prescription drug abuse help

I recently discussed what I believe could be one of the origins of prescription drug abuse in our culture. many individuals don't realize how damaging prescription drug abuse can be, or to what lengths individuals will go to once they have become addicted.

The 1800nodrugs.com drug rehab website explains that prescription drug abusers will go so far as to write phony prescriptions, convince their specialty doctors to prescribe meds by convincing them that their regular physician is out of town, schedule appointments with random new doctors to establish a clean slate of prescription status, and in some cases steal medications.

It is strange that this phenomenon doesn't receive more attention. Instead, we see movies where people constantly offer one another powerful drugs like Valium, with no apparent responsibility for the fact that it was a prescribed substance. According to a national study discussed on this website, "The 17th annual study on teen drug abuse found that in 2004, more teens had abused prescription pain medication such as Vicodin and OxyContin than cocaine, crack, Ecstasy or LSD. The most popular prescription drug abused by teens is Vicodin, with 18% or about 4.3 million youth reporting that they had used it to get high."

In a nutshell, handing out prescription pain killers to friends isn't curing their illnesses, but may be influencing them to take on a very damaging addiction. As their name suggests, this 1800nodrugs.com website offers free drug counseling and referral services. Although prescription drug abusers sometimes try to cocoon their addiction in a humorous light, there is nothing really funny about it. When not prescribed, statements like, "God, I need a valium" should be reacted to no differently than someone stating, "God, I need some crack." Get them some help.