Prescription Drug Abuse In Brave New World

Prescription drugs are one of the most commonly used methods of curing illness, and fighting diseases, however they have many negative side effects such as addiction and abuse as seen in today's society and in Brave New World. One in every four people in America abuse prescription drugs. There are many diseases people could die from if not for prescription drugs. Prescription drugs also tranquilize many illnesses or harmful body conditions allowing for a sort of numbness or ease to the human body.
Prescription drugs can often be the answer for life-threatening conditions including high blood pressure, high cholesterol or even cancer. These drugs help stimulate and mimic a well-functioning body, so there are a number of people whose lives are saved daily because of prescription drugs. In the same sense soma mimics well-functioning body as there are no side effects as it says in Brave New World"Evil's an unreality if you take a couple of grammes" (18.54-8) and "Pain's a delusion" (18.54-8).
A lot of times people get addicted to prescription drugs after they only have them for a short amount of time, because they begin to trick their minds into thinking they still need it after there minimal amount of time with the drug. They begin to feed off of the feeling of mimicry or trickery that the mind has set upon the well functioning body while on the prescription drug. For example in Brave New World many of the people couldn’t go without soma as it says “Deprivation of soma—appalling thought!”(15.12). How much of the drug taken, what kind of drug it is, and how long the drug is taken are all factors into how the drug can become addicting. Not all doctors are careful with how they give out prescription drugs as much as they should be and studies show that drugs prescribed for pain, insomnia, and ways to focus are some of the most addicting drugs in the