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    Prescription drug use among high schoolers‚ specifically in Southern California‚ although beneficial at times‚ are being abused in some cases for the euphoric feelings they create in an individual. The parents of these students are taking notice‚ but have not had much interference with the abuse of these drugs among their children. Prescription drugs are a great benefit to those with hereditary disorders such as ADD and ADHD in the way that they help regulate the detrimental effects of the disorder

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    society focused purely on short term pleasure solutions‚ whether sexually driven‚ or driven by drugs‚ and the extensive

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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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    Drug abuse is defined as the excessive usage of drugs. Drug abuse affects more than just the abuser. It can seriously damage any number of personal and professional relationships. Drug abuse affects all aspects of an abusers life. This can lead to loss of jobs‚ families being torn apart through violence or divorce‚ prison‚ and death for some. All of these have far reaching consequences. The drug abuser who receives no rehabilitation can be doomed to a life of low self-esteem and crime. It is like

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    Prescription drug overdose is an increasingly widespread public health issue. This is a public health issue because it is claiming lives at a faster rate than ever‚ with 29 states having doubled the death rate from prescription drug overdose since 1999 (APHA). Not only is it claiming lives at a faster rate‚ but research has shown repeatedly that prescription drug abuse is a chronic brain disease and should be treated as such‚ but in our society‚ we tend to view it as a choice and judge them instead

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    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 the age trying to acquire them. It is less expensive than street drugs such as ecstasy

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    a look at the prescription drugs and the abuse of it. I would like to look into different origins to where prescription drug uses for non medical purposes might have started (ie. residential mobility‚ disabilities‚ race‚ or gender) . It would also help if I look at what are pharmacists and prescribers thinking when they are prescribing and giving the drugs to their patients. Bibliography: Felicilda-Reynaldo‚ R. D. (2014). Recognizing Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Part I. MEDSURG

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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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    her drug problem she has. In 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

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    have been drugs introduced into the United States‚ there have been people to abuse them; ever since there have been people to abuse drugs‚ there have been other people fighting against drug abusers. All throughout history people’s minds have being changing and people have become smarter and the ways of thinking have changed therefore making the fight against drug abusers a constantly changing battle. There have been many different approaches taken by many different types of people because drug users

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