Prescription Drugs and Painkillers
Never use prescription drugs or painkillers unless needed!
By Tommy Koba
Slang Terms
- Adds
- Tussin
- Footballs
- Bars
- Roofies
- Hillbilly Heroin
- OC's
- Smurfs
- Eighties
Effects
Long Term
- Dependence
- Effects your cardiovascular system like heroin
- Depend for what type of prescription drug/painkiller it is
- It is addictive
It is usually taken in orally and it can be a opioid, depressant, or a stimulant.
Statistics
- 50% of teens thought that prescription drugs are less harmful than traditional street drugs
- In 2007, 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs/painkillers for the first time
- In 2007, 1,000 people died from an overdose of the painkiller Fentanyl
Some of the most abused prescription drugs
Barbiturates
This drug is a depressant
Amphetamines
This drug is a stimulant
Codeine
This drug is a opioid
How most people get addicted
Most people will have the drug that they get addicted to prescribed to them, and they will get addicted while using it. They will get addicted because they use it longer then needed, or because they like the feeling that it gives there body, so they will just keep buying it off the streets.
Advice
If someone ever offers you a prescription drug or painkiller, remember that you can be killed by only one try.