http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/overdose-epidemic Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 28 May 2026 09:47:51 -0400 Thu, 28 May 2026 09:47:51 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/895/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-to-curb-prescription-drug-abuse-examining-the-components-of-program-efficacy By Joshua J. Timmons - In the American healthcare system there have been few trends as persistent, yet avoidable, as the rise in prescription drug overdoses. Between 1999 and 2008 prescription overdoses quadrupled to nearly twenty thousand per year (Paulozzi, Jones, Mack, & Rudd, 2011). It is estimated that nearly six million Americans are abusing or misusing prescription drugs in any given year, and nonmedical prescription use remains one of the most common forms of illicit substance abuse among young adults, second only to cannabis use (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2012).... Mon, 05 May 2014 12:09 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/895/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-to-curb-prescription-drug-abuse-examining-the-components-of-program-efficacy