Medicine Abuse

Links

http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm
http://www.justthinktwice.com/
http://www.freevibe.com/drug_facts/prescription_drugs.asp
http://www.theantidrug.com/index.asp?id=search_InformationDrug
http://www.prescription-drug-abuse.org/
http://www.drugstory.org/
http://www.drugfree.org/
http://www.samhsa.gov/rxsafety/
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• In 2002, 6.2 million Americans abused prescription drugs. Of these, more than 70 percent used painkillers.
• Medicine abuse by U.S. teens and young adults as reported in the Partnership for a Drug Free America’s 2008 annual tracking study:
• 1 in 5 teens have abused a prescription pain medication
• 1 in 5 report abusing prescription stimulants and tranquilizers
• 1 in 10 has abused cough medication
• 85% of overdose deaths are caused by prescription drug abuse