Prescription Drugs
<img title=”oxycontin-prescription-300×299″ src=”http://d3133493.a404.response-hosting.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/oxycontin-prescription-300×299.jpg” alt=”Prescription” width=”185″ height=”185″ />Recreational use of prescription drugs is a serious problem with teens and young adults.
<strong>LEGAL:</strong>
<strong>“I am prescribed to them by my doctor”</strong>
<strong>ILLEGAL:</strong>
<strong>“I am taking more now, but my doctor won’t refill my prescription again”</strong>
Due to their potential for abuse and addiction, many prescription drugs have been categorized in the same category as opium or cocaine. These include Ritaline and dexedrine (stimulants), and the painkillers Oxycontin, Demerol, and Roxanol. Many illegal street drugs were at one time used or prescribed by doctors or psychiatrists but were later banned when the evidence of their harmful effects could no longer be ignored. Examples are heroin, cocaine, LSD, Methamphetamine and Ecstacy



