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PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE STATISTICS
How Do We Treat Addiction and Pain?
The issue with opioid pain relievers has the appearance of one of those unsolvable paradoxes. If we reduce access to opioid pharmaceuticals considerably, patients who experience chronic and severe pain issues might not be able to access pain relief. But in that same token, if we continue to accept opioid pharmaceuticals as standard medical practice and utilize them to the degree that we are, millions of Americans will become addicted to them, and thousands will die from overdoses on them. That is the brutal truth of the matter.
As “Drug Culture” Returns, Teens Are Exposed to More Risk
Everyone faces risk and threats to their health when they experiment with drugs and alcohol . The nature of the beast with substance abuse is that it is a highly unhealthy activity, hence why it is so frowned upon in society.
How Prescription Meds Can Lead to Heroin Addiction
Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic and a chronic problem that has highly addictive properties, similar to those in heroin. This abuse can then lead to an addiction to heroin as it is more accessible since you do not need a prescription.