Young adults who end up in emergency room after taking Adderall, Ritalin & other stimulants quadruples
New Sign of Stimulants’ Toll on Young New York Times, August 8, 2013 by SABRINA TAVERNISE The number of young adults who end up in…
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Antidepressants/Pain Relievers Cause “unprecedented number of emergency room visits & deaths”
Approximately 700,000 visits to the emergency room were linked to drug-related poisoning in 2007, according to a new study published February 28 on the Nationwide Children’s Hospital website. Researchers found that 44 percent of poisonings were caused by prescription medications such antidepressants and opioid pain relievers.
The study found that, on average, 1,900 people per day were sent to the emergency room due to drug overdoses. According to researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the cost associated with these visits totals approximately $1.4 billion per year.
Huffington Post—Adderall: The Most Abused Prescription Drug in America; can cause lasting mental defects & death
Adderall is abused mostly by college students and young adults. Estimates are that somewhere between 20-30 percent of college students regularly abuse Adderall. Adderall has the dubious distinction of being the latest addition to the rogue’s gallery of lawful drugs that have made the transition to the black market. In recent years, abuse of Adderall and its imitators has increased by nearly 200 percent.
Our Drug-Obsessed Nation: Obsessed with ‘feeling good’ & ‘forgetting our problems’—prescription drug abuse skyrockets
Not many people would be surprised to find that drug abuse is on the increase, but they may be surprised to find that the increase is not in illegal drug abuse but pharmaceutical drug abuse. Emergency room visits have increased 110% over the last 5 years, due to prescription drug abuse.