Popping Pills: A Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

POPPING PILLS 9 A DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIC O0 52 MILLION PEOPLE INTHE US OVER THE AGE OF 12 HAVE USED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS non-medically in their lifetime 6.2 RMILLION PEOPLE % The United States is 5 ÖF THE WORLD'S POPULATION CONSUMES 75th have used them non-medically in the past month OF THE WORLD'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGS EVERY AMERICAN ADULT EVERY 4 HOURS For 1 Month In 2010, Enough prescription painkillers were prescribed to Medicate The # of Prescription Medicine Abusers in 2010 was 7 MILLION Most abused prescription Drugs fall under 3 categories: RRRRRRRRR PAINKILLERS 5.1 Million TRANQUILIZERS 2.2 Million STIMULANTS 1.1 Million (# of Abusers of Prescription Drugs) NON-MEDICAL USE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY STATE % RATES BETWEEN: O 3.62-4.07 4.08-4.45 O 4.46-4.79 0 4.80-5.32 O 5.33-6.37 Where are PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OBTAINED? 1.9% More Than One Doctor 81.6% One Doctor One Doctor 18.1% 0.3% Other FREE from Bought on The Internet Friend or Relative 54.2% 3.9% Drug Dealer or Stanger Bought/Took From Friend or Relative 16.6% 2.2%o o 3.1% Other 0.2% o More Than One Doctor -o 5.5% Bought on The Internet FREE from L 5.7% Friend or Relative 1.9%O- Drug Dealer or Stanger Bought/Took From Friend or Relative 120 Reasons Teens USE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 - 80 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 40 40 40 40 62% 52% 51% 50% 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 Easy to get from parent's medicine cabinets They are not illegal drugs Easy to get through other people's prescriptions Available Everywhere 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 90 80 80- 80 80 70 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 49% 43% 35% 33% 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 They are cheap Safer to use Less shame Can claim to have prescription if caught than illegal drugs attached to using 100 100 100 100 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 80 70 70 70- 70 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 25% 21% 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 32% 32% 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 Fewer side effects than street drugs Parents don't care Easy to purchase over the internet Can be used as study aids as much if caught 12 Palms Sources: cdc.gov drugabuse.gov fda.gov health.us.news RECOVERY CENTER