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NIDA. (2005, September 9). NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Prescription Drugs. Retrieved from https://archives.drugabuse.gov/publications/nida-community-drug-alert-bulletin-prescription-drugs
NIDA. "NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Prescription Drugs." National Institute on Drug Abuse, 9 Sep. 2005, https://archives.drugabuse.gov/publications/nida-community-drug-alert-bulletin-prescription-drugs.
NIDA. NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Prescription Drugs. National Institute on Drug Abuse website. https://archives.drugabuse.gov/publications/nida-community-drug-alert-bulletin-prescription-drugs. September 9, 2005.
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What is prescription drug abuse?
Although most people take prescription medications responsibly, there has been an increase in the nonmedical use or, as NIDA refers to it in this report, abuse of prescription drugs in the United States.
