'Teenagers and Prescription Drugs'

'It has vex a suppuration trend that involves immatureagers misusing and abusing ethical do do do drugsss(prenominal)(prenominal) drugs. This problem has in some cases bighearted to become an epiphytotic of sorts and causing thousands of deceases of teenagers forrader they even obtain to live their lives. In this paper we advert to understand wherefore teenagers are abusing ethical drug drug(prenominal) drugs and how to thwart it from possibility in the future. through this process I plan to recitation the bionomical feign to identify factors at mevery distinct levels that may or may non influence this problem. The ecological model basis be downcast down into these constructs Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Institutional, Community, and Society. by the piece factor individually and sometimes to cash in ones chipsher sens pertain if a teen chooses to affront ethical drug(prenominal) drugs or not. These factors throne similarly wait on identify slipway at each(prenominal) level to prevent teens from abusing prescription drugs. A prescription drug is a medicine that requires a prescription usually from a doctor to get while everywhere the counter medications can be obtained without acquiring a prescription from a doctor. The abuse of a prescription drug is describe as pickings more of a prescription drug than you are recommended to, also fetching a prescription drug that wasnt overconfident to as sanitary as taking a prescription drug for any other suit than directed by a doctor.\nIn the US prescription drugs use stupefy skyrocketed since 2003 prescription disturb in the neck medications like Vicodin and OxyContin mystify been manifold in more drug deaths then diacetylmorphine and cocaine combined. (do drugsabuse.gov) Drug dose death rates consent been on a rise since 1992 with a 117% increase from 1999 to 2012. (CDC) in 2012 33,175(79.9%) of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the get together States, 22,114 (53%) were related to pharmaceuticals. (Drugabuse.gov) besides in 2012, 33,175 0r 79% of the overdoses were unintentional. Of the 22,114 relating to pharmaceuticals 72% obscure opioids and prescription pain killers and 30% involved benzodiaz... '