Drug abuse problems change over time. The most popular illicit drug today may have been low in popularity four or five years ago and will be forgotten tomorrow.
Officials find that many young people who use or even add to heroin have actually begun to abuse prescription drugs, such as hydrocodone and oxycodone. Then, when their supply of pills was over, they discovered that heroin was satisfied.
The misuse or abuse of prescription drugs is a serious and growing public health problem in this country. Thousands of people in the United States, mostly people in their teens, for the first time abuse prescription drugs every day. These figures exceed, according to reports of the Partnership for a drug-free America, only when using marijuana.
Why is this happening?
- Prescription drugs are safer by young people because they come from legitimate sources.
- Less chance of catching them; Prescription drugs do not create any smoke, do not require needles, do not produce any odors, such as alcohol or inhalants, and the tablets are easily hidden in a box or pocket.
- Most parents never thought that the pills in the first-aid kit were targets for their children and their children. classmates.
- Most adults use prescription painkillers for their intended purpose and do not experience "high", which makes them attractive as recreational drugs, and therefore they can simply leave them in sight in the first aid kit.
- And finally, in high schools and high schools, it is common knowledge that these drugs can get one high level so that they are traded and sold to classmates.
All drugs are, in fact, poisons and the easy availability of dangerous prescription drugs, plus their addiction to quality makes a deadly combination. Testify of a steady stream of high profile deaths due to overdose and lethal drug combinations.
Answer? Effective and comprehensive education about the effects of drugs and the truth about drug addiction. Our young people MUST be aware of the influence of these powerful agents before they can be persuaded to try. Ignorance is the enemy.
