Abstract

MISUSE & PRESCRIPTION OVER THE COUNTER DRUG TO OBTAIN ILLICIT DRUGS

Mandeep Kaur*

ABSTRACT

According to the 2001 National Household Survey Drug Abuse (NHSDA) data Americans 18 to 25 year of age reported the highest prevalence of illicit use of prescription drugs relative to other age groups (office of applied studies, 2002) article present an Analysis of the patterns of illicit use of p This prescription pain, relievers of complexity of pain management. It suggests that a federal enforcement policy focused on physicians is unlikely to reduce the overall use of illicit drug but that it is likely to have an adverse impact on the ethical structure of the medical care and to compromise the effectiveness of the pain treatment.

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