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1. In Wyoming, a leading form of drug abuse in 12 to 25 year olds is prescription painkillers, like hydrocodone or oxycodone.

http://www.wyrxabusestakeholders.com/facts–statistics

2. Many teens believe that prescription drugs are actually “safer” and less addictive than illegal street drugs.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/what-scope-prescription-drug-misuse

3. Since 2004, deaths from prescription painkiller overdose has nearly doubled.

http://www.wyrxabusestakeholders.com/facts–statistics

4. More people are dying as a result of overdosing on prescription painkillers than they are from overdosing on heroin.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/heroin/how-heroin-linked-to-prescription-drug-abuse?

5. Misusing prescription painkillers can dramatically slow, or completely stop, your breathing.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/which-classes-prescription-drugs-are-commonly-misused

6. Resulting in a lack of oxygen to the brain and causing unintentional, but completely permanent, brain damage.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/health-consequences-drug-misuse/neurological-effects

7. Misusing Painkillers can lead to serious addiction —

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/summary

8. Prescription drug abuse can increase your likelihood to abuse alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/what-scope-prescription-drug-misuse

9. People who live in rural counties are twice as likely as overdose on prescription painkillers as people in bigger cities.

http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/painkilleroverdoses/index.html

10. Forty-six people in Wyoming died from a prescription opioid overdose in 2015.

http://www.wyrxabusestakeholders.com/facts–statistics

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