INTRODUCTION:
Prescription drug abuse is using a prescribed drug by a person to obtain just for the experience. Many people and teenagers or adults have turned to abusing prescription drugs. Some people have an increased risk of getting addicted to drugs, pressure from peers also have a significant impact. Abusing these drugs have harmful effects to people, people who abuses prescription drugs can also affect the people around them greatly. These people may have difficulties in their life including problems with family, friends or rivals. Abusers are most likely to go to many different doctors to get prescriptions from them so they can get a large supply of their drug. They are also more likely to get into trouble with the law because of buying the drug on the street or due to an increased tendency to steal so they can be able to buy more. People who abuse prescription drugs are more.
BODY:
Most people take medications responsibly, however the non-medical use or abuse of prescription drugs or medications remains as a serious health concern. If you take a medicine in a way different from what the doctor prescribed then it is called drug abuse and it could be in the form of taking a medicine that is not prescribed for you, taking in a dose more than you need to, taking prescribed drugs in different ways like crushing tablets and snorting or injecting them and using medicines just so that you can get high. Certain prescribed drugs can alter the brain’s activity and can lead them into addiction when abused. Many people use prescription drugs for non-medical reasons. Abusing some prescription drugs can lead one person into addiction and these includes the use of painkillers, sedatives, stimulants oar narcotics. Every medicine can have side effects for people that’s why doctors takes it into account when they prescribe medicines but people that abuses dugs do not know or neglect the effects of the drugs that they take. People use prescribed medicine because they want to fit in, be popular or have fun, some people also uses and abuses drugs because they think they can work and study more efficiently. People also abuse drugs because they think that prescribed medicine are safe and not addictive. Prescription drugs are only safe when a doctor specifically prescribes it to an individual because doctors examined it and gives the right dose of the medication. Doctors also show them how to take the medication.

CONCLUSION:
The use of prescription drugs for pleasure will reap negative results such as addiction, health problems and life-threatening situations. These drugs should be taken only as prescribed by medical professionals. We, as the youth, should not succumb to the enticement and short-term enjoyment of using these drugs, but instead, be mindful of our health and wellness as responsibly as possible.