Prescription Drug Addiction Statistics- Drug Abuse Hits Home
By Judy Wellsworth – The big drug addiction problem facing America, according to drug addiction statistics, lies not in the crack houses and shooting galleries of the inner cities, but in the doctor’s offices to which millions of Americans go in search of relief for their physical and emotional pain. Drug Abuse Among The Elderly [...]
The Tragedy Of Prescription Drug Abuse
By Edna Lawrence – A few generations ago, food provided all the nutrients people needed to achieve health. Today, there are drugs, drugs, and more drugs. The average American gets fourteen prescriptions shoved down their throat every year. And the drug companies obtain their profit from our pain. If we want to create health and [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse
By Jennifer Bailey – When a prescription drug is used in quantities more than the recommended dosage or when not required, it is termed drug abuse. Painkillers, tranquilizers and anti-anxiety drugs are some of the most commonly abused prescription drugs. Generally, patients take medicines as prescribed by their doctors. When taken this way, there is [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse Out of Control
By George D. Williams – The new drug of choice is not an illicit substance found only in the dark alley ways and parts of town known for criminal activity. Instead the hottest craze can be found in the medicine cabinet of any suburban home with well manicured lawns and picturesque neighborhoods. Prescription drug abuse [...]
The Dangers Of Prescription Drug Abuse And How To Get Help
By Gabriel J. Adams – Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem throughout the country. The basic reasons for abusing prescription drugs are much the same as abusing any type of drug. For example, some people abuse prescription drugs so they can “loosen up,” while others do so in hopes of losing weight, having fun, [...]
Prescription Drug Abuse and Pill Withdrawal
By Peter Nisbet – Prescription Drug Abuse, or pill addiction as it is commonly called, and, ultimately, ‘pill withdrawal’ have been with us since doctors began prescribing drugs, but has become more widespread since the advent of the ‘repeat prescription’ or ‘refill’, whereby patients can have a prescription renewed without having to visit their doctor. [...]
Michael Jackson, Demerol, and Prescription Drug Abuse
By Robert Levin – Did Michael Jackson die from a prescription drug overdose? As I write this it is barely 12 hours since the death of the “King of Pop” and rumors are circulating that there is a strong possibility an overdose of Demerol, a prescription pain killer similar to morphine might have triggered or [...]