Prescription drugs have outstripped illegal drugs as a cause of death, is concluded by the report which was given by Florida Medical Examiners Commission. According to the analysis of 1,68,900 autopsies, three times as many people were killed by legal drugs as heroin, cocaine and all methamphetamines put together. This is a sign of a burgeoning prescription drug abuse problem, according to state law enforcement officials.
Heroin was responsible for 121 deaths, cocaine for 843, methamphetamines for 25 and total 989 deaths in 2007 and opioid painkillers, Oxyconitin, Vicodin killed 2,328 people and drugs containing benzodiazepine, Xanax and depressants Valium killed 743 people.
Prescription drugs have become an alternative for acquiring the most difficult illegal drugs, across the country. Prescription drug abuse increased among teenagers than illegal drugs. It is believed by some people that the medicines' legally makes them less dangerous than illegal drugs, due to this reason, this prescription medication are being abused. Prescriptions are acquired by adults by visiting multiple doctors by faking injuries and pharmacies for the same health complaints. More drugs are got by some people than they need.
In the United States, number of people are abusing prescription drugs, they have increased 80 percent in six years to seven million, these numbers of people are more than those abusing heroin, ecstasy, inhalants put together.
Heroin was responsible for 121 deaths, cocaine for 843, methamphetamines for 25 and total 989 deaths in 2007 and opioid painkillers, Oxyconitin, Vicodin killed 2,328 people and drugs containing benzodiazepine, Xanax and depressants Valium killed 743 people.
Prescription drugs have become an alternative for acquiring the most difficult illegal drugs, across the country. Prescription drug abuse increased among teenagers than illegal drugs. It is believed by some people that the medicines' legally makes them less dangerous than illegal drugs, due to this reason, this prescription medication are being abused. Prescriptions are acquired by adults by visiting multiple doctors by faking injuries and pharmacies for the same health complaints. More drugs are got by some people than they need.
In the United States, number of people are abusing prescription drugs, they have increased 80 percent in six years to seven million, these numbers of people are more than those abusing heroin, ecstasy, inhalants put together.
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