Prescription Drug Addiction: The Devastating Toll of Over-Prescription in America

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Topic: Over prescription and Addiction Research Question: How the over prescription of drugs can lead to increased addiction in the United States Introduction There is a simple saying that states that too much of something is poisonous. Drug prescription defines dependence on the drug on the victim attributed to brain and body adaptation of the drug. Over prescription implies that the patient gets an overdose regardless of whether the medication fits the noted health problem. To this effect, the level of dependency increases, dictating severe addictions in the victim with uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms upon stopping taking such drugs. Americans are among the primary victims of over prescriptions that enhance addictions to opioid analgesics claiming many lives in the long run. It is imperative to note that the fastest-growing drug problem in America is not illegal drugs addictions but instead pres