Fact Sheet: A Response to the Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse

Publication date: 2011

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: substance use disorders, prescription, pharmacology, prevention, policy, education, statistics, epidemiology, depressants, narcotics, stimulants, death, medical complications

Publisher: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

Collection: salis; americana

Language: English

4 pages. Includes bibliography. April 2011. Prescription drugs are the second-most abused category of drugs in the United States, following marijuana, and they are as dangerous and deadly as illegal drugs when used for non-medical reasons. This fact sheet summarizes: a prescription drug abuse prevention plan, classes of prescription drugs, and prescription drug abuse fast facts.