Dr. Wesley Clark heads up the government's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. He worries that people too often underestimate the potential dangers of prescription drugs. The biggest misconception is a drug company made it and the government wouldn't let the drug company make something that wasn't okay for you. So it gets this, shall we say, seal of approval, if you will. Without proper supervision, prescription drugs can be addictive, and as dangerous as cocaine or heroin.
Kids can lose consciousness and end up in the hospital, or they can die.
I've had people overdose after taking one pill that they thought was harmless, and that was because their body chemistry just didn't accept that chemical when they took it into their body. Adam was lucky. He is finally getting help. But he says each day is a struggle. Often there are clues that someone is abusing prescription drugs.