Posts Tagged ‘Medical Purposes’

Reasons for the Growth of Prescription Drug Abuse

In 2006, 16.2 million Americans age 12 and older had taken a prescription pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant, or sedative for non-medical purposes at least once in the year according to SAMHSA. The drug abuse of medications is clearly growing among the other drug abused substances. Lack of awareness and easy accessibility are the main reasons [...]

Usage of Drugs in Sports

Sports drug abusers use illegal drugs to enhance their performance in the events. There are two types of cases in usage of drugs in sports. One is accidental and another one is intentional drugs usage.Accidental Usage:In this case there are certain instances, it may not the athlete’s fault, especially if the athlete adopt self-medication for [...]