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Prescription DrugsWhat are Prescription Drugs ????Medications that have been prescribed to you by a licensed healthcare professional. A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained.Written instructions – the actual “prescription” – must be included with the medication. Only licensed pharmacists can fill your prescriptionEffect and Danger1. Dangers of Prescription DrugsThis is the bigggggggg title.2. OverdoseMany prescription medications can be very dangerous in high doses. This is one of the reasons why your prescription contains only a certain number of pills.3. Addiction, and dependenceThere are many prescription medications available today that have side effects which make them particularly appealing to someone looking to get high. 4. Along those same lines, there are many types of prescription drugs that can lead to dependence and addiction.Statistics A research from NSDUH:1. 2.4 million Americans abused prescription drugs in 20092. Averages to approximately 6,600 initiates per day3. More than one-half were females and about a third was aged 12 to 17.4. Youth, older adults, and women, may be at particular risk.What are the trends in prescription drug use in the United States over the past 10 years?Rates of prescription painkiller sales, deaths and substance abuse treatment admissions (1999-2010)How people can get helpsupport is essential addiction recoverysupport can come from:1.family members 2.close friends3.therapists or counselors 4.other recovering addicts?5.?healthcare providers 6.people from your faith community ● Increase education, particularly among parents and children, about prescription drug abuse. Let the children deeply know the dangerous of prescription drug. ● Monitor what the report calls “doctor-shoppers”—abusers who get multiple prescriptions for drugs. ● Go outside to have some sports, it can not only can keep you health body, but also help you stay away from prescription dru