How are people getting the prescription drugs to overdose on?
There needs to be stricter guidelines and regulatory practices to defer doctor's from writing to many scripts for controlled substances.
DISCLAIMER
This blog is an assignment for CMP 272 Spring 2008 to allow students an opportunity to present valid arguments, generate feedback, and practice moderating skills in a technological environment.
Prescription Drugs For Abuse Is Not Hard To Get.
Among the beautiful hills and valleys to the small towns and the large cities there is a large problem in West Virginia.
West Virginia's overdose rate is the worst in the nation, last year overdoses killed 460 West Virginians.
Obtaining prescription drugs for abuse is not difficult and there are various means to get the drugs. Including multiple doctor shopping, forged perscriptions,via illegal online pharmacies, theft and burglary(from hospitals, residents, pharmacies),obtaining prescription from family and friends, over prescribing by physicians, unscrupulous physicians selling drugs.
The non-medical use or abuse of prescription drugs is an escalating and has become a major public health issue. Every single day, there are reports of deaths being reported from accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
www.addictionsearch.com/treatment_articles/article/prescritpion-drug-addiction-abu
