Prescription Drug Abuse / PSA Video
Prescription Drug Abuse / PSA Video. From the public domain. Most people take medicines only for the reasons their doctors prescribe them. But an estimated 20 percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons. This is prescription drug abuse. It is a serious and growing problem. Abusing some prescription drugs can lead to addiction. You can develop an addiction to: Narcotic painkillers Sedatives and tranquilizers Stimulants Experts don’t know exactly why this type of drug abuse is increasing. The availability of drugs is probably one reason. Doctors are prescribing more drugs for more health problems than ever before. Online pharmacies make it easy to get prescription drugs without a prescription, even for youngsters. Some people experiment with prescription drugs because they think they will help them have more fun, lose weight, fit in, and even study more effectively. Prescription drugs can be easier to get than street drugs: Family members or friends could have a prescription. But prescription drugs are also sometimes sold on the street like other illegal drugs. A 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that among all youths aged 12 to 17, 6% had tried prescription drugs for recreational use in the last month. Why? Some people think that prescription drugs are safer and less addictive than street drugs. After all, these are drugs that moms, dads, and even kid brothers and sisters use. To Angie, taking her brother’s …
March 11th, 2010 at 7:48 am
@goodxbadxugly1 Your a dumbass, keep doing what your doing you will be nexr. I was on pills for 12 years and lost everything almost my life many times..Just got out of rehab, and life is so much better..You need help
March 11th, 2010 at 8:15 am
i’m high on hydrocodone right now. i’m so screwed up…maybe i should go back to si to cope. shit. i’m so screwed.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:51 am
@ChromeX1337 I’m already going into some withdraws. I’ve done talked with an attorney. It’s a slam-dunk success now.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:36 am
lmao hell yeah man, those withdrawals are fucking insane
March 11th, 2010 at 9:58 am
I don’t give a fuck. I’ve been on xanax for about 5 years and the fucking doctor cut me off of them and I’m pissed. When I start to go into withdraws, I’m getting a fucking attorney and I’m suing.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:59 am
it is both a mental and physical numbness. when your high on these types of drugs you just dont give a shit about anything
March 11th, 2010 at 10:22 am
THATS SO TRUE MAN WELL IN BRUV PEACE
March 11th, 2010 at 11:05 am
@hemptime123 just curious, what makes it healthy? I thought the reason it isn’t accepted is because there isn’t a proven medical use. Doesn’t it help glaucoma or something?
March 11th, 2010 at 11:12 am
dont mess with these i’ve benn addicted to percs and oxys since i was 14 and im 16 now been to rehab twice got expelled from school just fucked my life up. dont fucking do it
if anyone else has this problem just send me a pm and im willing to talk with you
March 11th, 2010 at 11:42 am
worse? at least you know the purity and other ingredients of these pills.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Perscription drugs are worse then heroin but do you actually think people are going to tell us that? whatkind of name does that give the government.. baning drugs that are healthy,, sucha s marijuana.. and perscribing this crap because they make more money off it
March 11th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
in what respect does this drug, make you “unfeeling” ? Is it in all aspects, such as emotional unfeeling and physically unfeeling? would you be neglectful to your children because of it?
March 11th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Its a very worrying situation that has grown in the last years, a lot of teens are abusing from prescribed drugs, more attention from relatives and Physicians is needed to stop this from growing more, around 15 to 20 percent of patients abuse a certain drug at least once in their life. If interested in other Medical videos, visit Symposier site (Only for Physicians).
March 11th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
My husbands 25 yr. old nephew, just died this Summer from overdosing on these pills. He’d been addicted for years, and refused help.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
and damn near everyone who starts with this graduates to heroin. especially in the northeast. its terrible. its ruined lives. its ruined mine.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
I have met many such people in the last year.
Some are addicted; others get the scipts to simply sell them. There is quite a market for these meds.
I have met a few that have legitimate use for them, that want only to avoid paying a office call fee.
In the end; the state taxpayers paid for them, initially.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
yup