When you think
of drug abuse, the odds are quite good that you think of cocaine or heroin, but
a report out of Florida highlights a serious trend in this country. A
look at autopsies in that state found that the rate of deaths caused by
prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illegal
drugs combined. According to the Food and Drug Administration, seven
million Americans are abusing prescription drugs; an eight percent increase in
six years. Looking at it another way, it's more than the total abuse of
heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and inhalants combined.
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