According to ABC news, prescriptions drug abuse now kills more people than motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. Drug overdoses and brain damage linked to long-term drug abuse killed an estimated 37,485 in 2009, the latest year for which preliminary data are available, from the CDC, surpassing the toll of traffic accidents by 1,201. With [...]
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Drugs by Prescription Prescription drug abuse and addiction is a big issue today. The International Narcotics Control Board has found that the U.S. consumes 99 percent of the world’s hydrocodone and 83 percent of its oxycodone, according to a 2008 study . According to federal figures, treatments for the abuse of prescription painkillers have risen [...]
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Forty years ago teenagers were into LSD, PCP, smoking marijuana and using speed. Not so much today. Although illicit drug use is still common among teens and adults, prescription drugs have become the main substance being used by teenagers to get high. Why? And what kind of drug addiction rehab is best for young people?
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