While prescription drugs have been used effectively to treat medical illness in the majority of patients, rates of prescription abuse have escalated at alarming rates in the past decade. Increased clinician awareness is essential in helping reduce prescription drug abuse while continuing to provide effective treatment. The increased availability of prescription drugs has contributed to a rise of non-medical use and abuse of these medications. A menace that is overwhelming and much more society, which is far more disastrous than many other threats, is prescription drug abuse.
This problem is common among the youths. Prescription and OTC drugs are among the most commonly abused drugs. The existing drugs, inhalants, and depressants in the market is responsible for attracting the youths pretty easily. However, an easy availability of a wide range of drugs is responsible for increased…
