With the new trend in drugs being prescription drugs, law officials are seeing a dramatic increase all over North America. Court case loads and over populated jails are also to blame.

"This severe problem is tough to fight" states Dickenson County Sheriff Bobby Hammons. The last decade has had a large increase in prescription drug addictions and arrests. This is creating a huge, problematic dilemma for law officials.

Even though other drugs are still in demand, law officials are seeing an increased addiction to opioid pain killers. There are two other classes of medications besides opioids that officials are seeing being abused. These are anti depressants and stimulants. These meds are used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD. They can stimulate the brain and cause people to become high if not used for medical reasons.

There is some good news however. Due to the high publicity of opioid pain killers, people are more afraid of trying them due to their addictive, lethal nature. Also, doctors and pharmacists are very aware of these medications being used to get high rather than treatment of a medical condition. Doctors are now not over prescribing. Pharmacists are on high alert for forged Rx forms.

It takes a community as a whole to help put an end to the war on prescription drugs. Hopefully we will see a decline in prescription drugs used to get high, therefore a decline in crime.