My News 4 (Reno, NV) August 5:
"Americans in this day and age are now prescribed more medications than ever. And kids are finding them. According to statistics I obtained from the district, about 70 percent of teens get prescription pills easily, many of those pills are stolen from friends and relatives. Just ask the teens themselves... 'It's easy to get because all you have to do is -- if your parents aren't home -- get it from the medicine cabinet,' said 8th grader Chase Crowley... So what is the district doing about it? For starters, it's involving students in its own anti-pill message. Students produced and acted in this DVD for their peers. It educates students about the consequences of taking and mixing pills. From trouble breathing to vomiting to hospitalization. Video of Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson show the ultimate price of pill abuse. And also Included in the DVD are the distraught parents of a 15 year old son who died from a methadone overdose."
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Prescription drug addiction such as the Psychological- and/or Chemical Dependence on pharmaceuticals has become an increasingly escalating problem among people within all classes of society. According to statistics that were recently published on the internet, we may conclude that prescription drug addiction is increasingly exceeding other known addictions such as the consumption of alcoholic beverages, and the frequent abuse of illegal class I controlled substances.
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