Prescription Drugs

A recent study suggests that prescription opioids may put users at risk for heroin and other injected drugs. Though people often consider marijuana to be a gateway drug, it’s really prescription opioids that fit this picture. Study Reports that Prescription Opioids are Gateway Drugs According to the study, which was published in the International Journal…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug abuse in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. As of 2012, overdose deaths from prescription drugs have increased to over 17,000 each year. In fact, pharmaceutical drug overdoses were established as one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., exceeding car…