Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics?

Question by 🙂: Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics?
I’m doing a project for health and I need to find statistics about prescription drugs also different methods of use. I’d really appreciate some helpful links, thanks!

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Answer by boy-o
i don’t know any stats on it but i think opium based are the most widely abused you can just pop them snort them or i have heard of injecting them but i have never done that

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