When people talk about drugs they talk in terms of classifications. There’s opiates, stimulants, anti-depressants, etc. So it is only fitting that we put the prescription drug abuse problem in a classification too. For one thing, it was the second leading cause of “accidental” deaths last year. For another, 10% of the whole country has admitted they used pills illegally, at least once. And that’s just for starters. At least 20% of our teenagers are abusing them and it killed more people last year than all other illegal drug use combined. I could go on, the bottom line is prescription medication abuse is in a class all by itself. For drug detox and rehab help prescription addiction abuse
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