What Are the Prescription of Drug Abuse Facts and Figures?
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The Center of Disease Control reports that prescription medications are responsible for more overdose deaths than illegal substances such as cocaine and heroin. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the number of people who find treatment for pain killer abuse increased fourfold in the span of a decade (1998 – 2008). The number of emergency room visits related to prescription medications also increased 97% in four years (2004 -2008). In 2009, an average of 6,027 individuals a day abused pain relievers for the first time.
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Epic Teen Drug Abuse Facts – Just some simple teen drug abuse facts along with some epic music. I didn’t make this video, a friend did.
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100 people? died last year from peanuts.
0 died from smoking weed (:
100 people died last year from peanuts.
0? died from smoking weed (:
“IT’S TIME TO DO SOMETHING.”
My? response: smoke weed bro.
legalize? it
yeah man,? spread the love
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sure do whatever you want with it.
I have a nonprofit called “Preventing Teen? Tragedy” I am doing a powerpoint for schools RIGHT NOW for schools on the TEEN BRain. May I add your video to it? THis is well done!
The statistics shown is alarming. Drastic but positive steps to help our youth against? addiction.
have you seen many reports people dying to pot overdose? It’s not? poison, and I’m not saying it’s not poison because it’s a plant. I’m saying that it’s really not poisonous.
Even an apple is more poisonous than pot.
i found this video really useful , can i use it for an english project ? please i would really appreciate it :D?
i hate it when pot smokers try to make the argument? that weed is not poison because it’s a plant… there are a ton of poisonous plants out there….