Drugs are becoming more dangerous for Americans than drugs. This is evidenced by statistics. So, every year dozens of people die from an overdose of painkillers. Over the past ten years the number of deaths has tripled, exceeding the number of deaths due to overdose of heroin and cocaine.

First of all, the risk of opioid analgesics are strong group, including oxycodone, methadone and Vicodin. According to specialists of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is currently in the U.S. market so much pain that every American would receive a standard dose of Vicodin a month every 4 hours. Moreover, opioid analgesic sales in 1999 increased by four times. This is evidenced by the fact that 12 million Americans last year admitted: they are taking prescription painkillers are not for medical reasons. Seen a dangerous trend, experts, because opioids provoke addictive and immunity.

Man must constantly increase the dose, in order to obtain initial reaction. For example, at the beginning of the reception he receives one tablet of Vicodin in 4 hours and not more than 4 per day, and the stage of the dose is 40 tablets a day. Death usually occurs from the same respiratory depression or opioid painkillers mixed with tranquilizers or alcohol. So in 1999 the number of deaths from overdose pain medication was about 4,000 cases a year. And in 2008 – 14800 cases a year.. Most often abused drugs are white males between the ages of 35 to 54 years, and Native Americans - Indians.