The Misusing of Prescription Drugs

for misusing prescription drugs. Many people have heard of prescription medication misuse but don’t really understand a lot about it and don’t know that teenagers are misusing them now. Misusing prescription medication comes with some severe consequences. More and more teens are getting into prescription drug misuse, leading to dangerous side effects and people don’t exactly know why they are getting into it. Teenagers usually between age fourteen and eighteen are abusing prescription drugs more

pain-killers, did not have a prescription (Shmerling, 2008). Today in society, there are many prescription pain killers physicians can choose from to administer to patients. However, statistics show that the most common narcotic painkillers used are Oxycodone, Percocet, and Vicodin. The number of people abusing prescription drugs, including opioids, more than doubled, from 7.8 million in 1992 to 15.1 million in 2003 (Gupta & Christo, 2009). The misuse of prescription painkillers among the general

Right now, at this very moment, somewhere in America, there is a commercial playing, advertising a prescription drug, while a family sits around and watches it or subconsciously takes in what the commercial has to offer while they stare at the bright screens of their cellular phones. The widespread media of prescription medicines, specifically amphetamines, sedatives, and tranquilizers, allow pills like ‘Xanax’ (a tranquilizer used to treat depression), Zoloft (antidepressant), or Adderall (a medication

from their many concussion scandals, the misusing of prescription drugs is overshadowed, but still remains as a major issue in the NFL. A huge problem facing the NFL today is the ill advised use of painkillers as it affects former players and current players alike. If nothing is done to stop this dilemma, players will continue to be affected by the accoutrements of painkillers. Only through DEA investigations, increased restrictions on prescription drugs, and increased monitoring of player’s mental

individuals misusing pharmaceutical drugs and this has now become an emerging public issue in Australia and overseas. This research will be based on the misuse of the following pharmaceutical drugs: opioids, benzodiazepines and codeine. All of which have the potential to become an addiction. The extent to which these drugs are misused by individuals will range from those intentionally using these drug for recreational reasons, to those who are unware that they are misusing the drugs due to inappropriate

research methodology) in front of the designated committee members. My current research is related to designing and evaluating a Web-based intervention to reduce misuse/abuse of prescription drugs among UNM college students with intent to finish the requirements toward achieving my PhD degree. Misusing prescription drugs such as painkillers, stimulants and depressants is escalating at an alarming rate in the United States. Recent data has shown that current non-medical use of

Prescription Drug Abuse The Office of National Drug Control Policy calls prescription drug abuse “the Nation’s fastest growing drug problem.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified prescription drug abuse as a growing national epidemic. Prescription drug abuse is the Nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly

Prescription Drug Abuse In College College students are misusing and abusing prescription drugs, due to the fact that they are becoming easier to obtain. It is becoming a rapidly growing problem in the United States. Everyone will most likely get sick several times in their lifetime. Many have severe illnesses or diagnosis. Due to this, medical assistance is often required. It might seem like a selfless thing to do, but we want to better ourselves. Once we have the prescription to the pain

this paper seeks to analyze the effects of prescription drug abuse. In the first article identified the author seeks to identify the differences between peer and parent influence on the misuse of prescription drug as it relates to ethnicity. The second article to be investigation into prescription drug use misuse and drug problems as it pertains to motivational context. The third and final article seeks to education young adults on medical prescription drug use. A parent’s attitudes regarding substance

Drug Addiction Drug abuse is an increasing epidemic in today’s society. There are so many types of drugs being abused today, both legal and illegal. These drugs affect the human body in many different ways. Drug abuse can lead to addiction. “Drug addiction involves the repeated and excessive use of a drug to produce pleasure or escape reality despite its destructive effects” (“Environmental Health Perspectives,” 2005). Drug addicts believe that drugs are necessary for them to have a feeling