Prescription Drug Abuse / PSA Video

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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  1. quaffer22 says:

    I have met many such people in the last year.
    Some are addicted; others get the scipts to simply sell them. There is quite a market for these meds.

    I have met a few that have legitimate use for them, that want only to avoid paying a office call fee.

    In the end; the state taxpayers paid for them, initially.

  2. godrodemyscooter says:

    and damn near everyone who starts with this graduates to heroin. especially in the northeast. its terrible. its ruined lives. its ruined mine.

  3. Lorra41 says:

    My husbands 25 yr. old nephew, just died this Summer from overdosing on these pills. He’d been addicted for years, and refused help.

  4. MrSymposier says:

    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).

  5. Slickn151 says:

    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?

  6. hemptime123 says:

    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

  7. godrodemyscooter says:

    worse? at least you know the purity and other ingredients of these pills.

  8. rckr993 says:

    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

  9. cluelessbtd says:

    @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?

  10. cashfan123 says:

    THATS SO TRUE MAN WELL IN BRUV PEACE

  11. rckr993 says:

    it is both a mental and physical numbness. when your high on these types of drugs you just dont give a shit about anything

  12. ldksparda says:

    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.

  13. ChromeX1337 says:

    lmao hell yeah man, those withdrawals are fucking insane

  14. ldksparda says:

    @ChromeX1337 I’m already going into some withdraws. I’ve done talked with an attorney. It’s a slam-dunk success now.

  15. goodxbadxugly1 says:

    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.

  16. coltbbrown says:

    @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

  17. patovhell666 says:

    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!

  18. tannnerj10 says:

    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

  19. allenjalali says:

    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….

  20. amfrepalex says:

    haha.. thanx mister shrink, for the arthane!

  21. theweedmeisterr says:

    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

  22. Aestros909 says:

    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.

  23. Ed Zachariah says:

    so some of you may have seen my earlier question but i dont have a treadmill or acsess to a gym. However i do have a small track by my house (about 10 laps is a mile) what else can i do to lose weight in a couple of weeks?

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