A growing number of teenagers are abusing prescription drugs under the pretenses that it is ok if a doctor prescribed them. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for teens, they report that 7.7% of our youth ages 12-17 were abusing prescription pills in the past year. Many children were obtaining left over [...]
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Prescription Drug Abuse
Todd Beesly, an officer in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, relays a story of a woman that was under the influence of Ambien while driving. He describes that she was on her way to pick up her kids from school, but there was a problem; she was driving on the wrong side of the road. Beesly reports that [...]
Suboxone and methadone are often used by individuals who are trying to stop their addiction to opiates. The problem with drugs like suboxone and methodone and those similar is that they are also addictive and can lead one down a very similar path as addiction to other drugs.
