Many Who First Misuse Prescription Pills Get Them From Friends, Family: Report

<p>WEDNESDAY, Apr 25 (HealthDay News) — A new U.S. government
analysis shows that some-more than 70 percent of people who initial misuse<span>prescription</span> drugs get those pills from their friends or
relatives.</p>
<p>“We are in a midst of a open health widespread driven by prescription
drug abuse,” <span>Gil Kerlikowske</span>, executive of a U.S. Office of National Drug
Control Policy, pronounced during a news discussion Wednesday. “Prescription
painkiller abuse led to 15,500 overdose deaths in 2009, that is some-more than
cocaine and heroin combined.”</p>
<p>That year, a sum also exceeded a series of deaths from motor
vehicle accidents for a initial time ever, according to a report.</p>
<p>Individuals who frequently abuse <span>prescription drugs</span> were some-more expected to
obtain them from doctors or over a Internet, a new news also
showed.</p>
<p>To arrive during these conclusions...