When Young People Take Prescription Drugs, They Don’t Stop at One or Two

                                                                                         

I recently interviewed an administrator in an addiction treatment center and found out that when clients come to them for help with a prescription drug addiction or abuse problem, they’re not just taking one or two drugs; it’s closer to 15.

The term ‘drug of choice’ has been around for a long time. But when it comes to the way young people are taking prescription drugs, the term has become obsolete. They take whatever’s going.

They often get them from parents’ and friends’ medicine cabinets, take the pills themselves, offer them to friends, and dump them in bowls at parties where anyone can take whatever strikes their fancy.

They generally have no knowledge of what they’re taking, what the consequences are, whether or not the drugs are addictive, what conditions the drugs are meant to treat, when they are dangerous, how much is safe, or how they interact with other drugs or with alcohol.

They just take them. It’s like a bowl of nuts – you just grab a handful and keep eating them.

Winding up in an addiction treatment center isn’t the worst consequence of this practice. They also wind up in the local emergency room or the morgue. In fact, many of the prescription drug overdose deaths don’t happen after years of abuse, they happen the very first time the person takes the drugs.

No one ever explained to them that taking opiates, for example, slows down your heart rate and breathing. That if you take more than you should, which is very easy to do, especially in a ‘party’ setting, there would be no warning of trouble: You just get tired, fall asleep, and never wake up. The ones who make it into treatment are the lucky ones.

There are literally millions of people abusing prescription drugs. If you know one of them, or have suspicions, do them a favor and get them into an addiction treatment center fast. When someone’s taking 15 drugs, you never know what’s going to happen.

About the author:
Gloria MacTaggart is a freelance writer that contributes articles on health.

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