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Just last month we uncovered a shocking truth. America is struggling with a drug abuse epidemic. What’s worse? It’s almost as if our nation prescribed it.
If you haven’t guessed it yet, America is struggling with prescription drug abuse. So much so that it has become an epidemic. Last month we released an infographic, Popping Pills: A Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic, which illustrated just how out of control our nation has gotten with their use of prescription drugs. But we created this video to relay the fact that this can no longer be classified as use, but actually abuse. Here are a couple of facts to think about. With America making up just 5% of the world’s population, we still manage to consume over 75% of prescriptions drugs globally. Even more shocking… that’s enough to medicate every single adult in America every 4 hours for an entire month!
Please help us spread the word, and educate the public on the troubles of abusing drugs and substances when expecting a child.
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“State Estimates of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers.” Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 8 Jan. 2013. Web. 28 May 2013. <http://www.samhsa.gov/data/2k12/NSDUH115/sr115-nonmedical-use-pain-relievers.htm>.
Maxwell, Jane Carlisle. “Trends in the Abuse of Prescription Drugs.” The Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 2006. Web. 28 May 2013. <https://www.utexas.edu/research/cswr/gcattc/documents/PrescriptionTrends_Web.pdf>.
“Combating Misuse and Abuse of Prescription Drugs: Q&A with Michael Klein, Ph.D.” Consumer Updates. United States Food and Drug Administration, 28 July 2010. Web. 28 May 2013. <http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm220112.htm>.
“Results from the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings.” Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Sept. 2012. Web. 28 May 2013. < http://www.samhsa.gov/data/nsduh/2k11results/nsduhresults2011.htm>.
“Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction.” Research Report Series. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Oct. 2011. Web. 28 May 2013. <http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/rrprescription.pdf>.