The Prescription Drug Problem: A New American Crisis?

Ryan Schroeder, Jason A. Ford, George E. Higgins

Research output: Book, anthology, or reportBook

Abstract

Providing an indispensable resource for undergraduate students, graduate students, and policymakers interested in the prescription drug abuse crisis in the U.S., this book comprehensively summarizes the current state of prescription drug abuse and its growth over the past 20 years.

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the prescription drug crisis in the U.S.
• Compares the current prescription drug abuse crisis in the U.S. to past drug epidemics in U.S. history
• Identifies the most common causes of prescription drug abuse in the U.S.
• Examines possible solutions to prescription drug abuse in the U.S.
• Questions the public and political reactions to the prescription drug abuse problem
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Feb 2019

Keywords

  • Celebrities
  • Current Events and Issues: Health and Medicine
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Abuse Policies
  • Health and Wellness: Addiction and Substance Abuse
  • Heroin
  • Marijuana
  • Medication Diversion
  • Medications
  • Opioid Crisis
  • Pills

DC Disciplines

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Medicine and Health

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