Where 88% of Addicted Teens Get Their Prescription Drugs

Human history of drug addiction is long, but it really picks up steam around the time of the second Industrial Revolution.

It was during this time that great advancements in chemistry were being achieved at a rapid pace. Of particular pertinence was the ability to filter available drugs (such as cocaine) into ever purer forms that increased potency, but also addiction and deleterious effects.

The second advancement was the ability to synthesize artificial compounds that could provide benefits and do things that compounds in the natural world just were not capable of. These advancements foreshadowed trouble that we are now experiencing.

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