According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, using prescription drugs for nonmedical use is on the rise. An estimated 20 percent of Americans have abused prescription drugs for this purpose. The most commonly abused prescription drugs are painkillers, sedatives and stimulatnts. The NIDA also states that in 2007 nearly 15 percent of high school seniors were abusing prescription drugs. The most popular prescriptions being abused are the painkillers OxyContin and Vicodin, as well as, stimulants such as Ritalin. What is the cause of this increase? The NIDA states that accessibility is the number one reason for this increase: stimulant use is almost 37 million and the use of painkillers is at nearly 180 million (according to 2007 documentation). Most people who are prescribed these drugs use them for there intended purpose. However, because of their popularity the prescriptions can and do get into the hands of those who sell them on the street and in our schools making drug abuse more rampant leading to those abusers to become addicts.
If it were easy to stop using and abusing prescription drugs no one would become addicted to them; unfortunately, this is not the case. Please, do not hesitate to get help in freeing yourself or your loved one in the suffering of addiction to prescription medications. Help for addiction treatment referral is just a phone call or a click away. Visit the “Get Help” page on this website and start your path to freedom.
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