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Prescription Drugs
November 20, 2008
By
Giedre Laurinaitis
Quinn Kolar
Mitch Ramask
Alex Speath
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dangerous?
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Prescription Drug Abuse
How can we help inform teens
about the dangers of prescription
drug abuse and help prevent them
from becoming addicted?
What are they?
• Drugs with an accepted medical use that can be
prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner.
• All of these drugs fall into the Schedule II through
Schedule V categories of the U.S. Controlled
Substance Act
• Their potency varies by what schedule they are
placed in, their dose, and what specific chemical
composure it is made up of
Schedule: What Is It?
• A classification that divides drugs into
categories from I through V.
• This classification is based on several factors
such as their potential for addiction, any
harmful side effects they have, and their
potential for addiction
• Schedule I drugs are currently illegal in the
United States under any circumstances,
therefore they will not be discussed in this
presentation as they are not considered
prescription drugs.
Schedule II
• Schedule II drugs are prescription drugs considered
to be highly dangerous and addictive. Furthermore, it
includes all legal derivatives of else specified illegal
drugs such as PCP or amphetamines.
• Some of the drugs in this category include: Codeine,
Morphine, Opium extracts, Oxycodone, Powdered
opium all of which are heavy opiates. It furthermore
includes several other opiates, stimulants and
depressants
Schedule III
• Schedule III drugs are mostly the same drugs as in
Schedule III only in less powerful and potent
concentrations.
• It also includes anabolic steroids unless they are to
be specifically listed in any other schedules beside
Schedule III
• Schedule III also contains several legally specified
uses for the hallucinogenic drug gamma
hydroxybutyric acid, more commonly known as GHB.
Schedule IV & V
• Some of the drugs listed in schedule IV and V are
simply extremely low doses of drugs, or
combinations thereof, present in Schedules II and III
• Also listed in Schedules IV and V are more common
drugs for the treatment of minor aliments. These
substances include commonly known drugs such as:
Diazepam (Valium), Chlordiazepoxide (Librium),
Flurazepam (Dalmadorm) or Zolpidem (Ambien)
• These drugs still require a prescription and are not
available over the counter.
Prescription
• To possess any of the drugs listed, a signed
prescription signed by a licensed and practicing
Physician is required. this can then be taken to a
pharmacy to obtain the drugs.
• Even with a prescription there are still limitations on
the possession of these drugs. For example Schedule
II drugs can only be prescribed in amounts lasting the
patient for thirty days. Also they cant be refilled, to
get more a new prescription is required.
How Prescription Drugs are Illegally
Obtained
• Most illegally used prescription drugs come from one
of three major sources. These sources are mainly
split between teens and adults.
• Most teens obtain their drugs from their parents. For
example if the parents have a bottle of painkillers
prescribed for a injury the teens may steal a few. Also
if there is an old bottle of drugs that are not needed
anymore the teen may take some of those. This is a
reason to watch your medication and dispose of any
old bottles of medication.
Adults
• Most adults obtain their abused prescription drugs in
one of two ways:
• The first is by going to several different doctors and
obtaining multiple prescriptions at once. Even
though they are getting prescriptions for the drugs, it
is still considered abuse.
• There are also online pharmacies that sell these
drugs without even requiring a prescription. These
online pharmacies are also popular with kids because
they do not ask for a proof that the buyer is older
than 18.
Now, for some ……….
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• In 2006, 16.2 million Americans age 12 and older had
taken a prescription drug for nonmedical uses. A
study in 2007 showed that about 4% of 8th graders,
11% of 10th graders, and 14% of 12th graders had
abused a prescription drug at least once in the past
year.
Over the past decadeand-a-half, the number
of teen and young adult
hydroquinone abusers
grew from 400,000 to 2
million
• In 2000, 43 percent (almost a half-million) of
those who ended up in hospital emergency
rooms from drug overdoses were there
because of misusing prescription drugs.
“Pharm” Parties
• No that is not a typo!
• Pharm Parties are where people get together
and do prescription drugs.
• At Pharm Parties “Trail mix”, no not the kind
you find in stores, is passed around.
• Trail mix is a combination of all the pills
people brought to the pharm party
Pharm Parties; They can’t be that
dangerous?
Wrong!
Just because the drugs done at Pharm Parties
are prescribed by a doctor does not make
them them less dangerous!
In fact, Trail Mix is often more dangerous
because you do not know what you are taking.
The combination of drugs can be deadly!
What not to do….
Don’t take medicine if it’s not yours
Don’t be at a party where illegal pills are being
consumed
Don’t think that prescription drugs are safe
Don’t share your medicine with anyone
Don’t take random pills without knowing what
they are…..
To sum it all up….
• Prescription drugs are just as if not more
dangerous that street drugs
• Having prescription drugs without a
prescription is illegal
• Prescription drugs are strong enough to kill
• Taking illegal prescription drugs can and will
lead down a road of self destruction
Prevention Starts with
Information
By being informed you can spread the
word about prescription drug abuse.
If everyone in this room today told 10 of
their friends about the dangers of
prescription drugs abuse and their friends
told 10 of their friends soon we could
reach a huge portion of our community!
So please …
Help Protect your friends from
Prescription Drug Abuse
Works Cited
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prescrip
tiondrugabuse.html
• http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/cfr/
2108cfrt.htm
• http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/presc
ription_drugs.asp
• www.youtube.com
• www.google.com/images
Works Cited Continued
• http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=17
26349&page=1
• http://johnibii.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/te
en-prescription-drug-abuse-alarm
• http://www.drug-rehabs.org/prescriptiondrug-abuse.htm
• http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/prescript
ion.html
• www.fda.gov
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www.drugabuse.org
www.drugfree.org
www.streetdrugs.org
www.theantidrug.com
www.thepillsafe.com