A REVIEW ON AN ARTICLE ABOUT PRESCRIPTIONS

A Review on an Article about Prescriptions

A Review on an Article about Prescriptions

The number of deaths and hospitalizations caused by prescription drugs has raised precipitously in the past decade, with overdoses of pain medications, in particular opioids, sedatives and tranquilizers, more than increasing two-fold between 1999 and 2006, according to a new study.

"Teens and others have distinct attitudes in using these drugs," often presuming the prescription substances are safer and less addictive than illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin, says Jeffrey Coben, a professor of crisis and community surgery at the West Virginia ...