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    Prescription drug abuse happens whenever someone is using a medication in a manner other than for the use for which it was prescribed‚ for the experience provided by the medication‚ or without a proper prescription. Painkillers are by far the most commonly abused prescription drugs‚ and they’re relatively easy to obtain. Consequently‚ prescription drug addiction is not all that uncommon. About one in five Americans (https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/prescription-drugs/director)

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    Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse among Teens | Prescription Drug Epidemic Among Teens | | Megan | Walden University | | Reasons and Prevention Strategies for Prescription Drug Abuse among Teens Overview Increasing abuse of prescription drugs among teens can be attributed to psychological‚ environmental‚ or behavioral conditions.Drug abuse in teens can be linked to other disorders or conditions which lead to drug abuse. Teens who abuse drugs are likely to become adults who abuse drugs

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    Teen Prescription Drug Abuse Chanel Smith Axia College of University of Phoenix According to USATODAY.com‚ in a 2005 survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America‚ “19% of U.S. teenagers – roughly 4.5 million youths – reported having taken prescription painkillers to get high. Prescription drug abuse is on the rise‚ the reason for this is because it is so accessible.” Because today’s teenagers can obtain prescription drugs easier than they can illicit drugs‚ more teenagers are experimenting

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    It i talk about ways to misuse prescription drugs. Also I talked about her getting better and they ways it helped her. I choose to do this item because talk shows show emotion and emotions motivate people. I felt that i could show the best side of what I can do. I also pick this one because I want to be a doctor one day‚ and it would be cool to have my own show. It’s relevant to my thesis because it’s about a girl misusing drugs and my statement is about the abuse of over the counter drugs. It support

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    Overview Prescription drug abuse and addiction is a growing problem in our society. In 2007 an estimated seven million Americans abused prescription drugs‚ and almost twenty-eight thousand people died as a result of accidental drug overdose. In the United States drug overdoses are the second leading cause of unintentional deaths (CDC‚ 2010). Medication prescribed by physicians killed more people in that same than illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine combined (Harvard‚ 2011). Many members

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    Prescription drug abuse is a fast-growing‚ nation-wide epidemic in the United States. Although millions of Americans receive medically prescribed drugs for their illnesses‚ which is considered legitimate usage‚ abusing prescription drugs means either a) someone is taking prescription medication that were not prescribed to them or b) someone is taking prescription drugs in a manner the drug was not intended for or is taking too much of the recommended doses. Common examples of such abusive behavior

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    The Rate of Young Accidental Overdoses have Recently Increased Because Prescription Medication Abuse is Now on the Rise. Why are prescription medications quickly becoming the most abused drug throughout today’s youth. Dr. Nora D. Volkow‚ director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ estimates that forty eight million people misuse prescribed medicine. That is about twenty percent of the United States population (1). Maybe because these medications are fairly easy to posses‚ no matter of

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    (Winters 62). Overall‚ today’s rate of drug abuse in teenagers has dropped‚ but the nonmedical use of prescription medication has drastically increased (Chapter 4). Kids around the world are turning away from street drugs‚ to abuse prescription medication that can be found right at home. Prescription drug abuse is using prescription medication prescribed by a doctor‚ for nonmedical reasons. Buying Coricidin for an average cold can lead to drug abuse as well as being prescribed Vicodin by a physician

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    Illicit and Prescription Drug Abuse and How it Affects Families June 27‚ 2011 PSY/425 Instructor Barbara Nosal Drug abuse has affected many families and households. Some families have family members who are addicted to prescription drugs and other members of the family are not aware. Twenty percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes (U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ n.d.). Prescription drug abuse is continuing

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    Marc Boubelik Engl 102 MWF 3:00pm Yuan Ding 26 March 2012 Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the U.S. "Prescription drugs are the number-one drug problem that we face today‚" says David Rotenberg‚ executive director of the adolescent treatment center at the nonprofit Caron Foundation. "They are more widely prescribed‚ more widely available‚ and more widely abused by adolescents than they have ever been before."(DiConsiglio‚ 1) Abuse of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing problems for young

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