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Key Prescription Drug Addiction Statistics
By Damian Sofsian
Prescription drug addiction is becoming a major problem in America. Prescription drugs are being prescribed for a wider variety of reasons and quite frequently, greatly increasing the chances that they will be misused. There are several disturbing prescription drug addiction statistics that are worth mentioning.
One sad prescription drug addiction statistic reported by the U.S. Department of Health and human services is that people 60 years old and up are the age group most likely to be addicted to prescription drugs. Furthermore, as of 2000, over 17% of people over age 60 abuse prescription drugs, many of them doing so unwittingly.
Another disturbing prescription drug statis...
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