The Need for Restrictions
"Why there should be stricter regulations on the availability of prescription narcotics"

Despite efforts to decrease the number of deaths and overdoses related to narcotic medications, such as OxyContin, and minimize the number of people illegally obtaining them, the measures that the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) in specific are taking are not enough. The literal definition of a narcotic is a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction. Narcotics are normally prescription medications that are given to patients to help ease the constant pain cause by cancer or other long term illnesses.
"When one in 10 high school senior's reports abusing prescription painkillers, the DEA is obligated to protect our children and the public safety" says Karen P. Tandy administrator of the DEA(1). Tandy is saying that when the abuse of prescription pain medication is taking over that......

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Title: Prescription Narcotics
Approximate Word Count: 1278
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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