PDA is a life changing activity – arrest, jail time, injury, extended rehabilitation, loss of certain career options, legal fees, rehab fees, loss of friends, health effects, death, devastating impact on those around you – friends and family. .

Prescription medications are easily accessible. They are perceived as safe when compared with street drugs. They are “legal”, doctor-prescribed and FDA-approved. .

Prescription drugs have been created to help people with specific medical conditions, to be properly prescribed by a doctor, to produce a desired result that will benefit the patient; this is a “controlled process”. .