Prescription painkiller abuse is a huge and broad topic arising in today's society. Not only is it being asked if prescription painkillers are being abused, but as well as who is at fault for the abuse of prescription painkillers. I personally feel, that those who in which consume the medications are those who are at fault. Gathered from drugfreeworld.org, international statistics state that among those using illicit drugs for the first time in 2007, the most popular substances were marijuana and prescription painkillers, both in which were used roughly by the same number of Americans aged 12 and older. Since 2007, non-medical use of painkillers has risen around 12 percent. Not only adults, but even high school seniors in the United States, one in ten have …show more content…
I do not blame health care providers for trying to give their patients comfortable care, therefore, I do blame patients for abusing their right to the use of prescription painkillers. Simply due to the fact that methadone, a drug once used in addiction centers, now is used by doctors as a painkiller, was found to have caused 785 deaths in the state of Florida alone since 2007. I one hundred percent believe that this is due to the total misuse by the patients themselves. Furthermore, I strongly believe that doctors know exactly what they're doing, they have degrees, they went to school for years on end studying the medical field, and I feel that people, as of this generation take advantage of the technology we have, and use it to search their symptoms and self-diagnose themselves. The most commonly used prescription painkillers include
Oxycontin, Methadone, Vicodin, Darvocet, Lorcet, Lortab, and Percocet. These drugs, while offering a sense of relief, the use of the drug makes their bodies feel “normal”. I also find it invalid to believe that this is a doctor's fault because whether it's prescribed or not, if a patient feels the need to get that drug, they will find a way to do so, whether