The most recent Drug Pushers in Town

There is a new drug pusher in town. He does not hang out in the alley or on the street corner-and it is not Heroin or crack this time. This time the pusher is hanging out much closer to home and the drugs are what most citizen would call medicines. More teens abuse these than all types of illicit drugs combined, if you exclude marijuana.

Online drug market are happy to dispense any controlled drug at a price much higher than one would pay at a regular pharmacy and an estimated 85% of these sites need no prescriptions or inescapable identification. Drugs such as Opioid (opiumlike) pain-killers (Oxycontin, Vicodin), muscle relaxants and anti-anxiety drugs (Valium, Xanax), and stimulants such as Ritalin are the most often abused.

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Left-over pills in the treatment cabinet can become a windfall for a young someone looking to get high or make a tiny extra cash at school. Many teens who would never touch illicit drugs might abuse prescription drugs because they seem to be a safe way to get high and they are so readily available.

The truth is that while these medications might be taken as prescribed and for short periods when needed with relative safety, the amounts being taken to "cop a buzz" are way beyond the stylish dosages and could be lethal.

Abusers are using these drugs to carefully create a tailor-made, desired feelings. Before school or a party they may take Oxycontin or Vicodin to get high, then add some Valium or Xanax to mellow it out a bit. Later, a join of sleeping pills to get some rest or, if the party is still going, a tiny Ritalin to last the night. This is a whole action that screams of a lack of sufficient drug awareness instruction.

Combining two or more drugs can cause distinct results than the same drugs taken separately. This can occur in any ways:

1. Inhibitory. One drug may block the effects of another. This can lead to a perilous overdose because of a lessened perception of the effects of the drug and the user may believe they have not reached their limit.

2. Additive. The effects of both drugs are gift and one does not influence the other.

3. Synergistic effect. In this case, one drug can multiply the supervene of another with totally unpredictable results.

Combining any drugs is risky, but the deadliest combination is this:

As the user takes the drugs more frequently, Tolerance builds. This means that more is required to feel the same high. Eventually, to accomplish Any pleasurable effects, dangerously high doses are needed. At the same time, the drug abuser's mind becomes more and more clouded and their potential to make clear judgments is reduced and they are more likely to take deadly amounts of the drugs.

This combination of higher doses and poorer judgment results in the souring numbers of overdoses seen in the last decade from prescription drugs.

While much is being done to keep these medicines out of the hands of those who would misuse them, ultimately, it comes down to parents and educators to ensure young citizen have what they need: the truth about these drugs and what their abuse can do.

The most recent Drug Pushers in Town