Drugs are
either Legal, or illegal; Legal drugs have a purpose such as curing diseases,
as for illegal drugs causing harm to the body. Legal drugs aren’t good just
because they’re not illegal, it still could cause harm to teens when misused.
Legal Drugs
such as prescribed medicine, that your physician assigns you, are for a
specific person, on a certain case or sickness. Prescribed medicine is used to
cure diseases, or to ease the pain of an injury, such as Oxytocin that is used
as a painkiller. When recommended by a doctor, prescription drugs can be
beneficial; but when taken without a prescription or as not directed, they can
be dangerous and addictive.
Prescribed
medicine is used to cure sicknesses and relieve pain from injuries, although,
when used incorrectly, such as taking a high dosage, or combined with alcohol
or other drugs, many prescription drugs can also become deadly. There have been
many cases where teens create a “skittle party” where they mix up a bunch of
prescribed drugs, and randomly select some of them and take it. Also, teens
tend to misuse these types of drugs, such as oxytocin, which is used as
painkillers, but are used for the side effects which causes constipation and
drowsiness.
A lot of
teens abuse these legal drugs for the wrong reason. An Average of 2000
teenagers use prescribed medicine without a doctors guidance. Prescribed and
over the counter drugs are among the most commonly abused drugs by 12th
graders, after alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco. Prescribed medicine when over
used or used incorrectly can cause major side effects that can be harmful to
the body, however, it is still used to cure sicknesses or relieved injures.
When it comes to drugs, don’t take more than you can handle, or don’t take
something you don’t know anything about.
