Prescription Drug Abuse: Narconon Drug Rehab Warns of Abuse and Addiction.

Almost 48 million Americans have used a prescription drug nonmedically at least once in their lifetimes.

Narconon Drug Rehab warns that the nonmedical use or abuse of prescription drugs is a serious and growing public health problem

in this country. The elderly are among those most vulnerable to prescription drug abuse or misuse because they are prescribed

more medications than their younger counterparts. Most people take prescription medications responsibly; however, an estimated

48 million people (ages 12 and older) have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons in their lifetimes. This represents

approximately 20 percent of the U.S. population.

Also alarming is the fact that the 2004 National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) Monitoring the Future survey of 8th, 10th,

and 12th-graders found that 9.3 percent of 12th-graders reported using Vicodin without a prescription in the past year, and 5.0

percent reported using OxyContin-making these medications among the most commonly abused prescription drugs by adolescents.

The abuse of certain prescription drugs-opioids, central nervous system (CNS) depressants, and stimulants- can alter the

brain's activity and lead to addiction. While we do not yet understand all of the reasons for the increasing abuse of

prescription drugs, we do know that accessibility is likely a contributing factor. In addition to the increasing number of

medicines being prescribed for a variety of health problems, some medications can be obtained easily from online pharmacies.

Most of these are legitimate businesses that provide an important service; however, some online pharmacies dispense medications

without a prescription and without appropriate identity verification, allowing minors to order the medications easily over the

Internet.

NIDA hopes to decrease the prevalence of this problem by increasing awareness and promoting additional research on prescription

drug abuse. Prescription drug abuse is not a new problem, but one that deserves renewed attention. It is imperative that as a

Nation we make ourselves aware of the consequences associated with the misuse and abuse of these medications.

Narconon Drug Rehab and Drug Education helps with prescription drug education and rehab. Call today for help: 1-877-413-3073.
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[inagodadavida1]

Good video. Prescription drug abuse is more and more common with the way these drugs are pushed on the population. Way to easy for kids to get hold of them and become drug addicts.

[kerfluffle4]

This is certainly the kind of truth about drug abuse and addiction that needs to be gotten out there. Good for Narconon Georgia to take the effort to see that people are educated about drugs.

[WolfeCrazy1]

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise with children. Parents need to educate themselves so they educate their children. Thank you for helping with that Narconon!

[NarcononDrugEdu]

This is an interesting video!

[lamadddd]

Great PSA. Prescription drugs are frankly a huge problem with the very young. So many children are put on them in school and become addicted, and they are so common that it probably seems no big deal to just take them even when they are not prescribed. Drug abuse then becomes rampant. Good that Narconon is doing this kind of video.

[kerfluffle3]

I've seen it in my own life, the ease with which a prescription drug can addict someone, and the pain that one goes through to get off the drug. It's as if the drug companies create more and more addictive drugs just to create drug addicts.

[foxtrotter2008]

Thank you Narconon!