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Prescription drugs Fact Sheets

MPRC Fact Sheet: Prescription Drugs

This fact sheet provides basic information regarding prescription drugs.  Updated November, 2011.

NIDA InfoFacts: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction

Many people do not understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. It can be wrongfully assumed that drug abusers lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop using drugs simply by choosing to change their behavior. In reality, drug addiction is a complex disease, and quitting takes more than good intentions

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NIDA Research Report Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction

This tweleve page research report provides a more detailed look at research findings on prescription drug abuse. For a general audience.

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NIDA InfoFacts: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications

This nine page fact sheet describes the health effects of abusing prescription drugs. For a general audience.