Blog Posts About Prescription Drugs

Most people are familiar with taking prescription medications like antibiotics when they get sick. Some people also are prescribed medication to help with a problem like depression or ADHD. Did you know that some (not all) drug addictions actually can be treated with prescription …

How Many Teens Actually Smoke, Drink, or Do Drugs? It’s natural to be curious about your peers—especially when it comes to things that we know can be dangerous, like alcohol and drug use. You’ve probably heard rumors of kids drinking beer at a party or may have …

There are lots of really cool features on the newly updated PEERx Web site. Have you seen them? Check them out here. From unique downloadable images that you can iron right onto T-shirts or print onto stickers, to the new Choose Your Path video that puts YOU in the driver's seat to decide …

Imagine that you have a big test tomorrow and you haven’t finished studying.  You feel unprepared and stressed out, but the last thing you want to do is open that book. What do you do? Cram all night? Schedule a last-minute study group with friends? Don’t study …

You’ve probably seen television commercials advertising prescription drugs for any number of things—from fibromyalgia (fi-bro-my-al-ja) to depression. Usually these ads end with an announcer running through a long list of dangerous side effects and warnings so fast that …

Lots of people are prescribed prescription drugs like OxyContin or Vicodin to help with pain from an injury or surgery.  When taken as prescribed, these medications are safe; but when abused, they can be highly addictive and dangerous—even deadly. In the video,…

In September, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sponsored the first ever “Take Backâ€� campaign, asking people to bring all their old and unused prescription drugs to law enforcement sites all over the country. The American public really responded and brought 121 TONS …

Do you know what steroids can do to your body? What’s the drug most likely to be abused by high school seniors? How do people who use drugs be at greater risk for HIV infection, even when they’re not injection drug users? What is the class of prescription drugs with the …

The Shoutout is gathering volume and the message is coming through loud and clear: JUST THINK TWICE! Myth: If I smoke cigarettes now and then, I won’t get addicted. Think twice: Each puff of a cigarette gives a smoker about 1 to 2 milligrams of nicotine.  …

Recent research shows that American teen girls have caught up with boys in their rates of smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol, which hasn’t always been the case.  Here’s something else: teenage girls are now more likely than boys to abuse prescriptions …