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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 …
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Why have I (yes, me!) NEVER been in the ER or in the “throes of addiction”? Because I do not LET myself!
@dihle12 The trouble is poor education and monitoring by doctors—and stupid patients!
the problem starts with the drug companies and the doctors who hand out drugs like candy wake up people something needs to be done now before more lifes are lost
@theweedmeisterr what shit are you on how bout the kids that were on adhd medication and died they had no heart condition before taking the pills they were taking what there doctor told em to and drop dead of a heart attack the problems are from the drug companies and the doctors they had out dangerous drugs like candy wake up time for everyone to wake up and stop this rot and stop the bogus disorders that people make up to sell there drugs to make money
@Aestros909 the facts? i hope you are being sarcastic.
I like this PSA because it gives you the facts, and allows you to make up your own mind. A lot of people get introduced to this stuff because they got injured, not because they want to get high. The chemicals are addictive, and that is the main problem.
saying it’s the doctors or drug companies fault if the kids do this or die is bull shit, just stupid kids and stupid parents trying to put the blame on other people, if a kid, especially a teen overdoses on pills it is his fault, no one else’s and the world just needs to realize we all have free will and we do what we do because we want to do it, not cause some company told us too through commercials and tv shows
haha.. thanx mister shrink, for the arthane!
I wonder how long it will take before we bring the Drug Conglomerates into courts for the death of millions of our beloved ones like Sean Good…
Mr. Good, Sean did not kill himself, CEOs of Drug Corporations Killed him…
May Sean and millions of others Rest in Peace….
fuck ive been smoking weed and drinking and doin pills since i was 12 now im 15, i dont know what the fuck to do, this just makes me think u know? i have a friend whos heart stopped cuz he took 4 oxys, i got 30 dilaudid and like 12 Fentanyl, nothing is stopping me from taking em all right now… fuck this sucks
its so fucking sad how humans will NEVER EVER IN OUR TIME, OUR UNIVERSE, OUR WHOLE EXISTANCE AS A SPECIES WILL NEVER IMPROVE!!! this is an example of it. and those is power know what the fuck they’re doing!!! but no, people dont care; we all live in a generation of self-destructing!
@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
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.
@ChromeX1337 I’m already going into some withdraws. I’ve done talked with an attorney. It’s a slam-dunk success now.
lmao hell yeah man, those withdrawals are fucking insane
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.
it is both a mental and physical numbness. when your high on these types of drugs you just dont give a shit about anything
THATS SO TRUE MAN WELL IN BRUV PEACE
@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?
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
worse? at least you know the purity and other ingredients of these pills.
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
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?
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).
My husbands 25 yr. old nephew, just died this Summer from overdosing on these pills. He’d been addicted for years, and refused help.