks, side effects and overdose.

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