The AP reports, “The rate of pharmaceutical drug abuse has grown significantly in recent years, police say. In fact, more Americans abuse prescription drugs than cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined, according to the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators.” In short, “teens swipe painkillers from a relative’s medicine chest; home health workers pocket pills when sitting with elderly patients who can’t care for themselves; or a nursing home employee steals pills from residents and resells them.”
From the American Association for Justice news release.
