1. Maintain communication – Sometimes prescriptions can be spread across several doctors, clinics, and pharmacies. As a parent, it is important to encourage communication between these facilities and stay in communication with them yourself. Being aware of prescription refills between facilities can help identify a possible drug abuse situation or problem with addiction. 

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One of the largest drug dealing cartels in the United States operates right under our noses, and it even goes unnoticed by the drug dealers themselves. Parents with prescription drugs in the home that refuse to monitor the drugs are allowing their teenagers to sell and abuse these drugs. High schools and colleges across the nation are experiencing prescription drug abuse on an ever-increasing level. 

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Pharmacists play a key role in preventing Rx drug misuse and abuse by providing clear info and advice about how to take a medication properly. They also need to provide information on the effects this medication may have and about any possible drug interactions. Pharmacists can help prescription Freud by looking for false or altered prescription forms. Many pharmacies have developed 'hotlines' to alert other pharmacies in the region when a fraud is detected. 

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It seems like every time you turn on the television there is another celebrity that has died from an accidental overdose. All these celebs like Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger and the most provocative, Michael Jackson, were prescribed prescription drugs by their physicians. It brings to question if doctors are responsible for their addictions and tragic deaths? 

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