Teenagers and Prescription Drugs

It has become a growing trend that involves teenagers misusing and abusing prescription drug(prenominal) medicine do do do drugsss drug drugs. This problem has in few cases grown to become an plaguey of sorts and causing thousands of deaths of teenagers before they plane begin to live their lives. In this paper we look to bring in why teenagers are abusing prescription drugs and how to prevent it from happening in the future. Through this process I plan to use the ecologic model to identify component parts at many different aims that may or may not influence this problem. The ecological model can be everyplaceturned down into these constructs Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Institutional, Community, and Society. Each factor individually and sometimes unneurotic can affect if a teen chooses to abuse prescription drugs or not. These factors can similarly help identify shipway at each level to prevent teens from abusing prescription drugs. A prescription drug is a medica tion that requires a prescription usually from a quicken to get while over the counter medications can be obtained without getting a prescription from a doctor. The abuse of a prescription drug is set forth as victorious more of a prescription drug than you are recommended to, also winning a prescription drug that wasnt prescribed to as well as taking a prescription drug for any other solid ground than directed by a doctor.\nIn the US prescription drugs use shit skyrocketed since 2003 prescription agony medications like Vicodin and OxyContin realize been involved in more overdose deaths then heroin and cocaine combined. (Drugabuse.gov) Drug overdose death rates have been on a scrape up since 1992 with a 117% increase from 1999 to 2012. (CDC) in 2012 33,175(79.9%) of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the United States, 22,114 (53%) were related to pharmaceuticals. (Drugabuse.gov) too in 2012, 33,175 0r 79% of the overdoses were unintentional. Of the 22,114 relating to p harmaceuticals 72% involved opioids and prescription pain killers and 30% involved benzodiaz...