Informative Essay On Prescription Drug Abuse

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Prescription Drugs
Prescription drugs are killing more and more Americans every day by the thousands.Study shows that the number of deaths is rising dramatically because, of confusion, misuse,and abusing the prescription drugs.So due to all of the deaths caused by overdosing on prescription drugs, are they really helping in the medical field? And if so, why are doctors still prescribing these drugs if they know so many people overdose on them?
One of the questions researchers ask is; why do people abuse and misuse prescription drugs? knowing that abusing drugs can get them killed and that those drugs are highly addictive. “Prescription drugs were involved in 82% of the 384 overdose deaths investigated by the Victorian coroner's court in 2014”.Doctors knowing that these prescription drugs are the cause of most of the deaths by overdosing, so why are they still prescribing them? And another question researchers ask is how do people get there hands on prescription drugs, if there not being prescribed to them. …show more content…

It is also the most abused drug in people between the ages of 17-25 because,”In the U.S., past-year prevalence of nonmedical use of prescription drugs -- opioids, stimulants, tranquilizers and sedatives--was reported by 6 percent of 12 to 17 year-olds and just under 12 percent of 18 to 25 year-olds, mainly driven by the misuse of opioids” this shows that opioids leads the number for the highest nonmedical use of a prescription drug in America. Another reason why opioids are the most misused drug is that they are quite easily obtained. Anyone can go to the doctors office and fake an illness to get

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