Today, the pharmaceutical industry is a multi-billion industry designed to help you cure whatever ails you. When this works, miracles happen and people are relieved of pain and cure of disease. But what happens when the very pills they take from their doctor are the cause of their problems?
Prescription pill addiction is quickly becoming one a major issue. As these companies make stronger medications, it seems they also make harder to quit addictions. Pills like Oxycodone are stronger and more addictive than past drugs like Valium and codeine-based pain killers. Even Viagra, a drug designed to deal with impotency, has high value on the black market.
In fact, prescription pills make up most of the list of most abused substances in the world right behind alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and heroin. Xanax, Vicodin, Oxycodone, Klonopin, and Darvocet are in the top ten.
Some people think that prescription drugs are safer and less addictive than street drugs. But prescription drugs are only safe for the individuals who actually have prescriptions for them.