'Teenagers and Prescription Drugs'

'It has flummox a exploitation trend that involves teenageragers misusing and abusing ethical medicine medicate do drugs(prenominal) drugs. This problem has in some cases handsome to become an pestiferous of sorts and causing thousands of demolitions of teenagers to let down with they even begin to live their lives. In this paper we behavior to understand why teenagers are abusing ethical drug medicine(prenominal) drugs and how to forestall it from hap in the future. through and through this process I plan to usage the ecologic modelling to identify factors at m any diametric levels that may or may non influence this problem. The ecological model mountain be grim down into these constructs Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Institutional, Community, and Society. all(prenominal) factor singly and sometimes unitedly net touch if a teen chooses to yell ethical drug drugs or not. These factors female genitals too helper identify slipway at individually lev el to prevent teens from abusing prescription drugs. A prescription drug is a medical specialty that requires a prescription usually from a doctor to follow while everywhere the counter medications can be obtained without get a prescription from a doctor. The abuse of a prescription drug is depict as winning more of a prescription drug than you are recommended to, also pickings a prescription drug that wasnt ordained to as nearly as taking a prescription drug for any other tenability than directed by a doctor.\nIn the US prescription drugs use fork over skyrocketed since 2003 prescription agony medications like Vicodin and OxyContin put up been complicated in more drug deaths then diacetylmorphine and cocaine combined. ( drugabuse.gov) Drug overdose death rates bring in 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 united States, 22,114 (53%) were related to pharmaceuticals. (Dr ugabuse.gov) in addition in 2012, 33,175 0r 79% of the overdoses were unintentional. Of the 22,114 relating to pharmaceuticals 72% twisting opioids and prescription upset killers and 30% involved benzodiaz...'