What the District could do to help curb prescription-drug abuse
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, young adults (18 to 25 years old) are America’s most common abusers of prescription drugs — most notably opioid pain relievers, stimulants meant to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anti-anxiety medications. In 2014, 1,741 young adults died from prescription drug overdoses, up 316 percent from 1999.